When it comes to comic book movies, it's important to have a certain amount of suspension of
disbelief. Still, sometimes you can't help but wonder exactly how some plot turns went
down. While Captain America: Civil War was awesome from start to finish, there were
some moments that made us go, "Hey, wait, a minute..." Oh, and watch out...major spoilers
ahead.
Blurred Vision
The event that kick-starts the movie into motion is the battle against Crossbones in
Lagos, Nigeria, which ends with the villain attempting to explode Captain America and
himself to bits. He fails in his attempt, thankfully, when Scarlet Witch shifts the
blast elsewhere. Unfortunately, her actions accidentally lead to the deaths of several
relief aid workers. You know who probably could've saved the day?
The Vision, who simply wasn't there. It's not like he has an exciting personal life
or anything, so why was he absent? It's never explained. But if we had to guess...it's because
his presence would've changed the nature of the fight. And prevented that part of the
plot from working.
No spin zone
Before unveiling the Sokovia Accords, General Ross takes the Avengers for a guilt trip down
memory lane. He reflects on the various incidents that have taken place since their inception
as a team, focusing on the innocent casualties and damages that happened as a result.
The Battle of New York is one of his key talking points—although he avoids mentioning how
the World Security Council ordered a nuclear strike against the alien invasion in Manhattan,
which certainly would've caused far more damage than the Avengers did.
Why didn't someone from the Avengers speak up and point that out?
You'd also think that someone on the team would've noted that Scarlet Witch's actions
in Lagos saved even more lives by removing Crossbones' blast from ground level, which
was much more populated.
In fact, pretty much all the incidents Ross mentions would have been way worse without
the Avengers intervening, right? Shouldn't one of the super-people mentioned that…?
OK, that's enough,
All about timing
Since the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron that led to the deaths of his family, Civil
War bad guy Helmut Zemo plans to destroy the Avengers by causing inner conflict, disintegrating
the group from within. What's confusing, though, is that a lot of his plan seems dependent
on the Sokovia Accords. And they didn't even come into play until well after his plan started,
right?
Let's just accept that he's fast on his feet and adapted to the situation. Just like this
next situation...
What if Iron Man hadn't shown up?
So Zemo's big plan all along was to tear down the Avengers by turning them against each
other right? When he shows Tony Stark the video of his parents being slain by Bucky
while he was in Winter Soldier mode. Tempers flare
all around, and Cap's relationship with Iron Man goes up in smoke. Hooray for Zemo! On
the other hand, what was Zemo planning to do if Iron Man hadn't flown in when he did?
It's not like he had any reason to believe that Iron Man was arriving: it was a spontaneous
decision.
Of course, if there's one thing you can set your watch to, it's Tony making crazy,
disastrous, spontaneous decisions…
So maybe we'll give them partial credit on that one.
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