Review of Fantastic Four (2015) by Mpreviews — 03 Nov 2019

Pros:

-The actor’s are all doing a pretty good job.

-The score is kinda decent. Cons: -The action is not very good. The Fantastic Four use their abilities in the most generic ways possible and some of the attacks just feel weak. -ThePros:

-The actor’s are all doing a pretty good job.

-The score is kinda decent.

Cons:

-The action is not very good. The Fantastic Four use their abilities in the most generic ways possible and some of the attacks just feel weak.

-The lighting is terrible. The film is too dark and gloomy most of the time, which is such an odd choice for a superhero team as colorful as the Fantastic Four.

-The first half of the movie feels nothing like a Fantastic Four film should feel, but it’s still more enjoyable than the second half.

-Why are government scientists searching for someone who could potentially help them with their inter dimensional teleporter at a HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE FAIR!?

-The entire second half of the movie happens because Reed, Johnny, and Doom make a stupid decision while drunk.

-Why the hell would Reed risk putting his best friend Ben in danger by having him go with them to Planet Zero? I know he’s drunk and not thinking straight, but come on, this just feels like such a forced way to get Ben back into the plot. -The scene where Reed, Johnny, Sue, and Ben get their powers feels super forced. -I have no idea how Sue even managed to get powers at all since she didn’t even go with them to Planet Zero. -The film intentionally skips over what could have been the most interesting part of the story: the Fantastic Four getting used to their powers.

-The final conflict is too short and the Fantastic Four manage to beat Doom too easily.

-Doom’s powers are too vague.

-Doom himself in this film is honestly a disgrace from the version in the comics and cartoons. There’s taking liberties with a character, and then there’s just throwing away what made him a great villain in the first place.

-The rivalry between Ben and Johnny is very forced.

Final Verdict: Fant4stic is dull, soulless, messy attempt to launch a Fantastic Four film franchise. The first half is kinda decent if you completely ignore the fact that this is supposed to be a Fantastic Four movie, but the second half is just bad. The one thing I will give this movie however is that it has reaffirmed to me that no matter what Marvel Studios does with the Fantastic Four, there’s nowhere to go but up from here.