Fantastic Four gets a not so fantastic 4

Rating: 4/10 (13 July 2005)

I went to the film with an open mind even though I heard many negative reviews. I was prepared for the film not to be Batman Begins or Spider-man...you can bet that was the case. This was mediocre at best. I don't feel it took that long for the plot to hit the point where the foursome get their powers but after that I could really care less about Human Torch's antics (he is really that much of a prick in the comics?) and Gruffund's portrayal of Mr. Fantastic seemed a bit dull to me. Michael Chiklis was great as Ben Grimm aka the Thing--probably the ONLY good thing about the film. Jessica Alba was smoking hot and that was about it as Susan Storm. Julian MacMahon as Von Doom seemed interesting--he fit it well but I feel he was missing something--maybe that Latverian accent was needed? Anyways, the movie starts out great in the beginning than dulls down, too many one-liners, the plot than tries to come back and than the climax is quickly taken care of! The ending was very dissatisfying because of how quick it ended. Boom, he's defeated The End. The film fills you up but it doesn't satisfy.