Fantastic Four

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     Well now is the time for another film review. For those of you who have read the title for this review and before you judge me for actually going to see this particular film, let me explain to you why I did. The reason being is my friend works at a movie theatre and she can get me in for free. So when you can see a movie for nothing then you are going to jump at the chance even if you know it is going to be a bad movie. With that being said this film was worth every penny I paid; nothing. Now lets get started with this review of the latest Fantastic Four.

     I have to start with how this latest Fantastic Four is written and how the story or the lack there of plays out. First of all if you are a hardcore fan of Fantastic Four or a fan of comics, then do not I repeat DO NOT SEE THIS FILM IT WILL PISS YOU OFF. Because it totally deviates from the comics and has nothing to do with them. That was the first thing wrong. The second thing was that Sue and Johnny were not biologically related and Sue was actually adopted by Johnny's dad. This didn't really bother me too much especially when I found out they cast an African American actor to play Johnny. I knew they were going to have one of them be adopted or have them be step siblings or not related at all. So that was the least of the problems with the writing. When it comes down to it the characters being related does not really drive the story. But it does make the audience realize that the characters about each other thus makes care about them to. This film still does that with the Sue and Johnny and the Reed and Ben characters. So score for one for the writers in that sense. But unfortunately that is not enough to make this a good superhero film. Here is the thing this film is supposed to be a reboot and a origin story of how these four different individuals get special powers and went onto become superheroes. And they completely screwed up the origin story. I think they could have at least kept how they got their powers the same. But the filmmakers though otherwise. 

     Speaking on the cast now I know they went with a younger cast to get younger viewers interested in the film but I am not so certain it was an advantage for them. I am not saying the cast wasn't good for what they had to work with. And I know that the characters are supposed to be top notch scientists. But Reed is so smart, he is able to send an object to another dimension from his garage at ten years old. A little hard to believe! Another thing we never get really see Reed and Ben become friends. Just Ben helps out Reed one time and boom their friends. I just would of like to seen more of their friendship, it would of help with character development. I mean at the end of the day they are just kids, remarkable kids but still just kids that get cocky and think they know it all and that is usually when everything falls to shit. So I think it would have been better if they stuck with an older cast to show that the characters realize that they don't know everything and also realize that shouldn't have started what they started. But they are going to do everything they can to fix their mistakes. 

     I thought the way they made Doom look was just okay but for the story they came up with made sense to a degree. But for what the character and story is supposed to be, it was blah. Now for some positive point: I did like the fact that this one was darker than the previous two. I like the fact that they made Johnny more serious and less of the comic relief. And the special effects were still good. But these positive points are still not enough to redeem the writing of the entire film.

                                            -Katiejayforever

P.S. Stand by for next review!