Ike Harper

Fantastic 4 2025 is 1000% better than Superman 2025! Superman was a running mess. F4 is more subtle, based in a 50's/60's type USA, which is very cool with regards to set and costume design. The story is very good, although a little slow at times, but it builds up nicely to a very invested plot line and conclusion. This is my favorite F4. It's pretty cool. One thing I don't get, tho, is the Silver Surfer has always been a male character...why change it to satisfy a very few people who make it their mission to change stuff like that? It took away from the original character, for what? Did you get a prize? We already have a phenomenal female lead who is the biggest hero. That crap just ruins the nostalgia for no reason, except so a few writers can pat themselves on the back for being fare... the same people who never cast a fat girl, or ugly girl, or short, or tall, or handicapped in any way, for any role...so, yea, that's them, hypocrites. Why not make Galactica a woman? Hmm?

Firstly, i love a good hero movie. I didn't like the opening of this Superman, and well, it just got messier from there. You have to bare with a lot of nonsensical stuff, more so than most hero movies. Superman isn't super, then he is, then he isn't, then the villain is, then they aren't. Very over the top concepts across the board and some real unsmart moments on superman's part, I mean he really seemed kinda not smart at the beginning, a complete departure from his comic character. Then JG started throwing everything at the wall to see what would stick. So many characters all a sudden. I couldn't even pay attention after a while it was so bizarre. I don't know, maybe it's just me, but this was just pure nonsense doubling down on more nonsense. There was a lot of emotion and action tho, like overacting, over the top destruction, thousands of people would have died and not one mention of that. "Forget them, look over here! I saved one person." I can't think of anything to compare it to besides one of the DC cartoon movies where the writers rush a ton of charaters out and none of them are as great as they are on their own, you know what i mean? ;) I didn't like it more than I liked it. I don't think the emotion was good, it felt fake. JG and Hollywood is over thinking this. They're throwing crap at the screen and seeing what sticks. Maybe kids will like it, but i think it's way to confusing of concepts for kids and they would be bored from start to finish. And this whole thing about kindness and humanity that's being talked about, well that's always been Superman's calling card, and I think it was much better represented in many older adaptations than it was here. The humble humanity wasn't really there. You can see it in the trailer. Superman complaining about just trying to help people and not being appreciated, like self-righteousness, not a good look.

Best GZ movie to date with regards to authentic story line and telling. A gem.