Just watched the Fantastic 4 movie. a little disappointed. (Don't get upset Marvel fans, it's an opinion)

As a huge Marvel fan, I think this one didn't land as much as I wanted it to. Superman was actually the better Superhero movie for me this summer.

Here's hoping they have a big role in Doomsday.

I can't say I disagree with you. It's exciting to have them in the MCU and I feel like I like them as a cast but it felt sort of like a weak start for them. I can't wait to see more of them, but I felt like I was missing something from the movie.

Superman was beaten up, asphyxiated, his dog was kidnapped and generally he had a shit time for 1h40 mins... that wasn't much fun until the end...

(oh, he saved a squirrel)

Vanessa kirby was a standout to me

Were you hoping for the Ultimate Nullifier?

I liked it a lot but didn't quite love it. And the FF are my favourite Marvel team. So, I wanted to love it.

It was great for the first two thirds but the third act dropped off hard for me. The final fight against Galactus was a let down; anti-climactic. I never felt the weight of the moment. It felt like a super safe and generic superhero movie. And I preferred Chris Evans' version of Johnny. The way he was written in First Steps left very little room for growth. This is who we always knew he could be and we didn't even get to see that growth and process.

While Superman reminded me of why I loved seeing these movies in theatres, FF:FS reminded me why I've become okay waiting to watch it streaming at home.

The 4 were too perfect. The world was designed around them and they were quite obviously too capable. Even Johnny can decipher alien languages on his hi-fi. I thought the film was fine and the fact that the story revolved around family instead of the threat to the world was an interesting take. But, it wasn’t enough to make me a fan of the 4. It was however a more entertaining film than CA:BNW and the half dozen or so other MCU films that I only watched because I was on a long flight and they were available for free. 

I enjoyed the movie and the cast, but it felt like the second part of a movie that I didn’t see because it doesn’t exist. I mean, I know the characters, but I didn’t feel like I knew *this variation* of the characters, which oddly made it harder to root for them. I know Marvel didn’t want to do the origin story because it’s been done, but I think I would’ve preferred seeing them come together as a team to see why they mean so much to each other and to explore their interpersonal dynamics.

The plot also was…iffy. Like, teleporting the planet somewhere else? Even if that did work (which lol no), wouldn’t Galactus just find them again? And then what?


Yeah there was a lot to love about the movie but Galactus getting physically shoved around by what are essentially ants compared to him was kinda lame. And Mr Fantastic should've been able to stretch way more than that. I remain hopeful that their next solo outing will be better without the need to establish them, and like I said, there was a lot to love about this one, but it's not really the kind of resolution you want to see to a threat as hyped as Galactus. I don't care how much "momma bear" energy you wanna show Sue having, bullying Galactus makes the whole story feel like "well if this was an option then they probably should have explored this direction as their Plan A rather than [teleporting the entire planet Earth out of its orbit](https://i.pinimg.com/600x315/28/bb/af/28bbaf0a596400b7c4e9a20166ddb742.jpg)".

i think it has more to do with the mcu's schedule that made the movie meh. avengers doomsday seems like a sequel fantastic 4 movie with avengers in it than an avengers 5 movie. the only other main, established mcu hero, solo movie before avengers 5 is spiderman 4.

no doctor strange 3, shang chi 2, black panther 3.

capt america, iron man, thor, ant man, guardians, hulk, hawkeye/widow are mostly done although there are talks of a thor 5.

there's like this void and a push for new characters and a new generation of marvel heroes to carry the torch. and due to scheduling, there's not enough time for the audience to meaningfully attach themselves to any like they did with capt america, thor and iron man.

and ya. marvel did have to pivot due to jonathan majors. so even though this movie was meh and it would have been good to establish the fantastic 4 as the new pillar of heroes like the previous generation of marvel film heroes, i am gonna give marvel some grace.

i also didn't find anything wrong with how galactus was defeated. it wasn't ridiculous. it was within the realm of comic book fantasy with galactus being so strong that it took the fantastic four + silver surfer to teleport him far away.

I'm gonna get flak for this, but I just don't see Pedro Pascal as Reed. He's usually great in whatever he's in, but Pedro just doesn't click as Reed Richards for me. I was okay with Galactus not being defeated like if he was a kaiju or a monster of the week, because he's supposed to be this unstoppable force of nature rather than a villain; but the fight felt pretty 'meh'.

It's entertaining and it's decent for a silver age vibe, but it wasn't as good as I expected it to be. Also, I'm kinda bummed on Ben being so reluctant to yell the catchphrase.

Watching this after Superman really made the movie feel underwhelming. It had amazing visuals but the frame only expanded to 1.90:1 during Galactus scenes while Superman used it for the entire movie. Not to mention Superman was longer and had WAY more action😭