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DCEdmondsAug 8, 2015

"Fantastic Four" 10 Scale Rating: 2.5 (Terrible) ...

The Good: The first 10-15 minutes of the film are great. Showing child genius Reed Richards and his friendship with Ben Grimm (pre-Miles Teller and Jamie Bell) when they are 5th graders"Fantastic Four" 10 Scale Rating: 2.5 (Terrible) ...

The Good: The first 10-15 minutes of the film are great. Showing child genius Reed Richards and his friendship with Ben Grimm (pre-Miles Teller and Jamie Bell) when they are 5th graders was entertaining and somewhat endearing. The cast itself was not the problem. These are talented young actors who did what was asked of them. Jamie Bell before his transformation into the rocky Thing was especially solid. Reg E. Cathey was great as the father of Sue Storm (Kate Mara) and Johnny Storm (Michael B. Jordan) and gave the film it's few emotional moments. Toby Kebbell was the best of the bunch as Victor von Doom. They make it obvious to non-comic fans that he's destined to be a villain, but he did an amazing job pre-transformation. While the effects mostly missed their mark (more on that later), a couple of scenes looked good.

The Bad: There is a long list of things that went wrong with this film, but the most glaring is the story. Completely basic and straight-forward, the film offers nothing new or interesting and even calling it a run-of-the-mill sci-fi story would be an exaggeration. The film instantly starts breaking down the moment the foursome get their powers and gets steadily worse from there. Kate Mara's Sue Storm (Invisible Woman) did little aside from looking concerned and MIcheal B. Jordan's Johnny Storm (Human Torch) was forced into the film and never felt like he belonged. Much was made about the casting of Jordan as Mara's brother in the film due to their skin color, but that ultimately didn't matter as you wouldn't know they were related if they didn't tell you multiple times. There was no heart to the film and zero sense of family, which is what makes the source material great. Tim Blake Nelson played government bad guy Harvey Elder and I cringed every time he appeared. I don't know if he chose not to take the role seriously, but he was so hammy and over-the-top that he was difficult to watch. The film's main villain, Doctor Doom, was terrible. His origin is silly and made little sense. Unlike the Fantastic Four themselves, Doom had a vague and ever-changing set of powers ranging from telekinesis to geokinesis to the odd ability to make people's head explode with a mere thought ... which he decided not to do to the film's heroes, for whatever reason. While Jamie Bell does an admirable job as Ben Grimm, once he becomes the Thing, his voice is a horrible fit and stuck out like a sore thumb every time he spoke. The film's effects, which should have been a plus for a film like this, were sloppy and laughably bad. At times Human Torch and Thing looked like cartoons and every action scene looked better in the trailer than in the finished product. In fact, the majority of the exciting scenes from the trailer were inexplicably removed from the film. Lastly, the film's final act is rushed and you're not even sure what exactly happens. Doom returns from Earth X for all of five minutes, the Fantastic Four follow him back and defeat him five minutes later. Roll credits. While it is not one of the worst movies of all time, it is hands down among the worst super hero films of all time. It is better than Batman and Robin as well as Catwoman, landing it in squarely in the range of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance and Spider-Man 3.… Expand

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Greg3GemAug 7, 2015

I am simply amazed how little attention was given to the source material. The story was brutal and rushed. The cast was pretty good but the story and script were just plain terrible. It;s a shame that these iconic comic characters have onceI am simply amazed how little attention was given to the source material. The story was brutal and rushed. The cast was pretty good but the story and script were just plain terrible. It;s a shame that these iconic comic characters have once again been dragged through the mud.… Expand

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thehenmanAug 7, 2015

This is one of the worst films I've seen in years. The special effects are terrible, the script is garbage, and worst of all it is totally boring to boot. It's worse by far that the last films and that's saying something. The director isThis is one of the worst films I've seen in years. The special effects are terrible, the script is garbage, and worst of all it is totally boring to boot. It's worse by far that the last films and that's saying something. The director is renowned for being a bit of a ass and it shows in this pile of nonsense. Avoid this movie torrent it of you must. Don't give them your money.… Expand

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MrMovieBuffAug 7, 2015

Well, well, well...after months and months of controversy surrounding principal photography, this is the result of a movie that was doomed from start to finish (no pun intended).

'Fantastic Four' or "FANT4STIC" is a half-assed, lazilyWell, well, well...after months and months of controversy surrounding principal photography, this is the result of a movie that was doomed from start to finish (no pun intended).

'Fantastic Four' or "FANT4STIC" is a half-assed, lazily made, dull and rushed cinematic defecation. Not many people were fussed on seeing this movie due to the controversy, and it seems that they were right that this would be a disaster.

The movie starts off where we see a young Reed Richards (Owen Judge) as he attempts to create a dimensional transporting device that will lead to another planet. He becomes friends with a young Ben Grimm (Evan Hannemann) who helps him with this experiment. First problem with this scene is that it is incredibly rushed and their friendship is built, but we do not see it growing, they just agree to help each other for some reason.

Then, 7 years later, a much older Reed (Miles Teller) and Ben (Jamie Bell) are taking this project to the next level, presenting it at a science presentation and the teachers and staff have their doubts. That is, until they are approached by Franklin Storm (Reg E Cathey) with his adopted daughter, Sue Storm (Kate Mara). Franklin is intrigued with Reed's experiment and wants him to join his lab where they can further this technology.

Michael B Jordan plays Johnny Storm, the biological son of Franklin, he is a bit of a hot-head (no pun intended, again), always getting himself in danger with racing and being rebellious. Franklin wants him to join to build the experiment, he refuses at first, but tags along anyway.

Franklin then calls in the last person, Victor Von Doom (Toby Kebbel), who is jealous that someone seems to be more successful at stealing his idea. He reluctantly joins only because he "trusts Sue Storm", apparently, they had some kind of history, but this is not further developed properly, only through small, awkward talk do we see them looking as if they had any sort of history.

The actors in this movie do fine in their roles, playing them with as much charisma as the screenplay allows them, but there is no chemistry between any of the actors. It just feels like four talented actors from really good movies forced by some devil-may-care director to get along with each other.

This is a huge problem, as when it comes to superhero ensemble films, chemistry is the most important thing. Joss Whedon did this very well with the different kinds of heroes in 'The Avengers' (2012), bringing in different heroes with different backgrounds, but their chemistry felt real, you can tell the actors got along.

Bryan Singer also achieved this in the "X-Men" movies, bringing in different mutants with different abilities and how they team up seamlessly to fight their enemies.

The "Fantastic Four" are supposed to be close friends from the get-go, but the fact that these actors could only make small talk with each other is problematic, you don't believe in their "friendship" because they don't seem to care, and neither should you.

Dr Doom's design is also laughable, Kebbel is a gifted actor and proved it with 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' (2014), but here, he is weighed down by cliches. The cliche that the villain has had something done to him, he is tied to a hospital bed, an agent tries to talk calm to him, but the villain looks and says "You can't stop this!", kills the doctors and agents around him, blows the massive door open, unties himself from the bed and walks down a corridor with the lights flashing constantly in the dark...it's 2015! We don't see this in comic book movies anymore.

The final battle scene is also cliche and very quick, it involves Doom sucking the earth in a black hole...why does every villain want earth to be sucked in a black hole??? He stands before the four heroes looking at the destruction, the lead says "Victor! Don't do this!", he then answers "It's already too late", I'm paraphrasing, but that's what you get.

The lead hero then looks at his "friends" and says "He's stronger than us, but he's not stronger than all of us!", and then Doom is taken down in one punch and the final battle only lasted five minutes leaving you with a big "Is that it???"

Josh Trank clearly didn't care for this project, the troubled production and his unusual behavior caused Fox to just throw this film in release and just pretend it never happened. They were selling 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' (2014) like it was "The Avengers", but you can tell they were ashamed of this movie.

The only good thing is that it looks less animated than the 2005 film, but I'd prefer to watch that movie...… Expand

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Justcool777Aug 7, 2015

Fantastic four in my opinion isn't a much better rendition than the earlier movies with a heavy atmosphere along with a light story. I do believe that this version could have been executed as a much 'fantastic' movie.
Although on the brightFantastic four in my opinion isn't a much better rendition than the earlier movies with a heavy atmosphere along with a light story. I do believe that this version could have been executed as a much 'fantastic' movie.
Although on the bright side, good delivery by Kate Mara, Miles Teller,and Jamie Bell bringing a few(ill say it again--few) 'smile & 'giggle' moments where in most were dull.
I did expect a better performance from Michael Jordan and his depiction of the human torch and i believe it needed more.....'torchiness'...,

Overall, it was very bland in its story lacking a good plot and storyline. A good cast but poor overall execution.… Expand

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MrTibsterAug 7, 2015

A film that makes Batman & Robin look like the Citizen Kane of Superhero movies.

A failure of a film that is worse than the 2005 movie (my god... was that possible?) Everything is bad: The direction is shoddy and nothing flows, feels allA film that makes Batman & Robin look like the Citizen Kane of Superhero movies.

A failure of a film that is worse than the 2005 movie (my god... was that possible?)
Everything is bad:
The direction is shoddy and nothing flows, feels all over the place.
Acting is lifeless beyond belief (Like... Hayden Christensen lifeless).
Script is awful (Example): "What if I say no?" "Say yes". That's it... wow.
Editing seems to be done by blind drunks.
CGI is worse than Terminator 2, which was from the 90's.
Ending is....... well bad is all I can say

Overall the second worst film so far this year (1st being United Passions)
Don't see this, please don't.
Oh and Fox... DON'T YOU DARE MESS UP DEADPOOL.… Expand

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NerdConsultantAug 7, 2015

Fantastic Four is utterly terrible. It plays like a TV pilot than movie and as a result nothing happens leaving it to be an uninventive boring mess that makes you want to yell at the screen for something anything to happen. With awfulFantastic Four is utterly terrible. It plays like a TV pilot than movie and as a result nothing happens leaving it to be an uninventive boring mess that makes you want to yell at the screen for something anything to happen. With awful characters that have little depth and no progression, terrible miscasts and acting and a plot that went absolutely nowhere this was a complete waste of 1 hour and 40 minutes. The effects and fight scenes are awefull and it’s clear this was a shameless get them in get them out movie off the conveyer belt made because 20th century fox realized they still had the rights to Fantastic Four and were hoping to fool people with the top quality of comic movies. They failed and it’s just as bad as the 2005 version. Fox plans to have a crossover between Fantastic Four and X Men but this film is so bad I think that’s been squashed before it’s even started like this films terrible attempts to have sequel.… Expand

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kheasAug 7, 2015

Dull, dreary and unfun. Much like the Roger Corman film of the same name, this movie should have never been released. If you want a good Fantastic Four film, rent The Incredibles.

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DavidWardenAug 7, 2015

My oh my what have we come to.... you guys know I absolutely hated Terminator Genisys and Jurassic World but honestly this makes those movies seem like good flicks. Fantastic Four is even worse than Batman and Robin. Fantastic BORE gets an F !!!!!

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justinsirkin01Aug 21, 2015

Fantastic Four (2015) is a failed attempt to reboot the Fantastic Four comic franchise that I grew up loving. Fantastic Four (2005) was the movie I felt that this franchise was doomed (haha get it "Doomed") from it's rather weak start in theFantastic Four (2015) is a failed attempt to reboot the Fantastic Four comic franchise that I grew up loving. Fantastic Four (2005) was the movie I felt that this franchise was doomed (haha get it "Doomed") from it's rather weak start in the film adaptations. Fantastic Four (2015) fails across the board with bad acting, undeveloped plot, rushed editing, and rather cheap looking effects. The first half of film is nothing but settings and characters that fail in retrospect to its comics. One problem I had with it's predecessors was the lack of storytelling but at least it had somewhat of a story. This film however is so uneventful that it completely devolves from it's predecessors making it the worst adaptation of them all… Expand

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Osiris606Oct 24, 2015

I honestly tried hard not to be outraged at this disgrace, but it's just too hard for me to keep it down. I don't want to discourage anyone from watching the movie, but it's really not worth spending your money on it. The first 20 minutes II honestly tried hard not to be outraged at this disgrace, but it's just too hard for me to keep it down. I don't want to discourage anyone from watching the movie, but it's really not worth spending your money on it. The first 20 minutes I find interesting and captivating, the cast was good enough to bring us a great movie, especially Victor Von Doom. I can relate to Doom much better than with the old movies and his appearance is also much better as is Ben Grimm's, however the overall gargantuan failure of the script writers and the budget managers is just unbearable.
Apparently they've wasted most they had on the first half of the movie and had to make due with what they had left for the second half, resulting in a horrible ending, and makes it very obvious that there was little thought put into the scenes, especially the last fight scene, not the mention the absence of the traditional end credit scene in almost every Marvel movie. All in all, this was a spit in the face of every Marvel fan, even if you're not a fan of the Fantastic 4. Every script writer is smug when it comes to hearing out ideas from fans, but I guarantee that 1 out of 10 fans, who have some vague idea of script writing would've given a better story for this budget and this cast as for the terrible effects, I have no words.… Expand

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Rebecca31Nov 8, 2015

Yes I was dragged to see this "fantastic" reboot of a dead franchise. It really makes one re-evaluate the actual meaning of the word fantastic which this movie is far from. Retells the origin story of these four characters who gain superhumanYes I was dragged to see this "fantastic" reboot of a dead franchise. It really makes one re-evaluate the actual meaning of the word fantastic which this movie is far from. Retells the origin story of these four characters who gain superhuman powers and save the word etc. Throw in seriously messy pacing, cringe worthy dialogue and a giant blue laser and you get this boring, unnecessary film not worth the time or money. On a good note Fantastic Four hasn't claimed the title of worst marvel movie ever but it made it into the top five. Not recommended.… Expand

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Beastinballer0Feb 21, 2016

Honestly, this is the almost as bad as Batman and Robin. There is nothing good about this movie. I know this is an origin story, but it wastes good talent and creates a boring plot with terrible writing. There is no chemistry between theHonestly, this is the almost as bad as Batman and Robin. There is nothing good about this movie. I know this is an origin story, but it wastes good talent and creates a boring plot with terrible writing. There is no chemistry between the characters and Dr. Doom is the worst villain I've seen in portrayed on the big screen. This movie did not deserve any money because it is definitely one of the worst movies of all time.… Expand

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DyliebarMar 2, 2016

Okay, we got a great director, a great cast, and an awesome superhero team, that should be awesome, right??? What the hell happened here???? This is the biggest cinematic abortion I have seen in 4 years!!!!

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LJHayesJan 19, 2016

What even happened here? This film doesn't just miss the mark it seems to be aiming at a different mark all together! The tone, story, characterisation, effects and even the casting are just a series of phenomenal misfires. The fantastic fourWhat even happened here? This film doesn't just miss the mark it seems to be aiming at a different mark all together! The tone, story, characterisation, effects and even the casting are just a series of phenomenal misfires. The fantastic four aren't the makeshift surrogate family from the comics, they're a bunch of miserable bland zombies who don't even seem to like each other. And Doctor Doom....Christ I don't know what they were trying to do there.
This film is worth seeing just to see how wrong they got it, but I wouldn't recommend paying for it.… Expand

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mukodemoludAug 14, 2015

Srl bad movie. Poor plot, poor characters and pathetic villain. What a waste of time. But the most important thing is that this movie is so f*****g booooring.

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YorkManFeb 16, 2016

Definitely up there in the 'worst superhero movie ever made' top 5 list. What's worse is that unlike the reboot of Spider-Man (which had a very successful original trilogy run), this reboot fails to learn any lessons taught by the twoDefinitely up there in the 'worst superhero movie ever made' top 5 list. What's worse is that unlike the reboot of Spider-Man (which had a very successful original trilogy run), this reboot fails to learn any lessons taught by the two absolute **** films which were released less than 10 years prior.

With a running time of only 100 minutes, to explain the origin stories of FIVE main characters, as well as then developing a scenario for the Fant4stic to fight the fifth, it's simply an absolute mess.

The film uses a 'one year later' fade out/in for Christ's sake, because it's that lazy and badly written.
Throw in some terrible directing, bad casting, bad acting, unremittingly patronising dialogue, less than stellar special effects and, worst of all, the most anti-climactic end 'fight' scene ever..... And you've got a Turkey that Ebeneezer Scrooge would be proud of the morning after his ghostly visitations!

It really is that bad. I cannot begin to vent my frustrations at what a huge missed opportunity this could have been, if the lessons from the first two films had been taken on-board.

I suspect their won't be a Fan4stic 2 coming to cinemas anytime soon!… Expand

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ProGamer7Nov 16, 2015

good one
I can't even
what?
is this a movie? what the heck is this junk?
thought about seeing the movie until I saw the reviews
good day from a fellow brother
0/10

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Retarded_DinozJan 7, 2016

WHaT???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

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MaverickneoMar 17, 2016

This movie goes up there with the greats such as: "Superman IV", "Catwoman", "Steel", "Electra" and "The Phantom". This movie makes Ghost Rider 1 and 2 look like masterpieces. What else can I say. Fox, you need to release this franchiseThis movie goes up there with the greats such as: "Superman IV", "Catwoman", "Steel", "Electra" and "The Phantom". This movie makes Ghost Rider 1 and 2 look like masterpieces. What else can I say. Fox, you need to release this franchise back to marvel please. Listen to the fans and stop putting out mediocrity. You have two great franchises. X-men and now Deadpool. Let Fantastic 4 go back to marvel. This movie reeks, stinks and has one of the lowest scores in rotten tomatoes and meteoritic. I cant even begin to start how bad this movie is. My brain cells felt like they were slowly dying one by one. Dialog is bad, script is bad, plot is laughable, pacing is awful, special effects are bad and everything is slapped together with no rhyme, reason or thought. its almost like fox just slapped this together to keep the rights to the franchise another four years...… Expand

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FuturedirectorMar 12, 2016

In comics, a great story, fantastic characters, amazing story-telling, colors, funny jokes and..., in other words, a fantastic story was born. Years later, a dule story, unremarkable characters, not-color and action-free film appeared on TV.

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Antgiog1202May 1, 2016

Fantastic Four is not fantastic at all! This film is a complete mess; or you can just simply call it garbage. Everything you expect out of a terrible catastrophe, this film has: awful writing, god-awful acting performances, and unexpectlyFantastic Four is not fantastic at all! This film is a complete mess; or you can just simply call it garbage. Everything you expect out of a terrible catastrophe, this film has: awful writing, god-awful acting performances, and unexpectly lazy because of how short it is.

I have nothing more to say but to call this film GARBAGE. Don't waste your money buying this **** on Blu-ray because you'd have a better time with the original!

Rating: 0/10

A+ = 10
A = 9
A- = 8
B+ = 7
B = 6
B- = 5
C+ = 4
C = 3
C- = 2.5
D+ = 2
D = 1.5
D- = 1
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The3AcademySinsJun 7, 2016

What saves the Fantastic Four from being a complete "1" is that I don't think I have ever laughed harder at such a ridiculous reboot. The CGI is just terrible, I'm going to say that right off the bat. The script tried way too hard to mimicWhat saves the Fantastic Four from being a complete "1" is that I don't think I have ever laughed harder at such a ridiculous reboot. The CGI is just terrible, I'm going to say that right off the bat. The script tried way too hard to mimic The Dark Knight. The acting was okay until the CGI really appeared in the third act of the film.… Expand

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PabloBird22Sep 16, 2016

I Thought this reboot was going to be good as the other two, but this was absolutely ¡¡BORIIIING!!:

-Boring Plot
-No incredible fight scenes
-Lame & Lazy
Everything in this movie is boring, waste of time and money a Unnecessary Remake

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RageFrostAug 7, 2015

I can take a Fantastic Four **** that's better then this... I should go eat taco bell for the next day and just sit on the **** until I get something that looks better then this movie. when you leave the movie you will hit yourself who everI can take a Fantastic Four **** that's better then this... I should go eat taco bell for the next day and just sit on the **** until I get something that looks better then this movie. when you leave the movie you will hit yourself who ever is with you will hit you for taking them to see this and if you were the one taken to the movie you will hit that person....… Expand

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FiniteFreistenAug 8, 2015

I just can say , thank you fox for your amazing desolation about all of my favorite things in the world , and as you know there is a plastic prize for god awful movies and call that golden raspberry awards !
Josh Trank ! You can shiningI just can say , thank you fox for your amazing desolation about all of my favorite things in the world , and as you know there is a plastic prize for god awful movies and call that golden raspberry awards !
Josh Trank ! You can shining there ! And fox ! I never forgive you for stealing that moment I could see marvel family with its first family......… Expand

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RvwFromUpHereAug 8, 2015

Who: Miles Teller, Zoey from House of Cards, and Black Human Torch

What: Somehow the worst Fantastic 4 film ever made Where: A world where terrible puns and plot holes are celebrated When (can I watch again): Never Why: This is aWho: Miles Teller, Zoey from House of Cards, and Black Human Torch

What: Somehow the worst Fantastic 4 film ever made

Where: A world where terrible puns and plot holes are celebrated

When (can I watch again): Never

Why: This is a good movie to watch if you have never seen a movie before. If you stepped out of a time machine that came from the early 1900's and wanted to see a talkie, this would probably be an enjoyable watch for you.… Expand

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RyanAAug 7, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What do I like about this movie? Reed Richards' character. Some little humour points. That seems about it. What do I not like about this movie? It's non-canonness and lack of Marvel movie finesse. There's no Stan Lee cameo or credit suggestions for upcoming movies. Dr. Doom dies. Big whoop. That sequence felt close to 10-20 minutes. What's the rest? Origins and post-beating Dr. Doom. What`s next? Some story about how they're going to interlock Silver Surfer's life story with there's? I'm sorry if I'm beating a home-made story line to death, but if they're going to try to make another one, they should spend more time on a plot-line rather than a whole life's story again. This movie was certainly a bold step into the unknown, but it may have been a better idea just to use the original story again, with some new characters, or an HD remake of the original movie(s). Overall, I'm giving this movie a 1/10.… Expand

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Loki43Aug 8, 2015

Worst superhero movie of all time. And don't say we didn't warn you. Josh Trank messed up with Marvel's first heroes from the moments he touched them. An horrible cast, horrible plot and horrible CGI screw up what were once incredible characters

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matheusmk123Aug 7, 2015

This is a TRASH. This film is HORRIBLE. Don't watch pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

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TomTranzyAug 9, 2015

My dear people, PLEASE don’t waste your time & money on a lousy & awful movie like Fantastic Four (or let’s just call it Fantastic Flop). There are many other movies playing in theaters such as Rogue Nation, Minions, Vacation, Pixels, PaperMy dear people, PLEASE don’t waste your time & money on a lousy & awful movie like Fantastic Four (or let’s just call it Fantastic Flop). There are many other movies playing in theaters such as Rogue Nation, Minions, Vacation, Pixels, Paper Towns, & many more, which all are a lot better than Fantastic Four.… Expand

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IronManiacAug 8, 2015

Boring plot, horrible cast, awful recitation, fake CGI and ripoffs from teenage drama movies make this reboot a complete waste of time. Avoid it and hope that Fox will finally give the rights back to Marvel as it should have been in the first place.

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gab19Aug 15, 2015

Do not waste your time... I'm usually not that hard on films but oh man was this movie terrible. It just felt as if the whole movie was rushed did not feel at all like a fantastic 4 movie should have it's more like a sci fi film.
The 3rd actDo not waste your time... I'm usually not that hard on films but oh man was this movie terrible. It just felt as if the whole movie was rushed did not feel at all like a fantastic 4 movie should have it's more like a sci fi film.
The 3rd act of the movie was completely rushed , the final fight was barley entertaining. I'd rather watch the first 2 fantastic four movies than this.… Expand

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AGNAug 7, 2015

Seeing this movie was not on my schedule. Instead, I was going to relax at home with my sister and play and think about Las Vegas. Yesterday, I received an invite from my friend to go see Fantastic Four. I was kind of excited to get thisSeeing this movie was not on my schedule. Instead, I was going to relax at home with my sister and play and think about Las Vegas. Yesterday, I received an invite from my friend to go see Fantastic Four. I was kind of excited to get this invitation because it would be a great hangout. To celebrate this moment, I played one game of Elvis Presley Pinball. When it came to the actual movie, instead, it was a very boring movie with little to no good parts in this movie.

The movie starts out fine as two boys making an invention to teleport things. Then they got the quartet together. But when a horrid experiment goes wrong, they gain their powers and battle Dr. Doom.
The substance in this movie diminishes so quickly that it became a formulaic bore. The movie was boring, clichéd, and predictable. I actually slept through some parts of the movie. And I don’t want to tell about the third act but I HATED the climax. And I thought third acts are supposed to be the greatest part of this movie.

This movie had a solid cast and the torch was my personal favorite but I did not get a grip and feel of these characters. The actors did not do their best. I felt like they were not interested in this project. Dr. Doom was very undeveloped too as he only appears in the third act. There were no information, no back story, or no anything about him. He was a very clichéd with no developments at all.

Perhaps the best thing about his was that the movie was only 100 minutes long and that the beginning had a nice set up. Otherwise, it was all downhill to me.

I really want to like this movie to get some fresh Marvel humor and some nice performances since the last two Marvel movies (Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man) had both good humor and nice performances. But oh my this movie did awful at this job. It was horrendous, tedious, and boring at once as this movie did not try.

There were no funny parts during this 100 minute trip. I kept looking through the theater to see if anyone left before the movie ended. The story was simple and formulaic unlike the unpredictable and complex Inside Out. The effects were not special unlike those of the likes of Ultron and Ant-Man. I was checking my watch to see what time it is so that the movie can be over soon.

Speaking of special effects, I do not need to explain what the special effect were since the directors are not interested to make the movie look cool. When there were special effects in the movie, I thoughts the effects were unmemorable and lame. It almost felt like they did not try their best to make a good Marvel movie which is a shame after all.

Overall, I was incredibly bored and incredibly disappointed in this movie. While it can be a bit entertaining in some points whether it was the cast or the beginning or the soundtrack, it was severely let down by dull performances, a clichéd story, and an awful villain with an awful climax. When the movie was finally over, I felt like my butt was on fire and I asked the host to use the restroom. When she said yes, I ran out of the freezing theater to take a refreshing bathroom break. That shows how I cannot recommend this movie to anyone but only Marvel fans and ONLY Marvel fans will be surprised in this movie. Trust me, but I would rather stay at home than watch the entire movie without checking my watch.

(Fantastic Four is now playing in theaters but if you’re looking for a great action movie that’s now playing in theaters, check out Ant-Man or Mission Impossible 5. These movies are still playing in theaters and they are both great movies. If you want humor, check out Ant-Man, if you want action, check out Mission Impossible 5. Either way, you’re going to get a great deal of entertainment along the way!)… Expand

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MattyiceAug 7, 2015

Fantastic Four is an unmitigated disaster. A great cast is wasted by poor direction, horrible storytelling, bland action sequences (especially the final one), and A LOT more. Dr. Doom looks like garbage and his evil motives are non-existent,Fantastic Four is an unmitigated disaster. A great cast is wasted by poor direction, horrible storytelling, bland action sequences (especially the final one), and A LOT more. Dr. Doom looks like garbage and his evil motives are non-existent, the film strays too far from the comics and is awfully stupid, and the film, worst of all, is extremely boring and gloomy. This is hands down the worst Marvel film adaptation of the modern superhero genre (post-2000). Heck, its possibly one of the worst superhero movies ever The cast is wasted and the film is atrocious. However, this movie did make me happy in one way. I'm happy knowing Josh Trank is not going to direct any Star Wars film in the future. Sorry Trank, nobody to blame for this catastrophe but yourself.… Expand

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diogomendesAug 7, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie before its release received a huge amount of lukewarm comments from fans, who thought Marvel's oldest team would have fitted much better in the MCU. I was one of the few people who defended this film and I'm going to be the first of those people to say this: "Fantastic Four", a 2015 movie directed by Josh Trank, produced by Gregory Goodman, co-written by Jeremy Slater, is an ungodly boring piece of dogsh*t with p*ss-poor scriptwriting, balls-to-the-wall effects, horrendous dialogue, horrible pacing, bored direction and most likely the worst villain to date since Mr. Freeze in "Batman & Robin". It's an epic disaster on all accounts, one that will bomb at the box office, and much deservedly so. This movie will definitely rank not only as one of the worst movies of 2015 but also one of the worst super-hero movie flicks ever.

The first thing I noticed this in this cinematic failure was absolutely, its questionable pacing. Right out of the gate, this movie started to telling Reed's story as a young boy. He explains to the whole class that he intents to create a machine that will transport anything that breaths into another dimension, without harm. The students laugh (because that's obviously funny, right?) but that won't stop Richard from doing it, so while he does that, he gets the chance to know a guy from his class named Ben Grimm, a warm little kid who gets bullied by its one-dimensional brother. His bro actually says "It's clobberin' time" but it's not stupid as it sounds, impressively. So Richard tries to make his dream come true and he literally causes a blackout in his neighborhood. Ben says to Reed: "Reed you're insane" , "Thanks" and the screen goes dark, appearing only "Years later". Nice scene-changing right there!

The movie sloppily introduces us more characters, and while the cast is apparently talented (seriously Miles Teller? Michael Jordan? Great actors), they look bored as hell, and there's absolutely no chemistry whatsoever between the group members, not even Sue and Johnny have a decent scene together. When someone dies, you don't feel pity. You feel indifferent. You don't give a sh*t when Johnny's father dies. You don't give a sh*t about anyone! But the worst character in this movie is undoubtedly, Victor, the villain. Oh... my... God. Where do I start... holy motherf*cking Jesus. How bad is this villain? On a scale of 0 to 10? -2. This villain is so f*cking bad it makes me wanna puke. From the stupid design of his persona Doctor Doom to the inexplicably, poorly developed motivations as to why he's annihilating Earth. And... oh Christ, is this guy a dick. Usually, filmmakers try to make us sympathize with the characters, especially with the villain. Not what's happening here. Victor is such an assh*le you couldn't care less whether he dies or stays alive. Actually, you would beg for this person to die a woeful death. And he pointed the finger to the government, LoL. And when he gets swallowed in the other dimension and he comes back in the second half of the movie... holy sh*t. He comes back, says a few stupid words, returns to "his world", gets beaten by Fantastic Four...... and that's it. I swear to God I'm not making up sh*t, that's what really happens. And that leads me to another idiotic element.

The action. There's ONLY two action sequences: One that takes 45 seconds, and another that takes 3 minutes (and most of the action is seen in the trailers). Oh my Goodness. So the first half of the movie is boring talking and idiotic character development, and the second half is more boring talking and a little of action, which is not exciting in the least. The special effects could have been worse, but they still look pretty mediocre. Human Torch and the Thing looked weird to me. I don't know, they just looked cartoonish. And that scene where the team is running from the green lava, ok, that was some truly bad CGI. Doctor Doom looked erratic, and the rest is... meh.

The dialogue is clichéd and just plain bad. "What if we say no?" , "Say yes" haha, wait, you're serious. Let me laugh harder! But for real, this movie lacks the heart, thrills and silliness that made the Fantastic Four great in the first place. I'm still surprised this movie made it into the theaters without a warning advice, 'cause this movie is so...... dull. Nothing really happens in this movie. If you've seen the trailer, you know what happens: They become Fantastic Four, they met Doctor Doom and they stop him. THERE'S NOTHING TO TELL. Okay, Sue and Johnn's father died, but no one knew or cared about that guy anyway. SO WHAT THE F*CK WAS THIS?

Final Score to Fantastic Four: 1/10. This movie should be extinguished from humanity. It's a boring super-hero origin tale with no payoff.

Obs: Such a waste of DOOM.… Expand

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TheDude-Aug 7, 2015

Fantastic Four may have some good cinematography, decent special effects and Michael b Jordan was good as Johnny Storm but the films characters are very bland, the film tries to cram so much plot points and set up for sequels and as a resultFantastic Four may have some good cinematography, decent special effects and Michael b Jordan was good as Johnny Storm but the films characters are very bland, the film tries to cram so much plot points and set up for sequels and as a result feels rushed, the villains rise to power is very abrupt and very cartoonish and the final battle was very anti climactic.
Verdict: the movie felt like one big set up for bigger films to come despite having some fun and nifty moments.… Expand

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gromitAug 18, 2015

A movie with absolutely no redeeming qualities. bad story, bad special effects, bad dialogue and poor direction. Will go down as one of the worst super hero movies of all time.

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MattBrady99Aug 9, 2015

I honestly can't believe I'm going to say this, I never thought the day will come when I say that Batman & Robin is no longer the worse superhero movie ever made after seeing this movie, but the difference between the two is that at leastI honestly can't believe I'm going to say this, I never thought the day will come when I say that Batman & Robin is no longer the worse superhero movie ever made after seeing this movie, but the difference between the two is that at least Batman & Robin was fun to watch and not depressingly dull that Fan4stic was.

The story is about a contemporary take on the classic super-hero team - four young scientist are involved in an experiment where they find themselves teleported to another dimension. When they return, they find themselves gifted with unique powers - ones they will have use to stop an evil rising to power.

It's been 10 years now since the 2005 "Fantastic Four" was first release. Looking back on that film is like looking back on a bad memory that you wish will fade away. The 2005 movie wasn't all that good, but to me it wasn't on the same level as Batman & Robin as some people think. Rise of the Sliver Surfer was the squeal that nobody asked for but they're made anywhere because...well I don't know they just did. The squeal wasn't all that great just like the first movie, but the movie itself wasn't like the worse thing on the planet as some people have make it out to be. I'm not going to talk about the 1994 movie because it's not worth it.

Now here's 20th Century Fox fourth attempt of making a Fantastic Four movie. We got a new director and a new cast to start off fresh and try to make a new franchise. Many people didn't react very well to the news of a reboot and people got even more mad at the new cast and the fact that they young and Michael B. Jordan was cast as Johnny Storm. I was the only one giving this movie a chance as I believed that Josh Trank will make a great Fantastic Four movie and make us forget the other ones as Josh Trank is a good director. But it's not until I sawed the movie myself and my jaw was on the floor not because the movie was amazing, but how god awful this movie was. Fantastic Four (Or best known as Fan4stic from the posters) is one of the worse superhero movies of the year and of all time.

I heard a lot of bad things coming from director Josh Trank. Some people who have worked with him on this movie have openly said that he was awkward to work with and at one point he actually came on set drunk and intoxicated while filming a scene. The problems that happened behind the scenes really do show in this movie, as I can tell they did some re shoots as Kate Mara hair keeps changing color in a couple of scenes. I blame the studious for changing a lot of things and making it a living hell for the director and the cast. Josh Trank is best known for directing Chronicle and that movie was a smallish movie that Josh Trank had a lot of freedom to work on with and at least they're wasn't any studious coming in and changing things and making it really hard for everyone else. It's very clearly that Josh Trank wasn't ready for something big like this as he was originally suppose to direct the upcoming Star Wars movie but dropped out because he had enough.

The biggest opportunity that was wasted was the cast. They didn't do a terrible job as they characters but they didn't do anything special and that's a real shame as these are great actors that had nothing to do in this movie.

The visual effects in this movie are probably some of the worse looking effects I've seen since the early 90's and it's quite shocking that this movie with a lot of money behind it and have such awful looking effects. The CGI used on The Thing was completely hideous and I kind of miss the 2005 Thing a little bit. Some people may like the CGI used on The Thing but I didn't. These a shot in the movie where Reed Richards after he gets his super power stretches his face to look like someone else to be in disguise, when he puts his normal face back and the CGI used in that one shot looked laughably bad. There wasn't a single shot in this movie that didn't even look convincing.

Now lets talk about Dr. Doom in this movie or I like to call him Mr. Freeze number 2, because Dr. Doom is this movie was a complete joke and he wasn't in the movie that much, he just turned up towards the end of the movie. Dooms motivation in this movie was pretty random and wasn't well written at all. Before Victor turns into "Doom" the only character development that we got from his character is that he thinks he's smarter than ever one else and he just hates people...WHAT!. The way Dr. Doom looks in this movie is so freaking awful, I mean he looks like that robot from Superman 3, but if put a black bin bag around it and set it on fire and let it dry out a bit, then you add some Christmas lights around it and now you got Dr. Doom. The final battle scene with Doom and The Fantastic Four is only five minutes long, yes I actually timed it to see how long it was and it was too short and disappointing.… Expand

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BrockWayneAug 9, 2015

Fantastic Four is the WORST film of 2015, I have never seen a **** film like Fantastic Four. It's the worst superhero movie ever made. This movie was never made according to the comics, they totally ignored the original F4 comics.

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ZiraelAug 9, 2015

Don't watch this movie,is horrible!!! 2/10 não assista esse filme e ruim!!!
Efeitos boms, hitoria ruim, personagens ruims, e alendo mais é do quarterto fantastico!!!

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LoskiDurdenAug 10, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie has a lot going on but NONE of it is interesting. The origin story is so long, drawn out and utterly boring it totally takes you out of the movie. I really don't think we care about Reed and Ben when they were 10 .. They say the third time is a charm but they missed on this once again .. Thanks a lot Hollywood .. http://www.tsu.co/LoskiDurden76… Expand

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RocharoxAug 10, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This move is the Day-Z of super heroes, and we know how bad this goes.
So, no source material was used besides the title. The move is an obvious cash-grab, with the actors running around spitting lines that most of the time don't even make much sense.
The pseudo-science is also bad and some of the CGI looks amateurish.
I honestly asked for my money back, because the trailer looked more polished than the movie,
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