Fantastic, Fantastic, Fantastic, Fantastic!

Rating: 9/10 (18 July 2005)

When I heard a Fantastic Four movie was being made I was excited. I mean we are talking about the best super hero team ever. And of course everything had to be perfect to properly represent the world's greatest comic magazine.
So when I first learned that Jessica Alba was going to play Sue and that Ben would not be computer animated I feared the worst. I also disliked the casting of Kerry for Alica.
But I decided to keep an open mind until I had seen the movie. Today I did and I was blown away. Sure Ben did not look quite alright and Jessica Alba only made a decent Sue. (She was OK but there were better actresses for the role.) That did not matter though as the movie was great. Sure, the origin was changed but not in a really bad way. Despite the origin taking up a lot of time, there was plenty of action and the fight against Doom was pretty cool.
There was also plenty of humor in the movie, something which most movies really lack.
Ioan, Chris and Micheal did their parts very well and adequately resembled the comic counter parts (though for Micheal this was more a case of the right attitude than looks). Jessica Alba's acting was good but she simply did not resemble Sue. Just dying her hair was not enough.
But during the movie one completely forgets such "details". As well as odd storyline plots as Doom having invented unstable molecules instead of Reed and Reed being nearly bankrupt.
In all, the movie was a fantastic experience and I am eagerly awaiting part 2!