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I agree on a lot of counts. I came out really happy because I was expecting a tirefire of stuff I hated (Ultron) and this wasn't that. I am legit excited that the Russos get the next Avengers films because I think that they manage to strike a good balance between characters. If this was Avengers 4 I'd be over the moon.

But it's not Avengers 4 and there was (to my mind) too much Tony, Spider-Man (whyyyyyy Peter Parker, I mean, he's the best of the three film versions we've seen, but he's also the third of the three and I legit don't care), Ant-Man, and even Wanda, Vision, and Rhodey for all that I like those three. I admit that the Russos drew a line between Iron Man 3 and Ultron in a way I didn't think was possible, but this was a Captain America film that had more in the way of Tony man pain and character development and that's frustrating.

The best parts of the film are really good, but I wanted more character beats for Steve and the characters closest to him -- Bucky, Natasha, and Sam in particular. They were at the heart of Winter Soldier and, the accords aside, the story of Steve finding Bucky is what this film is about. And it was lost in the mix of Avengers politics. And I'm definitely interested in Avengers politics! I like that kind of thing. But this wasn't the time and place for it.

T'Challa was perhaps the best drawn part of the film and I am excited where the end of the film leaves us ... Perhaps because it more or less leaves the characters I care most about (Steve, Bucky, Sam, Wanda, T'Challa, tentatively Natasha, and Sharon) all on more or less the same side.