
8. Thaddeus Ross turns into the Red Hulk
To be completely fair, the 3D model of Red Hulk itself looks fine during most of the third act of Captain America: Brave New World. However, the scene itself in which Thaddeus transforms into a giant red monster... well, let's just say it leaves a lot to be desired.
There's a specific shot of Thaddeus' fingers breaking as they're growing, and on paper, this might seem like a great concept given that this is the movie antagonist we're talking about. His transformation scene should be visceral and monstrous. Unfortunately, the results are anything but, as everything audiences see in the first part is a hand swelling as if it was stung by a bee, followed by a shot of very disproportionate fingers that only distract as opposed to inflicting fear.
The movie later cuts to a wide shot of two government agents witnessing Thaddeus' transformation and, unfortunately, the actors are looking in two completely different directions which doesn't help the sequence whatsoever. The overall result is an introduction that misses its mark in making audiences fear the Red Hulk and, instead, it only reminds us that Marvel needs to allow its VFX artists more time to bring these sequences to life.
7. Najma gets turned to dust
There's a sequence in the very first live-action Spider-Man film where The Green Goblin throws a pumpkin bomb at its board of directors and the blast turns each one of them into a skeleton. This is perhaps one of the worst CGI moments in a Spider-Man movie, but we need to remember Sam Raimi crafted this two-second shot all the way back in 2002 — meaning we can definitely look past it. However, it's very shocking how similar it looks compared to the moment Najma bites the dust in the Ms. Marvel Disney Plus show, which aired more than twenty years later.
When someone gets close to the gates to the Noor Dimension, they immediately get "crystalized", turned into a skeleton, and then disintegrated into dust. To be fair, the VFX would've looked way better if we simply skipped the "skeleton" part of this particular death process. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case and the result makes you wonder if you're even watching the same show which did a splendid job of bringing Ms. Marvel's powers to life during its first episodes.
More often than not, a poor VFX shot seems pulled out of a video game. However, Najma's death doesn't even have the luxury of falling into that category, and it only reinforces how distracting this sequence was. If we're being honest: It would be far better if moments like these happened off-camera and didn't pull audiences out of the superhero fantasy altogether.