Surprisingly not too bad - a Fantastic 5 out of ten

Rating: 5/10 (5 November 2006)

After not being overly impressed with X Men, Daredevil, The Punisher and other Marvel incarnations, I went into Fantastic Four with very low expectations. The reviews also were pretty poor, so I was pleasantly surprised to actually quite enjoy the film.
The film does take some liberties with the original story, but baring in mind, as in Spider-Man, the origins are 40 odd years old you can forgive the studios updating the stories slightly.
The special effects are pretty good, obviously some apparent CGI (what do you expect?), overall decent acting and characterisation makes an entertaining film. The one aspect I particularly liked was the fact that it used fairly low key actors and actresses and didn't take itself too seriously, unlike the X-Men films which I found hard work and tedious.
Overall a decent addition to the recent Marvel list of films, and I am actually quite looking forward to the sequel.