First of all...
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY! *cue Captain America gif*
Yes, I know I already blogged about what I thought about Captain America: Civil War. But... a few weeks ago, I saw it again. Yes, I might have a slight* obsession with MARVEL superheroes. Hey, I can't help it that their stuff is MARVEL-ous. (Bad pun, I know.)
*It's bigger on the inside.
Anyway, here are 5 things you can learn from watching Civil War. *Warning. This post contains Civil War Spoilers*
Shall we begin?
1. The villain doesn't have the goal of world domination.
Just think of Zemo. All he wanted was for the Avengers to pay for what happened to his family in Sokovia. He didn't want to rule the world. He just wanted them to see them suffer for what happened to his family. He was a perfectly ordinary guy who went insane from grief.
2. Friends DO fight.
Yup. It happens to the best of us. (No, I am not talking about Bucky and Steve fighting when Bucky is Winter Soldier-ing.) I am talking about Steve and Tony. They are such good friends, yet they disagree.
3. Do NOT put unnecessary kisses in your novel.
No. Just no. (Because this isn't really a tip, there will be a sixth.)
4. A character can have a change of heart.
One of the reasons I love T'challa so much is because he had a change of heart. When he realized Bucky did not kill his father, he left him alone and even helped him. Also, he did not have revenge on Zemo.
5. Characters can have different opinions of right and wrong.
Team Cap and Team Iron Man each fought for what they thought was right.
6. Bonus Tip: Comic relief is good, especially if the plot has a lot of feels.
Basically Peter Parker, Scott Lang and that amazing Stan Lee cameo.
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What other writing lessons are there in Civil War? I would love to hear your thoughts!
Honestly Civil War is just such a great movie and I can't wait to own it and dig it apart and probably scream about it and cry again. There's just *so much* packed into it and I love it to pieces. And I agree with all of these writing tips (although like can we please quit hating on steve/sharon i don't necessarily support it but it doesn't deserve hate please and thank you)
ReplyDeleteALSO hey I tagged you for a thing: http://theeverstormcomes.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-power-of-words.html
YES! I can't wait to watch it again and again. :D
DeleteI do like Sharon Carter as a person, but I thought the kiss was kind of random and thrown in there.
Thanks so much for tagging me, Anna!
I need to watch some Marvel movies sometime...
ReplyDeleteYou should! ;)
DeleteHey, Alea! It's been forever since I talked to you!
ReplyDeleteI'm a huge Cap fan, so of course I saw Civil War. And it was so jam-packed with stuff that I'm not sure I've finished processing it. And where will things go from here??!! All that being said, this is a great list. I especially like your point about friends disagreeing on right and wrong. I know I personally have the tendency to give all my "good guys" the same morality, my morality. But that's not how real life is. I also liked that you could see in the film that people had different reasons for choosing their sides, though I wish it had been fleshed out better.
Awww. :) Thank you, Rachelle! I want to know what happens next too! (Though I'm kind of scared?). It's hard to give our characters different morals because we are their creators. We want them to have our same beliefs. I completely understand what you mean there.
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