if only the villain had been good....

Rating: 4/10 (11 July 2005)

Not a bad film, but hardly a good one. They re-wrote the background story, threw in a poor romantic subplot between Reed and Sue, The inhuman Grimm had the most human reactions of any of the characters, the action was good but the plot and story were pathetic and F/X, while beautifully done, was overblown to the point of hilarity. But the biggest disappointment was Doom, the character of Doom was a dismal conversion from the comics. This poor character was gutted from would-be World Conquering megalomaniac who combined magic and super-science and turned into a 3rd rate Norman Osboure Jr. A would-be corporate raiding CEO who gets 2 completely unrelated powers, which in itself is odd, since the rest of the people exposed got 1 power each and Doom was the best protected of the 5. Now on to what I liked, mostly the little things, Reed's befuddlement with interpersonal relationships, Johnny's hotshot attitude, Ben's mourning over his lost humanity, and the easily overlooked details like Johnny always drinking water after the change (because with an internal body temp of 200+ you DON'T give him alcohol). If Doom had been done better or if Alba hadn't been sleepwalking through her part it could have gotten a 7.