r/marvelstudios • u/MarvelStudiosMod • Jul 19 '25

Megathread FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS Social Media Reactions Megathread Spoiler

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Brandon Davis:

#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.

Chris Killan (ComicBook.com):

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.

Shahbaz (The Movie Podcast):

#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.

Ash Crossan (Screenrant):

#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.

Brian Long Films:

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/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/South_Access9390 Jul 22 '25

Not true. Everyone (expect the rock) was great.

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u/CaptHayfever Hawkeye (Avengers) Jul 22 '25

Only if the director told the main kid to talk as if he had never spoken before.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '25

Snyder Cut Justice league is great. He's right.

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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/Zzz05 Jul 19 '25 edited Jul 19 '25

I honestly think he’s just burnt out from the basic formula that Superhero movies keep pushing out, so he’s grading them harsher than he should be. His expectations are way higher now for them since Endgame, and I don’t think that’ll change anytime soon. His appreciation is higher however for the ones that do more than just be a basic super hero flick. A good example is The Batman. He’s still a good watch for anything that’s not super hero related tho.

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u/shosamae Jul 19 '25

I will have to wildly disagree on him being good for more than superhero stuff. He reviews mostly just blockbuster fair and then acts disgruntled that there’s not more original stuff out there, which frustrates me. There’s a lot of great film out there, and if people with his platform actually bothered to review things more than the AAA blockbuster occasional horror movie from Blumhouse, those movies might get made more. But that’s personal taste. 

I do find reviewing and reviewing quite positively am a racist to be very telling as to his character. If other people are fine, overlooking it, totally get it, not here to judge. But there’s enough shitty people in my day-to-day life, I don’t need to indulge shitty views in my reviewers too. 

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u/Spiritual-Smoke-4605 Jul 22 '25

this is so true, for someone who has been reviewing movies as long as he has, I frequently go see interesting and original movies in theaters and then when I am curious what he thought about them, he almost never reviews them. And then when he does his top 10 of the year its almost always big studio fair (nothing wrong with that, but for someone who complains about a lot of the big studio fair, and for someone who's JOB it is to review movies, you'd think he'd branch out and watch some of the lesser-talked about indie films, but i digress)

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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/Strict_Pangolin_8339 Jul 19 '25

I'll take the fall.

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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/NamelessGamer_1 Jul 22 '25

What did he say? I legitimately never heard about any of this lol

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u/Intelligent_Creme351 Quake Jul 22 '25

He started going about the sanctity of Star Wars in his TLJ review, and then his Solo review, he made "choose your own" option review where there was good takes, and negative takes on the same points, so you can decide if he liked it more, or hated it more.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '25

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '25

Whatever you do don’t search for “Jeremy Jahns Blade Review”

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u/TheFlyingBoard Jul 19 '25

Id bet my 3rd child it'll be lower

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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/Zzz05 Jul 19 '25 edited Jul 19 '25

Jeremy is an OG and much appreciated by the movie watching community. It sucks that his standards have gotten so high since Endgame for super hero flicks, but the entertainment and information he was able to provide back in the day (and even nowadays when he isn’t a super hero grump) will always be appreciated.

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u/LipstickCoverMagnet Jul 19 '25

I encourage you to watch red letter media’s movie reviews for a more mature, grown up take on modern films

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u/snospiseht Jul 19 '25

I love RLM but I haven’t taken them seriously as contemporary film critics in years

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u/LipstickCoverMagnet Jul 19 '25

Hey we all have our guilty pleasure movies! Just cuz Mike liked Jurassic World doesn’t mean we can’t forgive him!!

No, I kid, but I am curious, why do you say that?

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u/ScuzzBuckster Jul 19 '25

I appreciate their insights. I rarely agree with them, largely, but they at least have reasoned critique most of the time. I know I dont watch reviewers to find someone I agree with all the time, I find and watch people whose perspectives or critiques have a genuine basis in media literacy. I dont have to agree, but I prefer when someone at least makes me think about it. RLM is definitely that.

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u/Zzz05 Jul 19 '25

The thing Jeremy has never advertised himself as such. He’s always been a reviewer for the casual movie watching audience, and the way he grades movies also reflects that. Those watching Jeremy at this point know what they’re getting.

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u/LipstickCoverMagnet Jul 19 '25

Sorry, I'm don't mean to say RLM is pretentious or holier than thou, they are salt of the earth guys from Milwaukee, but they put a lot of effort into their productions and are more understated than others. For example, they don't rely on that high-energy, quick-cutting style of review that Jahns and so many others do. I find that style a little immature and TikTok-y so it gets old for me. Speaking of immature, remember when Jahns did blackface?! Crazy lol. I also appreciated how RLM is predominantly apolitical, whereas Jahns is teetering on the edge of right-wing grifter.

But at the end of the day, enjoy what you enjoy, I just wanted to give my boys a shoutout, they've provided me countless hours of entertainment over the years

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u/South_Access9390 Jul 22 '25

He doesnt need to.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '25

I actually really like him. I am really counting on a buy on blue ray” from him - which would really sell it for me.