With “Superman” and “The Fantastic Four”, would the superheroes be resuming colors?

Who too embraces, badly embraced. In addition, If it is a wisdom that has escaped Hollywood. Therefore, it is this one, which invites in all business, to concentration and perfectionism. Furthermore, Super-heroic cinema is the perfect demonstration: launched successfully public but also critical in 2008 with Iron Man for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Meanwhile, in 2011 with Man of Steel for the DC Extended Universe, it produced so much iterations, 37 films for the first, 15 for the second (not to mention serial declination), which it ended up trivializing to the “superman” “the fantastic four”, would normally unusual normally. Similarly, And exhaust. However, Exhaust and exhaust us.

In addition. In addition, in their concern to please as many people as possible, most have added more colors (actions, humor, reflections, references, characters, etc.) to their painting with the consequence that we know since our first gouache tests: by force. Consequently, inevitably, it ends in coco of goose! Consequently, Assessment, unless you are addicted, for full of super, you could go back. Until Superman et The fantastic four – first steps.

A superman pulp. immigrant – "superman" "the fantastic four", would

In theaters since July 9, the first recently crossed the CAP of $ 500 million in global revenue; Which indicates some success but says nothing of its quality. Signed James Gunn. the director of the three guards of the Galaxy (for Marvel) and the Suicide Squad (for DC), this new approach to the Kryptonian clearly carries his “superman” “the fantastic four”, would quirky claw. With a serious papal. if not Christ of the steel man of Zack Snyder, he prefers pop lightness, who does not exclude saying not foolish things about the grip of billionaires and the fate of immigrants, and downright relevant on geopolitical interference and against social and racial determinism.

Filled with funny monsters. overpowered meta-humans, very practical robots and very nasty bad guys, and full of twists and turns, ruptures of tone and reading levels, Superman gives the impression of having started without us; Which avoids us the exhibition scenes at this vain stage, and requires us to follow it without thinking too much (normally, we did it by choosing to go see it, right?). Thus. it proclaims its bigarry nature, borderly limit, of entertainment in the Pulp spirit and the vintage patina, which amazes by its visual generosity and delighted by its conceptual generosity. An optimistic superhero film “superman” “the fantastic four”, would in 2025? Yes, it gives us colors.

Fantastic four in family mode

The colors of the fantastic four of Matt Shakman (behind the owl retro Wandavision series) are less petting. more pastel but proceed with the same desire for pop lightness. Located in the alternative future. as we imagined in the United States in the early 1960s, that is to say design, atomic and laid-cemented, the film concentrates the Origin Story to archives in square format, to present Reed, alias M. Fantastic. Sue, the invisible woman, Johnny, the human torch and Ben, the thing, at the height of their popularity and their megalomaniac building. Barely time to rejoice in Sue’s pregnancy than the quartet must face the silver surfer. emissary of galactus, the devourness of worlds who decreed that he would be doing the planet earth to taste.

Pure enchantment in its first hour. the film familiarizes us (this “superman” “the fantastic four”, would is the appropriate term) with a delightful fluidity to its retrofuturist universe and with an even more exciting coolness, with its household with four superheroic anxious by the upcoming arrival of a new member. In the process. the journey to the world of Galactus and the new confrontation to its metal ambassador is a treat of space-operative adventure, with breathtaking effects. But once the intergalactic threat has been identified. if the film still succeeds in delivering a nice message on the greatness of solidarity and the individual at the service of the collective, and to dazzle us by the march of Galactus through New York, it is lost in useless scriptwriting. Revived colors but a breath still a little short? Come on, DC and Marvel, you are almost there, the revival of superb is no further!