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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 ...

Spiderman: No Way Home (2021)

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  It's been awhile since reviewing movies, and so I figured it was time to return to something I love.  I hope to do this a bit more, so my apologies for not being too consistent, but hopefully I will rectify that in the coming months. Spiderman: No Way Home is a film that was destined to be seen by a family that grew up with its previous films.  My oldest introduction to the Marvel universe was in back in 2008 when my oldest and I saw Ironman .  My youngest entry in the Marvel universe was Captain America: The first Avenger back in 2011.  It became a family event to go see all of them, and it would always be a memorable one for both my wife and I.  The Marvel universe has been ingrained into our DNA, but that's because I'm a Marvel fan.  Always was & always will be.  My gateway to the Marvel universe was "The Fantastic Four" & "Spiderman".  Two comics that I bought and read throughout my childhood.  This is not to poo poo the ...