>The Avengers >Man of Steel >Thor: The Dark World >The

>>85516185
I'm afraid you have to employ narrative analysis, including interpreting visual symbols.

It just looks cool.

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>>85516185
>mfw transformers did it first

It's not superhero movies, it's lazy shorthand for all big budget special effects spectacles

It invokes the primal awe primitive man had when he saw lightning. By having it go from the earth to the sky it suggests that the villain is like a god, wielding celestial power

>>85516185
You forgot Amazing Spider-man.
It's a generic CGI effect that's easy to shoehorn into the finale, and shows the audience that 'something probably bad is happening'.
Also the Avengers did it and earned a cool billion. That means that if we do it in our shitty film we'll make a billion too, r-right?

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>>85516185
Not just cape movies.

>>85516185
It's a special effect where the studio doesn't have to color correct the actors with a similar looking light since it's often a pale enough shade of blue that it effectively mimics the sky

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I dunno

>>85516185
Iron Man, The Amazing Spider-Man and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 did it too.