Best Origins Pic so far!!!!

Rating: 7/10 (23 May 2006)

This film does right was so many comic book movies have done wrong, it makes the source material fun. This is definitely the funniest and light-hearted comic book film I have seen so far, although the a few scenes with Dr. Doom take a dramatic turn and are almost too violent for the tone of the movie throughout. But besides that there are plenty of laughs to get you through the far-fetched notion of this comic universe, as a big fan of the Fantastic Four I was weary of the transition to film. But this is the most faithful comic book adaptation, they even introduced the Things slogan "its clobbering time," in a clever manner too, through marketing an action figure, kinda ironic isn't it? The film does a good job of despersing the attention to all the characters, not just the one with the most interesting story ( arguably The Thing, with his beauty and the beast situation.) I was impressed with the effects work too, little touches throughout constantly amused me and gave the characters depth. After all, dealing with powers so great in real world scenarios could lead to strenghts, such as Mr. Fantastics stretching for toilet paper when he runs out, or weaknesses such as The Things inability to eat easily with utensil, because of his enormous hands. Sensibilities such as these have only been explored in the better comic book movies such as Batman Begins and the X-men series. The action is nice throughout, I like to see steady action sequences throughout the movie until the climatic finale and for the most part they deliver. I have to say the biggest fault of this film is the finale though, its a big too simplistic and short. Sure, it gets it's point across and they finally work together as a team to overtake evil, but it's over to fast and not as grandiose as other offerings in the genre. If your a fan of the series your not to be disappointed.