Just got back from seeing Marvel's latest big screen adaptation, thought I'd share a few thoughts with you lucky Mofos!
Having been more of a Spiderman, Batman and Superman kind of kid, I went into this movie with very little knowledge of the Fantastic Four or this movie.
The story revolves around a doomed space research mission, which has lasting effects for the four main protagonists as well as the main villan Dr.Doom. Caught up in a space storm, all five people involved have their DNA radically altered, all with varying effects.
After the many recent Marvel adaptations, I approached Fantastic Four with a reasonable amount of optimism, again I knew little of the X-Men comics before the films, and was hoping for another great chapter in their on-going franchise. I have to say I felt let down by their most recent offering, mainly because this film is probably more aimed at kids after the more recent darker adaptations. Don't get me wrong, this is not Blade 3, but ultimately it failed to push the right buttons for me.
The characters were not as well written as in previous adaptations, especially Reed Richards, who they seemed particularly lost as to how to use him to best effect. There is a lot of humour used to cover up the many weak points in this over melodramatic special effects vehicle, most notably between Johnny Storm(human torch) and Ben Grim(the Thing), but the weak story really lets this film down, and Victor Von Doom(Julian McMahon) is the most under developed villan I've seen recently.
Call me sceptical, but perhaps the wheels of the comic book franchise have a slow puncture, and I would be surprised if there is a sequel to this film.
I might be wrong, kids should love this movie, but for the adult comic book fans, this film is a let-down.
I wait to see what lies in store with X3, if they don't get it right, they will loose a lot of popularity, especially as DC seemed to finally be getting it right with their new Batman franchise and the eagerly anticipated Superman film.
Rating 2.5/5
Having been more of a Spiderman, Batman and Superman kind of kid, I went into this movie with very little knowledge of the Fantastic Four or this movie.
The story revolves around a doomed space research mission, which has lasting effects for the four main protagonists as well as the main villan Dr.Doom. Caught up in a space storm, all five people involved have their DNA radically altered, all with varying effects.
After the many recent Marvel adaptations, I approached Fantastic Four with a reasonable amount of optimism, again I knew little of the X-Men comics before the films, and was hoping for another great chapter in their on-going franchise. I have to say I felt let down by their most recent offering, mainly because this film is probably more aimed at kids after the more recent darker adaptations. Don't get me wrong, this is not Blade 3, but ultimately it failed to push the right buttons for me.
The characters were not as well written as in previous adaptations, especially Reed Richards, who they seemed particularly lost as to how to use him to best effect. There is a lot of humour used to cover up the many weak points in this over melodramatic special effects vehicle, most notably between Johnny Storm(human torch) and Ben Grim(the Thing), but the weak story really lets this film down, and Victor Von Doom(Julian McMahon) is the most under developed villan I've seen recently.
Call me sceptical, but perhaps the wheels of the comic book franchise have a slow puncture, and I would be surprised if there is a sequel to this film.
I might be wrong, kids should love this movie, but for the adult comic book fans, this film is a let-down.
I wait to see what lies in store with X3, if they don't get it right, they will loose a lot of popularity, especially as DC seemed to finally be getting it right with their new Batman franchise and the eagerly anticipated Superman film.
Rating 2.5/5
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Hey Pepe, would you say I have a plethora of presents?
Toga, toga, toga......
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbour?