Captain America: Civil war review (Spoliers)
I finally got around to watching Civil War last night and both myself and Ms Torn Branches loved it. One of the major flaws of the Avenger series (barring the first one) was the lack of attention given to the super villains. Apart from Loki, the super villains all suffer the fate of one shot movie evil-doers - the are beaten by the good guys never to be heard from again. We never get much in the way of character development or grow with the villains like we can with the 'good guys' for example Iron Man. This is where Civil War shines. We know and love both Captain America and Iron Man, and we understand where they are coming from when they make the decisions they do. Putting the conflict into D&D terms, the main plot revolves around Iron Man (Lawful Good) vs Captain America (Chaotic Good). So does this mean that Civil War lacked a decent villain? Absolutely not. Helmut Zemo's villainy is both intelligent and understandable. Helmut is essentially just an o...