Fantastic Four Films (Review and Thoughts)

My thoughts on the Fantastic Four films.

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[Russkafin]

Doom was inexcusable. Bad writing, bad casting, no real motivation... they did not "get" him at all. Everything else was just ok, but at the end of the day, in a world where we have so many superhero movies coming out every year, neither of the FF films really bring much to the table that hasn't been done already - and better- elsewhere.

[silverlightsaber]

I couldn't agree more. That just about sums up my thoughts on these films.

[toekneebeeears]

Great comments as usual. However I disagree with you a little bit. I did not go into the first FF movie looking for a serious deep movie. The FF comics are very light in tone compared to X-Men or Batman. I feel the first movie had just the right tone and seriousness. The second movie just sucked. The film makers did not give 100%. It seemed lazy. Except for the effects. The FF movies can't get the villains right. Doom should have had more of a fantasy feel. Also what was up with Galactus ?

[DarthLucin732]

Well, in context with the story, Doom was exactly how he was suppose to be(minus the whole two-dimensional thing). The movies were all pretty much science, and considering this was pretty early in the FF's hero career, it makes sense that Doom would not automatically become the badass he was in the comics. If they were to make a 3rd film, they'd probably have Doom rising to power.

[silverlightsaber]

That's no excuse for poor character development. Take a look at Joker from TDK. He's a supporting character who was very developed for his screen time.

[silverlightsaber]

I didn't think it would be a very serious movie, but expected it to be serious compared to Marvel's movies up to that point. The tone was out of nowhere. The tone of the comics is light though, so it makes sense, but could've been taken more seriously.

[aliasgirl47]

But, isn't Fantastic Four supposed to be funny, since it's a family of superheroes?

[TallandAsian89]

The only good thing about the Fantastic Four movies for me and other dudes is probably Jessica Alba in that blue cat suit cause all I thought about when watching that movie when I was 15 was how hot she looked in the outfit for the movie. Shame she wore a wig in the second movie :(

[mdkuhne1]

Watch creepy kuhne

[VRG75]

@Russkafin I agree. The fantastic four movies were not taken seriously. If you wanted a fun movie that could make you laugh it was just ok. But they tried to make it into a comedy which pissed me off.

[TheReepicheep]

You are one of the sharpest guys I've listened to...keep up the good work!

[Ihavealife100]

@silverlightsaber You know they're doing a fantastic four reboot.

[A74893]

i agree that doctor doom was a bad casting to but i think they did a good job for the thing

[DrDK144]

when you mentioned ironman in the first 2 minutes, i would have to disagree with what you said. the acting and casting wasnt very good (robert downey jr's especially) and neither was jon favreu's directing. plus the two made both films look more like comedies rather than action films. i believe they're almost as bad as the tim burton and joel schumacher batman movies. but hopefully they'll get rebooted someday.

[Y2JFan92]

Hmmm I don´t say I hate it and I don´t say I love it.

Kinda like Hulk (2003) and Daredevil (Director´s Cut)

there are a hand full of things I like.

In the F4 Films 1.) Chris Evan´s as Johny was fun, The Scene

with Dr. Doom freezing Mr. Fantastic and feeling bad for The Thing

for some how he is handicap in a way. 2.) The Silver Surfer Effects

were cool and Doom looked better.

[JimmyBond00912]

Hey Silverlightsaber have you reviewed Mass Effect 1 & 2 yet? Or are you waiting for Bioware to complete it's trilogy?