>>212985278For what it's worth, I thought both films had strong visual styles, each with their own flaws. Superman's cinematography was strangely washed out and bleached in certain scenes, but other's were great like the one where he's sat with Lois as the Justice Gang battle a giant space squid in the background. Superman also had the pocket dimension with looked like garbage.
Fantastic Four has that retro-future style and Jetsons-like aesthetic sensibility to its tech, but also suffers from Marvel's typical cinematographic crutches. Surprisingly it's the scenes where they're flying around in the spaceship that look the strongest.
>>212985306I don't think so, just because Lex Luthor was a much better villainous thrust driving the narrative forward. I don't think the Herald of Galactus was the best story for them to start with. I get that Marvel probably didn't want to wait too long before getting the F4 cast in the MCU proper, but it feels kinda rushed.
>>212985333Decent, but noticeably austere in usage. He mostly uses it to get around and reach for things, rather than contorting himself in ridiculous ways or shapes. The mid-2000's film, maligned as they were, at least did far more creative things with the team's abilities. I think it's actually quite strange just how much better those films looked in terms of special effects, even if they were narratively compromised.
