My review:
Loved it! Best Fantastic Four film to date!
I watched this twice in a row. This is one of the few films that I did not know the general consensus from the critics before the seeing the film. I lowered my expectations because of people's thoughts about the final act which made me kinda sad. But this film being better the first three Fantastic Four films was given to me. Then when I saw the film....
[spoiler]
I am gonna start with the things that I didn't like
-There was no title card at the start
-Sometimes, the pacing was a little off
-Doom's motivation in the film weren't really explored, like I wondered why he was like that. His thing with Sue wasn't really explored. No one mentioned him after the accident. The film suffered the moment he came back to Earth... I don't know if he was faking that he was weak so he could destroy the Earth? I wish we saw him alone at Planet Zero and what he went through for over a year.
-I didn't like the 1 year jump, I felt like it such a big time leap and yet it didn't feel like its been a year. Reed going rogue didn't make sense that much to me.
-For the last 30 minutes, things were happening so fast and things were kinda all over the place, like I wish Franklin Storm's death was executed better. Though all of these things got better in my second viewing.
However, before the 1 year jump.... it was all good. I really loved the science aspect of it and I liked the indie/intimate feel of the film. The Vfx only looked kinda poor during the final fight in Planet Zero but for the majority of the film, the VFX was decent.
Things I love
-I loved loved the lighting of the F in Fox's logo.. they took a cue from X-Men on that one!
-Thing's voice sound really good and I don't even know why they didn't showcase that in the trailer. I loved it when he said "its clobbering time"
-Sue is my favorite!!! Love her! Kate Mara is just an awesome actress! I really loved how she carried The Thing and Mister Fantastic inside her force field
-Reed is probably my second favorite and I loved what he said towards the end, that this is who they are and they just need to accept and the team dialogue at the end. Miles Teller was quite likable in this film. I also loved when he showcased his shapeshifting ability
-Michael B. Jordan was good too. But out of the four, he was the one that stood out to me the least. The VFX for his flame body was really good though.
-The scene at the end when they were thinking of their name was cute, there was something very likable about that scene.
Over-all, the film just misses something and it kinda doesn't feel complete to me. It wasn't as rewarding as X-Men Days of Future Past. Maybe if it was longer and Doom was explored more, it would have been complete to me. I also noticed a lot of things that were shown in the trailers didn't end up in the film (The Answers, Kate's laugh track, Johnny's heat resistance line, the shot of the four looking at the beam, Thing jumping out of the jet? I don't know if it was in the montage).[/spoiler]
But the biggest accomplishment of this film is not only its the best Fantastic Four film to date, it didn't end up as a total mess. Its a very decent film. I think its probably as good as The Wolverine especially they shared the same problem during the final act. But the start of the film was really good and the accident was really good and intense, especially the scenes where we saw their abilities for the first time, insanely good! I hope Fox could turn this to an ongoing franchise like at least a trilogy, the cast has so much potential! This is already a big step up from the previous FF movies and I just liked the tone of it and how serious things were. It was fantastic!
First viewing: 7/5 out of 10
Second viewing: 8 out of 10
Loved it! Best Fantastic Four film to date!
I watched this twice in a row. This is one of the few films that I did not know the general consensus from the critics before the seeing the film. I lowered my expectations because of people's thoughts about the final act which made me kinda sad. But this film being better the first three Fantastic Four films was given to me. Then when I saw the film....
[spoiler]
I am gonna start with the things that I didn't like
-There was no title card at the start
-Sometimes, the pacing was a little off
-Doom's motivation in the film weren't really explored, like I wondered why he was like that. His thing with Sue wasn't really explored. No one mentioned him after the accident. The film suffered the moment he came back to Earth... I don't know if he was faking that he was weak so he could destroy the Earth? I wish we saw him alone at Planet Zero and what he went through for over a year.
-I didn't like the 1 year jump, I felt like it such a big time leap and yet it didn't feel like its been a year. Reed going rogue didn't make sense that much to me.
-For the last 30 minutes, things were happening so fast and things were kinda all over the place, like I wish Franklin Storm's death was executed better. Though all of these things got better in my second viewing.
However, before the 1 year jump.... it was all good. I really loved the science aspect of it and I liked the indie/intimate feel of the film. The Vfx only looked kinda poor during the final fight in Planet Zero but for the majority of the film, the VFX was decent.
Things I love
-I loved loved the lighting of the F in Fox's logo.. they took a cue from X-Men on that one!
-Thing's voice sound really good and I don't even know why they didn't showcase that in the trailer. I loved it when he said "its clobbering time"
-Sue is my favorite!!! Love her! Kate Mara is just an awesome actress! I really loved how she carried The Thing and Mister Fantastic inside her force field
-Reed is probably my second favorite and I loved what he said towards the end, that this is who they are and they just need to accept and the team dialogue at the end. Miles Teller was quite likable in this film. I also loved when he showcased his shapeshifting ability
-Michael B. Jordan was good too. But out of the four, he was the one that stood out to me the least. The VFX for his flame body was really good though.
-The scene at the end when they were thinking of their name was cute, there was something very likable about that scene.
Over-all, the film just misses something and it kinda doesn't feel complete to me. It wasn't as rewarding as X-Men Days of Future Past. Maybe if it was longer and Doom was explored more, it would have been complete to me. I also noticed a lot of things that were shown in the trailers didn't end up in the film (The Answers, Kate's laugh track, Johnny's heat resistance line, the shot of the four looking at the beam, Thing jumping out of the jet? I don't know if it was in the montage).[/spoiler]
But the biggest accomplishment of this film is not only its the best Fantastic Four film to date, it didn't end up as a total mess. Its a very decent film. I think its probably as good as The Wolverine especially they shared the same problem during the final act. But the start of the film was really good and the accident was really good and intense, especially the scenes where we saw their abilities for the first time, insanely good! I hope Fox could turn this to an ongoing franchise like at least a trilogy, the cast has so much potential! This is already a big step up from the previous FF movies and I just liked the tone of it and how serious things were. It was fantastic!
First viewing: 7/5 out of 10
Second viewing: 8 out of 10
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