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Man of Steel’s Superman and Zod crash through buildings mid-air, yet the sequence often feels disconnected because the impact lacks physical weight. The scenes tend to focus more on visual spectacle than visceral sensation, causing the audience to become desensitized to the violence or danger.

The Imminent Grounding: An Inevitable Conclusion

Most aerial fight scenes tend to end with characters crashing onto the ground. This inevitability underscores a fundamental problem: no matter how much the scene emphasizes flight, the narrative arc often leads to a fall—either literal or metaphorical. This predictability can diminish tension, rendering the sequence as padding or predictably anticlimactic.

Example: Chronicle