CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR Will Have More Comedy Than THE WINTER SOLDIER
Marvel has always had a good amount of comedy in their movies. I like that they aren’t completely dark and serious films. Captain America: Civil War might look like it could be a pretty heavy and dramatic film, but according to directors Joe and Anthony Russo, it’s actually going to be more comedic that The Winter Soldier. Talking to Collider, they explained why there will be more comedy:
“Of course, Winter Soldier was a political thriller. We think of Civil War as a psychological thriller. It’s a complicated movie. And yes, it divides these people that you’ve known to not only be a team, but Cap and Natasha, in this movie, they’re evolving into a surrogate family for each other. So, it’s a closer group of people that’s being divided. That’s a difficult thing to do.
“There’s a good portion of [Civil War] that’s actually funnier than Winter Soldier, because there are characters in that film, that come from worlds where the tone is more comedic. Not all the characters in that movie have the same history as the Avengers. They’re coming at the problem of the film, not embedded with that baggage.
“They’re not tied to the central arc of the movie with the same motivation as the other characters, so they can be lighter. I think there are a lot lighter moments because there are much darker moments as well. We did have to work very hard at that.”
Two of the characters he’s obviously referring to here are Spider-Man and Ant-Man. These characters have the personality to really lighten things up no matter how dark it gets. I’m excited to see just exactly how these characters will be utilized in the movie, which opens up in theaters on May 6th, 2016.