This is a really what set the movie above and beyond for me.

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This is a really what set the movie above and beyond for me. The ambiguity. Who watches the Watchmen? Who controls the nuclear bomb?

I mean, we trust Captain America to do the right thing because he's Steve Rogers, the man who hates bullies and just wants the world to be safe. Those ideals were compounded with the super soldier serum which is why he was chosen over other, less moral, prospects.

But what if it weren't Captain America? Would you support a registration and oversight of bad guys with super powers? What of Loki or the Abomination? Shouldn't they be watched or sent to prison?

And yet, what if you agree that everyone should be tagged and tracked, subject to the will of an oversight panel? Then what stops politics from determining where you're sent? Stop ISIS in Syria? Sure. Stop the Arab Spring or Occupy Wall Street?

Civil War was expertly done, although it (and every movie could have used more Spider-Man, especially the part where a bleeding Spider-Man is being carried by an honored Captain America) needed to end like the comics ended. Without spoilers, we all know what I'm referring to.
http://io9.gizmodo.com/civil-wars-writers-and-directors-explain-why-you-should-1775317717

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