Captain America: Civil War Review - 10 Reasons It’s A Near-Perfect Comic Book Movie

8. It Makes It Impossible For You To Pick A Side

And boy, what a conflict it is. Ostensibly Captain America V Iron Man (oh, I'll get to that), but with the rest of the Avengers divided each for incredible sound, personal reasons, this is a complex drama with strong political subtext and themes of government sanctions and ends justifying means where right and wrong are all a matter of perspective (even for the more villainous characters outside of the main gang).

So much has been made in the marketing about whether you're Team Cap or Team Iron Man, with accompanying hashtags and emojis forcing you to take a side. Throughout all the pre-release build-up I was firmly on the former - Steve Rogers is the more interesting hero with a purer motivation - and yet across the movie the line became blurred; by the end there was an odd mix of jubilance and defeat in every step of the battle. Having seen the movie, I'm now #TeamBoth.

This is because, as in the comic (one of the few elements that the film faithfully translates), neither Cap nor Iron Man is an overt villain. Being the protagonist means we see much of the first hour through the eyes of Steve Rogers, but Tony Stark isn't supporting superhero registration just because the plot needs him to. Using the built-up character interplay it all feels painfully organic.