Who didn't see this coming? Civil War reviews are starting to trickle in.

[mduncan50]

Honestly, that's what I never understand about the whole "fanboi" debate. Just because I like Marvel, I must want DC to fail? Definitely not. I would much rather have two great superhero fanchises than one. Besides, competition is good; it forces both sides to improve and diversify.

I think it's less "if you like one than you must hate the other" and more "if don't think that every movie that DC/Marvel made is the best movie ever, then it can only be because you are a fanboy and shill of Marvel/DC". I think some people just invest so much of themselves into their fandoms of things that if at any time the thing they love is seen as less than perfect, or seen as not being as good as something else, that it becomes very personal to them, and they find a need to come up with a reason that other people say those things because they know that it's not true. And to be clear, when it comes to comic book movies there are plenty of these people on both sides.

I never understood this mindset about comics because of how frequently writers and artists move around. I have always had characters from both Marvel and DC who I liked and while I might not like one or two people running them I don't want either to fail because I would lose something.

Heck I never understood this when it was video games or computers people were banging on about.

I don't understand how it gets so bad for some people, but I understand the origins of it. For most people, they have neither the time nor the money to read all of the comics so they sometimes make an early decision to support one over the other and only buy from one company so that they get the whole "shared universe" experience. For many of those people an insult to their company of choice is a personal insult telling them that they wasted their time, money, and/or childhood. Again, it's a long stretch to make, but there seem to be many that make it.

 

[mduncan50]

Got a bunch of new reviews, now at 30 in total. 97% fresh with an average score of 8.2/10.

It's a magnificent action film, it's a wonderful character piece, it's big, brash, bursting with confidence and brio; it's Marvel firing on all cylinders just when, by rights, we might be expecting the law of diminishing returns to set in.

The film's tone and themes feel a tiny bit darker and a lot more grown-up than usual, but the reaction it provokes is still one of giddy, childlike joy.

If Captain America: Civil War is the true herald of Marvel's Phrase Three and its carefully planned future; maybe it doesn't actually feel so bad that we'll be getting these movies every year until the Earth collapses in on itself.

There are still imperfections to be found in this Marvel offering, but when the highs are this good, it's hard not to temporarily give in to our new insect overlords.

Some review blurbs were just bashing Dawn of Justice, so I didn't bother to include them, but there was also another one where I think someone read too much of their own politics into it.

The pitch is simple enough - liberalism or totalitarianism, heroes or vigilantes - and there's more than a whiff of American imperialism on both sides of the coin.

 

[DefunctTheory]

Some review blurbs were just bashing Dawn of Justice, so I didn't bother to include them, but there was also another one where I think someone read too much of their own politics into it.

The pitch is simple enough - liberalism or totalitarianism, heroes or vigilantes - and there's more than a whiff of American imperialism on both sides of the coin.

To be fair, The Captain America movies haven't been above putting a bit of political commentary in the script.

Though including liberalism, totalitarianism, and imperialism all at once seems a bit much.

 

[mduncan50]

Some review blurbs were just bashing Dawn of Justice, so I didn't bother to include them, but there was also another one where I think someone read too much of their own politics into it.

The pitch is simple enough - liberalism or totalitarianism, heroes or vigilantes - and there's more than a whiff of American imperialism on both sides of the coin.

To be fair, The Captain America movies haven't been above putting a bit of political commentary in the script.

Though including liberalism, totalitarianism, and imperialism all at once seems a bit much.

Well at least this one refrained from using "fascism". lol

 

[mduncan50]

There is real maturity in a story of guilt, revenge, torn loyalties and tragic revelations - between the fights, explosions, chases and general awesomeness.

Heroes or vigilantes is the question raised in this highly inventive, full-throttle adventure... An agile mind is required to keep up with the never-ending plot twists and leaps; it is refreshing to find genuine originality and flair

Unlike Avengers: Age of Ultron, this is leaner and more low-key. It's less about citywide destruction or alien hordes being repelled than it is mistrust and internal divisions.

Up to 35 reviews now, but all other metrics are the same as they were.