Fantastic Four beyond all expectations.

Rating: 10/10 (11 July 2005)

On Friday the 7 I went to see the movie at the first showing at the theater I usually go to. I arrived 20 minutes before the show and the place was empty but in the next 15 minutes the place filled up. Before the show I got the largest drink they had from the concession stand as well as a monster bucket of Popcorn, I sat down and waited for the show to begin. the beginning was typical of the recent Marvel comic book openings. The show started us outside of Dooms business but he at that time was known as Victor Von Doom. The acting was superb, and the best was done by Michael Chiklis whose performance pulled me into the movie. Michael Chiklis brought his character into a new depth as he slowly gets use to what he has become, even more it was the acting of Kerry Washington as Alicia Masters that brought out the real depth of the character as she show Ben to accept who he is. Later on in the movie Chiklis' character becomes Ben again, but it is his decision to become the Thing again that shows a depth to the character that may never be able to be matched by another actor.
The movies romantic relationship between Reed Richards(Ioan Gruffudd) and Sue Storm(Jessica Alba) bring a whole new dynamic to the story. I t is there struggle to understand that sometimes you have to act on the part of the character Reed Richards. As the story unfolds we see that there is more to their relationship then they are willing to let on in the beginning. It is this romance that shows people that action movies can have depth to them.
The brother/sister relationship of Sue and Johnny is played in such a way that you believe that they are siblings. But there is more in true following of the comic book the relationship of Johnny and Ben, that of their continual fighting and the true comic source of the movie.
Now to the character of the Villain. Victor Von Doom AKA the infamous Dr. Doom the Fantastic Four's archenemies, the performance of Julian McMahon brought a whole new depth to the character as we see how he becomes the Dr. Doom we all know and despises. As we see the slow change of Doom compared to the rapid change of the Fantastic Four, we gain a much deeper understanding of story.
This was a great movie so great I plan on seeing it again, so to all reading this go and enjoy the movie for I promise it is like no movie you have ever seen before.