Not as bad as critics suggest

Rating: 7/10 (19 July 2005)

I'm glad I still went to see it. I enjoyed it.
I agree with the critics on many points. The pace was uneven, some of the storyline flawed, etc. Yet, I thought it followed most of the FF comic feeling, pace, and level of action. The casting was good too. The Torch and the Thing were the best. Jessica Alba did great as S. Storm. Grufford played Richards as I would think he had to be played, a brilliant mono-cerebral person having a tough time dealing with the changes. I did not like the Dr. Doom story arc. First it was too much like the Spiderman's Goblin stuff.
OK, it was not the WhaleRider (one of my best) or Batman Begins, but at least it was not a Van Helsing or Devil Boy (or whatever it was called).
To me the FF movie will be more memorable then the War of the Worlds remake and even Batman Begins, though the quality of these two was much higher.