{"id":471846,"date":"2026-05-06T20:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/471846\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T20:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:51:14","slug":"10-years-later-the-russos-just-settled-the-oldest-captain-america-civil-war-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/471846\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Years Later, The Russos Just Settled The Oldest Captain America: Civil War Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"

For nearly a decade, fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe<\/a> have been debating whether Captain America: Civil War<\/a> should have been part of the Captain America series<\/a>, with many claiming it feels more like an Avengers movie<\/a>. After all, the 2016 film gives Chris Evans\u2019 Cap and Robert Downey Jr.\u2019s Tony Stark \u2014 the two faces of its central conflict \u2014 almost equal time and weight throughout. It also brings in other Marvel heroes<\/a>, forcing them to choose sides. There are enough that Civil War fits right in with the likes of Age of Ultron, Infinity War, and Endgame. Despite this, it\u2019s still under the Captain America umbrella, something that\u2019s been a regular point of contention on sites like Reddit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In an interview with CBR<\/a>, directors Anthony and Joe Russo finally settled the long-running debate, admitting they actually petitioned to change Captain America: Civil War to an Avengers film. The pair reflected on their choice to follow Captain America: Winter Soldier with a feud between Marvel\u2019s heroes, revealing that it felt like a natural next step given the \u201cgroundswell of love for the characters.\u201d According to Joe Russo, things spun out from there, with the premise starting to feel bigger than a standard MCU sequel: <\/p>\n

\u201cWe were thinking about, \u2018How do we challenge these characters moving forward?\u2019 And the most threatening thing that they could face seemed to be one another. A divisive breakup amongst themselves. \u2026 So as that story started to coalesce, and it became not just a breakup between Steve and Tony, but a breakup of the family that they were the co-heads of \u2014 the Avengers family that they were the co-heads of \u2014 the movie just started to feel like an Avengers movie.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joe added, \u201c\u201cWe tried to get them to change the title. We did. We tried to get them to call it\u00a0Avengers: Civil War.\u201d It\u2019s a vindicating revelation for anyone who argued it should\u2019ve been categorized as such all along. However, Marvel Studios clearly wasn\u2019t on board with that plan, as the final product is still a Captain America sequel. And, to be fair, there are some issues with Captain America: Civil War as an Avengers film, hence the online debates surfacing in the first place.<\/p>\n

There Are Still Issues With Captain America: Civil War as an Avengers Movie<\/p>\n

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The Russos\u2019 recent comments explain why Captain America: Civil War feels so much larger than it should, and they settle the movie\u2019s ongoing debate from a creative standpoint. However, there are issues with Civil War being an Avengers movie, which likely contributed to it remaining a Captain America film instead. For one, it doesn\u2019t feature two prominent members of the original Avengers team<\/a>: Thor and Hulk, both of whom would\u2019ve likely stopped the rift between Steve and Tony from growing so large. Additionally, although Civil War features a bunch of MCU heroes, Steve\u2019s arc remains front and center \u2014 and continues his self-reflection and growth from The Winter Soldier.<\/p>\n

Such details prove both sides of this debate have valid points, and with the Russos\u2019 perspective not matching Marvel\u2019s final decision, the back-and-forth will likely continue. Of course, Captain America: Civil War causing a real-life split among the film\u2019s creators and fans does feel fitting. And regardless of how it\u2019s categorized, it remains one of the strongest additions to the MCU. At the end of the day, that\u2019s all that really matters. <\/p>\n

Do you agree with the Russos that Captain America: Civil War feels like an Avengers film? Leave a comment and join the conversation now in the\u00a0ComicBook Forum<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For nearly a decade, fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have been debating whether Captain America: Civil War…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":471847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[51044,18,117,19,17,1890,327,31242],"class_list":{"0":"post-471846","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-captain-america-civil-war","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-marvel-cinematic-universe","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-regular-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116529613161573299","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}