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Chris Webb,
John Wardlow,
Ed Anders,
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Tim Story
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: 20th Century Fox
: Action, Science Fiction , Comic Books, Superheroes, Marvel
: 106 min.
: English, Spanish, French
: English, Spanish, French
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A handful of heroes become superheroes under unlikely circumstances in this action drama adapted from the long-running Marvel comic book series. Four astronauts are on a mission aboard a new experimental spacecraft when they are unexpectedly exposed to a massive dose of gamma rays. The accident causes strange and unexpected transformations in all four. Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd), top scientist and leader of the mission, can now stretch his body like elastic and is dubbed Mr. Fantastic. His partner and sweetheart, Sue Storm (Jessica Alba), develops the ability to become invisible at will, and becomes known as The Invisible Girl. Her younger brother, Johnny Storm (Chris Evans), is renamed The Human Torch for his new talent of being able to summon up fire from his body when he chooses. And Ben Grimm (Michael Chiklis), pilot for the journey, mutates into a monstrous creature with super-human strength and muscles like stone, known as The Thing. Together, the travelers become known as the Fantastic Four, and they set out to use their unusual skills to fight crime, quickly gaining a nemesis in another altered hero who uses his talents for evil, Doctor Doom (Julian McMahon). A long-gestating project that had been talked about by a number of filmmakers since the early '90s, Fantastic Four was previously the basis for a pair of animated television serials, and was made into a feature film in 1994 by producer Roger Corman, though that film was never officially released. (Fantastic Four creator Stan Lee has said the 1994 film was made only so that the producers could hold on to the rights to the characters, and that it was never intended to be distributed to the public.) ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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| If only the script had been better
by shiftless
September 5, 2007 - 11:37 PM PDT
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1 out of 1 members found this review helpful
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| I'll watch just about any superhero movie, having grown up on comic books of the Marvel and DC variety. Even the bad ones give me a guilty pleasure. I didn't hate this movie by any means, the casting was good, the effects were good, the only real lacking part for me was the script. There wasn't much the actors could do with the dialog they were given either. Too many one-liners and I felt the whole thing moved a bit slow. This is the problem with introductory super hero movies for those who already know the characters, we want the script to move on to a good story beyond the origin of the hero. Having read comics, I expect at least a modicum of the smart writing I've had the pleasure to read over the years and this movie isn't all that smart. Smart-ass , yes. I really enjoyed The Thing, he did a great job. Dr. Doom was another story, and the only miscast actor. He just wasn't threatening and his actions pretty much unjustified via the script. Once he donned a mask, the lack of menace in his voice was only that much more apparent. I tried not to be too critical of the movie and just sit back and enjoy, but I'm too passionate about good comics and good characters to let some things slide. |
| Fantastic, as in "Fantasy" rather than "Fabulous"
by talltale
December 7, 2005 - 3:43 PM PST
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4 out of 5 members found this review helpful
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| A lot more fun, witty and with special effects that proffer more charm than scares, FANTASTIC FOUR is a pleasant surprise. No great shakes, mind you, but given its searing, jeering reviews, this super-hero movie surprises in a positive manner to just about the same extent that "Spider Man 2" disappointed. Offering a kindly, sweet quality--most likely due to director Tim Story ("Barber Shop") and writing duo Mark Frost and Michael France--the film handles everything from its quiet moments to its crowd scenes with surprising finesse and easy-going affability (and none of the pretentious twaddle and lack of action smarts that afflicted "Batman Begins"). The well-chosen cast does a pro job, too. What's not to like, even if you won't scream "Classic!" at the close? |
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