The Russo's use Trent Opaloch for their cinematographer, who's style seems to be fairly grounded colours and nothing too insane in terms of framing and composition. In terms of how they look visually, The Winter Soldier and Civil War were pretty bland. In terms of Action choreography too, Russo's aren't that good IMO. Too much shaky cam in street tier action that misses out on the details. Plus the humongous amounts of cuts to hide the fact that the actors/stuntmen aren't skilled.
Shaky cam itself isn't bad. It looks good in spy movies to portray a shade of realism. But in Superhero movies, viewers want to see the action sequences in detail. Just re watch the Cap vs Bucky highway scene in TWS. The shaky cam combined with the numerous amount of cuts makes it unbearable. Now compare that to the Warehouse scene in BvS. The action choreography is absolutely fluid. You can see the kicks, the punches, the takedowns in absolute detail. The whole sequence is shot from the perspective of Batman from a single lens without shaking it. There were also very less number of cuts in the Warehouse scene. Everything was very fluid.
Action choreographers generally incorporate cuts to hide lack of skill. Consider the airport fight sequence in Civil War between BW and Hawkeye. This quick, 9 second scene has 12 cuts! It makes the fight super choppy and, frankly, look quite poor.
People also seem to have forgotten how good Whedon was in certain aspects. His action sequences were less grounded and more comicbooky. I mean Infinity War is great, easily the best story and visual film we've had from Marvel Studios. But one thing we didn't really get were the Avengers bouncing their abilities off of each other that much. Whereas in Avengers 1 we had Cap using his shield to reflect Iron Mans beam, Thor electrocuting a piece of metal that hulk slammed into the ground, and even Hawkeye covering the whole team. In AoU, we had Thor using caps shield to send a shock wave from Mjolnir at a group of enemies, and Thor and Ironman teaming up to destroy the city. Apart from the Doc Strange portals with starlord it feels like we didn't get combinations of power in Infinity War like we did in the first 2 Avengers films.
Snyder movies on the other hand are a class apart in terms of visuals, cinematography, set design and action choreography. No quick cuts, less shaky cam, very fluid action sequences, stunning visuals combined with absolutely beautiful background scores make them a visual spectacle. The Action sequences in Man of Steel, 300, BvS are absolutely brilliant.
In terms of superhero movies, I don't think anything even comes close to Superman vs Zod in Metropolis from Man of Steel.
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