It's clobberin' time!
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Monday, December 12, 2005 02:55
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Just found out John Ottman did the music, another sign that I'll like it:)
Thingisall
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Well, since I thought the trailers looked pretty lame, I avoided it at the cinema. However, the general concensus from friends who've seen it is: Not terrible, but pretty weak in general. It seems the more familliar someone is with the source material (the comic), the less they liked the movie.
Plus, the changes they made to Dr. Doom, are IMO, lame.
"Well, my days of not taking you seriously are certainly coming to a middle."
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As a serious fan of Daredevil, I kinda disliked the film. Not a biggie of Fantastic Four, so the changes from the comic in the movie won't bother me in the least.
Johhny Chrisisall
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I liked it.
The best actor is Michael Chiklis as The Thing (not really surprising though, considering how much the script gave him to work with).
The Ben/Johnny feud was comedy gold (I especially love the scene where the Thing makes breakfast, and is just about to eat when Johnny comes in and, well, you'll see).
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Pardon the pun, but:
Fanstastic Four is fantastic!
I thought it was the best movie of the summer.
It is true to the spirit of the comic. And could very well be the funniest comic movie ever.
The chemistry between the 4 is excellent.
"A funky, fun film version of the famous Marvel superhero concoction." Washington Post
"A popcorn popper, a cinematic sugar buzz. And blessedly so." Orlando Sentinel
"At their best, the results have a comic zip that the X-Men pictures have largely lacked." L.A. Weekly
FYI - for those buying the DVD, Best Buy is going to have a special F4 set will all kinds of extras.
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Quote:Oooooh- now I can't wait!
Originally posted by GoldenKnight:
"At their best, the results have a comic zip that the X-Men pictures have largely lacked." L.A. Weekly
FLAME ON!
Torchisall
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As someone utterly unbothered by how "faithful" it was to the comics, I've got to say it was pretty average. A few good moments but some bad ones as well. Plus they didn't know how to end it with a bang either.
It never made me feel like walking out when I watched it. But then again, given that I saw it on an airplane at 30,000 feet, that's not too surprising.
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Quote:That's TOO funny, lol.
Originally posted by SimonWho:
It never made me feel like walking out when I watched it. But then again, given that I saw it on an airplane at 30,000 feet, that's not too surprising.
Chrisisallstretchy
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I liked it. It as entertaining, but I wouldn’t buy it, unless I could get it cheap. I don’t think I could get $20 or even $16 worth out of it. Jessica Alba is the only one worth mentioning and the only quasi-big name in the film. She’s played for all her sex appeal, at one time stripping almost naked in public in a cheesy, but not untactful, attempt to flash some skin. Her acting is typical Alba. When she’s pouty she’s good, otherwise it's pretty wooden, and her relationship with her Husband is so poorly acted and written that they come across more as brother and sister. It tried to stray from the comic book clichés a little by developing the conflict between the main characters, but this wasn’t enough to save it and it seems to have been done at the expense of the real bad guy, who comes across less then sinister. In the end they all learn to live together with their new found powers and the bad guy whom the audience probably couldn’t care less about gets foiled.
This movie needed to have the PG-13 rating dropped to a PG and a more sinister bad guy. It might have made a good children’s flick.
Incidentally, I went to see Aeon Flux the other night. It suffered from the same thin plot as the animated version, and unlike Fantastic Four could have used a much darker and more violent story. Charlize Theron was about as good as one could expect. I don’t think the limitations of the character were her fault.
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I'll let ya know what I think in three revolutions, or less 
But I assume you to be on the mark (won't stop me from buyin' it though, I got me an employee discount
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ChrisVonisallDoom
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