No one can say that this is worse than the first attempt back in the 90's.

Rating: 6/10 (27 August 2014)

Is this movie great, no, but it is fun, well sporadically at least.
I had the privilege of watching the extended cut, and I prefer that over the original theatrical release.
I do in particular like the cast, most of them. I do like Ioan Gruffudd as Mr. Fantastic. I thought he did a suitable job showing Reed that he is indeed a very intelligent smart man, but doesn't have a clue on how to maintain a stable relationship with his girlfriend Sue Storm, as he always over-analyzes everything.
Speaking of Sue Storm, she's kinda mediocre. Jessica Alba is often bland in her performance overall, but there are few moment where she can deliver quite effectively, but she cannot deliver one the cheesiest lines in the film in the confrontation between Dr. Doom that was horribly delivered and just took me out of the movie.
Ah yes, our villain, Dr. Doom, the Marvel Universe's biggest and most baddest baddie(on Earth at least). What a waste of opportunity here. A big letdown on this horrible inaccurate portrayal of Dr. Victor Von Doom. What's really upsetting is that Julian McMahon could have been a great villain, but a paper-thin script and poor characterization here completely ruins that opportunity. I will compliment the overall physical look and his costume in the film. It was quite impressive.
The two highlights of this film and what makes it entertaining are Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis as Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm. They outshine the other cast member and are faithfully portrayed just like their comic-book counterparts. Compared to the theatrical cut, they are very under-utilized and the film rather focuses more on the boring romance between Reed and Sue. The extended cut goes just a little deeper on their characterization. In a way they both have the best overall emotional arc within the film, Ben learning to accept himself and Johnny learning to mature and not take advantage of his powers.
The problem with this movie is the choppy storytelling and poor execution. The film spends most of it's time on these five people discovering their abilities and figuring out what to do with them, which is great and interesting, but that only works so well in short amount of time and in little douses. But here it's pretty much the whole movie and in doing so we're stuck with a forced climax that feels very rushed and very half-assed.
Being a big Fantastic 4 fan, this movie is disappointing, but it isn't without some redeeming qualities. I do hope the next reboot will do some justice even though I'm very skeptical about it.
Overall though this movie is harmless, yes it is with it's problems, but there are decent character moments in the film and scenes with some cool use of each one's abilities. Some of the action set pieces are fun to watch, and at least this film knows it's not taking itself too seriously for the most part.
Pure eye-candy. Nothing more.
6.2/10