Post by Katy Manning's Chinese Husband on Apr 29, 2016 1:27:51 GMT
Captain America: Civil War is the opening film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 3 and the third film to headline Captain America.
A warning to those who intend to see this film but hasn't yet not to stay for the end of the end credits as there is an extra scene there.
Captain America: Civil War has Daniel Bruhl as the villain Helmut Zemo.
Other cast members include Martin Freeman who plays John Watson in Sherlock. What interesting about Freeman and Bruhl being both in this film is that the latter was in the movie The Fifth Estate (2013) and this is what I said about that film back then:
"The Sydney Sunday Telegraph’s Nick Dent was not impressed with The Fifth Estate in his review giving it two and a half stars and the verdict of “Dumbed-down, unconvincing retelling of the Wikileaks affair”.
On Benedict Cumberbatch as [Julian] Assange he says that the English Cumberbatch as the Australian Assange takes a lot of work getting used to “and it’s to his credit that Cumberbatch nails the physical awkwardness and charismatic aloofness of Assange, emerging from the film with his dignity intact”.
Dent says that director Bill Condon had cast Cumberbatch as Assange “as an oddball genius in the Sherlock Holmes mould [Dent maybe making a reference to Cumberbatch’s role as Sherlock] with Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Bruhi) as his more down-to-earth Watson [obviously Martin Freeman wasn’t available to be in The Fifth Estate] – the one the audience can relate to.”"
Incidentally Cumberbatch is in the next MCU film as the titular character Doctor Strange.
Civil War marks the debut in the MCU of Black Panther and Spider-Man.
Emily VanCamp who had appeared in the previous Captain America movie Winter's Soldier and whose character wasn't given a name makes her return in Civil War and what a surprise who she turned out to be and at a very sad occasion.
Civil War in the title refers to divisions within the Avengers on what to do with Steve Rogers/Captain America's long-time friend Bucky as well as whether the Avengers should be regulated by the UN.
Intriguing about a certain tragedy in Tony Stark's life.
The climax towards the end was not bad and Bruhl was very good as the villainous Zemo.
A warning to those who intend to see this film but hasn't yet not to stay for the end of the end credits as there is an extra scene there.
Captain America: Civil War has Daniel Bruhl as the villain Helmut Zemo.
Other cast members include Martin Freeman who plays John Watson in Sherlock. What interesting about Freeman and Bruhl being both in this film is that the latter was in the movie The Fifth Estate (2013) and this is what I said about that film back then:
"The Sydney Sunday Telegraph’s Nick Dent was not impressed with The Fifth Estate in his review giving it two and a half stars and the verdict of “Dumbed-down, unconvincing retelling of the Wikileaks affair”.
On Benedict Cumberbatch as [Julian] Assange he says that the English Cumberbatch as the Australian Assange takes a lot of work getting used to “and it’s to his credit that Cumberbatch nails the physical awkwardness and charismatic aloofness of Assange, emerging from the film with his dignity intact”.
Dent says that director Bill Condon had cast Cumberbatch as Assange “as an oddball genius in the Sherlock Holmes mould [Dent maybe making a reference to Cumberbatch’s role as Sherlock] with Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Bruhi) as his more down-to-earth Watson [obviously Martin Freeman wasn’t available to be in The Fifth Estate] – the one the audience can relate to.”"
Incidentally Cumberbatch is in the next MCU film as the titular character Doctor Strange.
Civil War marks the debut in the MCU of Black Panther and Spider-Man.
Emily VanCamp who had appeared in the previous Captain America movie Winter's Soldier and whose character wasn't given a name makes her return in Civil War and what a surprise who she turned out to be and at a very sad occasion.
Civil War in the title refers to divisions within the Avengers on what to do with Steve Rogers/Captain America's long-time friend Bucky as well as whether the Avengers should be regulated by the UN.
Intriguing about a certain tragedy in Tony Stark's life.
The climax towards the end was not bad and Bruhl was very good as the villainous Zemo.