Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

George Taylor Back in the late 1980's and early 1990's Marvel was selling the rights to it's characters to virtually anyone. The rights to Marvel's first family fell into the hands of schlockmeister extraordinary Roger Corman (I mean that in a nice way). The result: A 12$ budget doesn't work. The Think looked alright, but the rest of the FF is mostly animated - especially the Torch. Put your hands over your mouth and speak - that's the Thing and Doctor Doom (who at least looked far better than he did in either of the other movies). But overall this is a tedious exercise in how to make a crappy movie. It's as bad as the Captain America's of the 1970's and 1990's.

SnoopyStyle Victor Von Doom is observing a special comet with Reed Richards when an explosive charge changes Von Doom forever. Ten years later, Reed, college friend Ben Grimm, Sue Storm, and her brother Johnny Storm are on an experimental rocket set to investigate the comet. They are sabotaged by Von Doom's minions and they crash back on earth changed with new superpowers.This is a low budget production from B-movie legend Roger Corman. It's an ashcan copy so that producer Bernd Eichinger could maintain the film rights. With such low expectations, there is some fun in exceeding them from time to time. For example, I'm a little shocked that any special effects happens at all. Most of it is silly. It can be hilariously funny with Reed Richards' extending arms. I enjoy Grimm's plastic costume as the Thing. Von Doom's minions are extremely silly but Von Doom himself looks good. The story and directing can get a bit muddled. The acting is strictly B-level. At some point, even the campy fun wears thin and it is simply not good.

Platypuschow I went in expecting cheese, I went in expecting something similiar to the 1990 Captain America or even the 1970's Spiderman but what I got was something altogether different.This origin story Fantastic Four movie cost 1 million dollars to make which back in 1994 made it a high budget film. The fact it isn't well known and considered mainstream is because it's so bad it's been brushed under the carpet.With embarassing special effects, a cast who simply can't be bothered and some ridiculous over the top performances & soundtrack the whole thing is truly abyssmal.I don't know what it is with the Fantastic Four but cinematically they just can't get a break. Maybe when they finally get added to the Marvel Universe they'll have their day but for now I think the 2005 movie is the best one going.The Fantastic Four is like Batman Forever (1995) made by kindergarteners starring McDonalds workers.The Good:Erm...well....there is that part that....errr.....I got nothingThe Bad:Stupidly over the top in placesSome major differences from the comicAll looks so very dreadfulIs simply seven shades of terribleThings I Learnt From This Movie:A blind person can fall in love with a man she's never seen nor even really spoken toThe Fantastic Four are doomed to never have a great movie

gjcomics1 I enjoyed spotting all the things in this movie that were stolen from popular contemporaries: The soundtrack here is ostensibly just the Jurassic Park them with some sad violins added in. The sequence where the heroes receive their Fantastic Four powers is lifted out of 2001: A Space Odyssey (when Dave Bowman encounters the monolith,) Only this time, it's less dazzling. The ending of FANTASTIC FOUR is just Batman & The Joker all over again. I liked the Thing's storyline. In the movie, the Thing falls in love with this artist named Alicia. And though Alicia and The Thing have never spoken a full sentence to one another, they would gladly go the grave defending their love for one another! You can appreciate the passion. Alicia says maybe two lines in the whole movie, which makes it even more baffling when she abruptly bleats out "I LOVE YOU!"The Thing's motivation was clearly defined. Motivation is important. Its what makes us care about a character, and want to see how the character fares in the story. Reed and Doom's motivations seem to be basically identical: scientific supremacy. As for the two blond kids, I'm not really sure why they are even there. Apparently Sally has been DTF her entire life. Johnny is just there to be the Deus Ex Machina.AND NOW... LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... The Oscar for most over the top acting goes to... D O C T O R D O O M! OMG! WHY ARE WE SHOUTING? LOUD NOISES! AUUUGGHGHHHHHH!!!! WHAT IS GOING ON WITH DR DOOMS HANDS IN THIS MOVIE? He touches everybody on the face like he has never seen another human being before. When he is explaining his master plan, he goes into full Ricky Bobby mode! "I don't know what to do with my hands!"The movie's pacing is lop-sided. Starts off moderate, then takes a sudden ninety-degree turn into the stratosphere. We are introduced to the characters, their relationships, etc. We are given lots of interesting information, and we are left to decide for ourselves how to feel about it.Is Reed a good guy or bad guy for testing the limits of science? After all, it nearly got his best friend killed! Should the heroes even use their powers? Interesting questions pop up but dissipate as soon as they appear. When Dr. Doom reveals his intent to nuke the entire city of New York into oblivion (because, f$#@ New York) it becomes absolutely necessary for the heroes to use their powers regardless of morality.The ending, then, gives no closure. We are still unsure if Reed is a good guy or bad guy. He saved New York from a disaster which he himself created... Ah, who cares... Having powers is pretty awesome! Cue the classy shot of Reed riding away in a limo, his rubbery hand outstretched through the moon-roof, waving goodbye, just like Arnold at the end of Last-Action-Hero... *JURASSIC PARK THEME PLAYS amid a SAD VIOLINS*