Superman: Dawn of Justice opens with Bruce Wayne/Batman watching Superman and General Zod pulverize Metropolis and blaming (inexplicably, given his own leanings) the savior rather than the psycho. That danger hadnвЂ™t occurred to me, frankly, insofar as superheroes donвЂ™t really exist - so who needs pesky real-world consequences? But 9/11 has sensitized us to the horror of collapsing skyscrapers (Americans were the last to get the news), while modern comics writers (along with directors Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder) have earnestly taken up the ethics of vigilantism. The film pivots on citizens enraged by collateral damage, because it turns out that when superheroes throw supervillains into sides of buildings, many people in those buildings die. ThereвЂ™s a lot of bloat, but the fanboy in us all will have a hard time not grinning when Spider-Man be-webs Captain AmericaвЂ™s shield while Ant-Man scoots around pulling out wires in Iron ManвЂ™s suit. Given the relative dullness of the Marvel supervillains, the studio has resorted to making its colorful superheroes fight one another in Captain America: Civil War, a combination jamboree and ethical colloquium. They are to saving the world what Al Jarreau and Daryl Hall are to music.The Avengers in Captain America: Civil War.

Nor do we need two Iron Men, so Don CheadleвЂ™s War Machine needs to go, as does Paul BettanyвЂ™s Vision, who isnвЂ™t funny enough to be comic relief.

A later skirmish is fierce, but so weakly motivated that a letter of apology is all thatвЂ™s needed for all to be forgotten.Д¬hristopher NolanвЂ™s вЂњDark KnightвЂќ movies were long because they had a lot of story to tell, but this one is long because it wastes time on the JV squad: Does anyone care about Elizabeth OlsenвЂ™s witchy-poo act or that silly Sterno snowball sheвЂ™s always juggling? Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) is as dull as kitty litter, and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) is a glorified water boy. It amounts to a touch-football game in which no one is really trying to hurt anyone. That fight - cute though it is, and balancing humor with action as last yearвЂ™s вЂњAnt-ManвЂќ (a much better film) did so well - suffers from a lack of stakes. An amusing cameo from the new Spider-Man, now played by Tom Holland, helps give the scene its sparkle. So all superhero greenlighting duties should be turned over to a UN committee? So Cuba and Uzbekistan can filibuster when a nuclear-irradiated praying mantis the size of Philadelphia is chomping the top off the Empire State Building? Time would be of the essence when the world is under alien attack, so why is Stark suddenly as dumb as a box of ThorвЂ™s hammers? Tom Holland plays Spider-Man in вЂњCaptain America: Civil War.вЂќ Film Frame В© Marvel 2016Д«lack Widow (Scarlett Johansson) is on Team Iron Man while Captain America (Chris Evans) and Falcon (Anthony Mackie) have misgivings, which leads up to the only first-rate scene in the movie: a 15-minute blowout at an airport in which a dozen superheroes cheerfully slug it out, in part on behalf of the Winter Soldier, Captain AmericaвЂ™s best friend Bucky (Sebastian Stan), who is alternately good and evil depending on the whim of the moment. Huh? A handful of innocents were killed in Africa because the Avengers were saving millions from a deadly virus (this is the same plot as вЂњBatman v Superman,вЂќ indicating our highest-paid screenwriters have now had their imaginations captured by the administrative state). by a king.Д«ut hereвЂ™s whatвЂ™s ridiculous: Notoriously arrogant, individualistic and brilliant Tony Stark, aвЂ‰kвЂ‰a Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), readily agrees to bureaucratic oversight. AmericaвЂ™s top diplomat wants to neutralize our advantages? So far, so John Kerry - and the Avengers get lectured on their lack of democratic accountability. The story doesnвЂ™t make sense: After two crashing but routine action scenes in Vienna and Nigeria result in civilian casualties, the world demands the Avengers be regulated - and the US secretary of state (William Hurt) not only agrees but threatens to lock up the Avengers if they donвЂ™t comply. ItвЂ™s better than the jokey, tiresome вЂњAvengers: Age of UltronвЂќ or вЂњThe Amazing Spider-Man 2.вЂќ But after the first two вЂњCaptain AmericaвЂќ entries, the finest comic-book movies of the last five years, this one is disappointing. Gushing with hundreds of second-string superheroes, вЂњCivil WarвЂќ ought to delight Comic-Con goers, bless their virgin hearts. вЂњCaptain America: Civil WarвЂќ is really the third вЂњAvengersвЂќ movie, and itвЂ™s the вЂњWe Are the WorldвЂќ of the multiplex. Rated PG-13 (action violence, profanity).

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