Me neither, but that's been true of almost every actor who's ever been cast for the MCU, so wtf do I know? One of their greatest strengths has been in casting. Setting aside the near-total dumpster fires (Inhumans; Eternals) I think I could count the number of bad casting decisions on my fingers. Mickey Rourke. Finn Jones. Tilda Swinton. I'm not sure Lee Pace was bad casting, so much as Ronan the Accuser was badly-written. Same with Brie Larson as Captain Marvel; I think my problem with her might have been in the script more than her performance, but sometimes I have a hard time teasing those apart.I'm not feeling it.
Again?? They need to just give it up and do something else... they've tried this three times already and it flopped all three times. I'd rather see another Incredibles movie.The nerd rumor mill is going a little berserk today. Even Forbes is 'reporting' that the cast of the MCU's Fantastic Four has been leaked: Adam Driver, Margot Robbie, Paul Mescal, and Daveed Diggs. I'm not real familiar with any of them, but I know they're all well-regarded actors, with movies and roles that have been praised by critics. None of this has been confirmed by Disney yet.
Also no word on what the plot or who the villain will be. Doctor Doom seems obvious, but if it were me, and knowing the movie is the beginning of a franchise, I might wait and use a different antagonist than one of the iconic supervillains (no Doom and definitely no Galactus - if they use Galactus in the very first movie, I might actually be a little mad). I might use someone like Annihilus in the first movie, and maybe introduce Victor as a friendly-ish rival of Reed's, just to set up the later conflict.
Anyway, here's our Fantastic Four..?
I'm kind of the opposite. I'm much less excited for the MCU's X-Men because I thought they were done well already, even though some of the Fox movies were trainwrecks. X-Men, X2, First Class and Logan were all good-to-great. Meanwhile, the FF still haven't gotten the movie they deserve. As a rule, I'm against reboots or remakes of movies that were done right the first time, but it's not impossible. I would have thought a 3rd Spider-Man was unnecessary, but Tom Holland's Spider-Man is my favorite Spider-Man, now. (I still haven't seen Amazing Spider-Man, but everyone seems to agree it was 3rd-best.)Again?? They need to just give it up and do something else... they've tried this three times already and it flopped all three times. I'd rather see another Incredibles movie.
Where's our X-Men MCU reboot?? Another Fantastic 4 instead? Ugh
The cynic in me says some of this is a desperate bid just to make Human Torch a blonde dude again, to placate the butthurt fanbois over Michael B. Jordan, in forlorn hope that will be enough to carry the film to success... I'm skeptical.
Also... Fantastic 4 seems to have a pattern of using actors who have either already played other superheores in other franchises, or eventually do so... Chris Evans, Michael B. Jordan... Adam Driver was Kylo Ren... and I mean Magot Robbie is the current Harley Quinn!
Agree that X-Men was already done properly. Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart and Hugh Jackman were born to play those characters. However, I'd say the same for Christopher Reeve, and Henry Cavill is a perfect example that you can actually improve on a character that seems to be already perfect.I'm kind of the opposite. I'm much less excited for the MCU's X-Men because I thought they were done well already, even though some of the Fox movies were trainwrecks. X-Men, X2, First Class and Logan were all good-to-great. Meanwhile, the FF still haven't gotten the movie they deserve. As a rule, I'm against reboots or remakes of movies that were done right the first time, but it's not impossible. I would have thought a 3rd Spider-Man was unnecessary, but Tom Holland's Spider-Man is my favorite Spider-Man, now. (I still haven't seen Amazing Spider-Man, but everyone seems to agree it was 3rd-best.)
I never saw the 2015 version of Fantastic Four, but the flops are the reason I'd like to see the MCU do it properly. Although, the MCU seem to have misplaced their mojo lately, so it's possible it's already too late for a good Fantastic Four movie. Chris Evans' Johnny Storm was one of the only things I liked about the 2005 version. I think that was why I was skeptical of him playing Captain America.
Clever framing. Quite long, yet doesn't spoil much. Not bad.
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I think I've only seen her in the Terminator movie and the Han Solo movie, both of which were fine, I suppose. I don't really remember her performance, specifically, in either one. So, yeah, I guess I'm with you. Wait and see.Clever framing. Quite long, yet doesn't spoil much. Not bad.
I see they're giving Emilia Clarke another go. Iffy on that. Her acting skills post-GoT have been... lacking.
I haven't read the comic, but I can certainly see the lost opportunity for a longer, winding story, just in the premise. This could have been the next big, multi-chapter story that involved characters across multiple movies and series, but without the cosmic scope of the Thanos saga. And unlike Infinity War, this one would reward fans of the characters who aren't immensely-powerful. Carol Danvers, Stephen Strange and Thor would have to take a back seat to people like Clint Barton, Kate Bishop and Yelena Belova. Bruce Banner's skills as a biochemist would be more important than Hulk smashing things (and that would've been the only time in his entire career that his skills as a scientist actually benefited anyone). Matt Murdock is probably one of the only people in the world who could tell a Skrull apart from a Human, once he knew what he was looking at. (We can imagine a scene of Matt walking down the street, and he passes some random person who has an unusual scent, and who doesn't reflect sound in quite the same way as everybody else. But they aren't doing anything, just walking down the sidewalk with a bag of groceries, so he shrugs and says, "huh, weird" and goes on with his day/episode.)Too bad they didn't build Secret Invasion up and have it payoff as a Phase IV or V arc. Or, even a multi-phase arc. Relegating the story to a singular D+ show is disappointing and I don't think it will do it justice.
The thing, really, about the Fantastic Four was that the majority of their heroism didn't actually utilize their powers.Fantastic Four's powers just don't come off, imho, as heroic. Rubberman can do lots of things, but they always feel goofy. All invisible woman can do is go invisible. That's useful, but the audience, by definition, can't see her doing whatever she's doing. Rockman seems like a low-budget Hulk.
Dunno. It once occurred to me that what's so satisfying about the key four of the Avengers is that they all smash things, in different ways. And smashing is discernably, and viscerally, heroic-feeling and heroic-looking.
Not a books, guy, as is probably obvious from my names for the Four. Just judging by how this all comes off in movies.
Sadly, maybe not in the 21st Century. The fine art of move-making (even blockbusters) seems to dead - or quickly dying.I suspect that's cool in the comic books (that's why I identified myself as just a movie-goer). But it's not going to cut it for a big block-buster-style movie.