Overall, The Fantastic Four: First Steps is Marvel's most unique movie in years (Shakman nailed it with Earth-828's '60s aesthetic), but it's too uneven to crown a “masterpiece” by their standards. Still, expect all of the “Marvel is back” quotes plastered onto trailers after opening weekend.

We are in a retro-futuristic version of New York — so, everyone’s wearing Sixties coats but using groovy, Mr Gadget-esque cameras — where the Fantastic Four are already famous superheroes. Their story is well-known (in the film’s universe,