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Posted by Captain Infinity on 12/05/05 23:08
Once Upon A Time Goro wrote:
>I watched FANTASTIC FOUR last nite, finally, and found it to be
>not-so-good.
>
>I'm already tired of the bad guy being a CEO of a major corporation and
>having a military contract so he gets "Cool ass weapon #x" (SPIDERMAN,
>BATMAN BEGINS, now F4). The Reed/Sue relationship just doesn't ring
>true at all, mostly owing to a horribly contrived conflict.
>
>What was decent was that there was a reasoable effort to show the
>relationship between the 4 superheroes, which IMO is what made the
>comic book work. Ben/Reed, Ben/Johnny were the better established
>ones, but even those never really had a chance to breathe. I felt that
>much of the characterizations and relationship development were
>perfunctory when they should have been the spine of the film. I'm not
>sure if it's writing, acting, or just chemistry/charisma that was
>subpar, but certainly something was amiss.
>
>Some of the cheezy humor actually worked pretty well for me. Mostly
>Johnny and Ben. Ben crushing Johnny's car, Johnny tossing a flameball
>at the back of Ben's head, Ben making fun of the unis ("Maybe it's
>missing a utility belt"), ...
>
>Much of the plot was stupid, but comicbook-stupid so not too terrible,
>but I really would have liked to have seen something more inspired.
>
>Overall, I almost enjoyed parts of it, didn't really hate parts of it,
>and watched the whole thing.
>
>It's not awful, but it's certainly not a summer tentpole movie.
You'd be better served by just watching the movie that inspired it:
"The Incredibles".
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Captain Infinity
...faster than the speed of dark
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