Entertaining - Not bad

Rating: 8/10 (9 July 2005)

Fantastic Four was my favorite comic when growing up. More than other comics of the period, it focused on the lives and and personalities of the characters. The movie does a perfect job in transferring these characteristics to the big screen. These were never extremely complicated characters. All of the actors do at least a passable job of recreating these personalities. The movie is fun and entertaining and thus achieves the first rule of any entertainment - it is entertaining. Even though they took liberties with the Doom storyline, he is still a good villain and acted well. Ben is clobber'in, Sue is mediating, etc. They may not be the XMen, but they are true to the comics I grew up reading and were very satisfying to watch on that level. I recommend it as a light and satisfying entertainment. I do not understanding much of the heavy criticism I have read here.