Video: “MCU Supercut — The Road to Civil War”

The other day, screenwriter John Gary tweeted this:

I watched the video. It’s really strong. Check it out:

“Richly human and expressive.” Yes. Every frame of destruction counterbalanced by human faces. Characters. Beset by fears. Self-doubt. Regret. Conviction. Hope amid conflict.

We live in an era where spectacle is top-line in big budget movie franchises. Yet Aristotle, who knew his way around Story, asserted that of the six primary components of narrative, spectacle ought to exist at the bottom of the list.

At the very least, the studios who oversee the development and production of these superhero movies can spend as much time crafting characters — real characters with bones and hearts that can break — to give meaning to all of their bombastic eye-candy.

Marvel, you achieved that with this supercut.

Let’s see if you can hit that mark with your next round of movies.