10 Years Later, Captain America: Civil War Is Still Impossibly Overstuffed With Characters, Plot, Action... and Awesomeness

10 Years Later, Captain America: Civil War Is Still Impossibly Overstuffed With Characters, Plot, Action... and Awesomeness

It’s Captain America 3! But it also feels like Avengers 3! (Or “Avengers 2.5” as some put it.) And it’s kind of Iron Man 4? Oh, and it introduces a brand new version of Spider-Man! And it’s the first-ever appearance of Black Panther in live-action!That’s a hell of a lot of things for one superhero movie to have on its shoulders, and a good reason to think any movie attempting to do so would be an overstuffed mess. After all, the genre is littere…

10 Years Later, Marvel's Unsung Avengers Spinoff Might Be Its Magnum Opus

Marvel StudiosThat Captain America: Civil War was essentially just an Avengers movie was a point used to disparage the film in 2016. For diehard Cap stans, it was also a source of frustration: the Star-Spangled Man (Chris Evans) had already led the Avengers in two solid ensemble pieces, but his trilogy lived in its own world. At least, until it came time to wrap things up.There was no way of knowing, in 2016, that Civil War was essentially the b…

Why Black Widow Wasn’t Team Captain America in Civil War Revealed

Image credit: Marvel Studios The directors of Captain America: Civil War, Joe and Anthony Russo, recently explained why Black Widow chose Team Iron Man over Team Captain America. Joe and Anthony shared the details on the occasion of Captain America 3’s 10th anniversary. The movie, which featured a star-studded cast including Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr., and more, was released on May 6, 2016. Why Black Widow was Team Iron M…

Captain America 3 Began a Civil War at Marvel HQ That Changed Its Ending - Comic Book Movies and Superhero Movie News

Photo Credit: Marvel Studios The Russo Brothers addressed one of the MCU’s most pivotal behind-the-scenes battles ahead of Captain America: Civil War’s 10th anniversary. The directing duo explained how a creative clash between two sides of Marvel nearly derailed the film’s ending and reshaped the studio’s power structure for good. The civil war between Marvel New York and Marvel Studios changed Captain America 3 The Russo Brothers revealed that …

Setting the score on “Captain America: Civil War” 10 years later

A graphic celebrating the 10th anniversary of the movie “Captain America: Civil War” (2016). The movie, which was released on May 6, 2016, cemented the legacy of the Marvel Cinematic Universe by fracturing the superhero team over the government-sanctioned Sokovia Accords. ILLUSTRATED BY HOANG TRAN/THE STATESMAN One of the most generational names in superhero history is Captain America. Captain America, a character Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created…

10 Years Ago, Captain America: Civil War Changed The MCU Forever (While Also Dooming It)

10 years after Captain America: Civil War hit theaters, it's clear the movie was the nexus point for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (for good and for bad).