This summer was sprinkled with films in which the superheroes just couldn’t get along, and in a somewhat sloppy assemblage, the villains did. As you can tell from the title, I’m going to be ranting about “Captain America: Civil War” and specifically why Iron Man was the big loser.

I have never been a fan of the “Iron Man” movie franchise, with the first one being the only one I can stomach, and the third installment acting as nothing but a waste of potential. Don’t get me wrong, I do like Tony Stark! I find him to be a very complex billionaire playboy philanthropist and Robert Downey, Jr does an impeccable job. The films would lose some of their charm without Tony’s quips and rebellious attitude, but he totally exasperated me in “Civil War.”

The main reason is that he takes the wrong side of the whole Bucky Barnes issue. Bucky is my favorite Marvel character, so I automatically took offense to everyone in the film who thought it best to have him detained for crimes he had no say in committing.

Tony was the main target of my ire because he spearheaded the effort. Why all of a sudden did Tony Stark, the rebel of the Marvel universe, become a submissive, government lapdog?

Of course there’s the whole “are the Avengers heroes or destructive menaces,” with scenes of innocents falling victim to their avenging efforts being shown from previous flicks. Tony suddenly has a moral epiphany, which is not necessarily a bad thing. I’m proud of him, sort of, but seeing Bucky Barnes as a criminal is not acceptable. Bucky was tortured, brainwashed and forced against his will to do all the awful things HYDRA instructed him to do.

Tony, I think, is trying to make up for his past mistakes by doing too much. He’s biting off more than he can chew in the do-good category, and what gets me is that he sees what Steve, aka Captain America, is doing as wrong when—um—Tony was the idiot who went ahead and created Ultron despite the objections. Ultron nearly destroys an entire country while Steve is simply trying to pick up the pieces of Bucky’s shattered life.

Captain America is all about freedom, which sometimes runs askew with what is right as seen in the events of “The Winter Soldier.” No Marvel hero is prefect, which makes the stories so compelling. As Tom Hiddleston said, “Marvel makes their heroes flawed and their villains heroic.”

Bucky Barnes is not a villain, but much rather a victim trying desperately to remember who he is. Tony is so consumed with doing “what is right” that he, in all his wiliness, can’t discern that it is wrong. Steve tries to get that across to him, but Tony is trying to be Captain America in this instance. His father was there for Captain’s creation and was obsessed with finding him throughout Tony’s childhood. Tony grew up in his shadow and I truly believe he’s trying to be him, but he’s going all the wrong way about it.

I loved “Civil War,” and every character lost something in the fray, and I’m super pumped for “Dr. Strange” in November. Gotta get some of that Benedict Cumberbatch! I will always stand by Bucky Barnes and Captain America. I hope Tony sees the error in his ways, and I am interested to see how they patch things up, especially between Bucky and Tony. Marvel is really good at showing different facets of characters, and I do like seeing Tony being responsible for once in his life.

But I think if their roles were reversed, I do not see Steve objecting to Tony helping his damaged friend. I have no doubt they will smooth things over especially since a very big, dangerous, deadly threat is looming on the horizon…