My Thoughts On The Fantastic Four: First Steps

You guys, you guys, YOU GUYS!!! I have so many thoughts on this movie, and I cannot wait to share them with you all! But before we dive in, as always, I want to give a little warning that this blog post will contain spoilers for The Fantastic Four: First Steps! So now is your chance to STOP READING if you don’t want any spoilers!


Okay, here we go! Let’s get the puns out of the way—this movie was absolutely fantastic. Right from the get go, from the visuals, to the way they introduce the characters, I was immediately hooked into the story. I loved how they gave such a good little recap of how they got their powers and who they all are before jumping into the main plot, but without making it drawn out or boring! I love the little telecast way of sharing all about them. So so cute. And I have always ADORED retro future style (it gave such Tomorrowland vibes, and I loved it!).


Of course we jump right into their little family, learning about Sue becoming pregnant and how special this moment is for Sue and the rest of the family! I loved the scene where Reed is worried and is trying to do all his tests, and Sue just makes her stomach transparent so that they can look at Franklin. So adorable.


I have not been able to stop saying “I herald his beginning, I herald your end, I herald Galactus.” ever since watching the full scene. Silver Surfer was SOOOOO cool in this film! I loved what they did with her character, and she looked spectacular. Even just the details they put in adding reflections against her body was crazy cool.


I think one of my favorite sequences in the whole film was right after they met Galactus, and the whole part of the movie where Sue is giving birth on the ship. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time! Literally was such an incredible scene, I want to see the movie again just to watch that section!


And then the way Reed just nonchalantly is like “yeah, no, Galactus is gonna eat our world because we don’t wanna give up our son, sorry” WAS WILD. Of course the world would be angry at them for that. But we are also so attached to the four and their family story, that we don’t want Franklin to be given up either! It was so interesting to try and watch them come up with new plans on how to defeat Galactus from destroying their world.


Like, trying to transport the entire planet to a different solar system is WILD. A part of me kind of wishes Silver Surfer didn’t ruin the plan, just so we could have seen what that looked like 😂 But it’s okay, because the section where we learn that Silver Surfer is actually Shalla-Bal, and the Times Square sequence where Johnny shows her the voice recordings from her planet was so rewarding to watch. Another one of my favorite scenes! It gave me chills!


And then we get to their new plan, which is BABY BAIT. Actually wild, but saw that coming kinda hahaha. I kind of loved it though, again, the tension of watching them lowkey fail that plan and Franklin almost being taken away was another edge-of-my-seat moment. And Franklin was so cute! But I will say, I predicted him reviving Sue from a MILE away. I was watching like “there is no way they’re gonna kill her off, the baby will save her” and I was so right hahah. I’m not sure if this was their intention, but that to me kind of mimicked the scene in the Avengers when Tony is laying on the ground and the team is standing over him, and Tony wakes up after Bruce yells. The group of them all kind of standing in similar positions just gave me flashbacks.


I loved the bit of them trying to get the carseat into the Fantasticar at the end, too, that was absolutely hilarious, and a cute way to end the film :) and then immediately I gasped at the “four years later” end credit. And DOOM!!! I knew it was coming, but I am SO EXCITED. And even more so now that we know that this end credit most likely takes place before the Thunderbolts* end credit. Oh my god. I cannot wait to see how they tie these all together. I’m curious if the end credits will also become scenes in the movie, similarly to what they did for Avengers Endgame and Infinity War scenes.


My last and final thought is…my boy H.E.R.B.I.E.!!! I adored him so much! His little beeps reminded me so much of WALL-E, and he was so precious. I loved him running around trying to build the crib and baby proof the house. That was absolutely adorable. I am hoping to find him when I go to Disneyland in the coming week 🥰 


I give this one a solid 4.5/5 stars. All around, the film was great, the visuals were perfect, and it was like a comic book jumping out of the screen. I loved it, and cannot wait to watch it again! I’m so excited to see how this ties into the greater MCU!


What did you all think of Fantastic Four: First Steps? Let me know in the comments, or leave me a comment or emoji in my broadcast channel! Until next time :P


-Jess <3