Fantastic Nonsense

Rating: 7/10 (3 August 2005)

Yet another big screen adaptation of a comic. There must be few franchises left to sell off at this stage. How and ever, this one follows on the heels of the recent Batman Begins, which was an inward looking, pensive and insubstantial work. Fantastic Four on the other hand gives you exactly what you expect; a big, bright movie for your money. Critics have been hard on this movie and so maybe I Dido't expect enough going in to the show. Bar an inexplicable scene where Storm goes naked and invisible on a bridge for a reason that I seemed to miss, I can find little to complain about. Okay, so the humour's not hilarious and the plot's predictable enough but for someone who knows nothing of the comic book, this was a summer blockbuster that didn't leave me feeling deflated! No Oscars I'd say but passes the time amiably!