As characters, Iron Man and Captain America have always been particularly good at this.
Its no secret that Hollywood blockbusters are becoming increasingly dependent on international markets.
No longer is it smart business to have your supervillain come from one of the largest international markets.
WhenIron Mancame out in 2008, George W. Bush was still president.
Most relevantly: Americas national identity and larger legacy was as inextricable as ever from the military industrial complex.
(Obligatory shout out toBattlestar Galactica.)
Perhaps most importantly and effectively, it ultimately reminds us that we cannot stay there.
Steve does so with a sense of pragmatic determination.
itself willing to launch Project Insight without the behind-the-scenes manipulations and machinations of Hydra and Alexander Pierce.)
But the increasingly interconnected world is more complicated than that.
It is only inCivil Warthat our in-fighting has no effect on the outside world.
Dont get me wrong,Civil Waris still a ridiculously impressive film.
It juggles about a million different storytelling elements and somehow makes it look easy.
