History Awesome / CaptainAmericaCivilWar

** Featuring your one and only... Franchise/SpiderMan!

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wajZX4nkjyQ The MTV Tv Spot]] showcasing Cap, Falcon and Wanda's assault on an enemy base. For those who cannot access, you can use [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvqnVcd3rhE this]] version. The team-work, skill and power they show off in this video is incredible:

** Even more impressive, the villain is... [[VillainousUnderdog just an unpowered man. Loki, the Chitauri, Hydra, Ultron, all the superpowered beings and armies broke upon the Avengers like water on a rock, but one special forces officer, with nothing but his cunning, training, patience and hatred, managed to do what no supervillain could do -- tear apart the Avengers from the inside and reduce the team to a shell of its former self.]] If anything, Thanos owes his (initial) success in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' to this man--for contributing to the fragmentation of forces aligned with the Avengers.

** His final scene was awesome too. When he's being taunted by his captor and asked how it felt that his plan failed. His answer? "Did it?"

* At the end of the film, Cap breaks into the Raft, the most secure prison facility on the planet, singlehandedly in order to rescue his imprisoned comrades, and clears out all the security. The look on Falcon's face when he sees Cap leaves no question that they were expecting him to come break them out sooner or later. Note that Cap does this without his shield or costume, seemingly completely unarmed.

** The CallBack to the first movie of a beaten and bloody Cap still raising his fists and saying "I can do this all day." The number of fans who wanted to hug him at that point is probably over infinity and counting.

* The trailers all show a guy in a PoweredArmor giving Cap a run for him money, [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom even once sending him flying with a punch]]. Apparently HYDRA finally decided to be clever and send an actual superhuman to take out Cap.

* One goes to one of the other Winter Soldiers who Bucky was training with in the flashback. Not only does he kick Bucky's ass, he then (admittedly with both hands) overpowers Buck's metal arm, something Cap failed to do.

** Steve, Bucky and Black Panther all outrunning cars. While Steve has proven to be fast, he's no match for the other two when it comes to speed and so hijacks a car. Bucky and his pursuer, meanwhile, are busy running up and down cars ''while they're moving at full speed''.

'''Scarlet Witch:''' [[WorldOfCardboardSpeech I can't control their fear, only my own.]]

* While the preview clips spoil some of the action, getting to see the Winter Soldier - ''not'' Bucky - in action proves that spending two years on the run has not dulled his ruthless programming or fighting skill. After being activated by Zemo in captivity, he tears through Captain America (without shield), Falcon9sans wingsuit), several squads of trained soldiers, Tony Stark (without the armor), Sharon Carter, ''and'' Black Widow without breaking a sweat. Only T'Challa gives him some trouble. But even then, the Soldier keeps a cool head and just disappears. It's safe to say that his OneManArmy credentials aren't going away anytime soon.

** Bucky rips off a lock with his metal arm to operate the helicopter

** One particular highlight is when Steve and Tony briefly recreate the classic shot from the comic, with Tony launching a double repulsor blast at Steve, who stands his ground and blocks the shot with the shield. The shield proceeds to launch the energy all over the room in slow motion.

* While the preview clips spoil some of the action, getting to see the Winter Soldier - ''not'' Bucky - in action proves that spending two years on the run has not dulled his ruthless programming or fighting skill. After being activated by Zemo in captivity, he tears through Captain America, Falcon several squads of trained soldiers, Tony Stark (without the armor), Sharon Carter, ''and'' Black Widow without breaking a sweat. Only T'Challa gives him some trouble. But even then, the Soldier keeps a cool head and just disappears. It's safe to say that his OneManArmy credentials aren't going away anytime soon.

* Though we're not rooting for him at the moment, Tony's most impressive moment is when he tries to prevent Bucky's escape up the vertical shaft. His targeting system is shot, so he takes off his mask and eyeballs it, closing one eye, taking a single shot, and successfully hitting his target. Even in the midst of UnstoppableRage, Tony is skilled and precise.
* Six words: "[[TheDeterminator I can do this]] [[ArcWords all day.]]"

** One of the many [[FreezeFrameBonus blink-and-you-miss-it]] [[FunnyBackgroundEvent background]] moments during the splash panel shot: After having received a [[CurbStompBattle rather thorough thrashing from him earlier, it's nice to see ''Hawkeye'' actually one-up ''The Vision'' of all people, if only briefly. He nails Vision with a couple of electric arrows early in the splash-panel clash while the android is distracted by War Machine vs Falcon, sending the poor fellow offscreen for most of the fight!]]

** T'Challa shows he doesn't need his armor to take hits like a badass. Bucky punches Tony and Sharon with his flesh-and-blood arm: they are incapacitated immediately. T'Challa takes a hit from Bucky's cyborg arm, which has been seen to dent ''concrete'': he manages to roll on impact and stand back up, crouching rather like a cat, with a very "LetsGetDangerous" look on his face. He then proceeds to match Bucky blow for blow.

** Adding to the above Tony actually had both Cap and Bucky pinned and helpless, and then down and out at different points of the fight. [[NightmareFuel If he had been up against only one... ]]

** Right before Cap brings his shield down on the arc reactor we see Tony throw his hands over his face, palms outwards. Tony had a clean shot with both repulsors directly at Steve's head, and could have ended the fight right there and then. The only thing keeping him from doing so was, as mentioned, his refusal to hurt Steve, and the fact that Bucky, not Steve, was his primary target.

** The mere fact that Tony was able to hold his own is impressive: Steve and Bucky are hand to hand fighters, with their training and powers going in that direction, while Tony's greatest advantages are his mobility and long-range weaponry, and from the previous scene at the Raft, he is also sporting an injured arm. There, fighting in a confined space with no room for maneuvers, he couldn't put his ranged capabilities to good use, and had to fight in melee multiple times with his injured arm, the field his opponents are best in. ''In addition'', they were two against one. Still, Tony came extremely close to winning and lost only because of his refusal to hurt Cap. Had he been in good condition and made full use of the opportunities he got to kill Cap as well instead of focusing solely on Bucky which allowed Cap to protect both Bucky and himself, both soldiers would have almost certainly been dead.

** Even more impressive, the villain is... [[VillainousUnderdog just an unpowered man. Loki, the Chitauri, Hydra, Ultron, all the superpowered beings and armies broke upon the Avengers like water on a rock, but one special forces officer, with nothing but his cunning, training, patience and hatred, managed to do what no supervillain could do -- tear apart the Avengers from the inside and reduce the team to a shell of its former self.]] If anything, [[Characters/MCUThanos Thanos]] owes his (initial) success in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' to this man--for contributing to the fragmentation of forces aligned with the Avengers.

*** The awesome is subverted in the movie when you see that it's Vision's friendly fire that nearly kills Rhodes; he missed his target, which was Falcon's jet pack.

*** Not quite, as Bucky audibly cries out in pain when Tony smacks him over the face. Not even the crotch punch got a similar reaction. Probably why Tony got PunchedAcrossTheRoom unlike others because that pissed off the Winter Soldier more. Even then, that's a CMOA for Tony, showing that he indeed has come a long way from being too dependent on his suit.

** Vision gets himself by quickly realizing Hawkeye's distraction, then shooting out the electrodes in Hawkeye's trap, then proceeding to show Clint just how outmatched he is in several ways.
*** Special mention must go to when Hawkeye's punches have zero effect on him and Clint's baton breaks on him.
*** At the moment Clint's baton breaks, you see Vision slowly increasing his density while making a face of "OK, really?" He may not be JARVIS, but Vision certainly inherited his sass.

*** Made even better by Tony's reaction. When he hears Ant-Man talking to him from inside the armor, he looks pretty damn scared.
*** Scott then learns the hard way messing up Falcon's suit is one thing, doing the same to Iron Man is whole another when he gets unceremoniously ejected by its fire suppression system.

*** One for Hawkeye as well. He manages to hold his own against someone of Cap's level, and fared better than Black Widow did.

** Giant Man grabs War Machine by transforming when right on top of him and then throws him across the airport. Spider-Man tries to catch him with his webs but only goes flying along with him a long way before he is able to slow him down
*** Spidey gets a CMOA in that when he hits a truck hard enough to knock it over but isn't too bothered by that, showing how tough the web-slinger is.

** Its an even more awesome moment for Tony as well, who never raises his voice or insults Clint right back like he normally would, even after the cruel last line, despite how awful he must be feeling then.

** Despite Vision's talk of escalating superpowered threats, in the end all it took was a single man to destroy the Avengers. A man who knew he couldn't kill them face-to-face, but still persevered and succeeded anyway. [[spoiler: It eventually becomes a moment of awesome of the Avengers, who eventually reconcile for good in Film/AvengersEndgame and, in doing so, stick it to Zemo and prove him wrong.]]
** Zemo apparently [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome killed all other Winter Soldiers offscreen. They ''were'' still on ice and not active; we see in a close-up that he headshot them while they were still frozen]], but it's a testament that he still has a conscience and rejects the temptation to use such weapons.
*** He also doesn't like using Bucky as a weapon. He tries to get the information he wants another way, and doesn't like controlling Bucky against his will.

*** Say what you will about Zemo's actions but there's something satisfying about Ross losing his smug satisfaction for just a moment.

** Despite Vision's talk of escalating superpowered threats, in the end all it took was a single man to destroy the Avengers. A man who knew he couldn't kill them face-to-face, but still persevered and succeeded anyway. [[spoiler: It eventually becomes a moment of awesome of the Avengers, who eventually reconcile for good in Film/AvengersEndgame and, in doing so, stick it to Zemo and prove it wrong.]]

** Despite Vision's talk of escalating superpowered threats, in the end all it took was a single man to destroy the Avengers. A man who knew he couldn't kill them face-to-face, but still persevered and succeeded anyway.

*** Scott then learns the hard way messing up Falcon's suit is one thing, doing the same to Iron Man is whole another when he gets unceremoniously ejected by its fire suppression
system.
*** At least one fan parody called this scene “the only cool thing Hawkeye’s ever done.”

*** Scott then learns the hard way messing up Falcon's suit is one thing, doing the same to Iron Man is whole another when he gets unceremoniously ejected by its fire suppression system.

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* The movie getting an overwhelmingly positive reception at Website/RottenTomatoes, with a 91% rating, and making over $1 billion within its ''first few weeks''. It managed to beat the ''entire theatrical gross'' of its major competitor, ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', which was no slouch itself, earning $870 million. ''Civil War'' also wound up having much better reception with both critics and audiences, overall.
** What makes this even more impressive is the fact that Captain America and Iron Man weren't as well-known as Batman and Superman before the MCU. It's a testament to the great amount of goodwill that Marvel Studios has built with audiences and critics alike.
** Also, the fact that this film was initially slated to open directly opposite ''Batman v Superman'' before effectively telling that film, "No, ''you'' move." [[{{ComicBook/CivilWar}} Quite appropriate, no?]][[note]]''[=BvS=]'' blinked first and moved to an emptier spot on the release calendar. ''Civil War'' also moved release dates following a reshuffle of Marvel Phase 3.[[/note]]
** This movie is the highest grossing movie of 2016 with a box office total of $1.153 billion. '''WOW'''.
* Spider-Man:
** Having him in the movie ''period''. At first it seemed like Marvel wouldn't have been able to incorporate him into the plot given that the film was quite a good ways into development, but lo and behold, they not only managed to snugly fit him in without much of a hassle, but everybody's favorite web-head is unanimously considered to be one of the highlights of the film alongside fellow newcomer Black Panther with Creator/TomHolland playing both a good Peter Parker ''and'' a good Spider-Man.
*** That last bit needs emphasis and maybe some explaining. Even if you think Creator/TobeyMaguire will always be the definitive cinematic Spider-Man in the same way that Creator/ChristopherReeve will never be unseated as the defining portrayal of Franchise/{{Superman}}, hindsight generally agrees that while he was a perfect Peter, his Spider-Man was just Peter in a suit. And while ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'' is very divisive, in no small part because of Creator/AndrewGarfield's portrayal of Peter Parker, most people admit that he at least had Spider-Man's snark and quipping down to a fine art. Holland is widely praised for his ability to accurately portray both awkward teenager Peter Parker ''and'' fast-talking superhero Spider-Man, with some people crediting him as the greatest cinematic incarnation of the character ever.
** And in the tradition of the after credits scenes:
---> ''[[Film/SpiderManHomecoming Spider-Man]] [[AndTheAdventureContinues will return.]]''
** Creator/TomHolland's sheer presence is worth a mention. For a start, a teenager was finally cast as Peter Parker. He looks and sounds like a teenager, and acts like one in the film, adding a sense of realism to it while simultaneously being good casting, because his performance is just so good. Not to mention how much he's really been embracing the role outside the film, with the constant Instagrams and Twitter videos showing him doing flips - if you've seen them, seeing him doing those flips ''in the movie'' makes the whole thing even better.
** Just the fact that nineteen-year-old Tom Holland got in front of a camera with veteran actor Robert Downey, Jr. Robert Downey, Jr.-ing all over the place and didn't disappear into the wallpaper. He holds his own against Tony freakin' Stark for the entire scene. He kept himself alive in the midst of avalanches of snark and charisma and managed to become one of the most memorable parts of the movie.
* And in the same vein, Black Panther. When the character was first announced for ''Civil War,'' some folks dismissed it as an affirmative-action gimmick more than anything else. With the release of the film, however, T'Challa has proven himself to be a worthy addition to the cast, a fully-fleshed-out character capable of standing as an equal to the MCU's flagship heroes -- and this is even ''before'' he has a movie of his own to star in.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPEcyIqTknQ This behind-the-scenes video]].
* The SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome used for Tony's first scene in the film -- they are able to show a young Tony Stark by making Robert Downey Junior look twenty five years younger, in the same vein as how ''Film/AntMan'' was able to show a younger Hank Pym, especially impressive after the criticism of the CGI used to age-up Hayley Atwell in ''Winter Soldier''.
* The airport the climactic fight takes place in? ALL CGI. If nobody told you, there's a good chance you'd think they just closed off an actual airport and filmed there.
** Know what else is all CGI? Black Panther's suit. Betcha didn't realize that. In order to give it a consistent, otherworldly look while still maintaining mobility for the actors, the directors decided to digitally recreate every single frame that the Black Panther shows up (including the parts when he's unmasked).
* Just look at the long list of [=CMOAs=] shown in the trailers and preview clips. Then see ''how much more'' there is in the movie. It is one big, long CMOA to the Marvel Studios editing team to pull that off with every movie with better results every time, culminating in this.
* WebVideo/AndreTheBlackNerd pointed this out: the fact that ''Civil War'' has three black main characters (Black Panther, War Machine and Falcon) with three distinct personalities and three distinct ways of being heroes. Rather than any of them being a TokenMinority, they're fleshed out enough to be individuals and still fight for good. See Hollywood? It IS that easy.
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* "[[TheDeterminator I can do this]] [[ArcWords all day.]]"