I expect more from a comic book movie

Rating: 6/10 (14 February 2007)

A good comic book movie is a movie you like even though you may have never heard of the superhero(s) or never particularly cared for them. A bad comic book movie is a movie you dislike even though you know the superhero(s) and you generally like the superhero(s). An OK comic book movie is a movie you are indifferent about after having seen it whether you knew the superhero(s) in it or not. Fantastic Four was OK as far as comic book movies go. I never followed Fantastic Four in the comic books, and I new very little about them; the movie helped me know them and their abilities a little better, which was good. The characters were not intriguing enough by themselves, so there needed to be some decent action as a filler. The action was not that impressive, nor was the final scene. The nemesis helps to make the movie just as much as the superheros. Movies such as Batman, Star Wars, Superman, Spiderman, etc. had excellent bad guys to compliment the good guys. The two need each other, and Dr. Doom just didn't come through.