I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the current Rottentomatoes.com ratings for Captain America: Civil War.  Unlike Batman v Superman, the film is tracking very well and currently sits at 93% positive:

Captain America: Civil War Rottentomatoes.com rating

You’ve got 126 in favor and 10 opposed as of this day (the movie is scheduled to be released this week in the U.S. but was already released in foreign markets and thus there are already a large number of “professional” reviews already out there).

The film is expected to be a box office hit and predictions of a take as large as $190+ million in its debut are not out of the question.

I’ve been following the glowing reviews and the negative ones and it appears that if there are negatives to the film it is that: 1) It is too long and could have been trimmed down some, especially at the beginning (the movie runs two and a half hours), 2) the story is nonsensical, 3) the movies are becoming too “corporate” since Disney took over, ie no big stakes, no startling deaths, and when its all over we’re back to the status quo, and 4) the villain of the piece is bland.

The later complaint, that the villains of these films are usually bland and forgettable, has become (at least to me) an annoying commonality in the Marvel movies of late, even those not under the Disney umbrella.

There is one other thing some have pointed out: The plot of this movie bears some striking similarities to that of Batman v Superman.  Considering filming on BvS began over a year before this film, we’re once again treading into “x ripped off y!” type discussions, and given the way we fanboys are, much gnashing of teeth will surely follow.

I expect plenty of “BvS sucked, CA is great” and vice versa type discussions to also follow for the next year and/or century.

Let the games…begin!