News from DC and Marvel, which debuted with just two weeks, dispute the attention of fans of the genre. But which one does better?
Fantastic Four: First Stepsnew movie Marvel Cinematographic Universe (MCU), debut in theaters just two weeks after the release of Supermanwhich marks the launch of the brand new DC Cinematographic Universe (DCU), now commanded by James Gunn and Peter Safran.
Important parts of two successful franchises – Despite the renewal of DC in the big screen –the productions promise to share fans of the genre into a fierce dispute for success. However, so far, who has gotten the best with the criticism?
What the critic Superman?
In Supermanwhich arrived in Brazilian theaters on July 10 and is starring David Corenswet (Pearl), the superhero must deal with the revelation of the secret about his coming to Earth-a truth he himself was unaware of.
With 448 criticism added to Rotten Tomatoes until now, Supermanreceived the seal of “fresh” (“approved”) with a 83% score. Critics highlighted the emotion and the scenes of action as high points of the novelty, as well as its political tone and the new representation of the hero, who returns to theaters in his 4th version. Read the criticism of Rolling Stone Brazil by clicking here.

And what was spoken of Fantastic Four: First Steps until now?
With less time on the big screen than the “rival”, Fantastic Four: First Steps It is still fresh in the memory of critics. The feature – which puts Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us), Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby, Napoleon), Johnny Storm (Joseph Quinn, Stranger Things) and Ben Grimm (Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The bear) to face the fearsome Galactus (RALPH INSON, The witch) and prevent the destruction of the land – received 89% approvalbased on 246 reviews published so far, beating Superman narrowly.
Of the five films already released on the Fantastic familyMarvel’s novelty is the first to receive the “Fresh” seal in Rotten Tomatoes. Critics have pointed out that Marvel seems to have learned from the mistakes made in recent years by delivering an independent movie that does not have to support themselves in other productions to exist. Read the criticism of Rolling Stone Brazil by clicking here.

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Source: Rollingstone

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