Why San Francisco Is the Best Superhero Movie Setting
Spider-Man shoots viscous webs from the palms of his hands onto Midtown Manhattan's rows of rectangular concrete superstructures and uses them to propel himself across the city. Big deal. Superman flies vertically up the side of the Paramount Building to catch a free-falling Lois Lane. Meh. Captain America wakes up after a 70-year slumber and finds his senses overloaded by the giant flashing billboards and deafening cacophony of Times Square. Yawn.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT RELATED: This Remains the Best Chase Scene Ever From 'Shang-Chi' to 'Venom' to 'Ant-Man,' the City's Streets are Tailor-Made for Superheroes It's not just the city's iconic cable cars that are fodder for superhero movie sequences. 2021's Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings added a twist by substituting the clanging trolleys with a San Francisco articulated bus, a kind of "super vehicle" consisting of two passenger carriers joined by a flexible accordion-like pivot.
That same year, Ant-Man and the Wasp took a similar approach, incorporating a thrilling chase scene involving a motorcycle and minivan on a high speed adventure through the city's downtown streets. In the same movie, director Peyton Reed moves the fun from the street to the water.
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