Fantastic FOOOOOOOOOOUR! Phase Six kicks off, although it’s tough to say what a phase means nowadays.
- Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards / Mister Fantastic
- Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm / Invisible Woman
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm / The Thing
- Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm / Human Torch
- Julia Garner as Shalla-Bal / Silver Surfer
Re 2 hour runtime.
Both Fantastic Four and Superman clock in around the 2 hour mark, but both could have had an extra 30 minutes and it would have been well spent. Both are similar in that we’re being plopped into a thriving superhero world and need to get up to speed and then the main plot happens.
I expect Ben’s story was more closely tied with whatever story was supposed to exist with Natasha Lyonne’s character who has the setup scene with the kids, but then (mostly) nothing, except a quick reminder she exists before the big battle.
I find it interesting too that these are the first two superhero movies I can think of that actually make it a point to evacuate their cities before it gets serious. :)
Oh yeah, and surprised the teacher was just some random person and not Alicia Masters. :(