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Yep, Fantastic Four was very, very good. Not quite as good as Thunderbolts* but the MCU had gotten two good ones in a row for the first time in years. And like Thunderbolts* its actually about something although not as much as that film was. Though the big surprise was learning that the comparisons to Interstellar were accurate.

The cast were all great, with Julia Garner as the Silver Surfer being the real standout for me. Also it is always weird hearing Mark Gatiss do an American accent, and actually this movie was full of British actors mostly doing American accents other than Ralph Ineson. Was very fun hearing Galactus with a Yorkshire accent! Then of course there is the main four who are all great and work very well together.

The main issue is that it was clearly cut down to get it under two hours. You had John Malkovich being cut, Natasha Lyonnes storyline going nowhere and a lot of jumping around in the first 20 minutes. It smooths out after that though.

There was surprisingly little action and I liked that, its much more of a sci-fi film with a couple of big action setpieces. The first big action scene midway through the film is one of the best in the entire MCU though. Also the film looked excellent which is saying something given that most MCU films in recent years have looked between mediocre and terrible. So yeah, overall a thumbs up from me.