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Originally Posted by fresnelly
Why would you buy a "kinda blah" movie on DVD?
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I have a full run of Fantastic four. All 8 Masterworks that have been released, every individual issue from 120 on, the cd's to fill in the missing issues, roughly a dozen, maybe 20 miniseries. I have the Roger Corman version, and the animated series. This dvd is an automatic buy for me.
Redlemon: Pretty much. With four main characters to develop, an origin story, and one adventure, there really isn't much room for depth of character in a two hour movie. But they got the basics right, Reed is a genius who is a little bit distant, Ben is bitter and angry, but loyal, Johnny is an impulsive womanizer, Sue the caretaker and peacemaker.
There were minor story problems all over the place that added up to a big mess of a story overall. Such as the way Sue's invisibility works. At one point, Reed, Johnny and Sue need to get through a crowd. Sue turns invisible and takes off her clothes, then pushes her way through. Reed and Johnny then pick up her clothes, and go themselves. As in, walking through the crowd.
Which raises several questions. Why does Sue need to get invisible in the first place? The guys didn't need to be invisible, and her invisibility doesn't help her anyway, as she has to push her way through the crowd. Why aren't her clothes made invisible? Given how her powers are described as working (she bends light around her) and that she's always been able to make other things things invisible in the comics, it makes no story sense.
These problems are all over the place. The climactic battle doesn't really work, and the origin/adventure balance is way off. Look at the best comic book origin movies: Superman, X-Men, and Spider-Man. They use the first act for the origin, act two introduces the villain and his evil plan and has the initial confrontation, and act three the final confrontation. Or, roughly 1/3 origin story, 2/3 adventure. FF is more like 3/4 origin 1/4 adventure.
Now that the've established the premise, and gotten past the "learning about their powers" phase in this movie, I'm hoping for a second one that will do a much better job on the adventure part.