There’s Nothing Civil About Captain America: Civil War

First and foremost lemme talk my shit right now. Lemme talk that shit on Captain America: Civil War. Y’all out here talkin’ ’bout Batman has the best movies. Fuck Bruce Wayne. The silver screen game is Steve Rogers’ right now. The silver screen game is red, white, and blue. Steve Rogers out here giving y’all hits. Giving y’all more cameos than a Wu-Tang album. Y’all bout to give Steve “The Super Soldier Serum” Rogers the respeck on his name. Off the strength, I’ma tell you like it is. Captain America: Civil War is the best comic book adaptation of a major comic book event. I ain’t stutter, Civil War was the comic book event that separated Marvel from the pack and flexed how innovative they still were. The translation from page to big screen is of course different as the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has subtle differences making it an alternative to the Marvel-616 Universe. In Marvel-616, Civil War started when a school was blown up during a fight between teen heroes (New Warriors) and some villains. In the MCU, the event that initiates the divide within the team actually occurs over seas where their help only makes things worse.

The United Nations steps in to put The Avengers in check. Bringing an argument based on a real issue — should superheroes be registered agents of the government, thereby being sanctioned and told where to go? Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) believes so adamantly. Captain America (Chris Evans) does not, as governments usually have their own agendas…