Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 09, 2005 | | Summary | groan! | Content
 | This one is barely worth even commenting on. I agree with Digibong in that the characters are, well I was going to say awful but he's right "ANNOYING" is so much more appropriate. Especially this Alba woman that plays The Invisible Girl. Yes, she's OK to look at but I've seen this sort of cookie cutter tart in dozens of xxx rated flicks and they can't act either but no one really expects them to. This woman's acting is so one dimensional, contrived and unconvincing that it's just too insulting to be in the audience.
The special effects... blah who cares! Been there done that. Walked out on this one half way through. Boring is bad but this movie is too irritating to even sit through. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 07, 2005 | | Summary | Fantastic movie but rather short. | Content
| I just saw this movie last night and I liked it, but I thought it was rather short. There wasn't much action as I thought there would be. First there was when they were discovering there powers on the bridge when the thing was saving a man who was about to get hit by a truck. Then there was when all four of them were fighting Dr.Doom at the end. I kind of do agree with the review that said battle scene at the end of the movie sucked. I would have expected it to be longer. So basically this movie is about 5 people whoose lives get changed forever. They went up into space because something was supposed to happen. When they got there, they sent Ben Grimm (The Thing) into space. But then Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic)realizes that that thing wasn't going to happen in seven days. It was going to happen in nine minutes! So they are trying to get Ben back in before it happens. They open the door so he can get back in but it was too late. Whatever that thing was it got inside the ship. Reed turned into Mr. Fantastic, Johny Storm turned into The Human Torch, Susan Storm turned into The Invisible Woman, Ben turned into The Thing, and this guy named Victor turned into Dr.Doom. So they discover there powers a few days after the accident. They only two people who are really enjoying there powers are Johny and Victor. They other 3 spend almost the whole movie making a machine that would take away there powers of make it worse. That's all I'm going to tell you. Besides the ending, this a really great movie. You should go see it. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 03, 2005 | | Summary | TERRIBLE | Content
| It's a rare thing when I walk out of a movie theatre hating the movie I just saw. In fact, its only happened 3 times in my life. First with Shrek 2, then with Series of Unfortunate Events, and now, with Fantastic 4.
I was disappointed with Series of Unfortunate Events because the ending sucked. I was disappointed with Fantastic 4 because there was no ending.
Yes, I must admit, the movie starts out cool and gets cool in the middle. It gets you so energized and you just can't wait to see what's going to happen at the end in the big battle scene that has been building up from the beginning of the movie. But the big climax never comes. The "big battle scene" is a complete and total washout.
So I'm watching the movie, so far mildly enjoying it. I'm excited to see the big climax.
And then its almost time for the climax. I'm sitting on the edge of my seat right now, cramming popcorn into my mouth. This was it. The big battle scene building up from the beginning of the movie. But again, that's my point. There is no battle scene. They just set him on fire and then shoot water from a fire hydrant at him and then there's a little party scene and then...BAM! THE CREDITS.
As the credits appeared, I practically choked on my popcorn and had a heart attack. That was it. One of the most anticipated movies of the summer. I mean, if the battle scene HAS to be horrible, at least make it a good edge-of-your-seat action-packed ending with fistfights and lots of cool stuff. And make it at least 15 minutes long. Not just 5.
Plus, the humor in Fantastic Four is kiddy and really meant for little kids. With Tim Story directing the movie, the guy who directed Taxi, Barbershop, and currently working on a new comedy "Ralph," I should've saw it coming. Why have a comedy director direct a superhero movie? Why not get Sam Raimi (Spiderman) or Ridley Scott (Alien) or even Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings) to do it?! I mean, there are plenty of good action movie directors out there to direct Fantastic Four.
I give this movie 1/5 because it gets you all excited for nothing, and because the Fantastic Four, an action-packed comic book, got turned into a comedy movie.
And one last thing: The only thing you see in the movie is them trying desperately to find a cure for their fundamentally altered DNA. No action, just trying to find a cure. Then they TRY to fit in a battle scene at the end, and it fails terribly. That's why if you've seen the trailer, you've seen it all. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 02, 2005 | | Summary | o my God END THIS PIECE OF @#$^#$^%$&$%&^$&^ $&^ $%& | Content
| This was a God awefull movie. I hated it so very very very very much. The Special effects were chompy and the whole comic book story was so messed up, it made Dare devil seem like a great adaptation. The acting was laughable, and the fact that they made Jessica Alba the invisible woman was retarded, I mean you dont want a babe like that dissapear. I am just short of any words, I seriously would like to go to Tim Story's house and beat the living beejesus outa him and show him what "clobberin' time" really means. What a disgrase to the great Family of supers. Stan lee I would sue if I were you. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 01, 2005 | | Summary | Pleasantly Surprised | Content
| I so expected this movie to suck. I mean the Fantastic Four are not my favorite Marvel heroes, and past attempts to bring them to the screen has proved unsuccessful.
Still, I enjoyed this one. The movie may be considered a little slow since quite a bit of time is spent on the origin story. Of course that's what I'd expect since this is supposedly the first in a potential franchise. It's also interesting to see them all finally come together with their powers, in a scene (around the middle of the film) quite reminiscent of the first time Superman saves Lois Lane in the 1978 Superman movie. In regards to pacing, Dr Doom (once he discovers his powers) is dealt with in one battle at the end of the film pretty swiftly. Unlike for example Spider-Man 2 where Doc Ock made a few evil appearances before the final battle, in Fantastic Four Dr Doom discovers his powers during the extended origin and then our heroes get straight to it and that's the end of the movie.
This may unsettle some audiences but I consider it to simply be a change to the formula we've expected in recent years. Good for them! |
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