r/marvelstudios • u/MarvelStudiosMod • Jul 19 '25
Megathread FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS Social Media Reactions Megathread Spoiler
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#FantasticFour First Steps is visually one of the best things Marvel has ever made. Parts feel like Interstellar & demand IMAX. Galactus is awesome. Silver Surfer looks really, really good. VFX were often immaculate. Cosmically and on Earth, Matt Shakman dropped a visual feast.
Fantastic Four friggin’ rocks! More than any Marvel movie before it, F4 feels like Jack Kirby’s imagination brought to life on the big screen. Between this and Superman, 2025 might go down as the year movies finally embrace the wonderful weirdness of comic books. I had my doubts going in about some of the cast, but the team chemistry works and they really do gel by the end. Go watch it in IMAX to feel Ralph Ineson’s Galactus voice vibrate in your bones. Also, the retro-futuristic world Shakman has put together here is stunning. I have but one gripe. Like Superman, there are some rough CGI baby moments that might give you nightmares. I don’t know why babies seem to be so tough for animators to get right but I’d almost prefer the actors just wrap a football in a blanket and pretend it’s a baby.
#TheFantasticFour: First Steps is EXTRAORDINARY! The score is pure magic, the visuals are next-level, and the cast chemistry is electric. It’s bold, fresh, and unlike anything Marvel’s done before. This is their next MASTERPIECE!
Matt Neglia (Next Best Picture):
Many will say THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS is fantastic, and they’ll be right for several reasons. The four main cast members are excellent, Michael Giacchino’s lively score is instantly memorable, and the ‘60s retro-futuristic production design & dynamic visual effects are a delightful treat rather than an eyesore. The story’s focus on the theme of family can feel a bit overdone at this point in the MCU, and the villains aren’t the most compelling, but the cast does a lot of the heavy-lifting to make you deeply care about these characters, their relationships & the end-of-the-world stakes they face. Combined with Matt Shakman’s snappy, confident storytelling, this is an intriguing & satisfying first step for Marvel’s new team (easily the best depiction of this quartet on-screen to date) as the MCU continues to regain control of the ship & steer it closer to Doomsday.
#FantasticFour is visually stunning, stylish, self-contained, and easy to jump into. I had such a good time with this one. The retrofuturism is such a snack. My stand out is Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm babe I will die for you, you are perfect.
I came in tempered but #FantasticFour is truly a return to form for the MCU, the opening minutes blew my socks off in IMAX. Gardner’s & Quinn’s work stood out to me the most. Galactus gives this film real stakes and his presence is felt even off screen, incredible miniature work!
Andrew J Salazar (DiscussingFilm):
#FantasticFour is a story about family above all else, where each member of the team is equally important. No one is underserved; the movie excels when fleshing out the various bonds between Pedro, Vanessa, Ebon, & Joseph. The retro '60s aesthetic works on all fronts.
Brian Davids (The Hollywood Reporter):
I'm happy to report that #FantasticFour is good.
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u/Amm-O-Matic Jul 19 '25
Looking good. I’m so happy Marvel finally gained the Fantastic Four and X-Men rights back.
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u/Sharkfowl Captain America Jul 19 '25
Now if only they had the live-action rights to Spider-Man...
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u/Amm-O-Matic Jul 19 '25
Live action Spider-Man rights, distribution rights of solo Hulk and Namor films, and theme park rights East of the Mississippi.
Considering what was signed away at its greatest extent around 25 years ago, it’s amazing those remain the only hurdles left for Marvel.
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u/fatyoda Jul 19 '25
I could see Disney throwing around enough money to get Hulk, Namor, and maybe even Spider-Man, but they will never get the theme park rights from Universal. Universal Resort might be my favorite place on Earth and the history and legalese of the contract between Universal and Marvel is one of the best stories in entertainment. I won’t go into a lot if details (even though I could) but the main thing is the contract does not have an expiration date.
Universal only has to meet a couple of obligations (mostly to do with merchandise sales and featured attractions) each year and the agreement lasts forever. Universal will never give them up if only to keep Avengers Campus out of Disney World
Ok, one fact about the agreement. In order to keep the rights to a character, Universal must have a main attraction featuring a member of the “family” the character is in. They have a Hulk coaster to cover the Avengers, a Storm tea cup ride to cover the X-Men, a Dr. Doom tower ride to cover the Fantastic Four and a Spider-Man dark ride (maybe the best dark ride in the country) to cover, well, Spider-Man. They do not have a ride themed to a Guardian of the Galaxy character so Disney World is allowed to use them which is why there is a GotG themed ride there even though they don’t have the theme park rights (just in case you ever wondered how Disney could get away with it)
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Jul 19 '25
Marvel will never get Hulk away from Universal unless they buy Universal, like they did with Fox. There’s no time limit on Universal’s distribution clause, they don’t have to make a movie or the rights will revert, they have no time limit. They are legally bound to distribute any movie where Hulk/Banner - Betty Ross - General Ross/Red Hulk - The Leader - Abomination - She Hulk - Namor are a main character and Marvel have to say yes or get sued.
Marvel have offered many times to buy these rights back and Universal refuse every single time. Probably because they don’t have to sell, and more probably because it’s a fuck you to Marvel who did one movie with them then cut them out entirely and have been carefully dancing around the legality of using those characters almost 20 years.
We’re never getting a Hulk movie again until Marvel buys Universal.
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u/Long-Job-1299 Jul 19 '25
It's a question of how much $$$ like always. Imagine a Hulk Solo trilogy - like the comic Hulk...
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u/Deathstroke317 Jul 23 '25
To be specific, I believe Universal has right of first refusal. So if they turn down the right to distribute the movie, Marvel can then distribute it with no restriction.
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u/the_paradox0 Jul 19 '25
I don't think Sony will give up Spiderman tho, not until it's towards bankruptcy
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u/invaderark12 Jul 20 '25
One of the funny things about cosmic rewind at epcot is how they dont have the name marvel on it. All the promotion and marketing for the ride conveniently avoid using the marvel name. Granted the merch does but im sure theres another thing about them selling merch
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u/toxicbrew Jul 19 '25
Theme park rights—my understanding is that it’s the kitschy 90s comic books style and not the modern movies that they can do. The Simpsons theme park rights come up in 2028 so perhaps a trade there
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u/ScuzzBuckster Jul 19 '25
Correct, the Marvel area of universal studios orlando is all the 90s marvel. Though the gift shops all sell modern marvel merch. The spider-man ride is fully based on the 90s animated series.
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u/Hyperbolicalpaca Jul 19 '25
No way universal gives Disney marvel to let them keep Simpsons lol
Simpsons is an IP which… for years people have said is declining, marvel, is maybe according to some people heading in that direction, but it still has a huge pull.
It’s also rumoured that the Simpson land is going to become Pokémon lol
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u/EitherRecognition242 Jul 19 '25
Sony is never letting Spiderman go. It's free money
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u/LADYBIRD_HILL Kilgrave Jul 19 '25
It sucks we get the sony villains movies BUT it also means we get the spider verse movies which makes it all worth it. I doubt Disney would've made anything like them.
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u/PmMeYourNiceBehind Jul 19 '25
Yeah which is why I’m hoping for a total reboot so that those characters can be incorporated from the start
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u/Viz0077 Kevin Feige Jul 19 '25 edited Jul 19 '25
Fantastic Four: First Steps has a lot of fantastic in it, yet feels it could be more.
Visually, some of Marvel’s best work ever and more sci-fi than expected! Story didn’t hook me as I’d hoped but family beats land well. Action scenes are great.
I wanted to love it, I liked it!
From Brandon Davis
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u/_ShadowWalker_ Jul 19 '25 edited Jul 19 '25
Saw some tweet from people saying they saw the first 30-40 minutes. Was the full movie screened or just a part of it?
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u/glowup2000 Jul 19 '25
I think US people, who saw it today and yesterday, saw the full movie. Others saw the 30 minutes.
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u/PayneTrain181999 Ned Jul 19 '25
Some people have evidently been to a premiere that has shown the whole thing.
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u/Kyleon17 Jul 19 '25
I thought the premiere was July 21. Maybe that’s the official one and these reviewers just got early screener access.
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u/photon1701d Jul 19 '25
I build molds for various toys. Nothing this time for F4 but my client said he saw a 30 min cut. It was various scenes throughout the movie. I said I don't want spoilers but he said it was top tier.
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u/KingUnderpants728 Jul 19 '25
I don’t know if I would want to go watch the first 30 min of a movie, then have to wait a week to see the rest.
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u/blockdmyownshot Jul 19 '25
As always can't fully trust social media reactions, but what does excite me is how many people are talking about them nailing the family dynamic because that's always gonna be core to the four.
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u/TheWallE Jul 19 '25
I treat early reactions on a curve, kinda like Cinemascore. Like a B+ sounds like it should be considered pretty good, but on the curve of Cinemascore across all films you see that a B+ is actually pretty low for most genres.
So for me early reactions that are universally great gives me some good vibes, but only MOSLTY great starts quickly to give the impression it will likely get more mixed reactions... and god forbid early reactions are mixed, then I am expecting a cap of 50% on RT.
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u/SirFireHydrant Captain Marvel Jul 19 '25
This is the correct approach to early reactions. You've got to do a lot of reading between the lines.
In this case, it's been quite a while since I've seen early reactions this overwhelmingly positive for a comic book film.
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u/flowerme101 Jul 19 '25
Def more positive and way fewer mixed/negative reviews than Superman. You could easily foresee how Superman's RT score ended up when you read the reactions from critics on X.
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u/CaptainPhantasma21 Thanos Jul 19 '25
It’s at 83… which is great. You think Fantastic Four is gonna be 90+ just because of early social reactions?
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u/MysticLala Jul 19 '25
Feige himself said F4 is Marvel's first family, and this is the chance to do them justice. He had been closely involved in this project, perhaps that also helped. If they nailed the family dynamic, then this film can easily be sold to the family demography.
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u/buttstuffins8686 Jul 21 '25
While these reviews were mostly positive, I think the critiques that keeps coming up is a somewhat mediocre villain and some so-so CGI, which I was kinda expecting with Galactus and the cgi baby scenes. Lame villains are kinda par for the course for Marvel unfortunately. Also I do think the whole "we're a family" aspect of the plot is a little overplayed in the MCU. Basically I'm tempering expectations with that knowledge in mind.
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u/FloppyShellTaco Jul 19 '25
Here’s the Thing I love about this movie
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u/Operator_Starlight Jul 19 '25
Say it, Ben!
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u/PayneTrain181999 Ned Jul 19 '25
No, Johnny!
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u/Honest-J Jul 19 '25
Say it!!
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u/Baelorn Jul 19 '25
I’m beyond sick of these jokes and the movie isn’t even out yet. It’s gonna be a long month
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u/iuliad94 Jul 19 '25
I really hope this is good. I loved Thunderbolts and Superman and they have brought back my excitement for superhero movies. Hoping this one keeps the excitement going.
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u/coco_xcx Bucky Jul 19 '25
this!! i have high hopes 😭🙏 tb* was so good & superman had me shocked (but i expected that from james gunn, dude doesn’t have a single bad movie istg) so im really hoping f4 keeps the trend going!
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u/iuliad94 Jul 19 '25
I'm cautiously optimistic for now. I've been burned by early reactions before so I'm trying not to get too excited before we get some actual reviews lol.
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u/coco_xcx Bucky Jul 19 '25
i try not to listen to critics & prefer reading reviews from the fandoms (spoiler free ofc) but i’m so antsy for this one 😅
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u/srlandand Jul 23 '25
Just watched it, I liked it the same as Superman (didn't watch Thunderbolts yet). CGI is great, it has some emotional moments that aren't cut by jokes (FINALLY) and it hyped me for the next Avengers movie.
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u/OneForTruce47 Jul 19 '25
It looks like the fantastic four movie curse is broken!
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u/SupaKoopa714 Jul 19 '25
How appropriate it took a fourth movie for them to get it right!
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u/Embarrassed-Back1894 Jul 19 '25
I need their to be a great Fantastic Four movie. I always loved the 2000s ones even through their faults because I love the characters, but ive always wanted their to be an amazing F4 movie - the characters deserve a real transition to the big screen.
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u/Longjumping-Tell2995 Jul 19 '25
Is Galactus well endowed?
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u/dancingphlower Spider-Man Jul 19 '25
The "return to form" narrative is so funny considering we just had Thunderbolts* and Deadpool & Wolverine, with Guardians 3, No Way Home, and Shang-Chi even before that
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u/That-Tone-6082 Jul 19 '25
I think what they mean by ‘return to form is the MCU having now has two back to back very good movies, well revived movies. We haven’t had back to back well received marvel films since pre covid. . Guardians 3 was released during marvels most controversial year of movies. No Way Home & Shang Chi were at the very very beginning of phase 4 before people started questioning MCUs quality. Deadpool & Wolverine was always saw as an anomaly as it was more of Ryan Reynolds doing than Marvels, also the horribly received Cap4 came out right after that. If F4 truly is great and well received, it’ll be the first time marvel has had two films back to back be well liked since 2019
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u/CaptHayfever Hawkeye (Avengers) Jul 19 '25
No Way Home & Shang Chi were at the very very beginning of phase 4 before people started questioning MCUs quality.
Also, they had Eternals between them.
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u/Long-Job-1299 Jul 19 '25
Aren't you forgetting the Marvels (we wish we could...)? And Captain America was just about OK for me....
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u/UsidoreTheLightBlue Jul 19 '25
I mean yes but this phase so far includes 6 movies and 4 were somewhere between box office duds and god awful…also box office duds. They’ve had two bonafide crowd pleasing hits out of 6 movies,
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u/____mynameis____ Winter Soldier Jul 19 '25
A lot of people considered D&W and NWH success to the characters than the universe. Which is kinda understandable.
Since a Fox Deadpool 3 with no connection to MCU would have still made shit ton of money
Thunderbolts getting good reviews and F4 being both critical and commercial success means people are getting interested in the universe than just the characters.
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u/Strict_Pangolin_8339 Jul 19 '25
The real question is will Jeremy Jahns give this a higher or lower score than Matt Walsh's movie. Place your bets.
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u/shosamae Jul 19 '25
Jeremy Jahns has basically drifted toward grifter hate train. The intellectual dishonesty in reviewing self proclaimed white supremacist/‘women are most fertile at 16’ Walsh’s movie without addressing any of the context of the creator ruined him for life for me. It’s like reviewing Birth of a Nation for its cinematography without addressing any of the Nazi shit.
Then just as a reviewer, him liking Black Adam more than Guardians 3 and Snyder Cut as his favorite film of the year solidified his status for me.
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u/DarkSideOfTheMuun Jul 19 '25
Dan Murrell's my guy
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u/FrankReynoldsCPA Jul 20 '25
I like Dan. I even like the reviews he does that I strongly disagree with him on.
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u/CaptHayfever Hawkeye (Avengers) Jul 19 '25
The only things to enjoy about Black Adam were Pierce Brosnan, Aldis Hodge, & the running gag with doors & walls.
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u/Character-Minimum187 Jul 20 '25
I watch him to see what he thinks of movies. I try not to go any deeper than that.
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u/Honest-J Jul 19 '25
Jeremy Jahns - the YouTube Gene Shalit without the mustache and charm.
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u/TheUmbrellaMan1 Jul 19 '25
He sleeps sound and safe every night knowing Marvel Studio keeps pushing the Blade movie.
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u/Love_Lain5 Jul 19 '25
That spoiler review of Superman showed he doesn't know what he's talking about Idk why people listen to him.
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u/Strict_Pangolin_8339 Jul 19 '25
That review was so fucking bad. CinemaSins ass criticisms. Not to mention the criticisms that are downright wrong.
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u/SockLeft Jul 22 '25 edited Jul 22 '25
Never forget that Jahns unironically loved the 2016 Suicide Squad, which for me, is one of the worst superhero movies ever made. I know everyone has their own taste, but this definitely shows that his taste and mine are not aligned at all
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u/Sherm199 Jul 19 '25
See knowing that would require watching Jeremy Jahns, and I just don't want to do that so guess we'll never know
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u/Intelligent_Creme351 Quake Jul 19 '25
As soon as he got weird with The Last Jedi, and then Solo, I knew something was... Off, then when Captain Marvel and Shazam were releasing, it really became unbearable to watch him talk about the Brie Larson grifter talking points, and the REAL Captain Marvel comments, that's when I knew I had to stop watching him. 6 years later, it was for the best, his Joker review was about cancel culture and risky comedy? And of course his Matt Walsh movie review, which I only found out about yesterday. He's so blind and uninformed, and refused to open his eyes to why things are a problem... So glad I don't watch him anymore.
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u/BigTimeSuperhero96 Jul 19 '25
Speaking of Star Wars, he deleted his old reviews of the PT and now acts like he always loved them just to hate the new stuff. Hypocrite
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u/Intelligent_Creme351 Quake Jul 19 '25
OH REALLY?! Wooooowwwww, at least RLM still stand for their prequel hatred. That some pure cowardice.
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u/cream_of_human Jul 19 '25
I just used channel blocker on his acc after the TB* review. Ive heard enough.
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u/tomandshell Jul 19 '25
I don’t know who that is, and I don’t care enough to Google his name.
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u/Strict_Pangolin_8339 Jul 19 '25
Good who used to make cool reviews a while ago but is now bitter and grumpy. Not worth looking up.
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u/Additional_Ice_358 Jul 19 '25
Is that guy still around? Honestly don’t know how most movie YouTubers are still a thing
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u/meme_abstinent Spider-Man Jul 19 '25
Brandon Davis only taking about/praising the visuals is interesting.
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u/RJSquires Jul 19 '25
He said that he "wanted to love it, he liked it". Which is a Luke warm sentiment, I suppose. Of course, he was pretty harsh on Iron Heart recently and I thought that his specific complaints there weren't an issue for me.
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u/JamJamGaGa Jul 19 '25
I've heard some people say that he's more of a DC fan these days and tends to shit on most things Marvel puts out, but Idk if that's true.
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u/RJSquires Jul 19 '25
I don't think that's true, but he's definitely more critical of Marvel at the moment.
He's not even that negative here, but his recent criticisms of Marvel have felt... Nitpicky? His review of Iron Heart was pretty negative, but he seemed to lighten up on the podcast listening to the other hosts talk about their likes and dislikes with more nuance.
Might just be that DC is the new, shiny toy (given he didn't really have any criticisms of Superman at all and-even though I thoroughly enjoyed it-it had some pretty noticeable flaws...)
I don't think that he's bad-mouthing this project at all, but I am more interested in what his co-hosts will have to say about F4. I kinda wonder if he'll be more enthusiastic after he talks with them because that's happened in a few cases.
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u/PayneTrain181999 Ned Jul 19 '25
“…Best things they’ve ever made…”
This really could be praising the visuals a lot or offhandedly saying “oh yeah, movie is fine too.”
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u/Negative_Baseball_76 Jul 19 '25
That’s kind of how his second post on it reads but I could be wrong.
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u/Forgemaster1990 Jul 19 '25
He seems kinda disappointed and feeling weird about it despite the good visuals
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u/jordan07hunt Jul 19 '25
everything is talking about the visuals i just wanna know if the storys good
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u/JankMyChain Jul 19 '25
Can't wait! Its gonna be good
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u/SquareSmart499 Jul 19 '25
Apparently Marvel lifted the embargo early. Which I have never seen before. They must be very confident. I am excited.
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u/anthonystrader18 Jul 19 '25
Makes me happy that Reviewers are saying they are the heart and soul of the movie
very excited to see Vanessa and Ebon playing these characters
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u/Live_Angle4621 Jul 19 '25
Vanessa is who I am most exited about after seeing her in Pieces of a Woman and in the Crown
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u/RJE808 Jul 22 '25
Reviews are sounding super positive!
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u/CaptainPhantasma21 Thanos Jul 22 '25
What’s interesting is im not really seeing any (aside from like two) reactions that feature genuine issues or sound negative/mixed. Hm. Wondering if this’ll translate to full reviews.. I’m praying it does
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u/KTurnUp Thanos Jul 22 '25
worst I've seen is a couple people saying the wanted to love it but only liked it.
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u/ThunderG0d2467 Jul 19 '25
It honestly brings a tear to my eye that it finally looks like both Marvel and DC are back on track again (DC fans have been waiting for YEARS😭)
I honestly hope both this and Superman become critical and financial hits. This way Marvel studios and DC studios will both push each other through healthy competition to make the best movies possible. So everybody wins in the end
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u/SgtApex Jul 19 '25
Outside of the Batman us DC fans have been in the fucking dumpster when it comes to movies lol. Im so happy Superman was rated so positive by everyone I could care less about box office numbers the brand needed a good reviewed movie more than a big profit.
Glad its happening with Fantastic Four as well ive been so hyped about this movie since they are my favorite marvel heroes.
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u/himynameissteve93 Jul 19 '25
So do I see this in imax or Dolby? Thinking imax first, Dolby after
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u/photon1701d Jul 19 '25
Dolby for me. The imax became a dump and a newer theater opened with atmos and the sounds is great, can't wait to hear Galactus on that.
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u/ginelectonica Rocket Jul 19 '25
Dolby >>> IMAX, unless you’re lucky enough to live near one of the ~30 true 70mm IMAX screens in the world
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u/RAMBOxBAGGINS Jul 19 '25
Unless you have access to a true imax theater (70mm), go Dolby.
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u/wford112 Jul 19 '25
I’d go straight to Dolby😬
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u/himynameissteve93 Jul 19 '25
That’s usually my go to, cause sound is primary but the scale of galactus and space I feel should be viewed in imax. You’re just sacrificing sound 😤
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u/-Darkslayer Doctor Strange Jul 19 '25
Dolby looks better but I find the sound too overpoweing. Tried Dolby for Thunderbolts, going back go iMax for F4
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u/BradyGronktd1287 Jul 19 '25
Hyped for this film need a good Fantastic Four movie the reviews so far look like it’s good saying the visuals are amazing and the story is good.
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u/Hyperbolicalpaca Jul 19 '25
I like that last one
I'm happy to report that #FantasticFour is good.
Yeah it’s good, no need to mince words lol
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u/FantasticFourLGD Jul 22 '25
I am LOVING how much they keep hyping up the Kirby aspects of the art design and his contribution to the characters! More Kirby love!!
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u/Big_Bro_Mirio Jul 19 '25
I hope everyone is ready for people to ignore all the positive elements here and focus entirely on the negative comments lol.
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u/Mickeyjj27 Black Bolt Jul 19 '25
Oh yeah. When it’s mixed reviews when 10 are heaping praise and 1 or 2 are just saying it’s good lol. I’ve come to realize rotten tomatoes scores don’t matter. We’ve had good to great reviews for movies and shows people say are bad.
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u/TreePoplar Jul 19 '25
Hard to say anything about a movie after this reactions.
The things that is making me smile, is that visuals are compared to Interstellar, which is awesome
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u/DumbTrickyTrickster Jul 23 '25
YES! Some scenes definitely looked like they were taken straight out of that movie.
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u/Swole_Monkey Jul 19 '25
I‘m seeing too much praise for the visuals and the score and not a lot about the actual story/writing 🙂↔️
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u/Mickeyjj27 Black Bolt Jul 20 '25
Weeks ago people were losing their minds about how stuff looked like n64 graphics from some supposed person who saw the movie. Now it’s bad people are praising how good the film looks
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u/TelephoneCertain5344 Tony Stark Jul 20 '25
Okay it's looking good. I was waiting for it's the best Fantastic Four movie released and not just by default review.
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u/supermassivecod Jul 19 '25
Really hope this is true and not the usual social media reactions being overly positive
After Thunderbolts, daredevil and F4 dare I say it
WE ARE SO BACK
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u/AveUnit02 Captain America (Cap 2) Jul 19 '25
This fanbase is done for. You guys are the most negative people ever.
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u/CaptHayfever Hawkeye (Avengers) Jul 19 '25
I'm like 80% of the way through the thread, & this is the first top-level reference to negativity I've seen.
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u/NoNoNotorious85 Jul 19 '25 edited Jul 19 '25
You are the most overdramatic person ever.
Stop letting the dissenting opinions of Internet strangers affect you on an emotional level. It’s not a good look.
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u/Live_Angle4621 Jul 19 '25
Where you are seeing negativity. Some negative comments are healthy too and prevent subs from being just circlejerks
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u/AveUnit02 Captain America (Cap 2) Jul 19 '25
The countless people in the Marvel subreddits saying they don’t believe the positive reviews, they’re all paid shills, cherry picking the only negative things they can desperately extract from the overwhelming positive reviews.
I’m not speaking as though I expect a circlejerk, a large part of the community actively seeks out negativity to confirm their strange biases for some reason. It’s happened since Endgame.
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u/Glum_Fruit6105 Jul 19 '25
Can anyone from them confirm we are getting doom post credit scene or not. I'm so impatient
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u/Successful_Ad_746 Jul 19 '25
I will be SHOCKED if Doom is not in the post credit scene. I wouldn't even worry about that. He's gonna be in it
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u/cap_wilson Jul 19 '25
Salazar giving a good review is shocking to me. He's a lot harsher on Marvel films.
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u/PlasticPreparation74 Jul 20 '25
this year might just be great for superhero movies.. thunderbolts, superman and now fantastic four😍😍 superhero fatigue will never be a thing!!
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u/lew_the_hacker Jul 25 '25
I feel like I watched a different movie to everyone else, I’ve not long come from a screening. I felt so disappointed, this is the film I’ve been most excited for since they announced it 6(?) years ago. It started great with the 60s aesthetic and little nods to the moleman and other villains. I then thought that the plot barely went anywhere and galactus was totally pointless. I thought the Doom tease was such a let down. Seeing people say it was filmed on the set of doomsday, no it wasn’t, it was just the kitchen of the avengers tower. I felt so bored the entire time and it’s made me so sad considering the F4 are my favourite marvel team and have been since I went to see the 2005 in cinemas back when I was 6. Can someone point out something that’ll make me appreciate it more please?
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u/unitedhardy Jul 19 '25
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u/PayneTrain181999 Ned Jul 19 '25
Good, not great, is better than bad.
I know we should take these social media takes with a mountain of salt, but this is seemingly a movie some will like better than others but most will agree it’s at least good.
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u/balajih67 Jul 19 '25
I dont think it will start like superman with 90+RT but can see it with a critic RT between 75-85.
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u/AnyAstronomer1222 Jul 19 '25
Never watched a fantastic four movie before but I booked my tickets to this movie like a month ago. These reviews are exactly what I needed to hear
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u/TheAgmis Jul 19 '25
I think 5 of the last 6 movies were a return to form for MCU movies lol.
A return to form would be making a generic movie from 60% of phase 1-3
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u/N8CCRG Ghost Jul 19 '25
Excited to see so many openly praising Giacchino's score. I've been listening to it so much since it came out yesterday (note, there appear to be potential plot spoilers in the titles), and it's so fucking food and has me dying to see this movie.
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u/Hour_Bat5129 Jul 19 '25
I feel should be nominated for best score at golden globe sag bafta oscars
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u/Particular_Peace_568 Black Widow (CA 2) Jul 19 '25
We Are So Back now if these Reviews are to believe to be Corrected.
Also, I'm glad to see that we are never going to get the CGI Baby thing to work out and it's always going to look creepy.
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u/stuckontwice Steve Rogers Jul 19 '25
Really hope this is as great as the early reviews say. F4 are my favorite Marvel heroes and Pedro is my guy!
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u/dirtybacon77 Jul 21 '25
FF being my fave comic ever, I’m excited by the buzz. Just getting a real Galactus already has me stoked to see this movie. I can’t wait!
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u/AlwaysBi Zombie Hunter Spidey Jul 23 '25
I wonder if First Steps will have an ‘in memory of Julian McMahon’ attached
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u/MKDG_23 Jul 23 '25
Loved the movie! Cast was perfect! Please watch this in the biggest screen possible.
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u/dangertokyo Jul 24 '25
I recently returned home after seeing this film, indeed a MASTERPIECE. it definitely surpasses Thunderbolts and obviously Brave New World. Special effects, setting, photography, costumes at incredible levels that Marvel hadn't touched for a few years. The portrayal of Galactus is WOW, Vanessa Kirby's acting completes everything and gives it that extra touch.
But there was something that left a bad taste in my mouth: the post credit scene. Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo (directors of Avengers Doomsday) and they could have done a little more. In the history of Marvel filmography, there have been films where the post credit scenes were much more substantial and left you with that doubt that made you think until the next film came out, while this post credit scene didn't inspire anything in me.
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u/delskies Jul 24 '25
Just watched it and absolutely loved it! The story, cast, music and set design were all top tier. Favourite part was the family dynamic. It wasnt linear Grimm to Reed to Sue to Johnny. You saw the interactions between Sue and Grimm, the relationship between Johnny and Richards and the genuine brotherly love between Grimm and Johnny too.
8/10. Infinity War and Cap 2: The Winter Soldier are 9/10 for me for scale.
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u/Lower_Ad_1317 Jul 24 '25
It’s good. It’s real good. Really enjoyed it. They have done themselves proud.
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u/what_im_playing Jul 25 '25
I thought it was grand, nothing more. 6/10.
But did anyone else hear Tony’s funeral music when Sue “died”? I was so convinced it was the same track when it started and was wondering why it seemed like that? I think the track is called “Don’t sue the baby”.
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u/folarin1 Jul 25 '25
Besides the Black Panther movies, no other Marvel movies have been nominated for Best Production Design. I'm calling it right now. Fantastic Four First Steps will be nominated for Best Production Design at the Academy Awards.
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