Some people must be very easily pleased. Can't see how anyone can give this above a 2 or 3. Nothing happens.... the film basically starts after an hour and 10minutes. The fight seen lasts 5-10 and is shocking, then they all fly out and world saved. Beyond *beep* 1/10
shareThere are at least 3 or 4 people on the board right now praising the movie. Hell, one of the crack-heads even think it deserved an Oscar.
shareI know everyone's entitled to their opinion, but in this case those opinions are just clearly wrong lol
sharePeople are allowed to like this movie, but if they're going to call the rest of us idiots for not liking it, screw them.
What we see and what we seem are but a dream. A dream within a dream.share
I like it because it could have been a perfect set up to a potentially good franchise. But no one gave it a chance so, not surprised we won't get a sequel.
A movie doesn't need wall to wall action people. A superhero movie with a *gasp* SET UP? WHAT HAS THE WORLD COME TO!!??!??!?
Define no one gave it a chance. I've been a fan of the Fantastic Four since 1967. The characters were nothing like their four color counterparts. The story was severely lacking. There was no second act. There was a truncated third act with 10 minutes of action and a villain with no motivation. Despite my reservations, I went to see it at the theater, hoping I would like it. But to paraphrase Arrow, "You failed this audience."
In the kingdom of the blind, you're the village idiot.
That's a problem with some franchise starters. They want to just set up, but they don't tell a good story on their own.
Take a look at what Marvel did with the first Iron Man movie. It started the MCU, but it also works fine as a standalone piece. There's teases for things to come and enough groundwork for a sequel, but the story it tells is wrapped up by movie's end. You could watch it and never watch another MCU movie and still have a movie with good set up AND a good story.
If you went to a restaurant that advertised a good meal and all they gave you were appetizers, then when you asked about the entree you were told you weren't getting it because they didn't have it yet, you wouldn't go home satisfied. In that case, you might actually want your money back and feel burned about wasting your time eating there. Oh, but you had those appetizers, so you can't say you didn't get anything.
Fant4stic is like getting the appetizers, then suddenly being given a hastily made dessert that doesn't even taste that good.
Films are stories, a story needs to satisfy the audience like a good meal would satisfy someone going out for dinner. You can't expect people to come back if they weren't satisfied the first time.
What we see and what we seem are but a dream. A dream within a dream.share
I give a 5.
It wasn't entirely bad. We get good performances from the Fantastic Four and Franklin Richards, the special effects are a lot better than people say they are and the body horror was brilliant.
But the movie's script was terrible. The childhood scenes were unnecessary, the origin story was badly done and Doctor Doom was a generic doomsday villain who only showed up during the last twenty minutes.
Some of the shots are beautiful (the ones Josh Trank directed, anyway) and before they tried to turn it into an MCU clone the movie had some interesting ideas on show.
shareBefore I start, this isn't meant to be an attack, but I don't remember a single beautiful shot. To my recollection, this film was dreary from beginning to the end.
In the kingdom of the blind, you're the village idiot.
I was surprised too. This movie is terrible.
Terrible acting, plot, villain, CGI.. absolutely nothing I enjoyed. Cliche-fest. Gave it 1/10.
I gave it a 5/10. The beginning was good. What I hate is they keep killing off the villians. It's not like I'm rooting for the villians, or anything (though in this film the US government seemed more the villian than anyone else) but damn, why do they keep killing the villians?. Doctor Doom is a huge component of the Fantastic Four series and he gets, what? 10 minutes of screen time and then they kill him. The villains are just as integral as the heroes are.
-Nam
I am on the road less traveled...