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Ep. 142. SPOILER FREE Review of The Fantasti. Four: First Steps! · Vigilante Vibes Podcast

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  Hi guys, it's Megan from Vigilante Vibes and I am here to
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  give you my spoiler free review of the Fantastic Four First
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  steps. I saw it last night and usually
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  I immediately come home and give a review, but life got in the
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  way. So I'm going to give you a
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  spoiler free review and if you want spoilers you can check on
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  my other video which will actually have spoilers.
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  So I didn't really know what to expect going into the movie.
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  I'd seen all the amazing reviews.
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  Everyone was just loving it. I've always liked the Fantastic
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  Four, but I've never been like super, super into them like I am
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  with other characters. But I will say, I think the
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  casting was fantastic. Sorry, was amazing.
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  I will say the cast of the movie, Vanessa Kirby, Pedro
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  Pascal, just a Quinn of Evan Bacharach.
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  They really did bring something new to the characters.
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  I think it's not a secret that I've never been a Reed Richards
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  fan. I think he's actually a villain.
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  But Pedro Pascal brought something to Reed that actually
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  made me like Reed. I was questioning myself, like,
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  am I actually a Reed Richard's fan?
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  It was a whole soul searching thing that had to go through
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  apparently. But the it's not even just what
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  they brought to the characters, but it was the chemistry between
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  the characters, like with Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm, the
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  bickering back and forth, the treating each other like their
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  genuine family that shown that that shine so brightly
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  throughout the movie that it really did.
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  And still the idea that these people are the are a family.
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  The person who I think stole the show was Sue Storm.
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  Vanessa Kirby is Sue Storm. That's there's that's just who
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  you are now this, that casting is about on par with Robert
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  Downey Junior's Iron Man or I'm in Vilani as Miss Marvel.
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  Other than the cast, I'd say Galactus was done perfectly,
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  phenomenally perfect. It was terrifying.
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  It was menacing. You really did get goosebumps
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  seeing it, especially if you're a comic reader.
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  Seeing it actually brought to life really, really did
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  something to you. Shala Ball, who was played by
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  Julia Gardner, amazing scenes with her comic accuracy out the
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  butt and there's just so much to like about it, about her in that
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  role. It was fantastic.
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  I gotta stop using that word. It was phenomenal.
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  It was amazing. It was incredible for the movie.
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  I'll say that is the most comic accurate movie The MCU has put
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  out. For comic fans.
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  You are going to love this movie.
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  There's just you will for people who are not comic fans, I think
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  there will be some point. You're kind of like, what does
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  that mean? But I hope it does make you want
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  to read the comics and get to know these characters even more
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  on the pages. And 'cause there's such a rich
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  history with all of these characters, all of their
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  stories, and all of these stories are referenced in the
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  movies, like their first fight with Mole Man.
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  That's not a spoiler because that's already been released,
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  but there's so many little things in it that they really
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  did do so much research on. There's also two end credit
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  scenes that you do want to stay for.
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  The first one, you want to stay for the second one Was funny.
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  Now the negatives of it. I don't think there is enough
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  action scenes for my liking. I would have liked more than
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  that. I won't say it's the best Marvel
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  movie, but I will say it is the best Fantastic Four movie by
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  far. I really enjoyed it, even though
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  there are some things I would have preferred to happen
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  differently. But I think it nailed the tone
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  of the Fantastic Four comics. It nailed the characteristics of
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  these characters that make them who they are, these characters
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  that we've all loved and read for so, so long.
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  And it brought in Fantastic Four centric villains that really did
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  make it feel like a comic book came to life.
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  And I love that. Overall, I think Fantastic Four
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  first steps was a beautiful love letter written to Jack Kirby.
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  They actually even had a quote from him in the movie at the end
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  of the movie actually, that says, if you look at my
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  characters, you'll find me. No matter what kind of character
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  you create or assume, a little of yourself must remain there.
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  And at that point I was like, do I cry?
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  Cause a lot of you know, I don't cry at movies.
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  I'd never do. But that point I was like, it's
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  nice to see Jack Kirby get the love that usually goes to Stan
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  Lee, but they made very, very sure to include him and include
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  his legacy in this movie. So I'd say this movie really did
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  hit hard. Like I said, I don't think it's
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  the best Marvel movie, but it is up there.
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  I know a lot of people didn't like it.
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  I saw some people say it was a filler movie that they just
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  didn't click with it. And it's like I think once
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  Avengers Doomsday comes out that that appreciation will elevate
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  because it's leads directly into Avengers Doomsday.
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  So like I said, this movie was made for comic fans, but I would
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  think those who didn't read the comics would have a little more
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  of a challenging time keeping up with the characters and the
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  dynamics. But then again, I wouldn't know
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  because I read the comics. I really, really hope this movie
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  brings in more comic readers because I think something has
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  always annoyed me about Marvel is how Marvel Studios just
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  chooses not to involve comics in their movies.
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  Well, and I don't know how to say it, how they promote the
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  movie should be more comic centered.
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  And I think Fantastic Four is a really great start because Matt
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  Shockman did, he's the director really did go out of his way to
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  make sure it's very comic accurate and involve comic
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  accuracies. And this time Marvel on their
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  YouTube channel had a 90 minute history of the Fantastic Four in
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  the comics, which I think they should do more often.
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  And they did make it to where you could read these Fantastic
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  Four comics. I think it was like 4 of them
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  for free. So there's that.
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  They did up their game and I hope they continue to do that.
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  But overall, I'd say it was like a nine out of 10.
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  That might change. To be safe, I'll say 8.7 out of
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  10. But I will say it, it's in my
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  comic loving heart. Very, very good.
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  I did really love it. So let me know in the comments
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  what you thought. If you want to see a spoiler
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  version of this video, I am posting that as well.
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  So just check out my channel. With that being said, have a
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  marvelous day.