Four Out Of Five Points Work Well!

Rating: 7/10 (12 July 2005)

My wife and I always seem to disagree about ..."should you read reviews B/4 going to see a movie". She doesn't while I tend to read them and regardless if they slam the flick or not I "usually" go ahead and sit down at the theater. I Eat my popcorn and decide for myself its' merits. I do pay more attention to some reviewers than others. We all have our favorites. Now then, about the "Fantastic Four"...I came away with mostly a satisfaction overall. Good casting like Alba made feasting for the eyes. Story line seemed short of depth and some of the characters lacked development. FX's were top flight. This is one comic book movie that met the test of fulfilling the essence of the comic book. My wife liked it somewhat more than me. She never read the comics though which I do believe makes a big difference in one's perspective. Costumes were interesting especially "The Thing". Very realistic looking right down to the facial details. I can't remember did he only have three fingers and a thumb in the comics? What didn't work was "Elasticman". I think someone else could have done it better.