Fantastic Four (2005)

When an experimental space voyage goes awry, four people are changed by cosmic rays. Reed Richards, inventor and leader of the group gains the ability to stretch his body, and takes the name, Mr. Fantastic. His girlfriend, Sue Storm, gains the ability to turn invisible and create force fields, calling herself the Invisible Woman. Her younger brother Johnny Storm gains the ability to control fire, including covering his own body with flame, becoming the Human Torch. Pilot Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong rock creature calling himself Thing. Together, they use their unique powers to explore the strange aspects of the world, and to foil the evil plans of Doctor Doom.

I give Fantastic Four a solid 71%.

I must admit, I was a bit disappointed with this film. For a film such as this, I don't really need as much character development as it had. This movie was nearly turned into a love story with some weirdness, instead of the action variety. The build up was too slow and there was not enough of seeing the action.

I will say that I like Human Torch best. He kind of throws in your face of what a superhero should be. I also liked the presentation of the invisibility of "Invisible Girl". And talk about your setups for a sequel, you can't get more obvious than that.

I think that this movie should have been a successful formula movie, but they got the wrong formula.

My favorite quote:

Chief Fireman: Who's the leader?
Johnny Storm: That would be me!
Chief Fireman: No, really.