Finally got around to seeing the movie and I can't say I will be watching it again. Some thoughts while they are fresh:
Negatives:
- Editing and pacing. The movie jumped all over the place, while not having much with regards to connecting thread. There's little context to what Zemo is doing for example so jumping to him every few scenes was jarring. Characters are jumping from country to another. The whole thing, while not hard to follow, was tedious.
- The movie was too long. The movie felt like it was going on forever, especially with how weak the third act. On top of that, they made us wait for 2 pointless after credit scenes. My wife fell asleep by the end and she sat through The Revenant. There was plenty that could have been cut there like the Cap & Agent Carter's niece's romance or Spider-Man, who basically brought nothing to this movie. He was clearly shoehorned in as was several other of the Avengers.
- The story. Oh boy. The story should have been about 2 superheroes fight for ideological reasons and they gave us good enough reasons for them to fight but they just had to have some weak villain with an illogical plan. Yes, Zemo's plan made no sense at all. Was he expecting Iron Man, Cap and Bucky to be there at the same time? And that they'd be alone? And what's the constantly changing strength level of the characters? Essentially the movie was a disagreement more than a war. They fought a little bit (while hitting hard enough to kill while not wanting to kill?!) and then they're cool. Just like that.
- CGI. Some obvious ones in there. Black Panther's movement was great but you could see it was CGI. So was Spider-Man.
- The fights. In a post-The Raid era there is no excuse for shaky cam during fight scenes. I cannot stand that.
Positives:
- It's not a big positive but I did enjoy some of the action sequences. Nothing that I'll watch again on youtube but decent enough.
Overall: I think a 6 would be too generous for a movie that I feel was a bit pointless and made me feel like I wasted my time. There was nothing fresh in there, no tension, no consequences. My wife thought it was horrible but I wouldn't go that far. I'd say watch it on TV.
5/10
