Satisfying

Rating: 8/10 (10 July 2005)

The story was weak, and it did feel like a prequel, but as a fan of the comic back in the late 70s (and a non-comic reader in recent years), I feel like the filmmakers got the essence of the characters, and especially of their interactions with one another, exactly right. Casting was perfect (although I'd have preferred a slightly more Eastern European take on Dr. Doom) and took me right back to being a comic fan. The storyline was admittedly weak, and the movie just seemed to end rather unexpectedly with very little buildup, but the 11 year old fan of the Fantastic Four inside me left the theater very satisfied.