An honest super hero film

Rating: 7/10 (18 July 2005)

I went to watch this film not expecting too much, partly due to some recent disappointments, as well as due to the tendency to heavily lace super hero films with CGI until they look like second rate computer games.
This film was a pleasant surprise.
I'd always perceived FF to be one of the "less dark", family oriented comic books. This may be wrong, but that's the impression I had. So to me, the film held true to the comic book atmosphere. It goes to prove the point that a solid script goes a long way towards making a good film. Casting was OK (only *very minor* objection being Jessica Alba, whose skin complexion does not help her portray a blue-eyed blonde, but who did a good job as Susan Storm.)
Special effects were put to very good use, especially in the cases of the Thing and the Human Torch, and were used in good measure, without becoming overwhelming. All in all, a good adaptation of a popular comic book, which will probably appeal to the general public, without annoying the comic book fans by straying too far off the comic book.