The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)

Saw it today in IMAX as well, packed theater which is surprising for an 11am showing, lot of young people and kids.

Movie was average, 7/10. Its not terrible, I wouldn't really call it woke although strong woman saves day (multiple times). The two chicks are pretty hot though so thats fine.

You know how when you play a Ubisoft game it has a "design by committee" feel, well, so does this movie. It just feels bland. None of the action scenes are amazing. Galactus looks cool but he and Silver Surfer are 1-dimensional, paper thin characters with little time spent on their backstory or development. Frankly even the F4 feel a little underused in their own movie.

I like Pedro Pascal but I think he was miscast, to me Reed Richards biggest attributes are that he is super smart and super arrogant, but in a way different to Tony Stark. That didn't come across here, Pascal is just too charming and "humble" to ever come across as a douchebag, and Richards needs that. The rest of the cast was great though and fit the comics well.

I liked Thunderbolts a little bit more than this and Superman a lot more, while Superman has flaws you can feel Gunn's earnestness and love of Superman in every moment, nothing like that really breaks through. I thought the ending kinda sucked. It was passable and not offensively bad like the last Captain America movie or most of the recent MCU movies, but nothing in this movie really excited me. Other than the 60s aesthetics of the world, that was really really fun and cool and the only reason to watch.

If someone knows absolutely nothing about the Fantastic Four this might be a fun movie, but if you read their comics or saw any of the movies/cartoons this movie is a bit of a snooze fest. You don't need to see it to see Doomsday next year, very little connection. This movie deflated my hype for Doomsday almost to zero, I just don't care right now.

best dad joke heard: ask me if you get confused anytime, I saw the prequel F1 last week

i like this guy's family reviews, about 1/4 his take then talks about questioning his wife and 6 kids. (this review had extra adults and kids)

Haus said:

When hearing people complain about female silver surfer I always ask... "And if they had cast Sydney Sweeney in skin painted CGI (and maybe thrown in some power cosmic nipples)" would you be complaining?

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If it was made by men for men she would be Sue Storm. No baby. Just her glorious teets and ass in the background while the men did all the fighting and solved all the problems. Silver Surfer would be the original. Not the stupid gender swap.

Chanur said:

I'm not upset about anything. You are very emotional though it seems. Heavy flow day?

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You must be confused. Im not the one bitching here, must be you.

Vuuxo said:

His skittled pussy hurts. These chuckle fucks are hilariously stupid.

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spoken like a true faggot.

spronk said:

The two chicks are pretty hot though so thats fine.

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Vanessa Kirby, indeed.

Who is the other girl that's attractive in that movie?

I hope you're not referring to the Silver Surfer because you need to get better standards than Julia Garner. She looks like Woody Harrelson.

Bald Brah said:

If it was made by men for men she would be Sue Storm. No baby. Just her glorious teets and ass in the background while the men did all the fighting and solved all the problems. Silver Surfer would be the original. Not the stupid gender swap.

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Haus' entire argument is silly. If they gender swapped any iconic character, yeah it's an issue.

If it's a minor character like Jimmy Olsen in Superman recasted as Jamie Olsen... sure, I don't really care. But you couldn't do it for major players like Harvey Dent or James Gordon. But if you recast Captain America as a woman, or the Silver Surfer as a woman, or Sue Storm as a dude, you've got some issues.

spronk said:

I like Pedro Pascal but I think he was miscast, to me Reed Richards biggest attributes are that he is super smart and super arrogant, but in a way different to Tony Stark. That didn't come across here, Pascal is just too charming and "humble" to ever come across as a douchebag, and Richards needs that. The rest of the cast was great though and fit the comics well.

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To your point, I feel like that's what makes The Maker so believable as a character in the Ultimate Universe. The Maker Reed Richards isn't that far away from normal Reed Richards in personality and skill. It's more just Reed Richards without any moral barriers.

INTHEMIDSTOFLIONS said:

Vanessa Kirby, indeed.

Who is the other girl that's attractive in that movie?

I hope you're not referring to the Silver Surfer because you need to get better standards than Julia Garner.

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That's one of the chicks from American Pie.

Oh yeah. There was also some girl that resembled Lena Dunham, back when she was still fat, but thin for her. IMDB doesn't say Lena, so I have no idea who it was. But seeing her in the movie is who I thought of.

Rajaah said:

Friend of mine is acting in a Netflix movie directed by Lena Dunham as we speak. Says she has REALLY let herself go.

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LMAO that's an understatement!

Rajaah said:

Haven't been to a movie theater in years, might try to see this and Superman in the same day. Would be fun to see one and then sneak into the other. Will probably fail since I'm the least-inconspicuous person ever. Which one should actually get my ticket money?

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I've done this before, way back when Captain America was out. I saw that and Horrible Bosses at the same time.
Anyway, get your bearings early. Find out how long each movie is, and check the start times on both. Then choose a movie that has a 15-20 minute window between when the one movie ends and the other begins. Watch the first movie, then use the bathroom. Pay attention to what screen the 2nd movie is on, then walk straight from restroom to other movie. It's what most people do when they go to the movie, so you aren't going to stand out doing it. Do all your scanning earlier. Also, now-a-days, you can check the theater's app and see which seats are still open. Just choose one of those seats to sit in.

Absolutely nothing you have done will stand out.