Watched it. Two extra scenes. Mid credits is important. End credits is just funny but not important.
Yes, it DID feel like a disaster movie. And same with the Chris Evans F4 and Michael B Jordan F4, there's really not a lot of super superheroics from Reed. And Ben's strength is again not too much use in cosmic level stuff.
Who's great is Johnny Storm. They did something amazing on him for me in the movie.
Who's awesome is Shalla Bal. I'm iffy on the... CGI expressions (unless it's really just make up?) but... she was awesome. The surfing was great, the character was cool. Would it have been as effective if it was Norrin Radd? Maaaaaybe? Maybe not? Well, will never know.
I'm expecting a bunch of memes about Sue using rainbow powers to do g-y stuff. It would be funny.
Still, there's some inherently stupid stuff with the planning. Like, Reed you idiot, you really could have planned the thing better. But they lampshade it that Reed isn't all that smart (love that scene). But if Reed wasn't smart at tactics, Ben (pilot so good with basic directions?) or Sue (given social mastery of human nature here of sorts) or Johnny (I dunno, maybe he's a gamer and knows game strategy?) could have supported him and caught his basic mistakes? Geez.
Also, absolutely ew in the middle. Like, why in heavens was this in the movie? Ew ew ew, totally gross yucky bleh! Haha
Friend said he was bored at the starting part but I loved it because of the positivity. I liked it so much that I hated the misstep Reed did (he's a bone head at times, to me. Sue should have done that part he did, the fool!)
Herbie was cool. Great mini villain showcase. Aesthetics of the throwback time was great. Music was epic sounding.
Oh, I didn't watch the trailers so I did NOT expect Thing's voice to be like that. I don't like it. This is not a gravelly Thing voice. No way. Then I absolutely hated what happened to him later on. No. Do not want. Go to the corner and hang your head in shame until you come clean.
Btw, can someone confirm that nobody in the movie called the family by their super hero names? No Mister Fantastic, no Invisible Woman, no Thing, no Human Torch? Nobody used the name Silver Surfer, of that, I'm pretty sure. But the other names?
My ranking of superhero movies of 2025 so far
Thunderbolts
Superman
Fantastic Four