10 Reasons X-Men Film Franchise Is Better Than The MCU

4. The Approach Is More Cinematic

The Marvel Studios policy is to treat the MCU like a TV show, with studio head Kevin Feige as showrunner, a 'brain trust' of creatives coming up with ideas and directors hired on the proviso that they click with the house style. It's a pretty revolutionary way of tackling blockbuster movies, but something is undoubtedly getting lost in the process. The directorial appointments of former TV men Joss Whedon, the Russo brothers and Alan Taylor, as well as the firing of the stylistically distinct Edgar Wright from Ant-Man, indicates that the MCU is taking the TV approach to heart. Visually, the MCU resembles television, too: directors shoot action capably, but God forbid they force their own artistic stamp on the project and ruin the consistency. Bryan Singer, Matthew Vaugh and even Brett goddamn Ratner are cinematic directors first and foremost. Vaughn brought his own sleekness to First Class, but Singer is the undoubted dominant force over the X-Men movies, artistically, and it shows in the aesthetic ambition - at least in comparison to the much more formal MCU, anyway.