The New Fantastic Four Does Nothing to End Marvel’s Losing Streak
Not even Pedro Pascal and a big stylistic swing can save the audience from yet another boring reboot.
The Fantastic Four, here to battle the Silver Surfer on the silver screen yet again.
Source: DisneyIt’s almost too easy to pit the movies Superman (2025) and The Fantastic Four: First Steps against each other. They are this summer’s big superhero swings at the box office, both attempting to inject new life into their respective studios, DC and Marvel, which are owned by competitors Warner Bros Discovery Inc. and Walt Disney Co. And besides their positioning in the market, they are easy to compare for other reasons as well. These are classic superheroes with a dose of retro, All-American sheen to them, and both films profess a return to earnestness.
But while Superman felt bracingly modern with the political sentiments to boot, The Fantastic Four has a halo of cobwebs it can’t quite shake off.