Fantastic Flop

Rating: 3/10 (8 July 2005)

Well, as far as I and all of my friends are concerned, this has been the worst adaptation thus far this summer. After being impressed with Batman Begins, I couldn't help but be disappointed. The characters were shallow, the plot was non-existent, and the ever present background crowd increasingly annoying. Not to mention the special effects were a hack job. The characters seemed only interested in fighting amongst themselves and with Dr. Doom, and at the expense of the surrounding city and it's citizens (i.e. Human Torch lighting the barge on fire to attract the missile chasing him... what about the crew?). Dr. Doom, the primary antagonist, also seemed to have no agenda but to destroy the Fantastic Four. Once he was done, he didn't have any plans but to chill out with the immense power he had acquired.
Overall, the plot was like swiss cheese, the characters were thin as paper, and the movie as a whole was fairly uninteresting. Though some people in the theater clapped as the lights came up, I said to myself, "they are either die-hard fans of the comic book (which I enjoyed), they weren't paying attention, or they had low standards."