The critics are dead wrong! THIS IS A GOOD FUN MOVIE, AT LAST!!!!

Rating: 8/10 (8 July 2005)

I just saw it. I confess I really REALLY enjoyed it! After I had read the critics' reviews, I was prepared to watch a flop (like Howard the Duck or something). But I was very wrong! Fantastic 4 is a very fun movie! Perhaps the most fun you'll have at the movies this summer! There was just enough action, comedy, beautiful people, some nice 'human' touches, and of course lots of cheesy scenes to make this an entertaining, energetic and escapist movie.
I grew up watching super hero Saturday morning cartoons, but I am not a comic book fan, so I know very little about the F4 comics. But this movie was not really about super 'heroes.' **It was a movie mostly about learning to deal with deformities and super powers.** This was not really a superhero saves the world kind of movie, which makes it different and more lighthearted, from say Batman or Superman or Spider-man. The sound effects were amazing! The visual effects and editing (for the first time I noticed) were adequate but in no way detracted from the story. And don't expect Oscar worthy performances. Just kick back, put your feet up (if there is a bar in front of you) and have some fun with this one. ENJOY!