Captain America: Civil War

[thedeadparrot]

I'm kind of ambivalent about this one. It has a lot of things to do, and it does them all very well, but it doesn't feel like a movie? It feels more like a machine.

Or maybe here's a better metaphor: It juggles about 20 different character arcs and storylines, and it even juggles them effectively. But like watching a skilled juggler, I came away from it entertained and impressed but not moved.

And maybe that shallowness is okay. It's definitely spurred me to go look for MCU fic, and it might actually spur me to go write some more. There are emotional arcs to be fleshed out and empty spaces to be colored in. That's always been fandom's job in the past. Maybe it's okay that it continues like that into the future.

Comments

[zulu]

That is a lot of moving pieces. I hope you're inspired to write!

[thedeadparrot]

I have started writing a thing! A Tony/Rhodey thing, even! One of the disaster pairings of my heart.

[cephy]

'Ambivalent' is a good word for my own feelings on the matter, as well. I left the theatre feeling... not disappointed, I think it was exactly what I thought it would be so there were no expectations not met. But kind of resigned and underwhelmed, maybe. :P There were definitely good moments, but the entire plot felt so contrived that I couldn't quite get into it.

[thedeadparrot]

Yeah, you could see the machinery of the plot going on in the background, and the movie does a good job of making the machinery chug along, but you can see that it's machinery underneath all of that.

[unfinishedidea]

You pretty much described ALL MY THOUGHTS, EXACTLY.

[thedeadparrot]

Great minds think alike!