Good! Silly but fun.

Rating: 7/10 (2 April 2006)

Fantastic Four/2005/***
Main Stars: Ioan Gruffudd Michael Chiklis Chris Evans Jessica Alba Julian McMahon
I really was looking forward to this movie and it was good! Of course, it was not as good as I thought it would be. I really thought this would be the movie of the summer. That's the reason why I saw the movie the first day it came out- July 8, 2005. This movie has a lot of what audiences want to see- action, some humor, and drama. It did have about one or two scenes of romance but who cares? In this movie, there are five scientists (Victor Von Doom (Julian McMahon), Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd), Ben Grimm (Michael Chiklis), Johnny Storm (Chris Evans), and Susan Storm (Jessica Alba). All five of them are affected by rays caused by a (I won't tell you what the rays were caused by) that changed their tendencies and gave them super powers. But, unfortunately one of the scientists turned bad on the other four scientists. As you probably know from the previews or if you read the comics, the scientists have nicknames now that they have powers. Ben Grimm is The Thing, Reed Richards is Mr. Fantastic, Johnny Storm is Human Torch, Susan Storm is Invisible Woman, and don't forget about Victor Von Doom being Dr. Doom. Dr. Doom kills a few innocent people (one he wanted to get his revenge on for sacking him) in this movie and also has an evil plan to eliminate the Fantastic Four. This movie has spectacular effects that drive you insane. No one could ever hate this non-stop dramatic, comedic, thriller. Every actor/actress in this movie played their parts fantastically well. I'm going to say this though that "Batman Begins" tops this movie for sure but this was fantastically well-acted, etc. but it just wasn't what I thought it would be- the most fantastic movie of the summer. Movie directed by Tim Story.