 "‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Movie Review: Revival of Marvel charm back with Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby")
Language: English
Cast: Vanessa Kirby, Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Julia Garner
The best thing about ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ is that we didn’t have to do our regular homework like the way we are expected to do as critics, like watch the previous one and the previous one. This film was a fresh MCU product, otherwise all the other Marvel movies were getting a bit too repetitive. We were literally tired of the multiverse universe, but The Fantastic Four: First Steps was like a breath of fresh air.
_The Fantastic Four: First Steps_ is one the brightest and relatable things that Marvel has ever made. What will catch the attention of the audience is the engaging storytelling and what a visual treat it is that will completely drown you into the story. The new movie directed by Matt Shakman has all the qualities that makes for a fantastically relatable movie where ordinary people are gifted with extraordinary power.
Set in a sleek 1960s-inspired, retro‑futuristic world, First Steps follows the Fantastic Four as they try to thwart the planet-devouring threat of Galactus. Directed by Matt Shakman, the film features Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn and written by Josh Friedman, Cam Squires, and Eric Pearson.
The Fantastic Four, Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm are here to save the Earth from Galactus who wants to consume the plant. The movie starts with a scene where Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal) and his wife, Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby) talking to each other and when Sue discloses to her husband that she is pregnant, something they have been trying hard for two-years. They are happy, but at the same time worried about what effect the exposure to cosmic rays have on the baby.
For the Fantastic Four family, friends and bonding are as important as saving the Earth from the clutches of Galactus. But how will they do it when world-devouring cosmic beings Galactus and her Silver Surfer girl are all out to consume Earth and make a tough bargain, that if they have to save the earth, they will have to sacrifice their baby.
There is a backstory to the Silver Surfer girl too and Julia Garner has done an absolute brilliant job. There is a mystery behind her and you will have to watch the whole movie to know what it is. In fact, she has the most complex character. But, Julia Garner deserved more screen time.
The deeper you sink your teeth into the plot, you realise how engaging every scene gets. As the movie proceeds, just like the people on earth, the Fantastic Four are equally confused. But the mother of the baby Sue Storm (Vanessa Kirby) is not willing to give up on her child. She fights with heaven and earth to save it.
The scene-stealer comes right at the end of the movie. When everybody else fails, it is the touch of the miraculous baby which saves the mother. The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ is indeed a bold, sharp and fantastic reboot which deserves every bit of your time. The message that the film tries to show that it is the love, chaos and sometimes differences of opinions is what keeps the whole family together and not the super powers. Long live the Fantastic Four; oops the Fantastic Five now!
Rating: 3 out of 5
WATCH the trailer of ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ here:
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