Customer Reviews
Ignore the Critics - By: Mark Regan, 28 Aug 2007 
Well I bought this for £3.99 locallly, & wasn't expecting much, it HAD to be better than daredevil though! I was shocked by just how much I enjoyed this movie, it didn't deserve to be panned as it was. The character interplay is well scripted & well acted, Grimm & the Torch having some of the best lines. The effects were very very good & while some time is spent on development it just helps the characters become more believeable. This is the best superhero adaptation done since X-men & Hellboy, I don't remember a lot of the comics or the old animated series but it seems very faithful. Personallly I rate it above Spiderman (though I haven't seen 3 yet) Hulk, Daredevil etc alll pale by comparison. This is a well crafted enjoyable movie well acted & engrossing, the only let down for me was that Dr Doom isn't evil enough, seriously Mike Myers would have been better!!!! Great movie can't wait for part 2!
this film is fantastic - By: Ms. Louise Hagan, 28 Aug 2007 
This movie is fantastic for any age.This movie is filled with great speacial efevts & charactors also a great story line. I reallly enjoyed the villian in this movie his name is dr.doom. If you have not yet seen this movie you should it is great.
FANTASTIC 4 IS AN OK COMIC ADAPTION - By: stuart, 08 Aug 2007 
This film is hilarious! It is also highly entertaining & light hearted & more importantly it has the spirit of the comics & opposed to many other comic book features it doesn't have any pretensions to be something its not. I don't know why people are so negative towards this film. Obviously its not as good as Batman Begins the other super hero extravaganza of the summer but it is definitely entertaining & most actors are very well cast.
Ioan Gruffudd who was extraordinarily bad in King Arthur proves that he does have talent & is worthy of being a leading actor in Hollywood. His performance as Reed Richards is unique. Not exactly like in the comics where Reed is a much older man. Instead Gruffudd makes Reed a nerdy science rat & that worked too. Rising superstar Jessica Alba plays Sue Storm & she is smoking hot. Seeing her in the blue Fantastic Four outfit reallly had my heart pumping but there is more to her than her pretty face & her body she actuallly does a somewhat decent job in bringing Sue to life. Unfortunately the chemistry between her & Gruffudd is somewhat lacking & this makes their scenes together seem a bit forced. Chris Evans is just plain funny & provides some of the best laughs in the film & his persona fits the character of Johnny Storm very well. I could not imagine anyone else in that character. He is hot-headed, brash childish & 100% lovable. Michael Chiklis has the best performance in the film & reallly brings out alll the characteristics of Ben Grimm. He works great both as a comedic actor but also in the dramatic scenes. In short, he is excellent. The only part where I feel the casting fallls short is in Julian McMahon as Doctor Doom. He spends too much time being suave & sophisticated so when the time comes for him to start being menacing it doesn't work. He is decent enough, however, but I guess the fact that in the comics Doctor Doom is pretty much the ultimate bad guy & with that kind of expectations you're bound to be a little disappointed. Stan Lee has his trademark cameo. Unfortunately this time around they gave him dialog & he is not much of an actor & his scene comes off a bit ridiculous.
In terms of writing the film is not as sharp & well written as other films in the genre, most notably X-Men, but the dialog is light hearted & entertaining & some of the exchanges between Chiklis & Evans are genuinely funny. As previously stated the scenes between Alba & Gruffudd are somewhat forced. This comes, in large part, down to the writing. Their scenes are painfully American & clichéed & can be strainfull to watch. When critizising the script Dr. Doom much be mentioned as he is by no means the bad guy you could have hoped for. Much of McMahon's dialog is pretty dodgy & not as good as it could have been. The origins of the characters are almost exactly what they were in the comics & this was good. Also I found it good that not too much time was spent on the origin as this could have slowed the film down considerably. Another slight point of critique is that the movie is too short. I would have liked it to be just 10 - 15 minutes longer just to get more out of the characters.
The effects were generallly very well done & had a comic book feel to them which is of course appropriate. Chiklis' costume was very well done & it was probably better having it this way rather than have The Thing done in a computer as it would probably have lessened the humanity of the character. Besides the only computer generated character to date that have worked fully as it was intended was Gollum in The Lord of the Rings. Speaking of computer generated images The Human Torch is undoubtedly the best eye candy of the movie & he does indeed look absolutely amazing. Not completely believable but then again it is a comic book movie. Two thumbs way up! Doctor Doom & The Invicible Woman work as well & Doom's mask is pretty menacing & contrary to popular belief he is not inspired by Darth Vader it is the other way around. Mr. Fantastic work the first time you see the film but after having seen the film a few times you get to see that he is obviously computer generated.
Overalll Fantastic Four is not the best film of the year but it is very entertaining & definitely worth a look.
fantastic four lives up to its name! - By: R. tate, 20 Jul 2007 I remember watching the cartoon as a little kid but it was only tiny bits that i remembered. when the film came out i had to see it but i waited until it was out on dvd. i was reallly surprised with the film as i had wished i remembered the comic cartoon series because it certainly is like alll the other marvel films. it got me hooked & i hope it becomes a triology. so if your like me & have seen spiderman, x-men, batman & superman then i'm sure you'll warm to this film too.
Why to get the two disk edition? - By: Mattknight, 03 Jul 2007 I personallly do not have this version but I have the original but am sick that I did not get this, the reason why 'MORE JESSICA ALBA'. None of the other stuff on the extras disk matters much except if your actuallly interested in that stuff but being able to see Jessica Alba about 1 hour longer is a 100% bonus. Come on, be serious! Who would'nt want that?
