Brought The Comic To Life For Me

Rating: 9/10 (17 July 2005)

I read Fantastic Four comics from the time I was a young kid, well into my teens and twenties. To me, the movie brought the comic to life. I was proud to see it and happy to get as many laughs and feel as much for the characters as I did. There was plenty enough action for me, along with getting to know the characters and seeing a lot of what they could do. First movies in a comic/superhero series always have to explain quite a bit about the characters becoming what they are and I thought Fantastic Four did that well. I am looking forward to it coming out on DVD so it can be added to my collection. I think the selection of Michael Chiklis as Ben "The Ever Lovin' Thing" Grim was a brilliant choice. He has great comic timing and he also is very good at dramatic acting as we have seen in the past in THE COMMISH and currently in THE SHIELD. He was also in an underrated movie from the 90's called SOLDIER and did a great job in it, also. Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Ioan Gruffudd and Julian McMahon all did really well in their roles, also. Evans as Johnny Storm was not quite as blonde as in the comics, but he did a great job acting like The Human Torch. He had that smart-alec, wisecracking attitude that he needed in the role down to a T. It was also great to see Stan "The Man" Lee in another of his infamous cameo roles in Marvel movies.