"It's already over?"

Rating: 5/10 (12 July 2005)

There are two reasons why I would ever ask that question: a.) The film was so great that I did not realize that the time had already past, IE: Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
b.) The film had so many different plot holes and so much cliché writing, that when the end credits pop up, I can't help but feel that my eyes had just been raped for an hour and a half, and that my wallet got charged for it.
"Fantastic Four," unfortunately, falls under the category of b. I was not surprised that would happen however. I could tell just by the trailers alone that this movie was going to be driven by three things: Action, Bad One-Liners, and Jessica Alba's incredible, INCREDIBLE sex appeal. The film delivered all three...and on a side note, I wasn't paying too much attention to the film when Alba was on screen. That woman is one of the most beautiful actresses in Hollywood.
Anyway, back to the main point. "Fantastic Four" fell under the common curse of being made by people who just could've cared less about the characters, script, and mythology behind it all. I never read comic books as a kid, but I have an appreciation for the whole mythology of them. Spider-Man, Batman Begins, and the first X-Men delivered successfully when it came to the audience not only caring about the characters, but eagerly anticipating the sequels to come.
There will be sequels for the "Fantastic Four," which saddens me. Not because the evil Dr. Doom makes a bad come back at the end, but because this film made money, and unfortunately, I added to that. Everyone who knows anything about Hollywood understands that in that town, if the film makes more than it cost to produce, then it was a success.
It's just too bad that F4 did, cause I'm sure producers would scrap the sequels.
I give it a 5/10. The directing from "Taxi" director Tim Story was just flat. It seemed no real effort was put into it. The writing was typical of a comic book based film. The acting was somewhat cheesy, but I can't blame the actors; I blame the writing.
See it if you want some mindless entertainment and to see some semi-great action scenes, or just wait for it to come out on DVD and spend $3.50 to rent it, rather than $10.00 to watch it in theaters.