Definitely worth seeing

Rating: 7/10 (13 July 2005)

To enjoy this movie, as I did, I think it helps to go in with some idea of what the movie is meant to be. Unlike DC, Marvel has not had a string of shitty movies to make up for: with movies like Spiderman 2 and X2 fresh in memories, they can afford to make the occasional light-hearted, fun money maker. Don't get me wrong, I like this movie, but it is pretty much intended to make money and not much else. There isn't a serious attempt at drama, only a movie meant to be entertaining. And it is entertaining. To try and make this film into something it's not is to doom it before you see it. Light on character development? By some standards, yes. But it's not meant to be a very deep movie; the only one of the four who really has to deal with a lot is Ben Grimm, and this is handled very well. It is a movie worth seeing (and there are enough comic references to make it interesting for long time fans), and there's no reason to hate it because it's not one critics would love.