>>91890487Man, things can be done in any number of ways, it's all subjective but I'm not even talking strictly MCU and DC, take The Crow...the film starts with the man's wife being gang raped and then getting thrown out the window.
Even though he basically takes down these assholes with little to no effort till the final boss of the movie, you still feel like these are some really bad dudes and therefor its really gratifying to see him take them out even though he does it with no effort and they're just common street thugs with no powers, and by the closing scene of the movie with the roof top battle the film actually kind of tricks you into thinking the hero might lose because of how bad the main badguy is, but of course he doesn't and the victory is even sweeter
I think both Magnetos, young and old, did a great job at establishing themselves as being guys you don't want to fuck with...like even in First Class where he's only beginning to go full villain, when he kills those German guys at the bar you really feel how dangerous this fucker is, same as when he sends the coin through the head of Kevin Bacon, that's like some heavy shit that when you see it is just like....damn, I get it, he's a bad mother fucker, I'd be scared of him
You don't get the same impression from say Yellowjacket comedically turning a guy into goo, he killed a guy, sure, but it just wasn't a heavy or dark moment, the guy was a psycho....but he was also goofy as hell
On the flipside and yes including DC here, I would say as silly as Gene Hackmans Lex was in Superman, he came off as pretty evil at times despite being REALLY fucking silly, so it's not always that black and white either, the way he so smugly makes Superman fall before him really makes you hate the guy or realize his villainy
There is way more than one way to make you feel like villains are a threat, but MCU flicks don't seem too interested in that at all, which is a weakness IMO, not that they don't do other things right
