12. Making Civil War Seem One-Sided
The Mistake: Making Captain America the unambiguous hero of his Civil War movie, while Iron Man is the "villain". Though the comics arguably didn't do it well enough, Civil War isn't supposed to make the audience root for Cap over Iron Man, but be a more ambiguous exploration of whether the Superhero Registration Act (which Iron Man favours) is a good idea or not. The audience cheering on Cap may however be inevitable given the current real-world concerns of privacy and spying, and while timely, it would be a shame if the disagreement was this simplistic. Why It Could Ruin Phase Three: For starters, it's the first movie in Phase Three and needs to get things off on the right foot, but if it goes too far in making audiences dislike Tony Stark, then it could damage the character's value leading into Infinity War and possibly beyond.
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