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JacobJan 23, 2016

Fan4stic is a bizarre movie. Not only does it make similar mistakes to the previous films from taking too long to get powers and action but more. The film is one slow dull origin story that suddenly speeds up towards the end. This film is anFan4stic is a bizarre movie. Not only does it make similar mistakes to the previous films from taking too long to get powers and action but more. The film is one slow dull origin story that suddenly speeds up towards the end. This film is an hour and forty minutes and feels like it is missing an act. Dynamics have changed and there is corny dialogue as if a different writer has taken over. Then the film sets up a sequel ripping off the ending to the new Avengers in the process. While I would love to dismiss this as them just getting the lame origin story out of the way, even origin stories aren’t this dull. Josh Trank said he wrote a brilliant script for this film that we didn’t get to see and after seeing this film I believe him.… Expand

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T-rodneyAug 22, 2015

Fantastic Four is a mess, The first act of the movie is watchable at least, there is so much wasted potential in this movie. In the first act there is a bit of humor, you see where they are going with the Film and the problem is that thisFantastic Four is a mess, The first act of the movie is watchable at least, there is so much wasted potential in this movie. In the first act there is a bit of humor, you see where they are going with the Film and the problem is that this movie drags on and tries to justify itself in the Last third of the movie and does a terrible job. The cast performances were at best mediocre Kate Mara is dry as Susan Storm she does not make the character come to life, Micheal b Jordan is okay as Johnny storm, but there is no deeper connection with his character this is the same for Milles Teller who seems unsure as Reed Richards sometimes, Jamie bell is Jusrt there as a Plot tool the character development is the a bit but never satisfying and Toby Kebbell as Doctor Doom is just STUPID, before he is doom there is hope for the character but comes of as underdeveloped, generic and when he becomes Doom his presence is forced, His powers don't make sense and as the villain he has a super generic plot which would have worked but with the boring acting, forced scenes it comes off as ridiculous and the final act of the movie is pathetic the showdown, stakes are meaningless. There is hardly any action in this movie with the dragged on scenes and boring conversations. The only good things about Fan 4 is the representations of Reed's powers in action sequences and The soft of neat stuff in the first half and the effort to build realationships in the last act but fails. In the end Fantastic four does not know where it's going, Bad chemistry between characters, Pathetic Doctor Doom and boring, dragged on scenes, there is potential but not fully exploited so it's really a bas movie AT BEST… Expand

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ConorBAug 11, 2015

This move suffers from a lot of things I don't even know where to begin. There is very little character development, there is very little action, there is very little good with this movie.

On a side note the cast was great however they allThis move suffers from a lot of things I don't even know where to begin. There is very little character development, there is very little action, there is very little good with this movie.

On a side note the cast was great however they all share little screen Time together and barely interact. The finale is plain stupid the villain is utterly wasted and overall the film is a pile of rubbish.… Expand

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NotoriousFraudSep 7, 2015

The first 20-30 minutes of "Fant4stic" are actually pretty good, but not many people will say that. This movie could have been decent if only FOX would have let Josh Trank make his damn movie instead of cutting out half the damn movie andThe first 20-30 minutes of "Fant4stic" are actually pretty good, but not many people will say that. This movie could have been decent if only FOX would have let Josh Trank make his damn movie instead of cutting out half the damn movie and replacing it with halfass reshoots that were not even directed by Trank or included in the script he wrote, and then locking him out of editing. Seriously FOX what the **** was wrong with you ? It's obvious Trank had a decent movie going for the first act which i assume were scenes he filmed before you re-shot 75% of the movie leading into an almost non-existent 2nd act then straight to a tacked on 3rd act. It's **** how FOX tries to justify their ****ery too, like "His pet dogs trashed a trailer" or "Trank & the cast didn't like each other very much", then there are these baseless claims that Trank would arrive on set Drunk and then proceed to shout obscenities at the cast & crew. Here is what i believe happened, Trank, from the start was not making an average cape movie. His idea was a Science Fiction Thriller in the vein of a Cronenberg Body-Horror film (the way they get their powers are similar to the way Brundlefly happens) that just so happened to include the FF characters and yes that would call for a "dark" tone. then while he was filming or finishing up filming, FOX realized that Fant4stic wasn't gonna be like Marvel's The Avengers so they turned on Trank then the media lead a smear campaign against him, blaming him for a film in theaters that he technically did not do.… Expand

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ydnar4Oct 26, 2015

I have no problem with the first act of Fantastic Four but it is not long before the whole film begins to feel rushed. There is no development between the group members because they spend too much time trying to set up this world in aI have no problem with the first act of Fantastic Four but it is not long before the whole film begins to feel rushed. There is no development between the group members because they spend too much time trying to set up this world in a different dimension rather than just tell an origin story. When the Fantastic Four get their powers there is a bit of turmoil among the heroes but it is never resolved. I didn't really feel like this movie was too short at 100 minutes but it just did not make very good use of its time. You can not blame the cast for a disappointing film though because the characters really didn't get enough development so you weren't even sure if the chemistry was good or bad in the group.

The CGI in this film is also so bad. I think that The Thing actually looked better in the previous versions of the Fantastic Four and his voice sounds ridiculous. The CGI that is used when Mr. Fantastic stretches is also just so crude and fake. This dimension that they try to set up is very fake looking as well and you don't buy that this film is a world at all.

Finally Doctor Doom, the famous nemesis of the Fantastic Four is so poorly portrayed in this film in so many way, just like the Thing his voice sounds so lame and he looks so terrible. He looks almost exactly like Robin Williams did in Bicentennial Man. He doesn't even appear in the film until there are only 20 minutes left so needless to say the final battle between good and evil is fairly uneventful.

Sadly Fox has failed again with the Fantastic Four and I'm thinking its just about time to give up. I don't even want Marvel to carry on with these character because their own universe is starting to get crowded and I'm not sure where you could fit them in now. I have a feeling that we will see another Fantastic Four movie despite the critical and commercial flop this movie became.… Expand

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AxeTAug 17, 2015

Marvel went three for three duds this summer with this being the worst as expected. The generally serious tone in the beginning with some real human beings as characters is good, but it goes nowhere ultimately and just implodes into sheerMarvel went three for three duds this summer with this being the worst as expected. The generally serious tone in the beginning with some real human beings as characters is good, but it goes nowhere ultimately and just implodes into sheer boredom making the motions through the same old clichés we've all seen hundreds of times before. The cast is utterly lackluster which is saying something since on their own they've all shown to be good actors, but here no one stands out to any degree whatsoever and they prove completely interchangeable. The film's structure is awry too as it feels like only half a movie. That said when it ended was a delight!… 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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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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CineAutoctonoDec 7, 2015

Let us heed please! But that movie as re- bad indeed , there are many reasons , missed some parts of some scenes and a few to seal three hours , but the short 80 minutes, another because the image was very poor resolution, one that saw me theLet us heed please! But that movie as re- bad indeed , there are many reasons , missed some parts of some scenes and a few to seal three hours , but the short 80 minutes, another because the image was very poor resolution, one that saw me the worst superhero movie I've seen in my life, because the director Josh Trank I tell him mature and not so f***ing , not again muddy , and canceled the sequel , what if either the same or worse than the I better not see me first sequel if it is bad , the f*** of movie ! And forgive me vulgarities shown here but this is the worst movie of the year for me.… Expand

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AW1838Aug 12, 2015

The first half, barring some questionable elements, is a solid science fiction movie with good performances and strong direction.
The second half is written in crayon and snot.
And it's clear that the second half does not come from theThe first half, barring some questionable elements, is a solid science fiction movie with good performances and strong direction.
The second half is written in crayon and snot.

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vgmkyleAug 31, 2015

Oh, man do I feel bad for the people starring in this movie. Not that acted well, but what a career ending movie. Most super hero movie have hype... not this one. It would have helped if the movie was comically awful. The humor isn't there toOh, man do I feel bad for the people starring in this movie. Not that acted well, but what a career ending movie. Most super hero movie have hype... not this one. It would have helped if the movie was comically awful. The humor isn't there to me, the acting is some of the worst I've seen, and most importantly: the heart and spirit of The Fantastic 4 is completely missing. It's heartbreaking when you think about it.… Expand

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MovieNutSep 3, 2015

The first time a Marvel flick let me down...

I can't say that I was overly excited to see this film, however it was a Marvel production so I was optimistic. Boy what a let down. The film started off great, and then just drug out until itThe first time a Marvel flick let me down...

I can't say that I was overly excited to see this film, however it was a Marvel production so I was optimistic. Boy what a let down. The film started off great, and then just drug out until it left me disappointed in the end. I think this film, no matter who makes it is gonna suck. I expected so much more seeing how they plan to mesh all Marvel these films together in the future with the release of "Civil War". Lastly, I sat in the theater with my Girlfriend and assured her that there would be additional footage as they always do after their movies.... and we got nothing! Do not waste your time on this one.… Expand

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BlazinBlitzerJan 6, 2016

This was.... something. Something that the Marvel needed to strip it's rights of because this movie was terrible.

Not to say there weren't some good things about this movie. I could tell Miles Teller intentionally didn't try to act afterThis was.... something. Something that the Marvel needed to strip it's rights of because this movie was terrible.

Not to say there weren't some good things about this movie. I could tell Miles Teller intentionally didn't try to act after the whole director fiasco and the whole "emotional" scene when they lost Victor was so obviously script-read that it was hilarious. So seeing him not giving a damn about the movie was nice to see (I'll explain that later). The Ben actor (Both adult and kid version; the kid version of Reed was terrible IMO) was actually quite good and the best part of the movie. He actually could create chemistry with the characters (Again, I'll explain later). Michael B. Jordan's line delivery was alright. I have heard complaints about the special effects, but I think they're actually quite good, besides the green rivers on planet Zero, which stood out too much. My favorite scene in the entire movie is when Torch tells off Franklin about being wanting to be good for something (Once again, I'll explain later).

Here come the negatives.... this will take forever. The humor, while witty at times, was so poorly delivered that it was unimpactful; The entire movie is predictable; there is zero chemistry between anyone except for Ben and Reed, which made the movie awkward and bland; there are many plot points left unresolved; the pacing was godawful, either too fast or too slow about through the entire movie; there is even an unintentional grammatical error in the movie said by Doctor Doom, speaking of Doctor Doom, his costume was...laughable, to say the least. I also found an obvious crew member in the beginning in one of the scenes. The Doctor Doom laboratory corridor ravage scene was unnecessarily gory for a superhero movie, and then, mid-scene, the movie realized that and went unrealistic again. Also, there wasn't much character development which lead to relation issues with the audience and the characters.

Now those were only the bad parts of the movie. Here are the parts I HATED about the movie.

-The comic book failures: Doctor Doom was not a weak as he was in the movie, making it so much easier to hate him. Speaking of that...

- The villain himself: He did not explain on why he hated the world for what it is, so I couldn't reason with him. And that was painful for me because I couldn't side with the villain or the protagonists because of...

- Franklin Storm: He was the second worst part of the entire movie. I hated the writer's intention's of his character in the movie. Franklin was treated like a revolutionary hero (and what was left for the braindead audience to think), but I was somewhat relieved at his death. He never guided the F4 to their future as the plot says. And when he made mistakes, he blamed everyone else for them. Oh yeah, and by the middle of the movie, he became no use to the F4 anymore, but still acts like he's a prodigy afterwards. I can't explain it all that well, but I just know that the writer's portrayed his character effortlessly. The actor was horrible as Franklin by the way, which made it that much worse.

- The final battle: Only a conjoined word to describe this abomination of a showdown: Anti-climatic.

- No staff effort: The worst part of the entire movie - The director, screenplay, writer, and Fox are all guilty of not trying. You can tell in the dialogue, script, leading, and screenwriting that nobody cared about this movie. Miles Teller I'll give a pass on because he was already halfway through the movie when he saw the issues that lied ahead for the movie, but the whole staff, aside from the actors, did not put effort into this movie, and I saw the laziness in this cashgrab that it is. That's what I hated most about the movie.

Terrible movie, don't watch, don't waste an hour and a half like I did.… Expand

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MarioandSonic99Oct 11, 2015

Lemme tell ya something: This movie incredibly stinks. I mean, how many times are ya gonna get a Marvel superhero family team movie rebooted? Well, at least that Disney and Marvel needs to have the rights before they're going to re-reboot theLemme tell ya something: This movie incredibly stinks. I mean, how many times are ya gonna get a Marvel superhero family team movie rebooted? Well, at least that Disney and Marvel needs to have the rights before they're going to re-reboot the movie itself...… Expand

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ColeSoderstromNov 28, 2015

This movie is bad like every other fantastic four movie it's just shi*. The characters aren't the developed the story is terrible. Even if you love the fantastic four do t see this movie. They've destroyed the fantastic name of the fantastic four.

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Stargirl04May 15, 2016

The kids I work with love superhero movies so in that aspect this movie was a win. I found I liked this origin story , finding out why and how they ended up the way that they did. There were a few laugh out loud moments but really thereThe kids I work with love superhero movies so in that aspect this movie was a win. I found I liked this origin story , finding out why and how they ended up the way that they did. There were a few laugh out loud moments but really there wasn't too much extra to the story. Meh.… Expand

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guy-randomMay 19, 2016

Ugh this film is bad. It started well but it just goes bad after a while. They pulled too many timeskip in the film which to me is a sign that you don't know how to cover the entire film properly so decided to use timeskip to cover up forUgh this film is bad. It started well but it just goes bad after a while. They pulled too many timeskip in the film which to me is a sign that you don't know how to cover the entire film properly so decided to use timeskip to cover up for that. Then the characters, it's bad not because of the stars but rather its the chemistry between them. Michael B. Jordan did a better job as Human Torch then i expected but this is Fantastic Four, collectivism is as important individual. Seeing the four characters in this film as Fantastic Four was just awkward. It's like "i'll pick you, i'll pick him, pick her and him. Okay you're the Fantastic Four" type of randomness.… Expand

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DominArsenDec 8, 2018

Une grosse déception pour moi. Pourtant mis entre les mains d’un réalisateur talentueux Josh Trank est âgé de 24 ans (trop jeune et casser dans ce milieu) son premier film était Chronicles qui était pour moi un excellent film. Avec les 4Une grosse déception pour moi. Pourtant mis entre les mains d’un réalisateur talentueux Josh Trank est âgé de 24 ans (trop jeune et casser dans ce milieu) son premier film était Chronicles qui était pour moi un excellent film. Avec les 4 Fantastiques, il y a un bon fond, mais c'est complètement décousu. On ressent le travail dans certaines scènes et pour d'autres je dirais que c'est un gros colmatage à Le « Fox ». Pour moi la Fox ne voulait pas perdre les droits et vu que le prochain X-Men est prévu en 2016 il leur aurait resté moins de 1 an pour la postproduction ce qui faisait trop court. Donc ils ont sorti ce film malgré le fait qu'il est un moyen. Car sinon Marvel aurait récupéré la franchise... ‪#‎Dommage‬… Expand

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TiagoGM18Mar 27, 2017

Seemingly rushed movie, terrible storytelling, with a cast like this, it's a shame that these characters were completely bland and that the movie gave us no reasons to cheer for them. I can only find positives on Miles Teller's performanceSeemingly rushed movie, terrible storytelling, with a cast like this, it's a shame that these characters were completely bland and that the movie gave us no reasons to cheer for them. I can only find positives on Miles Teller's performance and Doctor Doom's reveal, apart from that, a great letdown...… Expand

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LoletinAlexisJun 14, 2019

"Fantastic Four" is a nonsense that passes without pain or glory for our eyes.
Honestly, it starts well, but then everything goes down the toilet in an impressive way.

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jonslowJan 11, 2019

So-So Superhero Film. more like fantastic bore. Boring plot and character like a kid movie.

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TEMP0Jun 22, 2020

Bad light quality, no direction, quick pacing, underdeveloped villain, and most of all it is a snoozefest.

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x_superepicoJul 31, 2020

don't have comparation to other marvel films, the visual art is terrible. Have countless errors.

if only will adapt the comics, and the origins will reduce to 15min, will be a 6 probably,

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DesmonDunnAug 11, 2020

If DC made a Marvel movie. It's not horrible but is far from good. Fundamentally, there are flaws. It fine to make changes to the characters if they are for the better, unique, interesting, or entertaining. Unfortunately, FF doesn't do that.If DC made a Marvel movie. It's not horrible but is far from good. Fundamentally, there are flaws. It fine to make changes to the characters if they are for the better, unique, interesting, or entertaining. Unfortunately, FF doesn't do that. The story plots along but it doesn't really know where it is going. Dr. Doom is a complete waste. Perhaps the most fundamental error is that it is boring. It's a popcorn flick that fails to be entertaining.… Expand

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iCampoRamilMar 10, 2022

Lo más curioso de esta película es que empieza muy bien, presenta guay a los personajes, hace que tengan química, pero después del accidente, es literalmente una catástrofe. Se lían demasiado, una acumulación de absurdeces, CGI pochísimo yLo más curioso de esta película es que empieza muy bien, presenta guay a los personajes, hace que tengan química, pero después del accidente, es literalmente una catástrofe. Se lían demasiado, una acumulación de absurdeces, CGI pochísimo y decisiones mal tomadas todo el rato.
Por lo visto tuvieron problemas entre director y productora, y se nota hasta la saciedad, demasiadas cosas fuera de plató.

· Cosas buenas: el arranque, sinceramente es bastante prometedor, hace que tengan química entre los personajes y que mole bastante, una pena que luego arruinen todo.
· Cosas malas: Doom es literalmente terrible, la madre que me parió, el guion es horrible, los diálogos más de lo mismo, el final, o en general la segunda mitad de la película es bastante mala, tiene un pésimo planteamiento y la resolución es demasiado rápida.

· Conclusión: se puede digerir, pero es bastante flojera, si te quieres ver algo de los 4 Fantásticos, mírate las anteriores, que por lo menos son más decentillas.… Expand

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drstrMar 19, 2022

phew, this movie stinks so hard. I watched Pixels the same day I watched this and thought pixels was actually good in comparison.

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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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BarnyMay 3, 2016

To me this is a passable movie, the special effects (CGI) are pretty good, the acting is almost convincing and the music is on par. However, the big problem is the story makes no sense and the alchemy between the characters, let alone theTo me this is a passable movie, the special effects (CGI) are pretty good, the acting is almost convincing and the music is on par. However, the big problem is the story makes no sense and the alchemy between the characters, let alone the actors, feels wrong. I felt the story made no sense because the character are shifting continuously from one type to another without sensible explanation. At some point they serve the military like obedient puppets then suddenly have a change of heart and decide to grow up. The character of Victor Von Doom does not make much more sense either. As for the story, the big point is clearly the establishment of a new franchise (which seems to be the exclusive selling point of any reboot these days) by declaring the name of their new group of buddies is "fantastic 4". Oh, shall I mention there is absolutely zero form of humour in this movie ? It is all just doom, gloom and superpowers, no lightheartedness. For me this kind of production goes straight on the shelf of failed reboots, as if a reboot could be anything but a failure in its core...… Expand

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KadeemluvmusicAug 11, 2016

By calling it as the title itself, I should retitled this franchise and turn it into "Lametastic Four." Because that's how Fantastic Four truly is a broken piece of needle that tries to hatch an egg and then destroys its shell for itself.By calling it as the title itself, I should retitled this franchise and turn it into "Lametastic Four." Because that's how Fantastic Four truly is a broken piece of needle that tries to hatch an egg and then destroys its shell for itself. This movie is s**t. Everything that the movie studio hopefully promised to bring a dark and unheard of gritty Fantastic Four us comic book freaks wanted is s**t. I felt very bad for director Josh Trank because he's done a prètty nice job on not only introducing him to "Chronicle," but i think it was the right thing that he openly made a twitter rant saying "it was a piece of s**t." Well done, Josh. You're a great director no matter how those dimwits at Fox always likes to piss people off and saying "this movie should've been a lot better if it weren't for me or the ones that already interfered my vision. Way to burden the series. Fox." I kinda rented it on DVD and it was awful. Everything except the casting of the movie. Maybe Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller, Kate Mara, and the underrated actor who played Billy Elliot, should have their own superbero movies in the future. The acting was underwhelming, the story is so bad even DC's Batman VS. Superman couldn't even decide who wins in a pie-eating contest, the CGI effects are chringeworhy to watch. And seeing that it is a Marvel reboot (allegedly), I think the better Marvel reboot simply awarded by 2008's The Incredible Hulk is just by saying: it's time for a change, guys. We have some fun moments and we screwed up for the fans. Looks like I'll hang my suit, make a decision, and hand the Fantastic Four's rights back over to Disney. " And as an avid longtime comic nèrd, it needs to make a change right now. So if you desperately want a Fantastic Four sequel, than I suggest you make a deal and see what Disney is adding to their deck of cards by dressing up as Spider-Man or still haunted by Rupert Murdoch's house of horrors. Just give it up, Fox.… Expand

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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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Atr0sAug 14, 2015

The movie can be divided in halves, the first half is solid and set up a lot of the background story of each character, particularly Reed and Ben's childhood friendship. Victor, like his comic book counterpart, is insufferable as ever yetThe movie can be divided in halves, the first half is solid and set up a lot of the background story of each character, particularly Reed and Ben's childhood friendship. Victor, like his comic book counterpart, is insufferable as ever yet there's valid reasoning for his attitude against authorities (his glory-seeking behavior clashes against . Then comes the event on which everyone get their powers and the plot suddenly derails, a few timeskips leave a lot of unexplained events and the acting start to look very awkward. As this wasn't enough, the main villain pops in out of nowhere exhibiting an unexplained set of new powers and a completely irrational and out-of-character mindset. What was awkward until then turns into a VERY cheesy last battle, complete with forced heroic lines and a fight with almost no action in it (you read it right, it's a last battle with little fighting to speak of).

In short, this is a strong contender for the worst superhero movie in the last decade.… Expand

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moonman1994Oct 6, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Fantastic Four is not quite the disaster that every one said it was but it isn't much better than that. The three largest problems are lie in the editing, writing and pacing of the film. Starting with the pacing. The film is about and hour and a half. The first two thirds are all background and the villain is not even introduced until the very end! This is very poor pacing and leaves you confused about the central conflict of the film. When regarding the writing the Storms' father is written in a completely unsympathetic light and when he died I found myself saying "good" when that was clearly never the filmmakers intent. Also it seems that the fantastic four should rename themselves the Fantastic Stockholm Syndrome based on how the writing portrayed their "partnership" with the military. Lastly the editor should have caught Kate Mara's magically changing hair color. It was just bad post production editing or something. A character's hair color should not be the game of whoever is watching the film unless you're watching Harry Potter and the character is Tonks. All those flaws aside the directing is fairly average, Josh Trank reused several shots from his far superior film, Chronicle, and showed none of the creative ability that he exhibited while directing Chronicle but he also didn't show any lack of the basic principles of film making. The thing that was well done was the majority of the cast acted well. Diagnosis: Bad but not unwatchable, but at the same time is it really worth watching?… Expand

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TrilobiteGAug 11, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ok, this movie has a good thin (very **** thin) crust, to a superhero movie if you will. Despite what critics say, I like the look of Doctor Doom, I like his powers as well but we'll get onto that. It has fine cinematography and a decent soundtrack, now lets move on to the negatives. What the f*ck were they thinking. There was no back story to this, zero, and I'm not exaggerating, literally zero explanation as to why Reed richards is a super genius child and why for some reason there is advanced scientific parts in a junk yard in America, why johnny has a car that he loves so much and that he apparently wants badly so he'll work for a scientific organisation rather than doing something else and why susan has about as much facial expression as Bella from twilight. I cannot believe how much this movie infuriated me. Doctor Doom, no explanation as to why he hates the earth so much, he's just some hipster loner douchebag who is a dick and hates the earth for some bizarre unknown reason. And the thing, another loner with an abusive background (at least SOME background my god) and not one redeemable quality too him makes him seem relevant or cool. Oh and by the way, this movie is 90% having awkward conversations and 10% actually doing fights. What a steaming pile of dogwank.… Expand

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Movie1997Aug 11, 2015

Wow! I can't believe this movie turned out to be as bad as everyone said it was. This movie went from starting off with a little hope into ending with an unforgettable and disappointing climax. The biggest problem is that it lacks any focusWow! I can't believe this movie turned out to be as bad as everyone said it was. This movie went from starting off with a little hope into ending with an unforgettable and disappointing climax. The biggest problem is that it lacks any focus on any sub-plot, development of characters, etc. it's just all over the place. Personally, I blame Fox rather than director Josh Trank. At parts, it felt like it was going somewhere. But it immediately goes nowhere as Fox decided to not develope any characters, sub-plots, etc. And of course, the third act is even worse than I thought. This movie just wanted to get rid of itself so quickly that it lacked any pace. Overall, this is a wasted reboot. I need to sleep this off. This gets an F!… Expand

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VeskaAug 10, 2015

It is terrible movie with terrible actors. Black human torch? Really? **** 45 minutes i must wait for creating the team of young, stupid "actors"....and i must sit and watch, how Josh Trank ruined another film with FF.... Fantastic Four fromIt is terrible movie with terrible actors. Black human torch? Really? **** 45 minutes i must wait for creating the team of young, stupid "actors"....and i must sit and watch, how Josh Trank ruined another film with FF.... Fantastic Four from 2005 is better then this ****… Expand

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marcmyworksDec 23, 2015

How could this movie all of a sudden get so bad so quickly? Honestly I would say the first half was terrific, it made me say to myself 'Why does everyone hate this?' and then BOOM a half hour towards the end we have a rushed superhero battleHow could this movie all of a sudden get so bad so quickly? Honestly I would say the first half was terrific, it made me say to myself 'Why does everyone hate this?' and then BOOM a half hour towards the end we have a rushed superhero battle with over-explained plot lines, a villain who is more laughable than villainous, overall acting and even worse special effects. The director was right to try to get his name off this hunk-o-junk.… Expand

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fusion_13Nov 12, 2015

Man, what a mess of a movie. The most boring and uneventful comic book movie i have ever seen. It's like they were doing the same thing all movie OVER AND OVER AGAIN. The villain was just horrible, they wasted Dr. Doom so bad, plus he lookedMan, what a mess of a movie. The most boring and uneventful comic book movie i have ever seen. It's like they were doing the same thing all movie OVER AND OVER AGAIN. The villain was just horrible, they wasted Dr. Doom so bad, plus he looked horrible. I was honestly relieved when the movie finished.

Overall it's just a mess of a movie that takes a **** on the fantastic 4 name, as if the previous 2 movies didn't do that properly.… Expand

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eagleeyevikingAug 12, 2016

Fantastic Four (2015) is devoid of the cracking dialogue, humour and sense of fun that often characterizes Marvel films. It also has a poor villain, outdated special effects and a scattershot plot.

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McGillotineAug 11, 2015

Where the 2005 version was at-least watchable and the 1994 version, had the decency to never exist, Fan4stic feels as though it just slipped through the gaps in movie releases this year. Where fan4stic's first mistake was not releasing duringWhere the 2005 version was at-least watchable and the 1994 version, had the decency to never exist, Fan4stic feels as though it just slipped through the gaps in movie releases this year. Where fan4stic's first mistake was not releasing during the summer blockbuster phase were it might have otherwise been bearable to watch within the cinemas, Fan4stic breaks past mediocrity and into the abysmal below with a passion, lacking prominent movie features such as ambition and the love of storytelling, coming across as a film in which everyone who was involved looked disinterested and ready to dig a six foot grave for the film which would be filled with quick drying cement. Were everyone expresses the fact that the film has a talented cast , i believe that it somewhat a half-truth, were they have shown once they are good in atleast one form of media, it seems as though this gang of young cast members came across as one hit wonders, lacking chemistry and character imagination yet proudly receiving a paycheck by the end of it all. However enough of that lets talk about the plot, Fan4tic simply is the largest origin story ever made with simply enough sound and noise to signify nothing, leaping across the finish line, almost like watching a person with Parkinson's disease trying to play Frogger. The film is completely dis-interesting, motives are no longer established and the threat of anything is not established until the third act which consequently is the worst part. In the end not even a bottle of scotch and a bunch of dead babies can't drown the sorrows of this fantastic flop… 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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wnick2000Aug 23, 2015

I tried....I tried to write a decently made review for this film...but I'm speechless. Absolutely speechless. This is now the fourth attempt at a Fantastic Four film. 4 TIMES AND THE BEST THEY COULD DO WAS OKAY. The FF deserve better thanI tried....I tried to write a decently made review for this film...but I'm speechless. Absolutely speechless. This is now the fourth attempt at a Fantastic Four film. 4 TIMES AND THE BEST THEY COULD DO WAS OKAY. The FF deserve better than this. The casting was pretty alright and the cast tried there best to act around a terrible script, but for the most part, they just fail. And the whole cast has talent! Even the director, who created Chronicle, a film that I personally enjoy a lot, doesn't even really try! Awful CGI, awful green screen, awful story, everything for the most part screams...awful. This doesn't deserve money, it really doesn't. Go spend money on the better Marvel film still currently out, that's what most people are doing.… Expand

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MastodonAug 10, 2015

The only movie that was worse so far this year was Pixels. Honestly this movie was really boring. You spend the whole movie being unattached to the characters due to poor writing and poor performances by the actors/actresses. You think "ohThe only movie that was worse so far this year was Pixels. Honestly this movie was really boring. You spend the whole movie being unattached to the characters due to poor writing and poor performances by the actors/actresses. You think "oh well there's gotta be action to make up for it right?" But no.... you wait 90% of the movie for a couple minutes of action then an ending that made everyone in the theater collectively ask "that was it?"… Expand

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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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Daniel17Apr 19, 2017

The 2015 reboot of Fantastic Four is one of the worst superhero movies since Catwoman. Despite the great performance of Reg E. Cathey and the 20-minutes of the relationship between Reed Richards and Ben Grimm as young kids, which is kind ofThe 2015 reboot of Fantastic Four is one of the worst superhero movies since Catwoman. Despite the great performance of Reg E. Cathey and the 20-minutes of the relationship between Reed Richards and Ben Grimm as young kids, which is kind of interesting, This is a fine example why Josh Trank will never work on superhero movies ever again, all thanks to its predictably rushed plot, not showing the superheroes to learn about their powers, no real relationship between the Fantastic Four, poorly-developed characters, horrible visual effects, terrible casting and acting performances (besides Reg E. Cathey), unpleasant tone, lack of humour, some of its action scenes that lasts for over 6 minutes that are ridiculously dull and weak and its anti-climatic third act. Everybody should stay away from this movie. If you're a Marvel fan, maybe you can only rent it for one day. I think that the 2005 version of Fantastic Four and its sequel are better if you ask me. I gave it a 2 out of 10.… Expand

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horizonbtsJan 31, 2016

Well into my 50's now, I can tell you that I read a lot of comic books as a kid. I couldn't wait to go to the news stand to spend my allowance on the 10 cent comics. I was into Super Hero's and Fantastic Four was one of my favorites. ForWell into my 50's now, I can tell you that I read a lot of comic books as a kid. I couldn't wait to go to the news stand to spend my allowance on the 10 cent comics. I was into Super Hero's and Fantastic Four was one of my favorites. For me this movie was a disaster, too bad it failed as I really did like the casting. I have seen the young talented actors Miles Teller in movies like Whiplash, Jamie Bell in Billy Elliot/Definace, and Michael B. Jordan on the TV series Parenthood. All can act and thought it would be over the top before it came out. Sadly for some reason they just can't bring this comic book and its characters justice. I did somewhat like the original two movies, but they still weren't quite the ticket either and came up short. This last installment with all that talent that they had was truly a huge disappointment. The depth of the script felt shallow and the action wasn't there either. The only depiction I found interesting was with Doctor Doom both in acting and the effects. Actually as bad as it was, I was still hoping with all the talent it would get another go around, but hear that they have already axed the sequel-too bad.… 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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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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BB_CriticAug 23, 2015

God what a pile of crap this movie is. It's pacing, acting, and script were all awful, and the stars have little to no chemistry. I would ask for a refund if i could

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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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NatT96Aug 9, 2015

Seriously you will need to see Ant Man to wash this films terrible taste out of your mouth, it just did nothing correct at all and felt incomplete. I must say this film is worst than the first 2 original film, but at the same time while ISeriously you will need to see Ant Man to wash this films terrible taste out of your mouth, it just did nothing correct at all and felt incomplete. I must say this film is worst than the first 2 original film, but at the same time while I didn't like the first 2 films, the first 2 films had better developed characters than this one. You just cannot connect to these characters at all, they just have no souls. The CGI is the only thing that is acceptable, everything else is crap, to the slim plot and to the bad development on the characters. I more so feel sorry for the actors though, all very young and wanting to be actors, ave there images put into a crappy spotlight. They even deserved better.… Expand

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gabriellecomteAug 22, 2015

The best word to describe such a movie is disappointment. There is a point in the beginning of it where you thing that it isn't that bad as it's being said, but after that it's nothing but mistakes. Specially when you realise that the movieThe best word to describe such a movie is disappointment. There is a point in the beginning of it where you thing that it isn't that bad as it's being said, but after that it's nothing but mistakes. Specially when you realise that the movie has ended, and you thought it was just starting to maybe get good. I wouldn't waste Money on seeing it.… 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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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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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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Verschiel16Aug 22, 2015

Another fantastic failure. Fox's failed attempt to produce another marvel franchise is unsurprisingly disappapointing. It starts with a long, unimportant, and dragging introduction to the back stories of how the fantastic four started. It wasAnother fantastic failure. Fox's failed attempt to produce another marvel franchise is unsurprisingly disappapointing. It starts with a long, unimportant, and dragging introduction to the back stories of how the fantastic four started. It was visually success but the whole idea and plot of the movie was completely out this world. It tried to hit high but it missed without a doubt. The depiction of Dr. Doom was another missed shot. A failed origin story, a failed portrayal and an ending fight scene that lasted for five horrible minutes. Fox should give back the rights to Marvel and save the franchise from dying another time.… Expand

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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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karaiskakis1821Aug 30, 2015

Very poor movie only ten minutes action and the end was very quick and predictable. The story was ok at the start but after the first 15 minutes the whole movie was rubbish!

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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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EpicLadySpongeFeb 3, 2016

Fantastic Four is one bland origin story with a rushed action sequence near the end of the movie just so that 20th Century Fox can play it safe just in case they were going to get a sequel. So many wasted opportunities are easily seen withinFantastic Four is one bland origin story with a rushed action sequence near the end of the movie just so that 20th Century Fox can play it safe just in case they were going to get a sequel. So many wasted opportunities are easily seen within a single minute of the movie. The running time for this movie is 100 minutes long and 90% of that running time was used just for the origin stories that we did not need to know about. The characters are very hard to connect with because the plot is just one boring origin story that did not need to go on for roughly 90% of the movie and it doesn't even show them in action until the end.… Expand

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Cinemassacre94Mar 20, 2016

The opening scenes of “Fantastic Four” — 20th Century Fox’s reboot of its Marvel superhero franchise — take place in 2007, which happens to be the year that the second movie in the prerebooted franchise (“Rise of the Silver Surfer”) wasThe opening scenes of “Fantastic Four” — 20th Century Fox’s reboot of its Marvel superhero franchise — take place in 2007, which happens to be the year that the second movie in the prerebooted franchise (“Rise of the Silver Surfer”) was released. Ben Grimm and Reed Richards (played as children by Evan Hannemann and Owen Judge, later by Jamie Bell and Miles Teller) don’t mention that fact, because if they did the cinematic universe would collapse on itself and all light would be extinguished from the cosmos. Also, the thoughtful people at Fox probably don’t want to remind anyone of those earlier movies.

Some of us have long memories, though, and can summon the bad cinema of the mid-aughts with furious clarity. Looking back on those days, I remember — Jessica Alba. O.K., forget it. I’ll just go ahead and reboot my 2005 review of the first “Fantastic Four” origin story, which I said was “fantastic only in its commitment to mediocrity.” That’s still true, though a decade later it’s true in different ways. Are you offended that I’m recycling material? Sorry, but I’m as susceptible to the influence of movies as anyone else.

This “Fantastic Four,” directed by Josh Trank from a script he wrote with Simon Kinberg and Jeremy Slater, feels less like a tale of superhero beginnings than like a very long precredit opening sequence. As boys growing up on Long Island, Reed and Ben are brains-and-brawn science-fair buddies.

Reed is working on a teleporting machine that attracts the attention of Franklin Storm (Reg E. Cathey), who runs some kind of boarding school/research center in Manhattan. There, Reed meets the Storm kids, Sue the scientist (Kate Mara) and Johnny the hot-rodder (Michael B. Jordan), and also a brooding intellectual named Victor von Doom (Toby Kebbell).

Much later, after they have traveled to a parallel dimension where a planet full of energy (please just fill in whatever exposition you feel will get you to the next part of this sentence), Victor will face down his erstwhile classmates and say: “There is no more Victor. There is only DOOM!” There is nothing wrong with that kind of line — he’s a newly fledged ultravillain in a comic-book movie, after all — but it needs to be earned, with gravity or wit. The best superhero entertainments have both.

“Fantastic Four,” despite the dogged efforts of its talented young cast, has nothing. The special effects are at about the level of the early “Harry Potter” movies — lots of glowing green clouds and ice-blue bolts and force fields. The human drama is meager. Once again, the only real pathos belongs to Mr. Bell’s Ben, who finds himself trapped in a stony new body and weaponized by a ruthless government. Mr. Teller stretches, not as an actor but as a digitally enhanced body. Mr. Jordan burns in the same way, and Ms. Mara disappears. Her character also has the power to make other things vanish. I would say she should have exercised it on this movie, but in a week or two that should take care of itself.… Expand

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xLightXWolfxJun 1, 2016

I didn't like the movie, at all. Oh my god, out of all the Marvel movies that were really good, like 'Age of Ultron' or 'Civil War' or 'X Men Days of Future Past', this was my first horrible movie of Marvel.
I liked the first part of theI didn't like the movie, at all. Oh my god, out of all the Marvel movies that were really good, like 'Age of Ultron' or 'Civil War' or 'X Men Days of Future Past', this was my first horrible movie of Marvel.
I liked the first part of the movie and when they first got their powers, but then after that, it went to crap. I seriously thought the story was brutally rushed and it made me a little bored.
I loved the characters. I love Michael B. Jordan as the new Human Torch. But the movie and everything else kind of sucked. The quality of the film was...Just, not good. The CGI was just awful.
They ruined my favourite SUPER HERO TEAM of all time!
I NEVER. WANT. TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION, TO MAKE ANOTHER MARVEL FILM, UNLESS IF IT IS X MEN.… Expand

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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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COOLQUINN17Jul 14, 2016

I was pretty excited for the movie when the first trailer came out. The trailer looked very promising and i thought that maybe Fox would do great with Fantastic Four after all. Boy, we were far from right. This is one of the absolute worstI was pretty excited for the movie when the first trailer came out. The trailer looked very promising and i thought that maybe Fox would do great with Fantastic Four after all. Boy, we were far from right. This is one of the absolute worst superhero movies of ALL TIME. The acting was crap, there was a lack of action, they ruined Dr.Doom and the scenes from the trailer weren't even in this! How could they do this?? I could give this a 0 but the reason why i gave it a 2 is because the first 30 minutes was all right and they used The Thing's iconic catchphrase. I don't blame the director because it was fox that messed up the movie, not him. If he had FULL control of this movie then we would of had a great Fantastic Four movie but nooooo, Fox just had to **** it up!… Expand

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lElMuertolJul 11, 2016

O...M..G, Fant4stic is a big disaster, none of this characters makes sense, i'm a big fan of Miles Teller, but casting him as Reed Richards??? and Michal B Jordan as Johnny Storm???!!!

The story is bad, script is bad, trying to developO...M..G, Fant4stic is a big disaster, none of this characters makes sense, i'm a big fan of Miles Teller, but casting him as Reed Richards??? and Michal B Jordan as Johnny Storm???!!!

The story is bad, script is bad, trying to develop every single character failed and the cast choices was not good, making a group of 4 teenagers with amazing powers named the Fantastic Four was not a great idea.

I'm giving this movie a 2 because the Special Effects was very good(not every single special effects), but everything else is a completely mess.… Expand

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Kes4278Jul 31, 2017

The first 15 minutes were good. But the rest was just absolutely garbage.Doctor Doom was the worst part of the movie.How did they beat doctor Doom in like 5 minutes?

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vetorAug 6, 2017

Fantastic Four is a disastrous attempt to reboot one of Marvel's best-known families, has a confusing direction, a messy script, poorly-directed actors, mediocre special effects and a disappointing final act, it was not this time that we willFantastic Four is a disastrous attempt to reboot one of Marvel's best-known families, has a confusing direction, a messy script, poorly-directed actors, mediocre special effects and a disappointing final act, it was not this time that we will see a decent movie of this franchise.… Expand

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ni8furyApr 19, 2018

This movie is a real shame to its predecessors.Weak plot,Laughably cheesy dialogues ruined it entirely and not to mention the lifeless dull acting..really disappointed

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SakataOct 6, 2018

A film that is simply vexing, confusing and badly planned. It will not come as a surprise if you join the next "Worst Movies of All Time" lists.

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Detento4587Nov 27, 2018

The Fantastic Four does not deserve what's happening to him these last years.

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TomtagMay 4, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Fant4stic (2015), directed by Josh Trank, is one of the superhero movie remakes which are always concerned to have better special effects than the previous versions of them but this movie turned out to be much different than other remakes. It’s so BAD! Almost everything in here sucks! The acting was also one of the problems that turned Fant4stic into a…Fantastic Four parody starring Miles Teller as Reed Richards, Kate Mara as Sue Storm, Jamie Bell as Ben Grimm, Michael B. Jordan as Human Torch? I mean that character in this movie was nothing like in the comics. Blonde hair, white skin but in here black hair and black skin. You got the wrong cast! Also Victor Von Doom looked like a piece of turd. He was more like a parody character and spoke like a character in a parody. Everything he did was funny. His hood and cape made him a bigger turd. He looked completely worse than Dr. Doom in Fant4stic (2005). The plot was a complete **** People didn’t want to spoil plots to others but the thing is this movie doesn’t have anything to spoil! The Fant4stic got their powers, Dr. Doom came and created his new universe and they had to stop them which they succeeded. This plot was almost the worst of the worsts. The screenplay was mostly terrible. They talked like children and teens but they’re adults and the screenplay made them act like their childhood. There were more significant stuffs from the comics that they didn’t take: humor, joy,… I barely laughed at this movie, like there’s nothing funny at all. I only laughed at the terrible CGI they had done. The visual effects was thought to be the best of the movie but then it was opposite. It was also one of the worsts about this movie. The background’s okay but the CGI was quite cheesy. I mean look what they had done to Reed’s arm when he stretched it. It looked so bad (as bad as a movie from the 90s trying to use CGI that wasn’t invented yet like The Mummy Returns (the Scorpion King looked like something we wanted to laugh at, not to fear)). Even though thi movie was owned by FOX, nothing could be done greatly. I really wanted to like the movie, but there was nothing to like, nothing to be impressed. We are talking about superheroes, not science projects and this movie, it took most of the minutes about science projects here and science projects there. There’s too much. The superheroes time was so short like only half an hour when Doom came back and the Fant4stic tried to stop him. It was a terrible idea to add too much of science in this movie but anyway, it was already bad. This is one Marvel movie nobody wanted to see.… Expand

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Happy-KMay 26, 2019

Best example that you should trust your Director and let him do. Even he himself doesn't like the Movie because he couldn't create the experience that he wanted to show the audience. Doctor doom is awful and looks like **** the Main cast isBest example that you should trust your Director and let him do. Even he himself doesn't like the Movie because he couldn't create the experience that he wanted to show the audience. Doctor doom is awful and looks like **** the Main cast is talented but you cannot see it here. The Movie is 75% exposition and the end fight is really boring. I fell sorry for everyone who worked on this Movie… Expand

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Rickniks38May 8, 2022

So boring which kinda disappoints me since I was looking forward to this movie since the film takes inspiration from The Ultimate comics.

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TVJerryAug 11, 2015

The onslaught of comic book heroes continues with this origin story about a quartet of unusual characters. As such, it takes almost an hour before any transformations occur and by then, the audience is asleep. The writing is flat, the actionThe onslaught of comic book heroes continues with this origin story about a quartet of unusual characters. As such, it takes almost an hour before any transformations occur and by then, the audience is asleep. The writing is flat, the action (what little there is) falls flat and the cool demonstration of their powers is in short supply. Despite the charisma of the talented cast (Miles Teller, Jamie Bell, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara), they're given nothing to work with. Even the effects (the basic currency of any super hero flick) range from dumb to just OK. This has to be the worst of the genre so far.… Expand

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MoviebuffreviewDec 26, 2015

I couldn't be more sad to be giving this film this rating, especially because, in the months leading up to the film, I saw a lot of potential despite the rumors regarding shooting problems. There's an excellent cast here with tons ofI couldn't be more sad to be giving this film this rating, especially because, in the months leading up to the film, I saw a lot of potential despite the rumors regarding shooting problems. There's an excellent cast here with tons of potential for energy and chemistry. There's a director who has proven himself to be a good filmmaker and storyteller. And there's an exciting concept at the core of this movie: presenting the Fantastic Four's origin like a sci-fi horror film, similar to movies like The Fly. I give one point to a sequence in the film which shows the potential of this original concept. However, everything else in this movie is awful... Fantastic Four reeks of studio control, leaving the film confused as to what it is and what it wants to be. The story is a series of plot points with no coherent way of connecting, the characters are nonexistent, and the film's pacing is awkward, with only one and a half action sequences and no second act. Overall, this is as bad as comic book movies get. A film with such great talent and so much potential squandered by trying to fit a mold of cliche superhero movies. Studios, take notes. Let filmmakers make good movies.… Expand

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cusmanMay 27, 2016

I was with it in the early part of the movie focusing on Reed Richards as a kid, having some aspirations to make a teleporter with Ben Grimm as a childhood friend helping him out and then a chance meeting with the Storm family, and from thereI was with it in the early part of the movie focusing on Reed Richards as a kid, having some aspirations to make a teleporter with Ben Grimm as a childhood friend helping him out and then a chance meeting with the Storm family, and from there on the movie just decides audience are as stupid as everybody in it.… Expand

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SwarleyStinsonNov 25, 2015

I like the way the paint is all flat and then a bit starts dripping down, slowly trickling its way towards the bottom of the page... oh the movie, yeh nothing happens.

The movie is 1 hour and 40 mins long and it takes the entire first hourI like the way the paint is all flat and then a bit starts dripping down, slowly trickling its way towards the bottom of the page... oh the movie, yeh nothing happens.

The movie is 1 hour and 40 mins long and it takes the entire first hour for them to even get their powers. Amazingly tedious. The comparison to watching paint dry is unfair to paint, even before Bob Ross became popular again.… Expand

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boredthorAug 17, 2015

"1" is even more than this parody of a movie deserves. I don't really know why they keep coming back to this particular franchise and keep making such a bad entries of it. This Fantastic 4 movie is the worst comic-based movie I've ever seen."1" is even more than this parody of a movie deserves. I don't really know why they keep coming back to this particular franchise and keep making such a bad entries of it. This Fantastic 4 movie is the worst comic-based movie I've ever seen. But in reality – it can't even be called a movie. Its just a parody of a super-human flick with no real acting and worst dialogues in the entire history of movies. This movie should've not existed in the first place. But since it exists everyone shoot spread the world of its awfulness, so that people should not make the grave mistake of seeing this flick in the cinema. And thats our duty as a gentleman and as human beings.… Expand

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NickLikesMoviesOct 7, 2015

Fantastic Four is a disgusting, weird mess. It's hard to look at and very, very hard to listen to. The performances are horrendous, the directing is dreadful, and the visual effects are excruciating. A god awful abomination.

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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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brad0103triplexAug 20, 2015

Just.Sh!t. I'd rather watch Batman and Robin than this. Batman and Robin made me laugh and cry while this made me sleep and want to cut myself. I'm glad Stan Lee stayed away from this, no cameo or anything...

Not going to make any puns butJust.Sh!t. I'd rather watch Batman and Robin than this. Batman and Robin made me laugh and cry while this made me sleep and want to cut myself. I'm glad Stan Lee stayed away from this, no cameo or anything...

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monkeyking95Aug 12, 2015

The only thing they got right was the cast, unfortunately for them they had to endure the clumsy pacing and cringe worthy character development which envelopes the entire film. This is a "must miss" film, simply don't watch it unless youThe only thing they got right was the cast, unfortunately for them they had to endure the clumsy pacing and cringe worthy character development which envelopes the entire film. This is a "must miss" film, simply don't watch it unless you enjoy weeping at wasted potential.… Expand

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bfoore90Jun 2, 2016

Believe the hype, this movie was awful. Not like 2005 FF awful but Batman and Robin awful. Other than the performances of the main cast being Miles Tellar, Michael B Jordan, Jamie Bell, Kate Mara and Tobey Kebbell, there is literally nothingBelieve the hype, this movie was awful. Not like 2005 FF awful but Batman and Robin awful. Other than the performances of the main cast being Miles Tellar, Michael B Jordan, Jamie Bell, Kate Mara and Tobey Kebbell, there is literally nothing redeemable about this film. The special effects are terrible, the script is garbage, the direction and pacing of the film itself is half-assed, poorly made, dull and rushed cinematic defecation. The plot is filled with holes and goofs, the direction of the characters is poor as are their motivations. Doom is again poorly equalized, he starts out the film as it seems to be a genius who started the project but for reasons not explained left and became a shut in. Do not waste your time here, this movie was awful. It felt as if the whole movie was rushed which made it not feel at all like a fantastic Four movie and more like a Sci-Fi flick. The 3rd act of the movie is where it gets really bad as the movie basically goes from 0 to 60 rushing past everything that was important , the final fight was short and barely entertaining, like you could blink and its over. After watching this movie, you can see why Trank had a nervous and psychological breakdown during production and now refuses to ever do a comic book movie again.… 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.

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reellmNov 17, 2015

1/5★I'll break it down to the level of Fanatic Four:
This is dumb movie. Movie waste of my time, your time and must never be spoken of again.
Did the director watch The Avengers, saw what made it good and go yeah, lets have none of THAT,1/5★I'll break it down to the level of Fanatic Four:
This is dumb movie. Movie waste of my time, your time and must never be spoken of again.
Did the director watch The Avengers, saw what made it good and go yeah, lets have none of THAT, and proceed to make a boring, lazy and sad film that would only serve as a contrast to better films?

Verdict: Skip

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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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MoneyMaker101Sep 4, 2015

Lmao I didn't see the movie but I bet it's **** soon as I saw the first trailer and I knew they are going to start all over again with Fantastic Four I thought like WHY?!WHATS THE POINT?And I was right lmao

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osueboyAug 10, 2015

failed casting, failed story, stupid dialogs, better watch something else. If you like super hero movies, this is not for you, its a failure in every aspect, Toby Kebbell didn't even try, of course is not all his fault because he should havefailed casting, failed story, stupid dialogs, better watch something else. If you like super hero movies, this is not for you, its a failure in every aspect, Toby Kebbell didn't even try, of course is not all his fault because he should have never been casted as Doom, the same with everyone of the Random Four.… Expand

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TheKavehJAug 14, 2015

80 minutes of Fantastic 4 prepare you for a wimpy ten minute battle. Awfully casted, majorly boring, and honestly, probably the worst superhero movie ever.

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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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cliftonrainAug 10, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is one of the worst summer movies to come. Great cast but gets brought down by a horrible storyline. its a action movie trying to be better than other action movies but gets brought down by a 10 minutes action scene. For me personally I almost fell asleep in this movie and the last battle scene was not thrilling enough for me and needs more action but what can u do.… Expand

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JonJLLAug 17, 2015

Why?
I saw the trailer-seemed OK-that cool lighting that sez "serious" take on the tale. But alas a nowhere narrative-why rewrite the origin with this science fair nonsense (What r we shooting for the YA audience-now we got wait for Sue andWhy?
I saw the trailer-seemed OK-that cool lighting that sez "serious" take on the tale. But alas a nowhere narrative-why rewrite the origin with this science fair nonsense (What r we shooting for the YA audience-now we got wait for Sue and Reed to grow up and fall in love!?-oy)-outake special effex (if you ve seen Thor or X men you've seen this stuf)f no Latvia for Doom-this is Marvel heresy at its worst.
FF was ripe with pathos (Ben and Alicia) in this tome all the heat was tween Thing and Reed "Brokedown Baxter" maybe?
Cant we get somebody to do a righteous turn on Galacticus and Silver Surfer-probably the greatest Marvel narrative of all time (that last one as we all know sucked the grand patoo) when Marvel WHEN?!… Expand

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MaDsjAug 23, 2015

Want to read REALLY short review of this garbage?
R 3 d A X: Fantastic four was....
R 3 d A X: Fantastic
@MyFriend.
But i put 1, because it has fantastic....diarrhea...

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AusefullCriticOct 5, 2015

Alas, I actually thought that this movie had potential. Yet, I was so wrong. As this 2 hour bore fest kicked in, I thought "Oh god. Its that kid from Divergent. I'm gonna die." As the cringe - worthy title swept by, I awoke.
The plot, wasAlas, I actually thought that this movie had potential. Yet, I was so wrong. As this 2 hour bore fest kicked in, I thought "Oh god. Its that kid from Divergent. I'm gonna die." As the cringe - worthy title swept by, I awoke.
The plot, was terrible. "Smart kid, teleporter, Victor Von Doom, Doom dies(Almost) 5 minute final boss showdown." I would not recommend this movie to anyone, unless you want to see it for **** and giggles.… 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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Retarded_DinozJan 7, 2016

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

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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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Undead_WitcherJun 26, 2020

This is honestly one of the worst movies I have ever seen and I have seen some pretty terrible movies.

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AfNinoAug 23, 2016

Generally I can take a comic-book movie and see some positive light in it, even if it doesn't deliver what it should have. This however, you just can't. From start to finish you're given an extremely boring movie, with dull pacing and aGenerally I can take a comic-book movie and see some positive light in it, even if it doesn't deliver what it should have. This however, you just can't. From start to finish you're given an extremely boring movie, with dull pacing and a gloomy tone. Not even an action sequence to look up to, nor even a drop of humor to keep us enlighted. Just pure trash.… Expand

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movieconsultantJun 26, 2016

A character-driven first part with some good moments.However,lack of chemistry between the main four actors and a terrible second-half with a seemingly underdeveloped and therefore "weak" villain and a disastrous final act make this a movieA character-driven first part with some good moments.However,lack of chemistry between the main four actors and a terrible second-half with a seemingly underdeveloped and therefore "weak" villain and a disastrous final act make this a movie to avoid at all costs.… Expand

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