I did have a problem with Michael B. Jordan as Johnny Storm and I'll stand by that.
The Fantastic Four is a different kind of team than a team like, say, the Avengers.
The Avengers is a collection of folks from completely different backgrounds (and movie genres) united by a common ethic and purpose.
The Fantastic Four is just the opposite of that. It's a family of individuals who would otherwise have had nothing to do with each other if they weren't related. They are in different stages of their lives and their individual interests and goals are completely different. So their defining characteristic is their relationship as a family. While the Avengers conflict over professional ethics, the FF have marital disputes, sibling tension and childish harassment (e.g. Johnny vs. Grimm).
While MBJ's relationship with Sue is explained as her being adopted it adds nothing to the plot nor to their characters, so it stands out as merely a superfluous layer of contrivance in order to justify the casting. I think it would have been more true to FF to have made the entire family black or Asian as long as the relationships and chemistry were preserved.
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