Not very good

Rating: 4/10 (2 May 2008)

I have always been a big fan of marvel. I used to enjoy watching the fantastic four cartoon in the 90's, despite thinking they're probably the most gay marvel characters. I suppose it was Doom who done it for me, being one of the coolest villains of all time.
However, I can't say I felt the same way about the film, as it was about as exciting as an old man walking a tortoise.
The majority of the film spent building up to a 10 minute climax. The fantastic our spend the whole time establishing their powers, until they finally use them in an unspectacular ending. The same amount of time is spent building up doom, who when eventually identified, turns out to share none of the charisma of the original comic book Doom. What I found even more disappointing was the American accent he spoke with (despite being Latvian).
Johnny was the least likable person ever, and I hated reed Richards. All I wanted to see was doom kill them, but when he was revealed I didn't want either of them to win!
Every disaster prevented by the four, was also created by them, cancelling out their heroism. It was a it like breaking a chair and then fixing it.
In terms of production, the film wasn't too good either. Everything looked very artificial, as if the entire film was encased in plastic. It had a huge over use of CGI, and visually seemed quite bland.
I would have rated it lower had it not been for it's marvel comic book character content. If you're not a fan of the comic book genre, you'll hate it, and if you are a fan, you'll hate how they ruined this film (epecially doom).
poo.