Captain America Civil War Watch-Along

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Zemo was more of a hero than cap was in this movie--and that's sad.

Zemo was more of a hero in this movie to me than captain america--and that's fucking sad.

Honestly, I have never gotten Captain America's side in this--and honestly I never will. He and the crew were dramatically wrong from the very start because they never gave governance to the people they claimed to defend. Yes, saving New York gets you points--you don't get to be held unaccountable because you have powers, and I'll never--EVER agree with that. Break off and refuse action if you must--but cap is basically never in the right from the very start of the movie in my eyes--and I'm pretty sure I'll never understand the other side. It's very 'america' viewpoint on power without learning any of its lessons.

I know people love Winter Soldier. Guardians of the Galaxy, Ragnarok, etc. I think this is the best marvel movie. Hands down. I watch these movies for the crossover. The more there is, the happier I am. THe solo movies are good, but bringing them together is the real magic. It's also *never* been done before in cinematic history....not deliberately, and not on this scale. Not only does this movie weave the various plots and motivations of all it's characters together, it does so well...and advances them, even if only a little. It's well thought-out, well put-together, and everything is explained and makes sense...it's not perfect...but almost no movie i've seen gets it this right...

Why edit the end credit scenes?

Quick clarification and reset. There was never any intention on my part to spoil anything, and I do apologize if it came across that way. I wasn’t trying to step on discovery, reactions, or first-time experiences for Eralia, for any of her followers, or for anyone else in the community. That genuinely wasn’t my goal. I got a little caught up trying to be helpful simply because there is so much Marvel content now, and I wanted to provide a clean roadmap so it didn’t feel overwhelming or confusing. In doing that, I realized I may have unintentionally drifted into meta spoiler territory, and framing things in a way that could affect how someone watches something for the first time. That’s on me, and I apologize. Let me fix it. So below is a straightforward list only, no commentary, no implications, no guidance. Just a chronological overview. You can decide what you want to watch, skip, pause, or circle back to based entirely on what interests you. Marvel Watch Order (Post–Civil War) Phase 3 -Captain America: Civil War -Doctor Strange -Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 -Spider-Man: Homecoming -Thor: Ragnarok -Black Panther -Avengers: Infinity War -Ant-Man and the Wasp -Captain Marvel -Avengers: Endgame Phase 4 -Spider-Man: Far From Home -WandaVision -The Falcon and the Winter -Soldier -Loki (Season 1) -Black Widow -Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings -Eternals -Hawkeye -What If...? (Season 1) -Spider-Man: No Way Home X-Men / Fox Era -X-Men -X2: X-Men United -X-Men: The Last Stand -X-Men: First Class -X-Men: Days of Future Past -The Wolverine -X-Men: Apocalypse -X-Men: Dark Phoenix -Deadpool -Deadpool 2 -Logan Phase 4 (Continued) -Doctor Strange in the -Multiverse of Madness -Moon Knight -Ms. Marvel -Thor: Love and Thunder -She-Hulk: Attorney at Law -Black Panther: Wakanda Forever -What If...? (Season 2) Phase 5 -Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania -Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 -Secret Invasion -The Marvels -Echo -Loki (Season 2) -Captain America: Brave New World -Thunderbolts* Next Era -Deadpool & Wolverine -The Fantastic Four: First Steps

"you kiss just like your aunt" bahaa!!

looking at the comments... jfc the floodgates have gone from open to full on firehose!

Your French is pardoned!

If you want some filler to not run out of the films too quickly, you should give the “Daredevil” show a watch. Daredevil is part of the MCU now, and I argue his show is the absolute best production Marvel has ever put out. Especially seasons 1, first four episodes of season 2 & all of season 3. And may even have the best villain ever, the Kingpin of Crime. Season 1 deals with some of the aftermath of the Battle of New York, and takes place around potentially 2013-2014. You will not regret it.

1) Captain America: Civil War 2) Doctor Strange 3) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 4) Spider-Man: Homecoming 5) Thor: Ragnarok 6) Black Panther 7) Avengers: Infinity War 8) Ant-Man and the Wasp 9) Captain Marvel 10) Avengers: Endgame 11) Spider-Man: Far From Home

Are you ready for TV shows in Phase 4?

For me, it was never that complicated. If you aren't on Steve's side, you're simply wrong. The government already proved within the movies themselves that it is easily corrupted. Hydra infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. for years and no one noticed. Tony was simply on the government's side because of the guilt he’s carried after years of selling weapons, and now because of his separation from Pepper. Likewise, Bucky is a victim, the fact that people try to blame him is also wrong. And even though I understand Tony's suffering regarding his parents, it is foolish to try to kill Bucky and blame him when he is just as much a victim as Tony's parents were. He was brainwashed the whole time. Steve is human and makes mistakes (like not telling Tony about his parents' death) but he is always trying to do the right thing. Always Team Captain America. It’s not even a debate.

How, how did I miss this!?!?! Lucky Harry Potter let me kno. Looking forward to this and hope your feeling better, sending warmth and good vibes!

This was a delight! There have been lots of Spider-Man movies with different actors, however only the Tom Holland ones are really relevant to the phases, but they are all good watches still for different reasons. There are 3 standalone Tobey Maguire Spider-Man movies, and 2 standalone Andrew Garfield Spider-Man movies....and don't worry you didn't skip a movie, this was Tom Hollands first Spiderman role. There's lots of Marvel content before Phase 1 that's a bit separate, like many of the X-Men movies too. All to say there are still lots of films to get through if you don't want to finish the Marvel main phase films too quickly and they will likely further improve your enjoyment of current Marvel stuff.

I saw this at my local theatre, and ended up being the only person there. I had the whole theatre to myself.

I love this movie, this is one of my favorites in the Marvel world. It's so well done and so complicated, it makes you question what you think constantly throughout the movie. Also, the villain got what he wanted so he kind of won, a superhero movie where the villain kind of wins doesn't happen that often.

This really is an amazing movie, but, to be completely honest, it is one that I struggle with rewatching. Really, outside of reactions, I don't really revisit it on my own because it is so deeply tragic. Don't get me wrong, it is wonderfully executed, but the collapse of The Avengers... isn't a story I want to repeat often. One of the things that I do appreciate about it is that... the conflicts aren't internally inconsistent. They didn't have to mangle anyone's character to have this ideological battle. Even in The Avengers, they had their conflicts; they just learned to work together to take on more existential threats like invading aliens and rogue AI. But the fault lines were always still there. There's still so much more to come, though! It is rather funny that they name-dropped the next hero in Winter Soldier... no context, and not even as a hero, but the mention is there. As for what comes next, just keep following release order for the time being. And, yes, I do include the Disney+ shows that were released after the end of Phase 3. They're maybe not the most popular, but they are still good. Also, once you get past Phase 3, it would also be worth looking at the older 20th Century Fox and Sony Marvel movies. They aren't part of the MCU, but they do give a lot of context, and... hey. If you go for thoroughness, the MCU is going to last you a pretty good while yet! My biggest piece of advice is to not put too much weight behind people telling you to skip X or Y... Opinions start dividing pretty sharply after the end of Phase 3. Just give them all a chance and make your own mind up about what you do and don't enjoy. Heck, you've already enjoyed quite a few movies that are held in lower regard by a lot of fans. If you don't like any of them... oh well. It isn't like anyone is going to twist your arm to rewatch them again XD

55:05 "I believe this creature and this witch more than Banner and Widow." That's because Paul Bettany is S tier and Mark Ruffalo is one of the most overrated actors of our generation. (Okay maybe it has something to do with the writing 🙄) Please watch A Knight's Tale (with Paul Bettany - Vision/Jarvis - and Heath Ledger - Joker in The Dark Knight) I can keep going I'm so sorry...

"I hate to be that guy, but you kill some people... you save the world..." Me: damn she's gonna love this movie

Now that you’ve started phase 3, I thought you might want/need some guidance on what to do once the Infinity Saga is over. (End of Phase 3/After Endgame) There’s by no means a straight forward list, but here is my opinion, which I think many can agree with, but if anyone else has some input, go for it. (Also… just do whatever you want…) Before continuing on past Endgame, you’re going to want to go back and watch some pre-2008 (pre-Iron Man 1) Marvel movies such as the Sam Rami Spider-Man trilogy, the two Amazing Spider-Man movies, and the X-Men movies. I’ll just make a list of both what I would consider necessary and what can be included if you want the complete experience. This will lead you back to catch up with Deadpool (2016). After Endgame: Blade (1998) (skippable) X-Men (2000) Spider-Man (2002) X2 (2003) Spider-Man 2 (2004) Fantastic Four (2005) X-Men The Last Stand (2006) (skippable) Spider-Man 3 (2007) (skippable) Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) (skippable) X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) (skippable) X-Men First Class (2011) The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) The Wolverine (2013) (skippable) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) X-Men Days of Future Past (2014) X-Men Apocalypse (2016) (skippable) Logan (2017) Deadpool 2 (2018) Spider-Man Far From Home (2019) Spider-Man No Way Home (2021) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 (2023) Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) Now you’re ready for Avengers Doomsday Dec 18 2026 There are many many more to get the complete complete experience, so feel free to check it out, but this will hopefully give you some sort of outline. If you even want to keep going, that is…

Based on the email I saw, I'm pretty sure you know by now that Doctor Strange is up next, but just in case, Doctor Strange is up next, followed by Guardians of the Galaxy 2. And then there's a Spider-Man movie. You could, in theory, take a detour after GotG2 and familiarize yourself with the previous non-main-MCU Spider-Man movies, but the main MCU does, I think, an okay job of bringing you up to speed. You don't have the backstory yet, but it's not hard to guess, plus the characters and events in the 2002 Sam Raimi Spider-Man movie are a bit different and may just confuse matters going into Spider-Man: Homecoming. (Personally I would hold off on going back to watch the older Spider-Man movies until after Phase 3.)

As many times as I saw this film in theaters, I think I cried just as much as you did in the first act. However, I may have been crying for entirely different reasons. In my case, I was just in disbelief that we were getting a film with this many Marvel characters, but they weren't being used as props and/or "Easter eggs". They were all PEOPLE with their own motivations and stories (which we will definitely be following up on),. This movie doesn't just "incorporate" a large array of characters, it shines many spotlights on all of them, somehow managing to do all of that whilst doing a massive amount of heavy lifting for not only the past MCU films, but for the future ones. I want to write 10 paragraphs about this film, but I'm getting sleepy, so, you're welcome. In closing, I will say that my favorite thing about the Russo Bros' interpretations of these stories is that they routinely choose the perfect ways in which to deviate from the comics, whilst simultaneously elevating all that came before the previous MCU films. That could not have been easy, given how much they love the source material.

Me chuckling at Eralia crying 3x early on, only to see Chadwick :(

Doctor Strange is the next in release order.

Hey!! Attack on Titan reference! I love it!

Why would you need help? The order has been posted in almost every comment section. Just stick with it, you're doing fine now. edit: LMAO, refreshed the comments here, and most of them are about the order, again... So there's the help you asked for...

Yet again, another great reaction. I feel like I say that every time, but I really am enjoying watching these. This one in particular is fascinating because everything gets so morally grey - there’s no clean “right” side anymore, and that tension really carries the film. We also get some big new faces here with Black Panther and Spider-Man. And just to reassure you - you haven’t missed anything. This is their first appearance in the MCU. You’ve got Doctor Strange and Guardians 2 up next (both fantastic), and then Spider-Man: Homecoming. It’s not a traditional origin story this time, which actually works really well. There are older Spider-Man movies outside the MCU - the Tobey Maguire trilogy and the Andrew Garfield duology - and they’re definitely worth watching at some point before you proceed beyond Phase 3. Different vibes, but both add a lot of context to the character. One small moment I always love in this movie is how casually Spider-Man handles Bucky’s metal arm. We’ve seen super soldiers struggle with it - Steve included - and then Peter just catches it and moves it aside like it’s nothing. It’s such a subtle way of showing just how physically strong he actually is. Black Panther’s introduction is great too, and his solo movie coming up later is well worth the wait. I won’t say anything about it, but it’s a strong origin story and adds a lot to the wider picture. Also—I loved the AT-AT tattoo reveal. You keep calling yourself uncultured, but having Star Wars in your background kind of disproves that straight away. Another excellent reaction overall. The pieces are really starting to fall into place now, and the pace only keeps accelerating from here. Things are about to get wild.

Spiderman has an origin story from the early 2000s toby McGuire films then they rebooted for Andrew Garfield version of Spiderman so thats why this version appeared in civil war. His film is down the road in phase 3 along with black panther

Doctor Strange is next.

Are you going to continue playing GTA V?

You have 10 more movies. Enjoy them.

There's plenty left to watch....... next movie is: Doctor Strange (2016) Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (2017) Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) Thor: Ragnarok (2017) Black Panther (2017) Avengers: Infinity War (2018) Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) Captain Marvel (2019) Avengers: Endgame (2019) Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) Black Widow (2021) Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) Eternals (2021) ----------> Recommended to watch before next Spider-Man MCU Movie Spider-Man (2002) Spider-Man 2 (2004) Spider-Man 3 (2007) The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) ----------> Recommended to Watch the following before Doctor Strange next movie Wandavision (MCU TV Series) X-Men (2000) X2 (2003) X-Men The Last Stand (2006) Logan (2017) The Fantastic Four (1994) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) The Marvels (2023) --> watch Ms. Marvel tv series before watching this ----> Recommended to watch the following before Deadpool & Wolverine Deadpool (2016) Deadpool 2 (2018) Blade (1998) Blade 2 (2002) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) Captain America: Brave New World (2025) --> watch Falcon & Winter Solider tv series first Thunderbolts (2025) The Fantastic Four First Steps (2025) Spider-Man Brand New Day (2026) Avengers Doomsday (2026) Avengers Secret Wars (2027) The older Marvel movies are ones that were made Under 20th Century Fox Studios or before Disney bought Marvel, but they do have tie ins with some of the newer movies but are optional, watching them will give you a better understanding of the story.

ps: "Is she under 18?" No.... but he is XD

You MUST continue watching in RELEASE ORDER. It's important, yo.

Love the excitement! There’s so much more cool stuff to watch in the Infinity Saga. Can’t wait for your reactions, so excited for you 😊

Watch them in normal release order...

One of the Mercenaries with Rumlow, the one guy holding the vial and shot by Redwing. He was Thanos in The Avengers end credit scene.

thank you for the super fun reaction! can't wait for the next one

Once Phase 3 is done, it is pretty crucial to catch up on the Sony Spider-Man films, as the comic lore is explored in both Spider-Man 1 & 2, and Amazing Spider-Man 1 & 2. (You can largely skip Sony's Spider-Man 3) ...I understand why MCU didn't feel like re-hashing it in this instance, as it's one of those things that is pretty safe to assume 99% of Spider-Man fans are familiar with, but there is a LOT you are going to need from those films to understand, well... a lot that happens later, if you've not read the comics.

Make sure to also watch sam raimi's spider-man trilogy starring tobey maguire on top of the 2 the amazing spider-man movies starring andrew garfield. They are NOT connected to the MCU but are both standalone adaptations of spider-man. They should give you a lot of insight on the character

Zemo is hands down one of my favorite villains in the MCU. He couldn't directly fight the Avengers, so his machinations to dismantle them were the next best thing. He's one of the few villains who "win" in the MCU.

This was fun! The word you keep looking for but can't find with regards to the musical themes of specific characters (like the flute for Black Panther in this movie) is a musical "motif". Like the horns for Captain America, or the electronic screeching for the Winter Soldier.

Doctor Strange is up next, will be quite interesting to see Eralia react to that visuals

You know, I just realised something. I'm super thankful I can relive this again. The entire universe is so huge as you watch each movie every couple of years there's background details and characters that kind of get forgotten and then when they come back several movies down the line you're all like "Who's this chuckle-fuck? ~ Eralia 2026, colourised", but now the pieces are falling into place more clearly and it helps resolve the big picture even more (are you tired of me harping on about "the big picture" in my comments yet?). I'm kinda envious of you watching these in such quick succession while the memories are still relatively fresh. And oh, oh, I was super impressed by you picking up on T'Chala's theme. Like everything, it was of course intentional. I think I pieced it together before because everything else was pretty much telegraphed. Oh here's a brand new character from a brand new nation from Africa that's being given a lot of screen time and now all of a sudden has a personal stake in the matter? And now there's a new super hero with an animal theme and powers? GEE, I WONDER WHO IT MIGHT BE. But the musical cue went completely over my head. :D

TBF in the Wanda-Vision Ship Wanda (she's older than Tony gives her credit for, she's nearly 30in this movie) is not so much the problem, Vision is like 2 years old

I love watching you watch these since im a big comic book guy from when I was a kid and I will be 52 on January 23

Spider-Man DC must be rage bait XD Well after 2 different Spider-Man Universes they wanted to skip the whole origin story in the MCU Eralia

Ref: Watch order - - There is a bit of a disagreement in the community over whether a first time watcher should do phase 3 in pure release order, or if you should specifically watch the Black Widow movie immediately after Civil War. If you do go the Black Widow route next, it is critical you do NOT watch the post credit scene, but otherwise it is self contained and directly follows Civil War.

This movie is packed! I kinda forgot how many new characters were introduced in this movie.

Here is what you missed and whats up next, Ill put it in in timeline order for you I think most would agree with this order (I have included the Original Marvel movies X-men, Spiderman ect as they do tie into the storyline later and will need the knowledge they offer so added them in timeline wise the best I could) :) EDIT : NOT everything on this list is a MUST watch this list is purely what I feel is necessary to the story for now and later after Endgame Also Love that you loved this one it gets so damn emotional mann tears everytime, and I get it you dont want to burn youself out on it you have a long way to go yet though, a little catch up as well but me aswell as the others im sure are here for the journey with you and there is no rush :) -Blade -Blade 2 -Blade 3 -X-Men (2000) MISSED -Spider-Man (2002) MISSED -X-Men 2 (2003) MISSED -Spider-Man 2 (2004) MISSED -Fantastic Four (2005) MISSED -X-Men: The LAst Stand (2006) MISSED -Spider-Man 3 (2007) MISSED -Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) MISSED -Iron Man - Watched -The Incredible Hulk - Watched -X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) MISSED -Iron Man 2 - Watched -Thor - Watched -X-Men: First Class (2011) MISSED -Captain America: The First Avenger - Watched -The Avengers - Watched -The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) - MISSED -Iron man 3 - Watched -The Wolverine (2013) - MISSED -Thor: The Dark World - Watched -Captain America: The Winter Soldier - Watched -The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) - MISSED -X-Men: Days of the Future Past (2014) - MISSED -Guardians of the Galaxy - Watched -Daredevil (season 1) - MISSED -Avengers:Age of Ultron - Watched -Ant-Man - Watched -Fantastic Four (reboot 2015) - MISSED -Dead Pool (2016) - MISSED -Daredevil (season 2) - MISSED -Captain America: Civil War - Watched --------UP NEXT IS-------- -X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) -Doctor Strange (2016) -Logan (2017) -Guardians of the Galaxy Vol2. -Spider-Man: Homecoming -Thor: Ragnarok -The Punisher -Black Panther -Avengers Infinity War -DeadPool 2 -Ant-Man and the Wasp -Daredevil (season 3) -Spider‑Man: Into the Spider‑Verse (2018) (Not yet on Disney+ but its sequel is, so I’m including it.) -The Punisher (season 2) -Captain Marvel -Avengers Endgame -Spider-Man: Far From Home -The New Mutants -Wandavision -The Falcon Winter Soldier -Loki -Black Widow -Shang-Chi -Eternals -Spider-Man: No Way Home (Again not on Disney+ but it counts) -Morbius -Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness Thor: Love and Thunder -Black Panther Wakanda Forever -The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special -Ant-man and Wasp Quantumania -Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 -The Marvels -Deadpool & Wolverine -Captain America Brave New World -Thunderbolts -Fantastic 4 This is going to be one hell of a ride and Im here for it :D

Little wednesday bonus, hope you are well

Надеюсь, ваше здоровье улучшится! Пожалуйста, не напрягайся слишком ради нас, ботаников! (Hope this poor translation improves your mood 🥰)

Wanda is shipable, but Vision "was born yesterday" soooo Also, I'm thrilled that Cap was your first movie, and the attachment you have to him (because he was your first) when most other people default to Stark (because he was their first)

I've seen this movie like 50 times and it's still so good!

You have to watch the Sam Raimi Spider-man Trilogy and Amazing Spider-man 1 and 2 before Phase 4. Also checkout Chadwick Boseman's movies.

Definitely one of my favourite Marvel movies! Spider-Man is the best Avenger! I cant wait for HP and the Half Blood Prince reaction!! Thanks Eralia and take care!

No such thing as a spinoff or standalone. Not here. lol

My favorite Marvel Character is up next, I really hope you like it!!

Actually if you wanted to you can watch the Black Widow movie next, Its right after Civil War that it takes place, but you cannot watch the end credit scene or you will be spoiled. Or you can wait and watch it after the last movie in the phase. I am most excited about that movie for you because you are from Ukraine.

You didn't miss a movie. Spiderman was released after this movie and chronologically takes place after this movie. I think they skipped introducing him as a character because this version is actually the third Spiderman since the first was released in the early 2000s. So they assumed most everyone would be familiar enough with the character to do it this way.

Since you called Ant-Man a "spin-off", which is a perfectly understandable view given how the MCU has been built so far, here's a fun fact : in the comics, Hank Pym, the original Ant-Man, was a founding member of The Avengers and is the one who actually created Ultron (in 1968 (yeah, these stories/characters have been around that long (and longer), which is why they have had so much content to work with to build a great series of movies)).

The grenade had a timer to synchronize with the plot armor XD 25:00 The point of the guy is, they do it without supervision, so it's bad as long as it's not done by a government Vision needs to look into correlation does not need to be causality, like the numbers of shark attacks rise with Keanu Reeves movies.

Welcome to Phase 3! But let’s (no spoilers!) briefly chat about Phase 4, as you’ll benefit from a purposeful approach. I want you to have the best experiences and reactions as you move through more Marvel content. Phases 1-3 are self-contained and linear. Everything you need is in those 50 hours, 23 movies. Phase 4+ is designed with the expectation that viewers have passing familiarity with this content—for easter eggs, emotional payoffs, and character moments that will land much harder with context. The primary historical content includes older X-Men and Spider-Man movies. So, you’ll benefit from a video consumption plan. I suggest you: 1. Ask your favorite GenAI tool for a spoiler-free roadmap of non-MCU + MCU content that maximizes impactful easter eggs and emotional moments, or 2. “Help me, help you” - Ask your community for explicit (but spoiler-free) guidance on what older content enhances Phase 4+ 3. or both… GenAI to make a list and have people double-check it.

I’ve been waiting for this reaction! Civil War is such a great movie!

Ooo this gonna be good

Yes! I know what I’m doing today!

I mean... technically... Ultron was Tony's fault (since he created Ultron by messing with AI). So either way, Sokovia is kinda on him.

Phase 3 here we go. So excited for this.

and Happy hump day to you too. :)

Been looking forward to this one, definitely one of my favourites 😄

This is top tier in the MCU..best of the franchise outside of Endgame. Looking to this reaction 😱😭😂😂😱😭😭😅

Fucking eh. Shit just got real.

woooooo