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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 6886754" data-attributes="member: 22424"><p>Following their usual pattern, Marvel have released their latest film in the UK a little ahead of the US general release (well, according to IMDB), and I went to see it last night.</p><p></p><p>Yeah, it's great.</p><p></p><p>I particularly liked the way that there wasn't a clear 'right' side here - both Tony and Steve are clearly good guys, they're both clearly trying to do the right thing, but they also both clearly make big mistakes along the way. (And it <em>really</em> helps that we've now seen Tony in six movies and Steve in five, so we knew the characters going in - no need to set up personality traits or explain motivations - just lay out the situation and off we go! Of course, that means it probably won't work for anyone who hasn't seen the previous movies.)</p><p></p><p>Additionally, the handling of the far-too-large cast of heroes was excellent - show the battle lines being drawn, have the huge set-piece fight, and then move the secondary characters aside so that the big guns get the finale to themselves.</p><p></p><p>And Spider-man was perfect.</p><p></p><p>But... overall, I think I still preferred "The Winter Soldier", which for me remains the high-water mark for the MCU to date. This one probably sits just behind the first "Avengers" in my order of preference - but it's a close thing!</p><p></p><p>Oh yeah, and they <em>didn't</em> have a climax involving a great big menace in the sky. Which is nice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="delericho, post: 6886754, member: 22424"] Following their usual pattern, Marvel have released their latest film in the UK a little ahead of the US general release (well, according to IMDB), and I went to see it last night. Yeah, it's great. I particularly liked the way that there wasn't a clear 'right' side here - both Tony and Steve are clearly good guys, they're both clearly trying to do the right thing, but they also both clearly make big mistakes along the way. (And it [i]really[/i] helps that we've now seen Tony in six movies and Steve in five, so we knew the characters going in - no need to set up personality traits or explain motivations - just lay out the situation and off we go! Of course, that means it probably won't work for anyone who hasn't seen the previous movies.) Additionally, the handling of the far-too-large cast of heroes was excellent - show the battle lines being drawn, have the huge set-piece fight, and then move the secondary characters aside so that the big guns get the finale to themselves. And Spider-man was perfect. But... overall, I think I still preferred "The Winter Soldier", which for me remains the high-water mark for the MCU to date. This one probably sits just behind the first "Avengers" in my order of preference - but it's a close thing! Oh yeah, and they [i]didn't[/i] have a climax involving a great big menace in the sky. Which is nice. [/QUOTE]
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