Fantastic Four Is Not So Fantastic

Title

Fantastic Four (2005)

Selected Cast

Ioan Gruffudd .... Reed Richards
Jessica Alba .... Sue Storm
Chris Evans .... Johnny Storm
Michael Chiklis .... Ben Grimm
Julian McMahon .... Victor Von Doom
Hamish Linklater .... Leonard
Kerry Washington .... Alicia Masters
Laurie Holden .... Debbie McIlvane
David Parker .... Ernie
Kevin McNulty .... Jimmy O'Hoolihan
Maria Menounos .... Sexy Nurse

Review

Fantastic Four is the story of how a group of astronauts/scientists gain superpowers and learn to deal with the implications of being fantastically extraordinary.

The special effects of this film are excellent, and the stunts are good. The dialog is fairly decent and contains a lot of funny, subtle, and well-timed puns and one-liners.

The main problem with this film is that the plot does not really go anywhere. Watching Fantastic Four was kind of like watching only the first half of an X-Men movie. The characters get their powers, learn to deal with them, and not too much happens beyond that. This flim could have been much better if there had been more of plot.

Rating (1-10)

6

Note: Treat yourself to The Fantastic Four from 1994. Supposedly, this version was made just to maintain the movie rights and was never supposed to be seen by the public. Regardless, it is one of the worst films ever made. The 1994 version is bad to the point of being hilarious.

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