re: Fantastic Four Review Thread 86% RT Score 111 Reviews

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Nah, he'll find some reason to trash it like he did Superman.

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YOU DONT GET IT!!!!! This is about the integrity of a comic series (that he's never actually read) being ruined by a man who one time made pedo jokes!!! To accept such a change to the insanely important character of....checks notes.... Jor-El (that's already kind of been done over a decade ago) is like spitting on Siegel and pissing on Shuster!!!!

Not long ago a MCU movie was a failure if it didn't sniff a billion.
I think it could get close.

The woke police? They’re probably biting through their tongue as they’re forced to say it’s not terrible. Those clowns want these movies to flop their lively hood depends on it.

I guess we're doing the spoilers in this thread?

SPOILERS AHEAD (just in case some aren't ready for it)

The origin with all the documentaries, like NASA pilots, I didn't care for. It was done well and it wasn't immersion-breaking, it's just that I didn't care for it in the context of how comic-accurate they went with so much other stuff. I would rather they were more comics-accurate with that since they went so hard to fit the comic book theme and feel.

The overall story and world were really well done. The idyllic 50s-60s with a touch of futurism vibe was exceptional. The Mole Man, mentions of other villains, etc. as a way of explaining to the viewer their accomplishments, the family dynamics and having Franklin as a key in the storyline all came together nicely and really separated this world from the other Marvel realities.

Galactus was done some maaaaaaaaajor fricking justice. The size, the motivation, the exposition... all were on point. His voice could have been a little deeper, but considering how well they did everything else that's like adding bacon to bacon. The margin of improvement you get from it is only in the personal preference aspect. Overall, they really nailed the hell out of him.

Aside from the casting choices, the only real issue I had with the movie was Sue being 7-8 months pregnant when they go up into space to go after Galactus (and then giving birth in space).

Let me say that again a little differently: woman in very late-term pregnancy is subjected to the physical stress of blasting off in a rocket to space. That, for me, was immersion-breaking.

Here's a better take:
-Reed and Sue are interviewed or have a conversation about not being able to conceive, Reed discusses his thoughts on it.
-Surfer arrives, they pursue.
-Galactus' scan reveals Sue's pregnancy, his offer is made. They refuse. He releases them, telling them he will be there once the child is born and they can reconsider then.
-They go back to Earth, the story proceeds. Also, we get the conversations between Reed and Sue about the child, Reed trying to determine anything about the child he can.
-Franklin is born, work on the transportation system completes, they test.
-Story proceeds from there as it did in the movie.

Sue vs Galactus... I get the "mama bear" thing and Galactus may be a little weak, but I would have liked to see a bit more effort from the rest of the team on that as well as maybe blood coming from her nose (maybe also leaking from an ear, eyes becoming bloodshot) as a stronger in-the-moment visual of how she was sacrificing herself.

All-in-all, this movie was a solid hit. Maybe not a home run, but at least a solid triple.

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And he uses his tech to drain the planet of resources which repowers him. There is no literal eating that takes place.

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Thank you for that, really. Again, I outed myself as a non-comic reader. I’ve always just watched the movies tho as they interest me.

I never did a deep dive, I guess I should have, on how Galactus “devours” planets. My example was dogshit and exaggerated, but I guess I did always think he just kind of sucked them up through some sort of power.

Good to know, makes the movie even better now knowing he was scaled properly

Deadpool and Spider-Man still have mega hit juice.

I think the F4 are ok, but I just never saw them as mega hit material. X-Men will have serious potential when they come along.

We have to hope The Batman 2 is really good. We need them to go all in on it.

I liked it a whole lot. Not everything but certainly a fun and well thought out movie. Loved the production design

Same score as Superman. These movies are almost exact mirrors of each other.

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The more I think about it, the more I like it. Yes, it was a super simple (too simple I would agree) and there are some bad takes (you travel for month and in the press conference you tell the world Galactus wants your son…. Seriously dude) but overall I thought it was cool