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Fantastic Four: First Steps felt more like a classic comic book than the other MCU movies. I liked that there wasn’t as much of a focus on the fighting and more of a focus on family, which always seemed to be at the heart of Fantastic Four stories.
The characters retained much of their usual personality, but it was toned down some. Johnny wasn’t as woman crazy as he usually is, and he wasn’t as brash. Ben and Johnny did have some moments where they teased each other, but it was once again not as much.
It was nice that the movie started four years after their origin. I also liked that they did go over the origin for those new to the characters, but the movie didn’t drag it on.
Galactus was very Galactus. He felt massive and a threat but not too scary for families.
However, I am not a fan of The Thing’s rock-beard. Also, the characters seemed a little stiff or not as developed.
The thing that made the movie less than good was that Sue repeatedly put her unborn child into danger. She was on the scene when Silver Surfer showed up, and she went into space while pregnant. Didn’t they learn the first time the bad things that can happen in space?
I have to admit I did like the scenes with Silver Surfer surfing, like when she shot the lava curl.
4.4/5
One of the better superhero movies! Up there with the new Superman movie, the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man movies, the first Avengers movie, the 1990s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies, the 1990s Batman movies, and Transformers One.
The movie lost some points for Sue going into danger while pregnant, but it was still a great movie. It was an action movie but still a little chill. It felt like I was reading a Fantastic Four comic.
Until the next wormhole…thanks for reading!
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