I rewatched this movie tonight after having seen it opening night in the theaters. I think it got better for a second viewing. This movie started out with an action scene, and almost didn't let down for the rest of the movie. There were a few moments to catch your breath, but then you were almost immediately thrown into another action scene. It was exciting and exhilarating. It had just enough funny moments to keep you on your toes, and I cried when Quicksilver died.
If I had one complaint about this movie it is that the team didn't really work together as a team. They were still a group of individuals and you see them fighting each other more than anything else culminating in the scene where Thor ensures the creation of Vision. There's no communication there. No team. It's frankly amazing they get anything done. I'm hopeful that future incarnations of the Avengers will fix this problem by not having Tony and Thor as a part of the team, and also through the training they seem to have instituted at the end of this movie. However, Civil War is supposed to have a feeling of friend turning against friend, and I don't think we're going to get that because I don't get the feeling that these characters are friends. I get the feeling that they work together for necessity's sake. When Cap and Iron Man fight, I'm not going to take it as good friends fighting each other because they show no evidence of that friendship in this movie, starting from Cap's comment, "language" to Tony.
Another thing was that Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch were included and brought back to HQ and made a part of these discussions. They just finished torturing the team, and although vague mention is made of Hawkeye not trusting them, the rest of the team just continues on as though they were supposed to be there. And by the end of the movie Hawkeye is giving Scarlet Witch a lecture on how if she walks out the door to fight, she's an Avenger. In the end they leave her protecting the doomsday switch. That's a lot of trust for someone who was just engaged in torturing you and fighting for your enemies.
These did not really detract from the fact that Marvel has turned out another spectacular movie, and one which is in the running for my favorite film of the year. I give it an A.
