Pretty mediocre

Rating: 5/10 (20 December 2008)

I know very little about the Fantastic Four. Basically what I know is their powers and how they got them and that they have one of the most interesting main villains in their hands, Dr. Doom. But that's about it, as I never did find their comics very appealing.
Considering what I've heard about this movie I was expecting a total catastrophe, but it really wasn't. It was just rather mediocre in every level, not terrible, but not really that great either. The plot didn't have any real sense of excitement and even when the groups powers were revealed to the public the instant acceptation they got was just weird little moment with no question or ifs. They were just embraced instantly.
Other flaw that springs in my mind about the logic of the story is the rather peculiar logic of things. Like in the scene in which Human Torch first time lights up. The end of that scene really doesn't make much sense in any level.
There are some things that work pretty well. The jokes are well timed and I chuckled out loud in a couple of occasions and just as I expected, the Thing/Ben Grimm (Michael Chiklis) turned out to be my favorite character.
All in all, in comparison to the best Marvel films out there, Spider-man franchise, Fantastic Four is pretty half baked effort.