Nothing fantastic about it

Rating: 5/10 (12 July 2005)

I'm a big Marvel superheroes fan, my favorite among the hundreds are, the Xmen, Spiderman and the Fantastic Four. I've followed their animated versions on TV, plus of course their big screen adaptation, the other two, Xmen 1 & 2, and Spiderman 2, were standouts, they've really made it a true superhero movie that every fan can be proud of. Now, here comes the Fantastic Four, I must say, that I was excited for this movie, the trailers looked great, and I was intrigued by how they're gonna show the evolution of their powers, I know with today's technology in CGI, there is virtually nothing impossible, so for one movie with lots of CGI to stand out, one has to have the human emotion, vulnerability and empathy, even with out too much of the computer graphics, people can relate with the character. That i think has been the problem of Fantastic Four, we didn't relate well them, unlike in the Xmen 1 & 2 and Spiderman 2. These four character have such great superpowers, there's one who can elongate himself to limitless nights, one has the ability to ignite himself on fire and can even be hot as the temperature of the sun, then there's one woman who can be invisible and generate force fields which can contain the power of the human torch, and the Thing, which has superhuman strength and a virtually invincible body, and yet all they do is engage in child play, and lots of stupid bickering and engaging in numerous cat fights. What are they trying to show, that all of this is supposed to be fun? Well, it wasn't, the only good thing about is actually Michael Chiklis' makeup for the Thing, it really showed a sad face, that within the thick armor and muscular frame, their is a gentle person inside.