SlyTF1 wrote:Saw Fantastic 4. People have been talking much **** about the movie, but I just want to come out and say that it isn't that damn bad. One of Marvel's worst movies? Definitely. But complete ****? Not really. If it were a normal science fiction movie, it could have worked, had they not rushed the last 10 minutes for absolutely no reason at all. They literally could have added another hour to the movie and it would have benefited from it.
The movie literally takes its entire hour and 40 minutes to do what any other superhero movie would have done in a mere 30 minutes. It's like if the entire first Iron Man movie took place in that bunker he was being held in at the beginning of the movie, and the last 10 minutes were him escaping.
It definitely shouldn't be classified as an action movie, but of course that's what people are expecting when they go into it. Do not expect it to be an action movie, and maybe, just maybe you'll not hate it as much?
As far as characters, I actually liked the Thing for the 5 minutes he was in the movie, and I really, REALLY liked Dr. Doom. All 5 minutes he was in the movie. Especially since towards the beginning, he was playing Assassin's Creed Syndicate (which hasn't come out yet) in 2014. He must have been working at Ubisoft before the movie and stole an alpha version of the game, IDFK. All the other characters can eat 4 ****s each.
The only standout scene in the movie is towards the end where Dr. Doom is walking down a hallway, and people's brains are getting blown out the back of their heads. That was amazing. If I could have one super power, that'd be it. I don't usually smile, but I did the entire duration of that scene. But other than that one scene, that one minuscule part, the entire movie was dull. Not completely horrible, just dull. And that's the problem. The movie had excellent concepts, but lackluster execution. It was like they were saving the REAL action for the sequel.
As a Marvel movie, I think a 2 or 3 out of 10 would suffice. But as a straight up science fiction movie (not a sci-fi action movie), I'd honestly give it a 5 or a 6. Just because I was expecting the whole thing to be a complete mess. **** cinematography, **** dialogue, **** CGI (even though there was quite a bit of it), and **** everything else. But it really wasn't. The technical aspects were pretty good, it's just that everything else was just... very unspectacular.
I hear ya buddy! but before anyone goes off on one...about this movie.....it was FOX that butchered it! & not Trank! Trank had a vision for this movie a year ago....but between then & now.....whatever happened....Fox decided to remove key action scenes(the Thing being airdropped! it's in the trailers but not the film), & they also butchered the last act of the film, the first act is ok & sets up a backstory for the characters, the middle kinda meanders...& when it gets to the One Year Later bit! that's when it turns into a trainwreck.
A quick sidenote....dunno if Trank originally intended on using this or not in the film....but I believe there was supposed to be a setup for a F4/X-Men crossover! but maybe Fox butchered that too....as I don't think there were any post credit or end credit scenes(correct me if i'm wrong on this).
The disappointing news is that for the forseeable future....there's not going to be a Directors Cut/Trank Edition of it appearing on Blu Ray or dvd, but BEYOND that...in the realms of possibly...y'never know! coz look at the Dick Donner Cut...of Superman....YES! it's been a while ago since that was released...but before then...We knew about it....but never knew if we were ever gonna see that version or not! obviously & eventually they DID release it....so let's hope that within our lifetimes....we'll get Tranks vision of Fantastic 4 that we were meant to see.
