Alright...I'll do it. I'll be that guy.
I walked out of this movie feeling...eh.
Maybe its that I don't enjoy Captain America as a character all that much (Team IronMan over here) but I feel like this was nothing more than a vague attempt to tie up Cap's previous storylines while introducing us to other characters to come. Consider this film then a Diet Avengers + Cap "Trilogy" Ender. On that front, this movie didn't work for me. I was so much more invested in the side characters (Black Panther, Spiderman, etc) that I just wanted Cap and Iron Man to get it over with not really caring who "won" since you know in the back of your mind, they're gonna come back together eventually. Also, I will go on record to say that the Winter Soldier is perhaps my LEAST favorite character in the entire MCU. Yes, I said it. He sucks. He has a robot arm, and that about sums up his personality. Also I get Cap's loyalty to him (its oh so heart-string pulling), but my gosh, they oughta just get a room together at this point! Cap's attempts to do everything for his friend, at the expense of his other friends...it just wasn't that interesting. And I REALLY wish the MCU would come up with a different trope other than "mind control" for why people do the bad things they do. (sorry, hope that wasn't a spoiler). This movie really didn't have a compelling villain (hence Civil War) but again, you know at the end of the day, both sides will reconcile and we'll have the good ol' Avengers back in time to fight whatever new threat comes about.
2 bags of popcorn out of 5.