This Movie's Even Better on Rewatch!

I’m someone who saw this movie a few times in theaters and in IMAX, and yesterday I decided to watch it on Disney Plus with a few friends. I was hesitant because I thought the cinematography and the scale of characters like Galactus were standout parts of the film that couldn’t be captured at home. In some ways I was right, but the experience was still great in a different way. A lot of the humor hit harder, and the world is so comic booky and fun that it’s easy to discuss and theorize with friends. I don’t know how they did it, but it feels like they captured a nice balance between a spectacle and a comfort film you can watch with friends or family. It definitely feels like a great film to watch on Thanksgiving.

And this maybe a Hot take the more time passes I actually like the fact the film doesn't end on a depressing note or some crazy cliff hanger.

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Routine-Specialist-12025-10-29 18:28

I agree, i thought it was slow paced in theatres but this moves like a breeze on rewatch.

bappischungo2025-10-30 07:40

I kinda had the opposite experience. I felt like the movie flew by on first watch and was much better paced the second time around

OvechknFiresHeScores2025-10-29 18:33

Absolutely beautiful movie. Great acting. The plot was incredibly underwhelming for me. The trailers basically showed all of it.

neoguri8082025-10-29 18:50

Read ff 48. It’s not Shakespeare. 😅

heartoo2025-10-29 19:20

What? But... the famous sentence "Alas poor Galactus, I knew him well Reed", which forms the crux of the mivie, must, certainly, be written by the Bard himself, in opposition to this sentence, which was written by myself, and I'm sure that, by now, you can see the difference and are even starting to wonder when the darn sentence will end, but fear not my enlightened reader, it will surely end at some point, and then you will wonder how you made it this far without shouting how heartoo is the one and only Bard of the 21st century, and wonder why Marvel studios did not ask him to write the scenario of the FF Four movie?
But then (yes, the sentence actually ended!), as you wisely said, it's not Shakespeare, and neither am I.

TheObstruction2025-10-29 19:31

"The trailers basically showed all of it."

Except the hour and 50 minutes they didn't.

OvechknFiresHeScores2025-10-29 19:58

The trailers showed us the Fantastic Four were a family that is loved by the planet. They go up into space and encounter Galactus after the Silver Surfer tells them they will be consumed by him. They return and tell the people of Earth they will find a way to defend them. Then we see that Galactus arrives at Earth where they do battle with him. That’s the plot of the movie, is it not?

Holiday-Doughnut-3642025-10-29 20:50

They're dealing with a world ending event/battle is anything but. Like this was their Endgame for their universe and yet *yawn*..underwhelming?..really? The stakes can not be any higher.

OvechknFiresHeScores2025-10-29 20:57

The stakes being high doesn’t make a plot fun or exciting. Most of the movie between them encountering Galactus and the final battle is just talking and planning. We barely see them use their powers for anything the entire time and there’s very little action. Considering this is a major superhero movie meant to get the MCU back on track, that’s what I would have expected more of.

Markus28222025-10-29 22:14

It’s almost like that’s the point of a trailer, to give you the jist of what happens in the movie. Toy Story tells you toys are alive, they get lost, they fight, they try to find Andy. Was that trailer bad?

OvechknFiresHeScores2025-10-29 22:20

Uhh no, it’s not. At all. Marvel has actually been really good about releasing trailers that get you excited without giving away too much of the plot of the movie or spoiling details. Not sure why you feel the need to defend this.

Markus28222025-10-29 22:51

Conveniently you ignore the fact that Toy Story’s trailer gave away the entire movie too, yet somehow it’s a good trailer when this one is bad for doing the same thing?

Agree to disagree on Marvels trailers. I liked zombies which didn’t give away much but besides that all of their really great trailers show a ton. And they haven’t had a really great one in a while.

I feel the need to address blatant hypocrisy, I don’t give any craps about the trailers for this movie, I saw like the first one and I was good.

OvechknFiresHeScores2025-10-30 00:01

Wtf I never brought up Toy Story. That’s a weird thing to get fixated on. I was talking about Marvel.

MrNobody_02025-10-29 19:53

Lucky for me I don't watch trailers.

bookon2025-10-29 18:34

I liked it better the second time.

Bulletsoul782025-10-29 20:01

For some reason I always do

Wooden-Radish-90082025-10-29 20:07

Because the second watch isnt in competition with whatever expectations you had watching it the first time

Bulletsoul782025-10-29 21:20

I'm inclined to agree. I always find that any issues had with pacing, foreshadowing, characterisation etc all disappear on second viewing because I know what the film *is*, if you know what I mean.

Although I think I just found a more unnecessarily verbose way of saying what you just said 😅

Wooden-Radish-90082025-10-30 01:45

Nah, I think your explanation is spot on. Like, for example, to use a Marvel movie. I think Brave New World is much better on rewatch.

I think the promotion of the movie gave away the big Hulk climax, and in doing so, made me personally think that there would be something beyond that, another shoe to drop so to speak, and when there wasn't it felt odd.

When I watched it the second time, knowing exactly where it was going, I was able to enjoy the finer details of that build and the movie as a whole.

ikkake_2025-10-30 06:42

My expectations ruined this movie for me. I really thought Galactus will win because of the thunderbolts after the credit scene lol. Was waiting for him to do so untill very end and it never happened :⁠-⁠|

Wooden-Radish-90082025-10-30 07:57

And it's a bummer, because these things really do effect the ways we watch movies.

I always say I don't honestly know how I feel about a movie until I've seen it twice.

pickrunner182025-10-30 11:45

For me it’s usually just that the first watch is more focused on the plot and wondering what is going to happen

AdeptnessAdvanced2542025-10-29 22:20

same here, it really hits differently once you know what to expect

PapaBliss20072025-10-29 18:37

Not on Disney+ until Nov 5 here.

MrNobody_02025-10-29 19:54

It's always available on the high seas.

people_are_stranger2025-10-29 21:08

me watching it in 4k hdr10 while people wait for an arbitrary date🤦🏻‍♂️

PhortDruid2025-10-29 21:41

Yooooooo hoooooo

CaptHayfever2025-10-30 08:29

The blu-ray came out a couple weeks ago, though.

Strange-Scale-71782025-10-29 18:43

Just checked my Disney+ as well, and from the east coast u.s. it's not available currently!

PapaBliss20072025-10-29 18:59

I got excited that it dropped early and rushed to check.

Strange-Scale-71782025-10-29 19:22

Same 🤣

djangogator2025-10-29 19:26

Oh no you'll have to download it for free of the internet and watch it with no ads.

jojopojo642025-10-29 18:45

Curious, are you in a country where it's on Disney plus or did you mean somewhere like Fandango at Home?

Cause iirc its not supposed to be on Disney Plus till Nov 5.

PapaBliss20072025-10-29 18:58

They must have one of the new time travel VPNs.

No_Reference_73302025-10-29 19:00

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jojopojo642025-10-29 19:04

Arr. That's real, matey.

people_are_stranger2025-10-29 21:10

bruh why u sounding apologetic, they're multimillionaires, it really doesn't matter.

XxNinjaKnightxX2025-10-29 19:02

Country be matterin' not! When the Sea's be me home!! Arrrrrr!!! 🌊⛵🏴‍☠️

CaptHayfever2025-10-30 08:30

It's already on disc.

DegenGamer7252025-10-29 18:56

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El_Quetzal2025-10-29 19:16

Whish i was still hype and hopefull for this team but This movie is so miscast, specially sue and reed

DownhillSisyphus2025-10-29 19:55

It wasn't very good to begin with.

cpbradshaw2025-10-29 20:12

No..... Honestly, Kirby as Sue Storm was actually a good casting but Pascal and Quinn are charisma vacuums and saturating the landscape of mediocre bullshit (imo).

There was little emotional attachment, Galactus was mega-nerfed, and it just felt really flat to me.

The only bit I quite liked was the pseudo-parallel earth feel. Like the Jetsons...

Yeomanroach2025-10-29 20:15

The actor that plays Sue is really good at straining. In labour and when holding/pushing Galactus. Sounded like she was struggling with a stubborn stool.

alijamzz2025-10-29 21:42

It’s best on the fourth rewatch

arthurtex062025-10-30 14:37

I dare to say it's ***Fantastic*** on the ***fourth*** watch

alijamzz2025-10-30 16:02

Ugh I was right there! Good call

FordBeWithYou2025-10-29 22:18

I loved Fantastic Four. So glad people are enjoying it on multiple rewatches as well

Aromatic-Cupcake48022025-10-29 22:30

I've watched it 4 times. So good!

Careless_Royal82092025-10-29 22:44

I only saw it once in my town's theatre, but thank God it was a great movie!"

MarcSpector17012025-10-30 13:30

Yes, I saw it in theaters twice and I've watched my blu-ray five times now. It's officially my favorite MCU movie.

Edboy7962025-10-30 14:22

Enter the post credits scene, which ends on a cliff hanger

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