A bad Spiderman imitation

Rating: 4/10 (14 July 2005)

Victor von Doom plays the Green Goblin, and our Fantastic Four play Spiderman, but in a sappy, silly way, without such good acting. The Thing was particularly annoying as he lost his temper faster than a two-year-old having a tantrum. The romantic interest between Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Girl is puzzling at best. The hot-shot flame-thrower dude is so conceited that, even though he is really funny, I still didn't like him. Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic, is the only likable character in the movie, and the only one with any real acting ability. The basic story of the rich man losing his fortune, blaming it on the hero, and turning to evil is the same as Spiderman.
This movie gets boring toward the end as we wait for our heroes to stop grumbling and fighting with each other and stop the bad guy. I loved the comic books as a kid and was really looking forward to this movie. It was disappointing for me, but I think your average preteen who has never seen the comics will enjoy it. They really should have had someone who knows something about science advise them; they got some of the science wrong as well.