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More Captain America: Civil War thoughts

Emily over at Pajiba has a different take on Civil War:

I’m not usually in the habit of publicly disagreeing with my fellow writers, but I feel it a service to warn you that both TK’s review and Rotten Tomatoes have lied to you. Captain America: Civil War is a garbage movie. Sure, it had its amusing moments. It had some terrific acting, and some amazing action sequences. And a plot so filled with holes I could use it to water my plants.

Emily, you brave soul. Thank you for this. I'm not sure if the "garbage" line is tongue-in-cheek. If it's not I'll disagree on that point. It was entertaining enough to overlook the problem of hinting at making a political movie in this universe.

I think Cap is a lot less wrong than others, apparently. Tony is a selfish prick who is doing this because being a selfish prick killed a lot of people. I don't buy the larger, political reason for him pushing the accords. I despise the UN hatred that goes on in the US. Read a fucking book, Americans. But in this movie universe, I think it is fair to question how the UN would handle Cap and the Avengers.

As we saw in Batman v. Superman, you might need to hold a committee hearing to determine whether they should enter a sovereign country and take action. That committee will be filled with some countries that probably have selfish reasons for keeping the Avengers out of it. So what happens then? Cap sits by while innocent people die? Or as Charlie Rose asks in BvS, you're going to tell a family that we couldn't save your kid because a fucking committee full of self-interested politicians from shitty countries don't give a shit? Sorry, but after typing that out I'm on Cap and Superman's side. But I also think Marvel and DC should move on from these stories because I'm never going to buy that the UN or the US Senate will actually constrain these people and the stories get muddled quickly.

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