OP is right on the money, and what makes me upset is the Marvel movies are completely bland, dried out, souless products just pumped out every year for revenue. They lack any resemblence to the stories, designs and characters of the originals and are just like abridged versions. They owe all their success to how known comic characters are, how accessible they are all to all demographics and the fact that they are severally dumbed down and casual for lack of a better word. That being said, the SuperMan film was very solid, same for the first spiderman back in the early 2000s. I dislike all the Thor and Iron Man movies, the first captain america was good, but imo it didn't feel like a superhero movie/story should. I know people are going to disagree, but being a guy who literally has thousands of comics, digital and physical, and still buys them bi weekly. I don't thiink comic movies appeal to comic book fans as much as they do to the general population, which is fine, since most people dont read comics, so of course the marketers make the producers of the films write the stories in a simple easy mainstream tone that everyone can at least understand/appreicate.