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The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)

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  Took the family to see The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and for me it was the most anticipated movie of the summer.  I have been a fan since I discovered them when I was in elementary school.  It was comic books that got me interested in reading, and I became a voracious reader.  Always three to four grades ahead of others in school, but it was the Fantastic Four I read voraciously.  Why was this so popular with me?  It was about a family with super powers.  Reed was Mr. Fantastic, Sue was his wife the Invisible girl, and then there was Ben who was the Thing and a friend of Reed's.  To round it out there was Johnny Sue's brother the human torch, and for a kid with an active imagination The Fantastic Four was the ultimate in superhero's.   A family fighting the bad guys who threatened the earth.  Reed the super intelligent scientist, and Sue the powerful invisible girl who could render force fields and withstand attacks from their ...

Superman (2025)

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Took the family to see this & it was my oldest second viewing after he saw it with his buddy and his family.  It is the most anticipated movie to come out this year.  Directed by James Gunn and a film responsible for re-launching the DC universe, so no pressure for DC at all.  Distributed by Warner Brothers " Superman " is a breath of fresh air in an superhero movies. Why you ask?  What makes this film so different then other Superman that have proceeded it?  New cast, new storyline, and it includes other heros who they call meta-humans.  No origin story here.  We all know Superman's origin, so it's not needed.  What Gunn has done is create the ultimate immigrant story in Superman.  Born on another planet but raised in Kansas by his ma & pa.  It takes the familiar feeling of the outsider really being an insider, and not much different then us.   I have to say that I was really upset seeing our hero being beaten up and ...

Jurassic World : Rebirth (2025)

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So the family and I decided to see the new Jurassic World: Rebirth, and a rebirth it is.  I have heard others say that the series has run its course, and it is the same thing over and over again, but I disagree.  The first film astounded us at seeing living dinosaur's & it was fantastic.  Computer technology has made it possible to create these magnificent beasts convincingly.  The technology has only gotten better and the special effects are remarkable in the movie. Having sons I have seen all of these films because what boy doesn't love dinosaurs?  But I know of no child who dislikes the films.  They think it's cool, and it crosses the spectrum of age and gender.  In the latest storyline we have two sets of characters.  One the family who were sailing and are on vacation when their boat is hit by a big prehistoric fish.  The second set of characters are trying to acquire the blood (DNA) of three large dinosaurs that they call sauropods...