Fantastic Four
Four young outsiders teleport to a dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.
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- Cast:
- Miles Teller , Michael B. Jordan , Kate Mara , Jamie Bell , Toby Kebbell , Reg E. Cathey , Tim Blake Nelson
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Excellent, Without a doubt!!
Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.
I think this film is a lot better than " War for the Planet of the Apes", the latter movie got good reviews, but bored me to death -- what am I supposed to do, learn sign language to appreciate that Apes crap?. I'm tracking all these Marvel Movies to what I remember from reading the comics in the 1970's. This movie is good with reservations. 1) Too much time spent with young Reeves's as a child and his "Science Project". 2) Not nearly enough "romance" between Reeves and Sue. 3) No time spent on Ben's adjustment to his new self. 4) No time spent on any of the Four in developing their powers and teamwork. 5) The BEST scenes in the older FF film were those adjusting to Earth Society; those were absent in this film.
This movie is the definition of horrible. Its sucks complete ass and its just traumatizing. The cast in the movie is good but the movie itself.....well i think you understand. So do yourself a favor and dont watch it , Thanks.
There was nothing Fantastic about this movie, not a second or a scene in which you can say "wow, now that was cool". I understand in the world of superhero movies disbelief is seriously suspended, but to spend over half the movie with the most boring backstory imaginable (not clever, not funny , kid gets slapped around, teacher is an ass, at least have some justice prevails moments). The very second Miles Teller's pathetically weak face appears there is no doubt that the rest of this movie is going to continue to suck cause there is no way that face is going to save it. Oooh, how interesting , looking at books in the library and awards in the hallway. I think the test monkey was more into his role than any of the rest of them, and with the back story given who would care about them anyway? Source material is there for a reason and the wheel need not be reinvented to attract some imaginary movie going genre. Tell a good story with characters people care about, add some humor that isn't stupid or just plain wrong (waterboarding in 4th dimension?) Bad military guys or are those corporate suits we're supposed to not like, who the hell knows or cares. Here kids, just sit up to these chairs and test this high tech equipment, no safety or supervision required....yay, it worked first time, fist bump, uh grab (actually mildly funny moment) Does Sue like Reed now? Who knows, who cares? Oh, and let's not forget to throw in a "it's clobberin' time " just for nostalgia's sake. Time for Fox to get out of the Marvel business and in 10 years or so perhaps revisit this and do it right (like DC and WonderWoman, it can be done with the right script, director and cast)
I won't even get into the backstage fighting and lead actor issues.. that's been reported to death. This "film" suffers from the need to hurry and make a film to retain the license and a lack of care of the quality by Fox. The only redeeming quality is some of the visuals but sadly the story, tone, pacing, acting (aside from Michael B Jordan who always gives his all even when the movie is terrible) kill any chance of this film being taken seriously. The massive and obvious reshoots as well as the story that appears to have been written from a brief browse of Marvel's First Family's Wiki and you have a recipe for disaster. Sadly Josh Trank will be blamed when editing, studio, rights holders, and speed are much more responsible for making this movie into the mess it is.