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The Fantastic 4: First Steps (2025)

Directed by Matt Shakman

Science Fiction | Adventure

Most recently watched by lordofthemovies, CaptainBigTime, sleestakk, VicnaLobster

Overview

Against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel’s First Family is forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, while defending Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer.

Rated PG-13 | Length 115 minutes

Actors

Pedro Pascal | Vanessa Kirby | Ebon Moss-Bachrach | Joseph Quinn | Ralph Ineson | Julia Garner | Paul Walter Hauser | Natasha Lyonne | Sarah Niles | Mark Gatiss | Ada Scott | Matthew Wood | Angela Jones | Maisie Shakman | Jay Underwood | Michael Bailey Smith | Alex Hyde-White | Rebecca Staab | Patrick Miller | Mather Zickel | Firdous Bamji | Bertie Caplan | Max Lester | Hunter del Valle Marfo | Riotafari Gardner | Isla McRae | Martin Wilkinson | Greg Haiste | Nathaniel Brimmer-Beller | Mark Weinman | Lizzie Clarke | Richard Summers-Calvert | Macaulay Cooper | Ankur Bahl | Edward Bennett | Krysten Peck | Fintan Shevlin | Louis Sparks | Dana Myzer | Iverson Yabut | Russ Whismore | Patricia García Rodríguez | Dede Ma | Kasra Farahani | Ortis Deley | Florence Odumosu | Ihla Omohegbe | Aamaya Oyedele | Isaiah Oyedele | Joseph Davidson | Cecilia Blair | Dale Mathurin | Iliana Norris | Vienna Norris | Ecow Smith-Asante | Simon Thorp | Kiff VandenHeuvel | Corey Burton | Cheyenne Dasri | Eric Stroud | John Schwab | Jack Parker | Sarah Mardel | Arina Ii | Alex Sturman | Grace Durkin | Nahum McLean | Redmand Rance | Savannah Ffrench | Robert Downey Jr.

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Viewing Notes

Outstanding! I was pretty ambivalent going into this, mainly because I wasn’t sure the actors were going to be good matches for these characters, but I was pleasantly surprised. The writing really helped. They managed to avoid the pitfall of over-emphasizing the individual personalities to the point they become one-note characters. Instead they emphasize the family dynamic and manage to give the characters some nuances and depth that the previous movies were never able to pull off.

Setting everything on an alternate earth and in a kind of modified early 1960s works really well, allowing them to couch the story and the characters in an environment more amenable to them and more reminiscent of the original comics.

I loved the brief appearance of Mole Man, one of my favorite villains from the comics (as drawn by Kirby at least), even though I wasn’t a big reader of the Fantastic Four books.

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