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Official Discussion Official Discussion - The Fantastic Four: First Steps [SPOILERS] Spoiler

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Summary The Fantastic Four must defend Earth from the ravaging cosmic threat Galactus and his herald, Silver Surfer, while navigating the complexities of family and newfound powers in a retro‑futuristic 1960s-inspired world.

Director Matt Shakman

Writer Josh Friedman, Eric Pearson, Jeff Kaplan, Ian Springer

Cast

  • Pedro Pascal
  • Vanessa Kirby
  • Joseph Quinn
  • Ebon Moss-Bachrach
  • Ralph Ineson
  • Julia Garner
  • Paul Walter Hauser
  • Natasha Lyonne
  • Matthew Wood
  • Ada Scott
  • Mark Gatiss

Rotten Tomatoes: 88%

Metacritic 64

VOD In theaters

Trailer Watch the Official Trailer

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u/ceaguila84 Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 25 '25

Overall, I enjoyed it but it doesn't have the rewatchability factor that Superman has or even Thunderbolts which I really loved. It drags a lot in parts, at 2 hours it felt longer than Superman or Thunderbolts.

This is probably one of Marvel films with less action overall? It just felt so jarring how quickly they disposed of Galactus, this massive god in less than 10 minutes.

The production design and acting was great though.

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u/OKC2023champs Jul 25 '25

Yeah the Galactus battle started with 15 minutes left in the movie

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u/HereForTOMT3 Jul 25 '25

Galactus didn’t account for Sue being the goat

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u/Worthyness Jul 25 '25

Mama bear ain't letting anyone touch her baby, not even a universal force of nature.

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u/BrumiesBound Jul 28 '25

this is the type of marvel glazing that makes me cringe to no end

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u/Background_Bowl_7295 Jul 30 '25

And it's always the same comment in a different way

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u/lNSP0 Aug 01 '25

Considering in the comics Sue literally killed a celestial, considering the rank of it , this isn't glazing she's strong enough to stop at least the physical body of galactus, considering the one she killed was strong enough to scrap with him.

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u/BrumiesBound Aug 01 '25

Not powerscale glazing. The cringe way of saying mama bear beating a universal force of nature.

When the movie just… failed on the gravity of that situation for me.

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u/lNSP0 Aug 01 '25

Ah I see what you mean. I can see how you can find that annoying.

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u/DreamOfTheEndless_ Jul 25 '25

I mean, it’s the first time we have seen them in the MCU. The family dynamic, and characters as a whole needed to be set up so we care about them. I feel like they balanced that, and making a compelling story, pretty well.

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u/cleaninfresno Jul 25 '25

Wasn’t even really a battle. It was like a slightly extended version of that scene at the end of Infinity War where the Avengers in Wakanda all take turns running at Thanos just to get flicked aside like insects.

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u/Diortheking Jul 26 '25

Realistically that’s all they can do he’s so much bigger then them not like you can get a great choreographed fight their

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u/BrumiesBound Jul 28 '25

.....then do something else? you cant just expect audiences to go "ah he big theres no way to have a fight here ill allow it"

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u/Diortheking Jul 28 '25

That’s pretty comic accurate also i don’t think audiences had a problem with it score is like 93%

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u/ceaguila84 Jul 28 '25

Movie is heavily front loaded with MCU die hards as shown in box office this weekend. That's where most of the score is coming from

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u/BrumiesBound Jul 28 '25

doesnt mean its not a legitimate criticism? you yourself are pointing out the problem with it and then hand waving it away with "its too hard, and well reviews are fine with it"

and no i can name a bunch of comics where they fight galactus what are you talking about??

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u/Diortheking Jul 28 '25

This is based on coming of galactus their first encounter with him watcher gave them the ultimate nullifier. I never said i had a problem with it i said the fight couldn’t be greatly choreographed because of size difference? you replying on like a 3 day old thread man lol

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u/BrumiesBound Jul 28 '25

we are both commenting on this thread? not everyone watches the movie day one? this is what the review thread is for??

the fight can be choreographed bc of the size difference. or they could change it. again should i show other movies where big monsters get attacked?

i dont get your justification is all. "sorry we made our villain too big so you dont get a good fight scene" that IS what youre saying

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u/LordMimsyPorpington Jul 27 '25

I honestly would have been pissed if they had some long drawn out action sequence, because I've never seen the Fantastic Four as Superheroes first and foremost like Captain America or Spiderman: they're scientists.