10 Reasons Captain America: Civil War Beat Batman v Superman
6. The Politics Are Very Real
Both Civil War and BvS have politics at the centre of the plots and how they execute those politics really determines whether or not each movie holds together. One succeeds, the other fails.
Despite all of the claims that BvS is a "serious, realistic" take on superheroes, the politics are anything but. There's a Congressional hearing about Superman killing people in Africa when no one has any reason to believe that Superman, who can melt people with his eyes, would use a gun.
Holly Hunter's Senator Finch doesn't really seem to know whose side she's on. It looks like she's against Superman, but then she rejects the opportunity to get her hands on kryptonite?
And the politics completely fall to the wayside after a certain point. Superman flies off to be by himself after the bomb in Washington, then we barely hear any further mention and he gets a parade at the end of the movie.
Civil War has politics that feel more real. The destruction that has followed the Avengers to this point has been serious, and it's enough to scare people. When Ross brings the Avengers the Sokovia Accords, it's easy to see why the governments of the world would want to keep a handle on the Avengers.
Those politics are followed through to a conclusion of sorts. The conflict between Tony and Steve hasn't resolved by the end—it's at a stalemate. The Sokovia Accords are in place and the captured Avengers need to be liberated by Steve, making them all fugitives.