Captain America: Civil War

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Another summer blockbuster; we avoided the crowds by cleverly attending a Wednesday evening showing. As I type, it's number 121 on IMDB's top 250 movies of all time, ahead of Chinatown and The Great Escape. Um.

And, oddly enough, the second blockbuster in a row featuring the heroes mainly whacking on each other, spurred by controversy about collateral damage caused by previous world-saving outings. This one succeeds a little better, but the point remains: just what deep-thinking moral lessons are there to be drawn from a situation taking place in an alternate universe infested by superheros, supervillains, and supertechnology, nearly completely untethered from the laws of physics?

But still, it's a pretty good yarn. Aunt May gets younger each time I see her. Specifically, this is the first time she's played by an actress younger than I. Sigh.


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