Fantastic Four (2005)
Directed by Tim Story
During a space voyage, four scientists are altered by cosmic rays: Reed Richards gains the ability to stretch his body; Sue Storm can become invisible; Johnny Storm controls fire; and Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong … thing. Together, these "Fantastic Four" must now thwart the evil plans of Dr. Doom and save the world from certain destruction.
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What critics compared Fantastic Four to
They compare this new Fantastic Four to previous live-action incarnations…
…how it stacks up against the previous iterations of the Fantastic Four…
Previous adaptations – 2005’s Fantastic Four, its 2007 sequel Rise of the Silver Surfer, and the 2015 remake – were defined by stilted dialogue, clichéd characterization…
…two mediocre Tim Story-directed blockbusters, Fantastic Four and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, made decent money but failed to launch the characters into a similar cultural space as Spider-Man or the X-Men had found in previous years.
There were two not-horrible movies, in 2005 and 2007, with Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis in the lead roles. (That one was referenced in “Deadpool and Wolverine.”)
Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four (2015)…
The gimmick never lets you forget that this is “Cloverfield” meets “Fantastic Four.”
By the way, first-time feature director Josh Trank is reportedly the top choice to help Fox reboot the “Fantastic Four” series.
With Fox advertising the movie on their network and cable shows, it should have more appeal to teen and slightly older guys, partially due to Fox deliberately leaking that director Joshua Trank may be up for the "Fantastic Four" reboot in order to entice superhero fans into theaters to check out his work, although anyone who remembersJumper may give this one a wide berth.
By eliminating the intrinsically Japanese context and focusing on the character dynamics from Katsuhiro Otomo's manga and anime film, Chronicle has pretty much squelched the proposed "official" remake before it could even begin production, much in the same way that The Incredibles made Tim Story’s Fantastic Four movie seem thoroughly unnecessary, regardless of the latter film’s more prominent legacy (and also largely because of its lack of quality , relative or otherwise).
Of course a new writing team was brought in as well for credit (or blame, if you're so inclined), consisting of Zak Penn, no stranger to superheros with "X-Men: The Last Stand," and "Fantastic Four" under his belt; and no less than the star himself, Edward Norton, working on his first screenplay.
Screenwriter Zak Penn also has a mixed track record with Marvel adaptations of X-Men 2 and 3, Fantastic Four, and Elektra.
The script, by Zak Penn ("Fantastic Four," "The Grand") and star Norton, covers the bases well and with some wit.
In the eight years of the modern superhero wave, I'm not sure that there has been such a perfect example of a wholly mediocre comic movie, not as crushingly awful as Fantastic Four or The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen , but still lacking even the slightest hint of inspiration on any level.
Think the likes of Fantastic Four and Daredevil, Batman and Robin and Catwoman and you’ll have an inkling for the flabbergasting, directionless mania of this shockingly bad Sony outing.
For a character as ripe for development as Venom, they had plenty of fertile ground to explore, yet instead deliver a highly derivative plot which has more in common with Francis Lawrence’s Constantine and Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four.
For every “Deadpool,” there’s at least one “Fantastic Four.”
It’s nowhere near the level of 2015’s Fantastic Four or even 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse and the bits that were cringey in the trailer play much better in the film with context.
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While the orcs are often engrossing and the manifestations of wizardry more or less mysterious, the final effect is badly spoiled when a giant clay golem that looks laughably like the Thing in Fantastic Four blunders into the picture.
Y no, ésta no es la peor película del año, esta cinta no se compara con Fantastic Four (2015) y Duncan Jones, definitivamente, logró algo mucho mejor de lo que todos esperaban.
Our first proper introduction to their way of life is an appreciably tender moment in which a bland warrior named Durotan (“Fantastic Four” star Toby Kebbell) is goofing around with his pregnant wife Draka (Anna Galvin) in the privacy of their war hut.
Only if the orcs themselves decide to turn on Gul’dan, and they might, once chieftain Durotan (Toby Kebbell, of “Fantastic Four” ) learns a secret about the shaman that could ruin him.
And considering Toby Kebbell’s track record with big blockbuster movies (Warcraft, Fantastic Four, Prince of Persia, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) it might be time for him to go back to smaller scale material where his quirky qualities as an actor are appreciated.
But in combat (against villains played by "Fantastic Four" member Chris Evans and "Superman" Brandon Routh), he becomes a guitar hero, winning power bars, extra lives, bonuses and magic coins in fight scenes of increasing difficulty that are designed using game-sequence choreography and comic-book composition.
Another is a narcissistic action star played by Chris Evans, Fantastic Four 's Human Torch.
Chris Evans (the Human Torch in "Fantastic Four" and soon to be Captain America) and Brandon Routh (who played the Man of Steel in "Superman Returns") both play exes, sending up their previous superhero roles.
Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1966, following the most momentous civil-rights battles, Black Panther made his debut in an issue of Fantastic Four , moved on to The Avengers , and occupied a lot of real estate in the — *wince* — Jungle Action series, the title of which carried overtones of Tarzan, before appearing in many of his own comics under the title Black Panther .
From the pointless reboot of the Fantastic Four to an unwatchable Ghost Rider sequel to whatever the hell R.I.P.D. and Jonah Hex were supposed to be, even a comic-book geek with the most indiscriminate taste has limits.
At its heart, Black Panther has a fairly standard comic book sort of story: baddie Ulysses Klaue (a rare live-action Andy Serkis: Star Wars: The Last Jedi, War for the Planet of the Apes), one of the few outsiders who knows the secrets of Wakanda, and who had stolen a small quantity of vibranium decades ago, is up to no good again, with a scary dude nicknamed Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan: Fantastic Four, and both of Coogler’s previous films) at his side; they must be stopped by T’Challa, Nakia, and the absolute force of nature General Okoye (Danai Gurira), with an assist from CIA agent Everett K. Ross (Martin Freeman: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Sherlock).
(He deserved a superhero role this rich for suffering through Josh Trank’s disastrous Fantastic Four .)
Like Josh Trank’s “Fantastic Four” reboot, it’s often afraid to own up to its inherently endearing corniness, the very quality that made the franchise such a phenomenon for generations in the first place.
Based on its marketing material, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Dean Israelite’s Power Rangers falls into the same traps as Fantastic Four.
Even with such campy morsels to play with, the vibe director Dean Israelite seems to be going for is "Friday Night Lights" meets "Fantastic Four," which actually isn't totally awful at the beginning as we meet the five high school students destined to wield their newly found superpowers to save the world.
And believe it or not, not a single helmet is donned until at least halfway through the movie, the curse of the modern superhero origin story (see also: 2015’s “Fantastic Four”).
Breakfast Club meets Fantastic Four...with underwhelming results.
…acquire their powers in a rocky quarry play out like Josh Trank’s Chronicle (2012) – with not a little of his Fantastic Four (2015) sewn on for good measure.
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Rather than really make an effort to change things, the production clearly saw the previous movie’s success as validation of its bad choices, so it regularly succumbs to many of the same issues – maintaining the air of bad mid-aughts comic book movies like Mark Steven Johnson's Daredevil , Tim Story’s Fantastic Four , and Jonathan Hensleigh's The Punisher .
Hay que agradecerlo, en vez de una secuela Fantastic Four nos queda esperar ver a Cable en acción con Deadpool.
(See “Daredevil,” “Catwoman,” “The Green Hornet” and not one but two “Fantastic Four” efforts.