Directed by : Josh Trank
Written by : Josh Trank, Simon Kinberg, Jeremy Slater
Starring : Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E. Cathey
Release Date : August 5, 2015
The main problem with "Fantastic Four," isn't that it's not faithful to the source material, because that's neither here nor there. The main problem isn't that it doesn't have a lot of super powered action sequences, because it wanted to focus more on the thematic themes behind these characters anyway. The main problem is that this movie simply wasn't that entertaining to watch.
This movie was just so fantastically mediocre. It seemed so by-the-numbers, and had that "been there, than that" feeling to it. The story is told so aggressively dull, and that's a huge disappointment, because the subject matter it's talking about could potentially be more interesting than what's presented here. There were a few flashes of inspiration in some thematic moments, but the whole movie just never clicked together into one fantastic whole.
What also didn't seem to work, are the character dynamics. The actors themselves seem fine; in particular Miles Teller as Reed Richards, but they all lacked chemistry being together. It's hard to care about how these characters are suppose to have a particular bond with each other, when the movie does a poor job translating that aspect on screen. A montage sequence depicting their relationships is simply not enough.
It's hard to recommend "Fantastic Four" to anybody, besides those who want to watch all the comic book related movies. The material had potential to be good or great, but it just was not that fun to watch. The "Fantastic Bore" would have been a more appropriate title.
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