New Fantastic Four trailer

[emeraldknight47]

OMG! Just when you think this movie can't POSSIBLY get any worse, they put out a clip of "Doctor Doom" menacingly (hah!) walking down a hallway looking, for all intents and purposes, more like a metallic version of the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz instead of looking like the iron-clad despot he should be. This version even makes Story's Doom look good...

[knight errant00]

EXACTLY my thoughts on them. Not great, but fun, and a lot like the early comics (especially Johnny and Ben) and I've never understood all the hate toward them.

I like the Story FF films. They are fun, and I feel the spirit of the comic is there. I think the casting could have been better with Reed and Sue, but they all did well with what they were given. Doom was absolutely horrible, and a total misfire, casting a flavor-of-the-week actor who has since faded into obscurity (as far as I know). I liked the second movie better than the first, because I thought they did pretty well by the Silver Surfer. Yes, Galactus was a cloud and they kind of chickened out on it, but it worked within the film.

They aren't masterpieces, but they are entertaining, and again, evoke the spirit of the early comics pretty well. Heck, the Corman film does, with no budget, but with a very committed cast and crew, doing the best they could with absolutely no support.

Chris

[emeraldknight47]

Couldn't agree more. I love Chiklis' Thing. (That sounded way more pervy than it should.) Anyhow...my favorite part is when he interrupts the bridge jumper. "Hey! You think you got problems?" Classic...I bust up every time.

LOL! Yes--and when the pigeon poops on him! Classic!

[enyawd72]

I echo the thoughts of many here; the two Story-directed FF movies, while not great, were entertaining, basic fun and FELT a little like reading an FF comic. Evans and Chiklis nailed the Torch-Thing rivalry really well and, as a big fan of Chiklis', I enjoyed his take on The Thing, latex suit and all. At least that Thing had pants and only three fingers and a bit of The Thing's comic book humour and crankiness. I actually bought the extended version of the first FF movie and it plays better than the theatrical release; gives the characters a little more, well, character.

Couldn't agree more. I love Chiklis' Thing. (That sounded way more pervy than it should.) Anyhow...my favorite part is when he interrupts the bridge jumper. "Hey! You think you got problems?" Classic...I bust up every time.

[emeraldknight47]

I echo the thoughts of many here; the two Story-directed FF movies, while not great, were entertaining, basic fun and FELT a little like reading an FF comic. Evans and Chiklis nailed the Torch-Thing rivalry really well and, as a big fan of Chiklis', I enjoyed his take on The Thing, latex suit and all. At least that Thing had pants and only three fingers and a bit of The Thing's comic book humour and crankiness. I actually bought the extended version of the first FF movie and it plays better than the theatrical release; gives the characters a little more, well, character.

[hedrap]

Somehow, I followed a link to AICN and read the entire thread...

...if any of those spoilers turn out to be accurate. WOW. Forget the pacing, shoddy effects...the supposed "science logic" is so convoluted, no wonder it would derail the movie's pace.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I like the Story FF films. They are fun, and I feel the spirit of the comic is there. I think the casting could have been better with Reed and Sue, but they all did well with what they were given. Doom was absolutely horrible, and a total misfire, casting a flavor-of-the-week actor who has since faded into obscurity (as far as I know). I liked the second movie better than the first, because I thought they did pretty well by the Silver Surfer. Yes, Galactus was a cloud and they kind of chickened out on it, but it worked within the film.

They aren't masterpieces, but they are entertaining, and again, evoke the spirit of the early comics pretty well. Heck, the Corman film does, with no budget, but with a very committed cast and crew, doing the best they could with absolutely no support.

Chris

[Hedji]

^At the very least, that's important to me. I didn't feel like I could show my daughter the Garfiled Spidey movies, whereas she could enjoy the Raimi ones. No more gloom, please.

[palitoy]

I really like the first two films. They got far more right than they got wrong. The chemistry between Ben and Johnny is spot on and they're just a lot of fun to watch, which an FF movie should be.

As an aside, it was also a superhero film you could bring a kid to. Mine were small at the time and while my son was a huge Batman fan, Bale would have scared the crap out of him. He has fond memories of the FF movies.

[palitoy]

[clemso]

Fantastic Four's cast shows no faith, expects bad reviews

http://www.hindustantimes.com/hollywood/fantastic-four-hits-another-snag-cast-expects-bad-reviews/article1-1376278.aspx

[clemso]

Just re-edit and add cgi to the Roger Corman 94 version, give it a new sound track and your good to go.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbK6CUB4MJs

[enyawd72]

I really like the first two films. They got far more right than they got wrong. The chemistry between Ben and Johnny is spot on and they're just a lot of fun to watch, which an FF movie should be.

That said, I too will be giving my money to an encore of Ant-Man this weekend. Can't think of a better way to send a message.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Yeah, I'll probably watch this for free when the library gets it, and Cindy can bring it home from work there. I'm not going to chunk down gas money and crazy theater prices for it.

Chris

[MIB41]

There's a guy over on Herohype who made the premiere and he's fielding questions for those who want to know. Without offering spoilers here, it's his opinion the first effort (in 2005) was a far better movie than this outing and the effects, especially on Mr. Fantastic, are so green-screen obvious, it's painful to watch. He didn't feel the cast was bad, so much as they didn't have a script to do anything in. The way Victor gets his name is cringe worthy. It takes an hour to set up the hero aspect of the story, so there's barely any time to SEE the Fantastic Four in action before the film is over. Official run time minus the credits is 90 minutes. I'll save this one for a $1.00 movie night rental.