A disappointing superhero exploit

Rating: 4/10 (9 February 2006)

Fantastic Four joins Daredevil, Catwoman, Elektra, Hulk and all Batman movies except the first one and Batman Begins in the surge of disappointing superhero movies made in the past years. In the superhero/comic book movie genre this one does not compare well to other, more successful attempts such as X-Men (an obvious comparison and a much better movie in many ways), Batman and Batman Begins, Sin City and even Spider-Man. To be honest, I wasn't expecting anything larger than life to begin with, just an amusing ride, but found myself bored to death due to the shallow characters that give no texture for the viewer to become attached to and the run-of-the-mill storyline with its expectable ending. A complete waste of money in my opinion. I'd recommend the aforementioned movies or even Hellboy or Blade I/II instead.