This is brought to bear with a third act that seems to slow the movie down, not propel it forward. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, it just leads me to believe that the film may have better parts than it is a whole. While it’s easy to look at the film as a whole, I’ve spent more time digesting the movie in pieces than I have in its entirety. It’s smooth, has flow and works well, but tonally, the film is broken up into acts – you know, the thing we’re not supposed to notice. It’s not disjointed, don’t get me wrong on that note. The film also suffered a bit from what can only be described as being in sections. Not many people know the Black Panther, so you think they could have given the Prince of Wakanda the extra five minutes, not the guy that we’ve seen in two separate franchises since 2003. T’Challa, on the other hand, got basically zero time for back story which seems kind of backwards to me.
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Parker got a decent enough amount of time for a back story, but it was certainly full of exposition. While they did do a great job of balancing all the characters on screen, there certainly were a few rushed areas of development. I could go on and on about all the things that work for this movie and never have to bring up the things that didn’t click so well, but that would be overlooking a few things. The Russo’s showed an aptitude for filming hand to hand combat in Winter Soldier, and they certainly didn’t let that realization go to waste with Captain America: Civil War, as it features some pretty deft fight sequences. The Marvel films always have pretty eye widening set pieces, but the ones in this film in particular seemed to be even more so. They’ve also included some INCREDIBLE set pieces. They balanced the heavier dramatic aspects of the film by infusing humour throughout as Marvel is known to do, while really ramping it up in a few sections to offset the overall darker tone of the movie. They’ve also completely redefined the Avengers universe, AGAIN, and have done it smoothly and organically. Everyone’s motivations are clear and their own arcs within the story are clearly defined. So, the massive cast is handled well with the Russo’s balancing all the characters seemingly with ease. At no point did I ever think that someone was on the wrong side because all of the ground work has been laid for years in advance for this fight. The actual scope of the MCU was front and center as the alliances and dividing lines for this fight have been many movies in the making. The actual split of the Avengers proved to be one of the more interesting points to me. No, there certainly wasn’t the same elements of mystery that Winter Soldier brought us, but there were plenty of twists and turns to keep you interested. All of our heroes got plenty of screen time, it never feels jumbled and the story line was clear and concise. A big cast, a complex story and the need for some big set pieces proved too much weight for Age of Ultron. Now, with the removal of some pesky studio heads and conflicting writing teams, as well as having the film put in the very capable hands of the Russo Brothers, the end result seems to have paid off.
In order to pull off what was, in essence, another Avengers movie, there needed to be a lot of moving pieces.
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