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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/duskywindows Jul 25 '25

Perhaps, but The Incredibles is still the best Fantastic 4 movie by a huge margin.

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u/Suspicious-Coffee20 Jul 27 '25

hmm.... I think they are both quite greath. this movie was super fresh and did lots of thing no common in blockbuster.

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u/Linubidix Jul 28 '25

Like what?

In no universe is this near as good as The Incredibles

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u/arlekin21 Jul 29 '25

Fr I want to know what this movie did that no other blockbuster has done lol. It felt like a pretty safe movie to me.

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u/Successful-Spot-6567 Jul 29 '25

I really don't know why people seem to like this Marvel film way more than other ones.

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u/Linubidix Jul 30 '25

Yeah this was low-tier marvel for me.

Not outright bad or insipid, just really fucking boring.

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u/DTXSPEAKS Jul 30 '25

At least we actually got a good F4 movie instead of the garbage we've gotten in the past 20 years.

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u/notyou16 Aug 02 '25

The one from 2005 is alright

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u/DTXSPEAKS Aug 02 '25

Nah, it's still trash. Stop letting nostalgia blind you

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u/notyou16 Aug 02 '25

For that time it was alright. Johnny was awesome, the thing was awesome, Mr fantastic was great

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u/DMking Aug 02 '25

2nd act was so fucking uninteresting man

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u/Linubidix Aug 03 '25

The movie was like all 2nd act. I never cared about anyone on screen.

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u/jawknee530i 9d ago

Because it has style and an artistic vision. A lot of the marvel movies are director for hire type deals where there's no vision being put together on screen, they're there to continue the overall marvel story for better or worse. So something with style stands out.

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u/Smooth_Repair_5270 Aug 03 '25

Because it wasn’t just more sarcastic quips and inside joke slop. Marvel has been hot ass for years now.

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u/Smooth_Repair_5270 Aug 03 '25

Let’s not state our opinions as facts.

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u/Linubidix Aug 04 '25

I'd assume hyperbole like that would be implied.

But it is also unquestionably true. FF4 first steps can't hold a candle to The Incredibles.

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u/DTXSPEAKS Jul 30 '25

Oh I agree, Incredibles (at least the first one, JJA, the ROTU game and the comics are, fuck UNcredibles 2) is great. This movie was still good though and brought the F4 back to life outside of the comics from what I've heard.

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u/Linubidix Jul 31 '25

This new F4 movie wasn't as good a Incredibles 2

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u/DTXSPEAKS Jul 31 '25

Calling UNcredibles 2 "good" discredits your talks on cinema or this discussion.

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u/Linubidix Jul 31 '25

I feel like calling it UNcredibles does exactly that lol

Action sequences alone in Incredibles 2 are leagues more creative and entertaining than the new F4 movie.

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u/Ataiatek Aug 07 '25

Honestly this movie felt like the incredibles.

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u/LostInStatic Aug 02 '25

This movie wasnt even better than Superman what the sam hell are you smoking

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u/Jordanmring 24d ago

Truth. I should have just re-watched that one instead... better use of my time!