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Fantastic Four: First Steps Credit: Marvel / Disney So many pieces worked really well in Marvel’s latest MCU film that it’s almost a shame to give this one a thumbs’ down, but here we are. The script, dearest readers. The script is to blame, as is so often the case. In Fantastic Four: First Steps, things happen and then other things happen and then there is a conflict that is quickly resolved with little to no ingenuity or effort on the part of the good guys and they win and the bad guys lose. The end. There is no real tension in this movie, either between the core characters or between our heroes and villains. Like Superman, which came out earlier this month and which had a similar vibe and plot structure, our heroes are beloved by the masses until they aren’t and then, in the end, are beloved once again. Public opinion has an on/off switch that it abuses only slightly less than Superman. Spoilers follow, though I bet you could easily guess the plot of this movie just by watching the trailers. All Style, No Substance The best thing about First Steps is the aesthetic. It’s far and away my favorite part of this film, and that’s a problem because as much as I do enjoy a solid retrofuturistic aesthetic, it’s not enough to make a mediocre movie worth watching. This is all style over substance. The film does a really good job at establishing Earth 828. It’s the 1960s but everything is very Jetsons. That midcentury modern veneer makes everything pop. It’s very pleasant. I want to live there with the red, rounded cabinets and the funky fridge and the weird science that’s somehow managed flying cars before flat screen TVs. I dig it. It’s very groovy.…

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