Cell Tree

"A bunch of idiots bypassed all other possibilities to solve a simple 5+5 question and claimed themselves as heroes," that's what I thought when I left the cinema (I held on though. Feeling like a victory of some sort of contests which carry shameful consquences if you lose).
 

Marvel's stories are usually straightforward, but Captain America: Civil War attempted something different.

Epic Fail, achieved in 2 hours (obvious foreshadowing for the wrong elements; little for the right ones) and by raw skills. 

80s' post-production (e.g. almost no one's face can be seen clearly for 0.2 sec in a row for the first 10 minutes), characters without characters (e.g. being careless about things is the trademark of Iron Man, while he suddenly became some overly serious responsibility-bound dude/ everyone moves the same moves; no actions in this action film tell anyone's personality), lousy rhythm arrangement regarding the scenes and how they are presented (director's fault). They might as well pick another story that is applicable on scene or anything they think they can manage. With the first hour as lullaby, some people (me as well) wished that they could still utter things like "at least the second hour is worth waiting for", but realized they couldn't at the end. 

My friend joked about it, "Yeah? What are you expecting? 120 minutes for what? 10 main characters? like at most 20 minutes for each one of them?" Do the math. It's a joke to put this idea on the scene in the first place. Gimmick unfulfilled. Not to mention the you-know-that-there-would-not-be-any-surprise ending: A wins or B wins or nobody wins or they make peace somehow. Thank God. I'm grateful to have taken probability lessons in high school. American kids have their first contact with angles in what? 9th Grade? That does explain a lot.

Let's then think about this. What is a good movie series? (movie adaptation of Japanese films fails as the required in-depth understanding over the characters do not appear naturally on the actors/actress solely with good looks; movie adaptation of American films are like the potato chips they keep feeding themselves when binge-watching -- no one ever remembers how they tasted even they have a sense that these potato chips were there) Should we emphaize on the whole performance? Or equal importance when they are viewed both individually and collectively (Harry Potter for one: it gives you various insights for both approaches)?