Now that's it's streaming, how do we feel about this movie?

One of the most painfully average movies I've ever seen

I agree with you.

Actors did great.

Screenplay was factory-produced marvel fast food.

I loved the characters but almost fell asleep during the movie.

Massively overhyped. I thought the movie had no real risk and was quite boring to watch. I especially hated the Godzilla like final fight.

It's the kind of movie you watch on a flight to kill a couple of hours.

I watched yesterday for the first time, the premise was different and I liked the styling but it ended up with yet another “let’s battle inside New York an destroy it” that have been seen so many times on screen that you become numb to it.

I also don’t like stories about babies, I’m sorry, that’s just me, probably why I didn’t see this in cinemas, it was a big meh

I really enjoyed it and it was much better than I expected, but not many people went to see it in the theater.

my only issue was, and as painful as it is to me to say, but Pedro Pascal was the wrong choice for Reed Richards.

It was good but happy I didn’t pay to see it. I liked all the references to the original 60s comic villains and covers. Some of them were shot for shot.

Very Bory

Extremely dull... I wasn't expecting too much,but still it lacked so much sauce!! Also Chris Evans set the bar really high with Johnny... Pedro and Vanessa were both quite good!! Otherwise,the movie was definitely very underwhelming.

My 3 and 4 year olds loved it. "Galactus is trying to take their baby away" really seemed to resonate with them, and it almost felt like it was stakes they could actually wrap their heads around.

They watched it 3 times this weekend.

I'm so glad I saw superman instead of this

I liked it but I expected to *love* it. It’s fine made worse by the fact that it should’ve been great. It’s got all the pieces in the right places but it feels hacked to pieces

Boring movie outside of a few cool moments. Pedro was not a good Reed. Galactus was weak.

It gets better every time I see it. It may not be action-packed, but I love the sense of magic it manages to bring out, as well as the clear love of the main family.

The actors are fantastic; you couldn't expect anything less from the A-list actors they chose, and I loved Johnny.

Loved it.

It was super average "ok"

I saw this movie on Friday night in San Diego during COMIC CON and there were barely any audience reactions at all. No real cheers, a few chuckles and that's about it. I think it says a lot compared to exactly one year prior how bonkers the Deadpool & Wolverine crowd was.

I really liked it. It wasn’t like super amazing but it was all in all a good movie in my opinion. Wish we saw more of the thing tho. Galactus was super fucking cool.

It's just ok.

It wasn’t bad but idk I think I’ve been getting less and less interested in the mcu

Lacking action but overall okay

Why would it going on streaming effect how anyone feels about this movie?  What even is the point of this thread?

Tens of thousands of people have reviewed this movie and talked about it already.  

And I bet there are multiple threads already for people who watched it for the first time on streaming.  (And one is PINNED at the top of this sub https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelstudios/comments/1opiik2/the_fantastic_four_first_steps_disney_release/)

Dude you ok?

I knew this day would come where people ACTUALLY opened their eyes about this movie, I watched this on IMAX when it was released and was very disappointed because the movie felt extremely underwhelming, but everyone was praising like it was the best thing they’d ever seen.

These comments make me feel seen.

Can someone explain why Doom wasnt in this, or at the very least why they dont mention him as part of the group when they got their powers?

>!I know he was in the post-credit scene!<

I ready enjoyed nice sci-fi movie 🍿

Too many montages. I get that they wanted to avoid an origin film.

But the decision to condense an entire origin film of backstory and lore dump into opening montages was rough.

And then the middle and end of the film were pretty heavily montage-laden too. After I left the theater (half empty week 2) I told my friends I went with that we had just seen: “Montage: The Movie”

I enjoyed it even though I didn't really expect too.  It wasnt anything mind-blowing but it was perfectly fine. 

I think it's the best fantastic four movie and one of the better post endgame marvel movies

I absolutely loved it, the score, the chemistry of the cast, the set pieces. I wasn’t bored at all because all of those things were incredible.

It’s good

It’s the best movie the MCU has put out since Avengers: Endgame

Spider-Man: No Way Home I exclude because it’s success is based upon nostalgia and not the MCU itself breaking any new ground

WandaVision I also exclude because it’s a tv show

Those were the only other two noteworthy post-Endgame releases

F4 revitalized the MCU’s relevance

This question gets asked way too much. Like once every two days. You liked F4 or you didn’t no one cares. Regardless it was a good movie and it succeeding was pretty much essential for building Doomsday hype

Honestly I didnt feel much of anything for it.
Visually I liked the retro future vibe but the story didn’t feel like it had real stakes. It all felt too predictable.

I was a bit underwhelmed personally, I was also waiting for their entry into the main universe after seeing the end credits of Thunderbolts. When it didn't happen I was a bit confused.

So boring.

Yawn

Really boring

Really good movie. They also managed to make an interesting world for them to exist in.

I liked it a lot. The characters are all great, acting was very well done. Want to see more of them for sure.

agreed, it just felt like a standard MCU movie. Plus it didn't help that I watched Gunn's Superman before and that movie just had so much more personality in comparison.

If you're going to skip an origin, then include multiple action set pieces. There's the beginning montage and the end fight but everything in the middle was a people movie. Stop wasting these fantastical characters. Let me see them doing comic book stuff for 2 whole hours.

It’s like those movies you put on so it plays in the background while you do more important tasks. Like something to fill the silence. Isn’t really something you’d sit down and watch and cling to every word.

Maybe when years have passed, and it’s a bit older you’d watch it out of nostalgia but for now it seems pretty mid. Casting is good but Pedro Pascal as Reed just seems like they cast him to draw his fans to the theatre. Marvel should just go their old route of casting mostly unknown or lesser known characters for their movies.

Worked amazingly in the first few phases.

I've never been interested in the Fantastic 4. Is it worth a watch taking that into account?

Loved everything about it. Excited for the future of the MCU in a way I haven’t felt since Shang-Chi.

I thought it was really good, all the way through. A solid movie. No excessive amounts of comedy and a solid plot.

6/10 Movie. Pacing was too slow. I think a fight scene to start the movie off would have been better than the montage.

Worse than I remember seeing in the theaters. For me marvel movies can all be entertaining despite how much they follow the “formula”. So I judge marvel flicks on rewatch-ability. Didn’t even finish this on the first streaming rewatch despite enjoying it in the theaters. The OG marvel flicks I can rewatch all day.

Loved it. Exactly the Fantastic Four I imagined reading the comics after so many movies and adaptations got them wrong

Very few super hero films fall into the "amazing" category and this one certainly doesn't BUT I enjoyed it. I've been waiting a long time for Jack Kirby to be properly represented on the big screen. The retro futuristic aesthetic was a wise choice. Seeing Galactus done well was also a treat. There's very little wrong with the film aside from a pacing issues resulting in some scenes being rushed.

I think simplifying the story is what Marvel needs to keep doing. Trying juggle the extended universe is getting too difficult for them. Feige needs to shift away from epic storytelling because it kills the smaller films and shows. It's glaringly obvious that the other superheroes are inexplicably missing from everything especially when so much of it is earth based. I don't know if there is a solution for putting the toothpaste back in the tube here.

Self-serious nonsense

I saw it with the kids yesterday and we all loved it.

This movie was great the first time I saw it in theaters.

Upon watching it at home, my initial feelings have not changed, as it’s still great.

Great to stream at home! That about sums it up

Same as I did when it wasn’t on streaming.

Watched it this weekend and did not like it. The pacing was too quick and there was hardly any character development. Instead they filled what should have been development with basic tropes.

I have a feeling there is a 2h 20min cut of this film’s that address these problems. But the current 1h 56min cut feels rushed.

It's exactly the movie I pictured in my head and never thought they'd make.

That it felt like such a "I imagined this, and it's real" movie kinda wiped away any thought of issues with scripting, plot, performances, etc. as when I see this big budget, retro futuristic sci-fi tale, my lizard brain takes over.

In short, I'm really biased.

I thought it was a solid movie and one of the better movies they have made in the last 5 years. it feels like they are building something again and hope they can continue with this level each time. I think that will restore faith and people may return to the theatre. as for me, I’m kinda happy to just wait and see it at home.

It's a VERY good movie. I honestly don't care about other's reviews and the box office number. I think the majority of people are "over" superhero movies unless it's a Superman or Spider-Man. But THIS is one of my favorites! Saw it twice!! Reminded me of a classic Marvel movie from before all this multi-verse stuff.

Worst. Casting. Ever.

Besides that, it was a fun ride.

Love the film. One of my favorite Marvel movies. But I don’t like the “how do we feel” questions. “We” are not the Borg.

It’s fine

I liked it in the theater and liked it more the second watch at home,

Vanessa Kirby held the movie together

On rewatch I liked it considerably less. The movie felt poorly paced and my kids were bored. 6/10

All I have to say is how was Superman the superhero movie that was criticized for lack of action and fight scenes this summer

They get the characters right but the story is lacking a bit

Same as I did before: Meh.

I loved it! Since no way home I feel like the spark had gone and I wasn’t In a rush to watch anything.

I personally think it’s because instead of slowly bringing in characters whilst still having the ones we love they just did x characters, reset, y characters, so for me it was nice seeing characters that I know and love on the big screen

I really loved it. It felt like they were finally comfortable with leaning into a more comic book-y style. Not a perfect movie by any stretch, but it was a blast to watch.

It was decent Nothing special 

It’s really good…pretty great actually. But what happens is the older it gets, the more it will be hated on, like everything else in pop culture these days. Sad 😔

It was a pretty average middle of the pack Marvel movie.

FANTASTIC

I liked it

still peak

I like that is really watchable with kids. Which a lot of marvel movies aren’t. They did a really good job portraying the characters. Galactucs didn’t really feel like that much of a force while silver surfer did.

Great movie

I honestly wonder where this team goes after this. How can a sequel be bigger than this? They already did Galactus, silver surfer, franklin richards, dr doom is going to be in doomdays and secret wars. I know they have other villains but what else could fans and general audience get excited about if they already did their main villains 

I have mixed feelings about the movie.

It's a good movie. Not a great movie. Much better than most of recent marvel movies except maybe thunderbolts. I liked it a lot. 

It was well put together I actually enjoyed seeing how things would play out.I didn’t expect it to be that good but even the villain was cool to see.Only two bad ideas to me were the kissing scene between Mr and Mrs Fantastic before the baby could’ve been left out and Thing character design.

Great movie.

It was okay. Not great.

I went into it not knowing what to expect. I'd been sitting on pins and needles all leading up to the the release, because I had a very real expectation that it could make or break the future of the MCU.

Overall, I'd say it got a pass. Wasn't that bad at all. Pacing felt weird sometimes, but that's honestly me being nit-picky. One of my biggest concerns was Pedro, cause I feel that was just a weird casting choice, but he really pulled it off.

Also, just to be more nit-picky, I wasn't thrilled with the "Clobberin' time" delivery.

Easily upper half of MCU movies and one of the best since Endgame. I have it just outside my top 10 overall

It’s the definitive F4 movie we’ve always wanted but never gotten. Heavy on family dynamics, as it should be, more than action which I think will change as the characters are established. I like that they’re all brilliant

Visuals on par with anything in the MCU and even Interstellar. The entire sequence from finding Galactus through the Silver Surfer chase is top tier stuff

Absolutely love it. My kids too. We saw it twice in the theaters, and we look forward to watching it again at home!

I loved it.

Meh of a movie. I was bored in the theater and still bored on the rewatch at home. I was hoping for a lot more from Shakman. There was no sense of urgency, no thrills, no chills, nothing. The CGI was not special either.

I think it’s still great! I did see it 3 times in theaters because I kept taking people to see it, but I really adore what this movie did

It's a boring slog to get through with almost no payoff. As a huge fan of The Fantastic Four in comics I watched this movie and asked, "Who are these characters supposed to be?" 1/10 will never rewatch.

Very tepid. One of my criticisms in recent marvel flicks are the horrible pacing, which this movie was a worse offender.

Unequivocally the best live action F4 movie. Feels like a strong fresh start for the MCU. I especially loved Kirby as Sue and Quinn as Johnny. Both characters got more to do than in previous F4 movies and it really made the cast feel more well rounded. The entire Galactus fight was just chef's kiss.

Fantastic!

I thought it was pretty good, I still think the decision to place your infant on the corpse of its dead mother is supremely bizarre and kind of took me out of the movie entirely. Not only is it an insane thing to do generally, it didn’t follow the whole “overprotective parent” vibe they spent the whole movie developing.

Watched it with my husband this weekend. Looking forward to watching it with my kids next weekend.

Normally I go into a Marvel movie thinking the heroes are going to win so any semblance of stakes feels empty to me. But this movie had me on the edge of my seat the whole way through.

Loved it. It was very sincere. The multiverse aspect didn't feel overbearing. They felt like actual heroes and celebrities. Instead of just variant #616169

Good, could be better, worth the Disney + watch. I didn’t see it in theaters

Wife and I loved it. Even got our toddler to pay attention because of Franklin and was very invested.

Silly, but funny. A good piece of entertainment.

After multiple watches. The first half of the movie is so good and unique. Silver surfers entrance, visiting galactis and the chase scene.

After that I found myself getting very bored. The long ass invisible women death bait, and the compilation of them building all the towers just for them to get destroyed, A very mid galactis fight. It turns into the cliche marvel movie which most are bored of at the moment.

The second half is such a bummer vs the first half.

Best FF movie to date. By a mile.

I thought it was fun and mature. Good but not great

Still fucking great tbh

I've watched it 3 times now. I absolutely enjoy it. But if we're being 100% honest, it's not a great movie.

I loved it

I think a lot of the people who didn't like it were expecting something like Avengers or Thunderbolts because its a "Team Movie." Having read a decent amount of FF I feel like they nailed it because they're more Family than Team, and they're more explorers than crime fighters.

It was great, but as a space nerd I can't fucking stand them calling the most obvious black hole ever a "neutron star." it's such a small detail but it's such a big annoyance to me 😭 THAT'S NOT A FUCKING NEUTRON STAR

Also, I didn't rly get the plot. I just felt the Fantastic Four were being selfish. Cool movie and vibes tho.

I gotta say... it's fantastic.


I thought it was fantastic! I am ready for a less dark, more fun, and hopeful Marvel. I loved that aspect of the world, and I would like to see more of it.

No difference.

I still really like it.

Rewatchable as hell as far as im concerned. Been more drawn to it than Superman tbh (IM NOT A SNYDER BRO- JUST USING FOR COMPARISON)

the kids love it- but on rewatch I find it absolutely hilarious how incompetent the citizens are within this world.

The ONLY effective action the citizens have are questioning the FF once they are back from space and trying to sacrifice the baby with an angry mob.

Like real talk these people are told SS and Galactus are gonna come and destroy your planet... idk who you are everybody should be out in the streets shooting at bro. No tanks, no missiles, no battleships, no presidents speech, guys on roof tops, drummer boys or war trumpeters - nothing.

They all go and hide. I find that to be incredibly hilarious in hindsight and also cuts into the message of family.

A sceen like in Spiderman when the New Yorkers were throwing shit at GG was needed in this movie.

Thunder bolts and f4 are very solid home runs imo. I can't believe people are still pretending like these aren't huge improvements and a near return to form after movies like BNW and quantamania.

Watched it 3 times in the cinema the retrotech is superb. Excellent cast. Sue is phenomenal.

Loved it.

Still enjoy the hell out of it!

It's still my top 4. Great scifi movie. I was always crapping on it cause why bother if the movies never worked before so feige said hold my hat

Still love it.

I loved it still. Saw it in theaters, rewatched it twice yesterday when doing laundry and cooking dinner.

“Tell Franklin Uncle Jonny loves him” makes me cry every time lol

watch it recently
an 8/10 movie for me, the finale parts could have taken better but thats nitpicky imo

wished we got more of Shalla Bal though

Still loved it. My wife still loved it too. The opening scene hit hard for us.

I liked it very much

...this should be made as a comment in one of the two sticky posts on the front page.