Fantastic Four: 1st Steps is better than Fantastic 4
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First Steps" hit theaters, Silver Surfer was a viral hit. Julia Garner spills on her inspirations in becoming Shalla-Bal.
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As the filmmaker’s three-year journey wound down on the project, he realized a key moment was missing, and managed to shoot it within a few months of the film's opening.
In addition to setting up Galactus and the Silver Surfer, Fantastic Four: First Steps finds time to tease another major villain.
First Steps avoids the worst MCU habits, embraces classic family values, and aims high with cosmic stakes—but familiar missteps in the final act diminish what could have been.
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The Mirror US on MSNThe Fantastic Four First Steps review: a generic superhero movie redeemed by eye-popping retrofuturismFirst Steps features incredibly visually stimulating and nostalgia-inducing retrofuturistic aesthetics, but falls flat plot-wise as it follows a generic superhero movie formula
Is the new “Fantastic Four” movie fantastic? No, and not everyone will love the amount of downtime in this one. But good is good enough for a Marvel superhero movie these days.
First Steps brings Galactus and the Silver Surfer back to the big screen, but what can you expect from the Devourer of his Worlds and his Herald, and what of Norrin Radd? Check it out!