There are several short Zemo scenes that were cut from the theatrical release, which are important to the thesis of this article. It’s designed to reopen his own wound and, ultimately, become the motivator for his decision to side with the government on regulating superheroes. While this is an example of motherly love-something that is in short supply throughout both superhero franchises-it’s meant to remind him of parental love. Soon after the conference, Tony is confronted by the mother of Charles Spencer, who was building sustainable houses in Sokovia in 2015, when the Avengers leveled the country. For all of his bravado, this sequence reveals a wound Tony carries that will never be healed. He had unfinished business with his father and, now that he’s older, he can look back at that final goodbye and picture how he would do it differently. While it is revealed to the audience through a glitzy Stark-ish tech show, it is tinged with the guilt that Tony lives with. A few short scenes later, we see Tony reliving those precious hours preceding this life-altering moment. RELATED: It's Time to Finally Admit That Tony Stark in ‘Civil War’ Was Actually the WorstĬivil War opens with the murder of Howard Stark, which is the inciting incident that propels the entirety of the film. All three stories are inherently linked to each other, underlining just how fundamentally tied to the themes of fatherhood Civil War is. Helmut Zemo’s ( Daniel Brühl) actions are fueled by the loss of not only his own son, but his father as well, which shapes him into the tool that brings down the Avengers. The second is the relationship between King T’Chaka ( John Kani) and his son T’Challa ( Chadwick Boseman) which serves as a pivotal launch point for T’Challa and ties in with the third story. The first is the story that kicks off the film: the assassination of Howard Stark ( John Slattery), which shapes and informs the choices that Tony Stark ( Robert Downey Jr.) makes throughout the film. If you strip away the high-flying action and superhero dramatics of Captain America: Civil War you are left with a film that has three extremely compelling stories about fathers and sons.
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