The Fantastic Four: First Steps
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F4 carries so much baggage from their previously awful films. They had managed to cast it very well, and then blew it with the script and direction. Hopefully this turns the tide, though "origin story" saturation point has been reached, so they better be brief with that.
Origin will just be in flashbacks it looks like, not a real full origin movie. Think we'll get this FF and RDJ's Doom escaping this universe and into the MCU as the impetus for Doomsday and Secret Wars.
Looks great.
Looks great.
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Best trailer so far, actually gives me the desire to go see it.
Oh, it's a remake...of the two horrible films before it. They're hoping to RE-make it better!
Part of the reason "Green Lantern" had trouble being made into a live-action movie, it's a Comic Superpower that doesn't translate to real-world physics.
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It was a very quick 2 hours. Product of a TV director running the show IMO (from the excellent WandaVision). As a result the whole thing felt kind of muted and the highs weren't as high and the lows weren't as low because nothing had room to breathe with the pacing issues - and when they did pause for a beat, it almost felt awkward instead.
They managed to cram a lot in, but ultimately I was just disappointed it didn't really lay the foundation for much going into phase 6, or provide a more concrete explanation for the Thunderbolts post-credit scene.
They managed to cram a lot in, but ultimately I was just disappointed it didn't really lay the foundation for much going into phase 6, or provide a more concrete explanation for the Thunderbolts post-credit scene.
Presumably after the post-credits stinger Doom will blink away with Franklin, which will leave a residual energy Reed can trace so they can lock onto and follow him across time(lines)/space.
The New York Times said their was an edgier movie underneath, but Marvel sanded it down for Disney.
I felt otherwise. A huge relief to not have to endure another origin story film. The movie's scope was compact, particularly for such a major heel. But this movie was reintroducing the team... again... to the general public and more importantly, into the Marvel Universe. The characters felt so much better than the failed Fox attempts, which is saying something because it wasn't like they casted the original '00 era F4 film poorly. This film was much more about developing the F4 characters than the actual movie plot.
What I loved about the film was they were capable of managing Reed Richard's stretching capability without making it look stupid. I think that achievement is much larger than people will get on first glance. They set up the context for the final battle and held it within the bounds cleanly, we'll just ignore the tiny itty bitty issue behind how something got from point A to POINT B. And the final resolution in the end felt organic as well.
What didn't make sense was the velocity of the incoming ship, which apparently moved lightyears in a number of days and then the big bad stopped off on Io for seafood or something. That portion of the timeline made little sense. The film suffers from the typical comic book movie issues and the initial start of the film felt very slow, but it was building up the heart of the plot. Overall, as an introduction piece, it was pretty good.
I'm curious whether the shiny beachcomber will get their own film as they look to future employment options.
Alternative synopsis (remarkably hidden spoilers):
The latest Marvel film is about a plucky group of four people that get super powers. But that is in the past, thank goodness, and we are spared an origin story. This film is about a big guy with an even bigger appetite, who has a shiny person that likes beaches scout out for places to consume. Earth, having lots of great restaurants, became an obvious target. The only question was, Italian or Indian first? However, the plucky group of four meet up with the big guy and then he gets all Fat Bastard on them, however, they refuse. So they head back home will little idea how to stop the ravenous consumption. Reed Richard is busy at the board trying to come up with a metaphor as the Inflammable Flammable tries to decode messages received from space... which exist for the convenience of the plot... that are in several languages... while using just three words from one. In an attempt to fool the massive guy, they try to pass off a bag of potatoes as their child. That plan fails, but the Incredible Hu... Korg... no... umm... The Thing keeps him distracted by doing a long cooking show as the rest of Earth Deus ex Machinas it up. The shiny beachcomber decides to look for alternative employment opportunities and the good guys win.
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