Forget The Naysayers, The Fantastic Four ROCKED!

Rating: 10/10 (10 July 2005)

Okay, so Fantastic Four wasn't Shakespeare, heck, it wasn't even the best Marvel film yet. However, I will say that I was pleasantly surprised with the results of this silly, but ultimately fun movie.
Fantastic Four, as everyone knows is about five scientists who travel into space to study a space comet, when the comet hits the shields of the station they are on.
Each of the scientists returns to earth with a new power. Reed Richards becomes Mr. Fantastic, and can make his body stretch like rubber, Susan Storm becomes the invisible woman, who can turn invisible and can create shields, Ben Grimm becomes The Thing, a superhuman of enormous size with incredible strength, and Johnny Storm becomes The Human Shield who can "flame on" at any time and fly! Also on board is the evil Victor Von Doom who eventually becomes one of the greatest villains in Marvel history, Doctor Doom who can generate massive amounts of energy and whose body becomes the hardest metal on Earth. He's definitely my favorite character in the film! Of course with this being an origin story, it takes time for things to get moving, but once the chips are firmly in place, the film takes adventure to new heights.
Sure, it's not the best film of the summer, but I did enjoy it throughly. If you go in with reasonable expectations, you'll pleasantly enjoy this movie.
Ignore the critics, Fantastic Four is fantastic!
A 7 on a scale of 1-10!