Not Spiderman, but not bad.

Rating: 8/10 (9 July 2005)

Right off, this movie wasn't as good as Marvel's Spiderman movies. It was interesting to me, but I come from a Fantastic Four-loving background. I don't think someone less interested in comics could get into Fantastic Four movie the way non-comic readers could be engrossed in the first Spiderman movie.
One of the main problems with the Fantastic Four was the plot wore a little thin. It was almost like they only had enough plot for 45 minutes of movie and tried to stretch it with scenes of the Human Torch (Chris Evans) doing stunts and Ben Grimm (Michael Chiklis) breaking glasses.
But, on the positive side, this movie had many good points. Stan Lee had a speaking role, the scene with the Four on the bridge was impressively executed, and Ben Grimm and the Human Torch had a very good (and very funny) rivalry, as they should. Actually, most of the scenes with Ben Grimm were very well done. Michael Chiklis is quite an actor. If only certain other acting persons in the film could have done as well as he had, I could have given it a higher review.
However, despite its faults, I did enjoy the movie. In fact, the closing scenes with the team pulling together to defeat Doom were beautiful in a way. I think that scene would win back the casual fan that lost interest. But maybe I'm off base with my remarks. You tell me if it's good.