The Fantastic Four: First Steps: A necessary film

I know it is very likely that you are not immersed, as I am, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there are millions who have been discouraged about maintaining the continuity of the movies and series after we saw many of these very regrettable in recent years. And if I'm honest, I must say they are right, a lot has been lost along the way and maybe some fans will never come back beyond just watching the super-produced movies like Avengers, Spideman or some other flashy ones.

Now, I'm not going to lie and tell you that I have seen absolutely all the material produced by Marvel Studios, actually there are some series and movies that I haven't seen because I know that they have been nothing relevant in the overall story and because from the beginning it seemed that they had no soul or reason to be beyond just producing money for the hype they could cause, I think I have been able to identify that content pretty well, although I must admit that I fell into the trap with movies like “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania”, same that seemed to have a reason to be with Kang, but ended up being nothing relevant.

After Avengers: Endgame, it has been quite complicated for the UCM to retake the level, and therefore the retention of fans, the story in general has declined considerably, but I think this is normal after seeing such an event in the saga of infinity, perhaps we never saw anything like it in the history of cinema and there are many of us who still keep more alive than ever the memories and emotions that left us the aforementioned saga.

So far we have seen several failed attempts by the producers to reawaken the interest of those of us who faithfully attended the movie theaters to witness the next event, and well, they probably never came that close to achieving it until "The Fantastic Four: First Steps", not because I am claiming right now that it is a good movie, but because they are a group of super heroes that have always had the potential to arouse interest on their own, without the need of crossovers or guest heroes arriving to increase the hype, even more so when we know that including these 4 in the overall story was a rather complicated or practically impossible task a few years ago.

Yesterday I was able to see The Fantastic Four at the nearest movie theater to my house, and well, I must say that I left the theater with mixed feelings, but mostly good. Even though the story of this movie doesn't seem to be forced to stay within the standards of what we've been seeing in the last series or movies, it generates a certain sense of refreshment as far as the UCM is concerned. We know that one of the intentions of this movie is to integrate the 4 superheroes to the so-called multiverse saga and also to integrate Doctor Doom, the villain that will be the main character in Avengers: Doomsday, which will be released in 2026.

This film stands out for the good performance of the main characters, who despite generating some rejection by not maintaining the usual line of the characters in terms of personality, are generating empathy progressively and actually seem to be creating their own personalities from this story. The visual effects and the hype to see Galactus were a great incentive to keep expectations high, although honestly I would have liked the aforementioned villain to leave a more accentuated mark in his presentation, and we will surely see him again at some point in the sagas.

I think this is a necessary movie because beyond introducing heroes and villains who will soon have pivotal roles, it refreshes what we've been seeing in the UCM that hasn't necessarily been fun or interesting. If these guys get to play an active role in Doomsday, then I think we will have the hope of seeing a new line of superheroes, along with others we have seen that will surely revitalize the UCM, something that is urgently needed before the failures of recent productions.