Exactly what it aims to be...pure fun

Rating: 7/10 (12 August 2005)

I'm very easy to please, and I usually say I like all the films I go and see, but I can tell when most people will diss and/or dislike a film. As you can tell by now I loved the film, precisely because it fulfilled what I expect of a film like that...it's really entertaining and a powerful eye stimulator (I'm like children, I need that a lot). This film shouts "Summer-blockbuster-popcorn-eating-inducing" at every minute, but the fact is, it doesn't try to reach a higher level of complexity...it lacks the pretentiousness of superhero films, which normally try to portray a very deep and existential story behind the superhero, and all the complexity of being one, etc., which normally causes their lack of success near the audience and the critics, because they fail their goals (normally because they end up looking goofy). This one, on the contrary only wants to show the powers of the characters, the fun they have with them, the clumsiness due to their lack of experience with them, all sprinkled up with amazing special fx and a a villain more interested in a personal vendetta than overtaking the world (the people he might hurt are only collateral damage). No existential dramas, only a little bit of romance, but nothing excessive (only in visual terms). Pure and innocent fun and entertainment. If you want to go see a film to pass time, and don't feel like thinking too much go and see it...you'll have a great time, I know I did. Watch out for Chris Evans' character, the Human Torch, he sustains successfully almost every comedy bit in the picture.