- The Fantastic Four: First steps The director responded to criticism of his visual effects
- Matt Shakman gave a polite but steep answer to fans who reacted negatively
- The criticisms that saw the film Marvel are unanimous in their praise of its CGI
Matt Shakman gave anyone who reacted negatively The Fantastic Four: First steps“Visual effects (VFX).
Addressing Techradar, the director of the film Marvel gave a polite response to 10 direct words to the fans who said that they were less than impressed by certain aspects of the film. It is particularly necessary to note First step was released in February.
On the one hand, reactions to the elastic superpowers of Reed Richards and to the aesthetics of Silver Surfer, both revealed in First step“The official trailer was mixed when said images dropped in April. Then there are those who first found the fault of the appearance of the thing. Oh, and let’s not forget how many people explained how Giganto, one of the first bad guys whom the fantastic four fought in the comics and who expected to appear in First stepLooked in a * Verification notes * Promotional linked ad for the Little Caesar restaurant chain.
Before the release of Marvel Phase 6 film, I asked Shakman his reflections on said critic and if he and First step“The VFX team has hundreds of hundreds felt weighed down by it.
“I think the visual effects are beautiful in this film,” he replied frankly.
Now, some readers might think that Shakman dodges the question and / or gives an answer in stock that draws the company’s line.
However, many people who have already seen one of the most anticipated new films of the year, including criticism, reacted positively to the VFX in the final cup. The wires on the R / Marvestudios and R / Marvelstudidospoilers sub-reliefs are full of publications on the social networks of journalists praising the CGI and other special effects, it therefore seems that the initial negativity to these elements of the film has been overexate.
Okay, the reactions in the aforementioned reddit sons are only a fraction of those who saw the final film of the Marvel Cinematographic Universe (MCU) of 2025. Nevertheless, the fact that there are people who salute First step“VFX is proof that it is not as bad as some fans feared it, and that it was just a little varnish and refinement before the launch.
You can judge for yourself when the last fantastic restart of four screens arrived in a cinema near you on Friday 25 July. In the meantime, read my final guide to The Fantastic Four: First steps Or consult the section below for a more predefined coverage of the next superhero film.
