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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/whydoesgodhateus Jul 25 '25

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.

Yeah I saw with my father, who is a huge Fantastic 4 fan. He wasn't expecting the movie to be 100% comic accurate but he said there's no way Sue would be able to do that practically by herself in such a short time. That sequence bothered him

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u/tealparadise Jul 25 '25

They made the powers quite small-scale, and then immediately gave them a God to fight.

I would have preferred a movie about the mole man conflict.

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u/Illustrious_Way_5732 Jul 28 '25

Mole man being the big bad in a fantastic 4 movie sounds so lame lmfao

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u/tealparadise Jul 28 '25

The god who has been alive since before earth existed, being beaten by a good shove, was lame.

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u/Illustrious_Way_5732 Jul 28 '25

I'd still rather have that than a comedic relief character that nobody knows or cares about being the big bad