re: Official Fantastic Four Review/RT 9%(SPOILERS!!!)-(by Fox)

Damn not sure what happened to Trank, seems like the rumors about him showing up to sets drunk were true.

This is the same guy that directed Chronicle, seems like he had potential

knew this would bomb . good

i mean, it kind of is unfortunate that Trank is such a train wreck. other franchises have had a lot of success by going with indie directors and giving them a big shot. Look at James Gunn, Colin Trevorrow, even the Russo brothers to some degree.

He had potential if he could just handle his shite. but I think it was a case where the guy was very privileged and didnt give a shite.

This movie didn't deserve a reboot. Nobody gives a shite about the Fantastic Four.

Up to double digits!!





No idea where I'm going with this . . .

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Nobody gives a shite about the Fantastic Four.

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Dr. Doom is possibly the greatest comic book villain ever, so i guess what im saying is eat shite.

Trank is pretty salty right now.

Saw it tonight.

Those of you taking pleasure in the failure of this film will be happy to know that I was able to park in the closest parking space to the door and the showing ended up having about 20 to 25 people in attendance.

The Trank portion of this film is a really entertaining and interesting alternate universe version of the Fantastic Four. I've never seen a more serious take on superheroes (and I don't mean that in a bad way). The writing, direction, and acting was like watching a sci-fi film that intended to keep things light until the "and then something terrible happened" moment arrives.

The Doom character is pretty subdued. He's not the douche hacker that people feared. Ben Grimm is a quiet but likable character. Reed is the closest to the Marvel character of them all. I bought into this young college kid growing into becoming the Reed of the comics. Sue was smart, and real.

The bit about them getting drunk and going for a joyride in the negative zone is way overblown. It's not that they're drunk, it's that their project is being taken away from them and they're about to become obscure footnotes in the greatest scientific achievement in history.

Sue not going on the trip is a minor infraction when you're dealing with an FF that is so far into an alternate reality. Her powers are tweaked a bit, but it works.

Ben is the most tragic Thing that I've seen outside of This Man This Monster. His voice is extremely different from what you'd expect. I think his lack of accent is more jarring than his voice not having the gravel we'd expect. It is modulated though, it's not a normal voice.

The involvement of the military is a very interesting take. The discovery of the powers and the military link is what takes the film into a pretty dark place. Still, it's interesting and entertaining.

Then, unfortunately, we get to the "big finish". Once the studio steps in, we get a terrible, cliche, nonsensical, big superhero punch out. The action is terrible, the dialogue is suddenly cliche (after an entire movie filled with realistic performances) and Doom's powers are all over the place. Reed is basically a man who can punch you from twelve feet away. All of a sudden everyone is a lame comic book character shouting phrases about teamwork and "clobberin" people.

I think that if Trank had been given full rein till the end, we would've had an interesting take on the FF that would've pissed off comic book fans but interested some critics and a portion of the general public. Instead we got 3/4 of a new take on superhero films and 1/4 of a lame superhero movie written by someone who's seen a few Marvel cartoons and thought that they could wing it.

I would love to see Trank's full film. It wouldn't be the greatest film ever, but it would be a complete film and would be well worth a watch.

I really think that the studio did more damage than good with their "salvage" job.