Review #011: Fantastic Four.
Cast
Ioan Gruffudd (Dr. Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic), Jessica Alba (Susan Storm/Invisible Woman), Michael Chiklis (Ben Grimm/The Thing), Chris Evans (Johnny Storm/Human Torch), Julian McMahon (Doctor Doom), Hamish Linklater (Leonard), and Kerry Washington (Alicia Masters). Directed by Tim Story.
Review
This film tries to be the Fantastic Four. It tries to be what you would like, with action and effects, however you notice the acting is standardized, with Chiklis being the exception, mainly because he seems to be the only one with a real story arc. It just feels so typical and less like an engaging movie. The film is just not very into what its adapting, like it wants to make something else, but it has to use this. It actually makes you wonder if it's better or worse then the 1990's version (which wasn't even released). This film seems to try to be like The Incredibles (with regards to the dynamic of the family vs the group here), however where the Incredibles made sense and had fun with the premise, this...just doesn't. You would have better luck picking a random Fantastic Four comic book as the movie. I remember once reading a comic book with Spiderman trying to be part of the Fantastic Four, and trying to evade their trapping of him. Why did I mention it? Because that is probably my only positive memory of the Fantastic Four. If you like blandness, take it and run with it.
With any luck (which looks dim), the new Fantastic Four will be better than this.
Overall, I give it 5 out of 10 stars.
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