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Captain America: Civil War SPOILER Thread - #TeamThanos

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If they were one and done with Zemo he would've shot himself

The other not dead guys werent brought back either... Depends I think. Maybe when Masters of Evil really become a thing.

That or Thunderbolts I guess, although there wouldn't be that many villains to redeem. Still, the way they characterized Zemo, a redemption arc from villain to anti-hero wouldn't be impossible. At least he doesn't have that nazi baggage. And Brühl is a great actor.

Hell, I'd have a Bucky-Zemo movie built around an unlikely alliance between them.
 
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Perfection. Biggest laugh in the whole film.
 
Perfection. Biggest laugh in the whole film.

Yeah very funny moment but in the 2 showings I was in, the crowd laughed more at Spider-Man's "Holy Shit" reaction to Ant-Man going Giant-Man and him catching Bucky's punch and saying "You have a metal arm, that is awesome"
 
Brühl also stated that Zemo may also appear in future MCU films, with Moore adding that, while Zemo has a purpose in this film, it is more to set up a future film.

It's been known for some time now that Zemo would be back.
 
That scene where Tony sees the video is perfect. It's one thing to be told that Bucky murdered his parents, but to actually see it? The whole final conflict is really well done. Bucky is Cap's best friend and wasn't in his right mind, but...

"I don't care. He killed my Mom."

You really do completely empathise with both sides. Stark just watched that fucker beat his Dad to death and strangle his Mum.
 
Seeing the final moments with Zemo in this movie, I thought it was pretty obvious that he'd probably return sometime in the future, or at least they left the door wide open for that to happen. I mean, he was put into one of those cube-thingies Bucky already broke out of. Not like he's in some extremely secure location that some powered villain couldn't help him out of quite easily.
 
That scene where Tony sees the video is perfect. It's one thing to be told that Bucky murdered his parents, but to actually see it? The whole final conflict is really well done. Bucky is Cap's best friend and wasn't in his right mind, but...

"I don't care. He killed my Mom."

You really do completely empathise with both sides. Stark just watched that fucker beat his Dad to death and strangle his Mum.

Absolutely. It doesn't even matter that Stark saw mind-control with his own eyes four years prior; he's standing a few feet from the guy that killed his parents in cold blood.
 
That scene where Tony sees the video is perfect. It's one thing to be told that Bucky murdered his parents, but to actually see it? The whole final conflict is really well done. Bucky is Cap's best friend and wasn't in his right mind, but...

"I don't care. He killed my Mom."

You really do completely empathise with both sides. Stark just watched that fucker beat his Dad to death and strangle his Mum.

When the video starts and Tony shouts "what is this?!".

The panic in his voice.

You knew shit was about to go down.
 
It's been known for some time now that Zemo would be back.

Do it Marvel.
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Edit: Quotes from a Collider article
Civil War Producer, Nate Moore: Both Bruhl and Freeman’s characters serve a purpose in this film, but, like Black Panther, they’re setting up a future film.

Also:
They haven’t figured out how to balance their storytelling with the TV storytelling yet. They don’t want to interfere with TV shows and vice-versa.
 
Do it Marvel.
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Civil War Producer, Nate Moore: Both Bruhl and Freeman’s characters serve a purpose in this film, but, like Black Panther, they’re setting up a future film.

They haven’t figured out how to balance their storytelling with the TV storytelling yet. They don’t want to interfere with TV shows and vice-versa.

I can help. Daredevil and/or Kingpin in Spiderman: Homecoming.
 
it's implied that they had a falling out. someone was supposed to remove her name from the teleprompter but didn't. Tony was upset about seeing her name

I really hope Paltrow cameo's in the future, she doesn't even have to get back with Tony.
 
Oh, I'm not saying it wasn't true to his character (or the arc he's been on through his films). My point was Cap was all against the Accords and oversight in general, then did a pretty good job of showing why that very oversight might be necessary in the first place. And that undermines his stance / made him appear hypocritical etc.

One way to view the ideological differences between Cap and Stark is what events have most shaped their stances.

For Stark, Ultron/Sokovia weighs heaviest on his mind. He feels personally responsible and probably doesn't trust his own leadership any more. Everything in Ultron was his doing, and the deaths and damage were on him.

For Cap, the events from Winter Soldier would be most pressing. At the start of the film, he was seriously questioning being SHIELD's errand boy, never knowing the real reason of why he was doing each mission and hated being lied to. Then when SHIELD and the World Security Council was shown to be a front for Hydra, his distrust of agencies/governments/committees would be massive.

The Laos explosion clarified this difference. Cap felt that the collateral damage was not due to negligence or abuse of power, but the fact you can't always save everyone. Stark viewed it as more deaths from the actions of the Avengers and they need a higher power to be ultimately responsible.

Edit: Quotes from a Collider article

Civil War Producer, Nate Moore: Both Bruhl and Freeman’s characters serve a purpose in this film, but, like Black Panther, they’re setting up a future film.

I'd read this quote (or one similar) before watching the film. With it, and the lack of Zemo in any promo material, I was fully expecting Zemo to be another Klaw. One or two scenes, setting up the character for future films.

CW is free of major spoilers or twists, but just how central Zemo was to the film, and how much screen time he got, was the biggest surprise. In a good way. He was a fantastic inclusion.
 
The Lagos explosion clarified this difference. Cap felt that the collateral damage was not due to negligence or abuse of power, but the fact you can't always save everyone. Stark viewed it as more deaths from the actions of the Avengers and they need a higher power to be ultimately responsible.

His line to witch wasn't just a general "you can't save everyone", he was telling her that if a situation like that happened again, maybe she doesn't have to save him. Remember when jumped on the grenade to save his teammates?
 
His line to witch wasn't just a general "you can't save everyone", he was telling her that if a situation like that happened again, maybe she doesn't have to save him. Remember when jumped on the grenade to save his teammates?


Wouldn't the grenade have killed not only cap and crossbones, but also Wanda and a bunch of other bystanders?

She did the right thing, but she wasnt ready for "minimizing" deaths rather than "avoiding" deaths.
 
Remember when jumped on the grenade to save his teammates?

Oh man, now I remember the only glaringly stupid part of CW. When Black Widow somehow manages to survive being sealed into an armoured truck with a grenade. The explosion was enough to blow the armoured doors open, but she just walks it off.
 
Btw I've talked about this with my friends, but I haven't seen it discussed here.

My favourite "Cap" moment in this movie is when stark tells him to stay down and he replies he "can do this all day", which then leads to bucky giving him the opening he needs.

Complete parallel to the alley fight with the bully in first avenger.

Wouldn't the grenade have killed not only cap and crossbones, but also Wanda and a bunch of other bystanders?

She did the right thing, but she wasnt ready for "minimizing" deaths rather than "avoiding" deaths.

Bombjacket*. Wanda could've prolly shielded herself, but yes.
 
Oh man, now I remember the only glaringly stupid part of CW. When Black Widow somehow manages to survive being sealed into an armoured truck with a grenade. The explosion was enough to blow the armoured doors open, but she just walks it off.

well she used the 2 bodies of heavily armed guys, yeah its kinda stupid
 
Oh man, now I remember the only glaringly stupid part of CW. When Black Widow somehow manages to survive being sealed into an armoured truck with a grenade. The explosion was enough to blow the armoured doors open, but she just walks it off.

Doesnt she knock out a guard immediately and places his body on top of the grenade?
 
Doesnt she knock out a guard immediately and places his body on top of the grenade?

That still wouldn't save her if the resulting explosion blew open the doors.

The Russos are generally the best of the Marvel directors at showing injury sustained by the heroes. The amount of abuse and impact that Iron Man takes, barley leaves a mark in other films. But he got beat up good and proper. Black eyes, cuts, contusions.

The grenade bit just feel needlessly stupid.
 
Just watched this. There's a part in it during the Avengers where Tony and Steve argue about being soldiers jumped out to me. A good moment where both of them are at a crossroads. In my head, that's some deep interaction, with Steve influencing Tony's path and vice versa.
 
One way to view the ideological differences between Cap and Stark is what events have most shaped their stances.

For Stark, Ultron/Sokovia weighs heaviest on his mind. He feels personally responsible and probably doesn't trust his own leadership any more. Everything in Ultron was his doing, and the deaths and damage were on him.

For Cap, the events from Winter Soldier would be most pressing. At the start of the film, he was seriously questioning being SHIELD's errand boy, never knowing the real reason of why he was doing each mission and hated being lied to. Then when SHIELD and the World Security Council was shown to be a front for Hydra, his distrust of agencies/governments/committees would be massive.

The Laos explosion clarified this difference. Cap felt that the collateral damage was not due to negligence or abuse of power, but the fact you can't always save everyone. Stark viewed it as more deaths from the actions of the Avengers and they need a higher power to be ultimately responsible.
That's a great summary.

I'm suprised that the subject of New York, when the 'powers that be' wanted to nuke the entire city rather than use the avengers, was never brought up or addressed during the first Ross meeting. Ross was arguing that oversight was needed and used New York as an example, which made absolutely no sense given that the overseers in that example advocated for nuking the entire city... I know that the accords called for a much larger group (the various nations) being in charge, but New York was still a terrible example. Ross should have left it out :)

Btw I've talked about this with my friends, but I haven't seen it discussed here.

My favourite "Cap" moment in this movie is when stark tells him to stay down and he replies he "can do this all day", which then leads to bucky giving him the opening he needs.

Complete parallel to the alley fight with the bully in first avenger.
I totally missed that, good pick up.
 
Just to be sure .... there are just 2 post credits scenes right ?

Just watched the movie ... it was awesome, even considering there was a baby on my theater
 
man it still bothers me, even in stuff like tokusatsu... You have a ranged weapon, do not engage in melee unless it's the most absolute!

At least it's not pants-on-stupid Kamen Rider Ryugen "I have a gun weapon but will prefer to use it as a bludgeon".

Also I thought Zemo was not associated with Hydra?

Well, Rumlow and Zola survived their initial debut film. They're both dead in the next sequel though.

Oh and Abomination technically still alive somewhere. Same with Trevor

Oh right, I forgot about Abomination. There's also The Leader.

Goddamnit make a Hulk movie already!

Zola seems more like a henchman than anything else though.

They did kill Crossbone though.
Nebula in Guardians? She wasn't the main antagonist but you could argue Thanos and her were explicitly villains in the movie.

I was referring to the major baddie, though I bet Nebula will be a major force in the second film.
I wouldn't be surprised if villains like Red Skull, Ronan and Malekith were just pocketed into infinity stones and Thanos brings them out during Infinity War tbh

I forgot, but was Red Skull exposed to the stone? I know he was using it as a power source but I don't think he outright held it.
 
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