potential spoilers but more than incredible...fantastic!!!

Rating: 8/10 (15 July 2005)

And the superhero movie for this month is...The fantastic4. Weary and loaded with a fair amount of skepticism I entered the cinema today. TO see a guy who flames on, another who stretches, a big monster (with more heart than Meg Ryan at the end of all her movies, combined) who smashes things and a amazingly beautiful Jessica Alba who (makes like most one-night-stands...)disappears. I must be honest that I found myself laughing and being the one thing movie lovers should be...entertained.
Yes...the so-so director of "Barbershop" helmed this piece decently but not as dark as "Batman Begins" or as moody and over-serious as "the hulk" no my dear movie fan, Mr. Story took a more lighthearted approach to helm this movie and I must say that this is very entertaining and will appeal to the entire family.
I find this as a cross-over between the fun/wacky element in spiderman and the kind of scifi/action element of X-men...all blended nicely into a package that is without the potential corniness. Yes, this movie was more than incredible and actually fantastic...times four.