Captain America: Civil War - 9 Major Concerns From The New Trailer

4. The "Friendship" Stuff Between The Captain & Iron Man Doesn't Feel Earned

That moment where Iron Man sadly notes that he and Captain America used to friends - if you're being 100% honest with yourself, would you really say that that moment rung true? It's not enough to have a superhero Civil War in which two Avengers decide to turn against one another... it has to be coated in a kind of faux "We were friends" backstory. Because contrary to what the trailer tries to tell us, Steve Rogers and Tony Stark have never really been pals: they've argued pretty much relentlessly ever since they met one another and have even come to blows on numerous occasions. There's no real "friendship." Just because they've fought for the same team on two occasions doesn't mean that there's ever been a moment of proper friendship shared on-screen between them, either. More truthfully, there's always been this lingering sense that they don't quite trust one another - they've always been two men with very different agendas and ideals. Captain America has always been the pro-government guy, whilst Iron Man has rallied against "the big man." It feels a bit off, then, when Civil War seems to ask audiences to buy into the idea that these guys are at risk of losing some kind of intimate personal relationship. If the movie relies on that non-truth to tell its story, Captain America: Civil War could end up feeling kind of fake. It's okay for Civil War to be about to two allies falling out - they don't need to be best pals.