Faintly Flawed Fun

Rating: 7/10 (11 May 2008)

My favorite Marvel hero will always be Spiderman and I'm still looking for my real-life version of Mary Jane. But Fantastic Four has their moments. They're fun and this movie has that, along with good special effects you've come to expect. There's not the pathos that was in the original with Ben dealing with his transformation so there's not much of an opportunity for real plot or real acting here, but it's okay.
For some reason I kept getting distracted by Sue turning into the Botox Bimbo though. I couldn't stop getting distracted at how (unintentionally) exaggeratedly large her lips are through the whole movie as if they are somehow part of her super powers now. I kept expecting everything but her lips to be invisible. It reminded me of those horrible old cartoons of the 30s and 40s where Black people were portrayed with these huge, bulging lips
Anyway, the film is not (in my opinion) up to the acting of the first one, because of the lack of pathos. But it has a few chuckles and the special effects to make it a fun if not fantastic flick..