Review of Fantastic Four (2015) by Ensor T — 24 Apr 2018

This one gets way more hate than it's due, although I do understand people's apathy towards it. I find it at least interesting and noble to offer a "Nolanesque" take of what the Fantastic Four could look like. Most of the film does feel quite centred around Mister Fantastic though, whilst the rest of the cast feels underdeveloped in comparison, almost missing out staples of the FF such as the banterous rivalry between The Thing and the Human Torch which is only seen once briefly near the end of the film. It does feel refreshing not to suffer from the same juvenile MCU Disney humour recent superheroes have been afflicted with though, with once scene during Doctor Doom's battle having me expect a one-liner, which didn't come to fruition. It is however ironic one of the few comicbook characters that eschew this could have gotten away with using it.

As I say, I like the more real world feel of this one, although that's probably my personal taste coming into play there. Fant4stic Is not a terrible film, if nothing else it kept my attention and fairly invested in the movie. This doesn't mean it's outright a great movie though, in my opinion it is merely fairly alright.