Review of Fantastic Four (2015) by Tjman09 — 06 Aug 2015

The Fantastic Four wastes a talented cast on a humorless, sporadic, generic movie that unfortunately is a steaming hot mess. Going in I was excited, coming out I was saddened. The unfortunate thing is the film's not so bad it's unwatchable, it's just a flat third act drags the entire film down.

The origin story usually encompasses some build up, that is a given but the entire film contains 2 action sequences, and 1 of them is about 3 minutes, while the other is anti-climactic. The pacing is thrown off because instead of progressing the pacing the film stops and slows down, while the special effects crew does as well.

The film may have gotten away with this a little more but the last 45 minutes are dull, because the actors are suffering from Star Wars syndrome (a lack of direction), and there's no humor to help move things along.

Then after a boring 30 minutes one of the best comic book villains of all time is shoehorned into a climax, just for the sake of having one. The climax is so generic it comes across as anti-climactic as it never really surprises.

All in all this film was a mess that ended poorly due to sporadic pacing, a lack of action and humor, and a generic plot and villain.