Fantastic Four New Trailer Breakdown: 25 Things You Need To See
6. Awkward Bros
Reed Richards is kind of stereotypical geek. Not only is there the glasses and the muscle as a best friend to make up for his own physical drawbacks, but he's much more adept at doing groudbreaking scientific experiments than in talking to people. Who knows if he ever ends up macking on with Sue Storm, but he apparently makes friends with her brother at some point. Sort of. Maybe not. Besides The Thing being dropped out of a plane, the defining image of this new Fantastic Four trailer may very well be Reed and Johnny Storm's failed fist-bump, with the young Richards choosing to shake the Torch's closed hand, much to his chagrin. It's a really nice moment, a sweet bit of sharp but small physical comedy, and highlights that the core of this big glitzy superhero movie is the unlikely human connections between its central characters.
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