Marvel's Fantastic Four

[networkpro]

I didn't see this until the D+ release this past week.

It's interesting checking in on these threads after the fact to see what people thought, and there doesn't seem to be a lot of that despite the thread being 30 pages long. I guess that speaks to the movie being just okay for many people?

I'm not a F4 comics reader so I have no connection to the source material.

These characters have unique abilities and that should be the focus to make their movie stand out. All of the flying through space in a ship could have been done by any character. We've gotten a lot of that with the Guardians of the Galaxy movies. I think this would have been served by being a little more down to Earth.

I too waited for its D+ release. IMHO its casting was much better, but only for certain characters like Sue Storm, Reid Richards, and the Human Torch. Its approach was very different that previous iterations which kind of worked with less comic relief, but over all to me was a bit dull, I ended up putting it in a window and multitasked. It was more faithful to the comic books and actually moved the needle a bit for the Marvel Universe but lacked joy and exuberance.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

I watched it a few days ago and it was just meh, I liked the cinematography and the design but the story itself was just ok.

A decent Marvel film that’ll likely be quickly forgotten.

 

[Prince-1]

FF was exceptionally mediocre.

 

[LSLS]

I think I posted back when we saw it, but yeah, it was Ok. I actually hated the design of it unlike most everyone else. The super high tech and low tech at the same time really bothered me for some reason. It bored me for stretches, but had some really cool parts too. Part of my issue I think is I just don't have the inherent connection to F4, so it needed more to really draw me in to caring about them, and I'm just not sure this accomplished that for me.

 

[sedati]

I actually hated the design of it unlike most everyone else. The super high tech and low tech at the same time really bothered me for some reason.

It's as if a genius inventor came about in the sixties.

 

[LSLS]

It's as if a genius inventor came about in the sixties.

And nobody learned anything from what he did, and he completely hoarded all of his technology? Guy was building teleportation devices but couldn't help upgrade the camera past the 1940s for the general public? Like I said, something about it just bothered me. I know I'm pretty alone in it (and I'm sure a large part is I don't like retro at ALL), it just was something personally that stuck out to me a bunch.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I watched it a few days ago and it was just meh, I liked the cinematography and the design but the story itself was just ok.

A decent Marvel film that’ll likely be quickly forgotten.

What movie are you talking about?

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

What movie are you talking about?

Fantastic Four

 

[Phroobar]

The movie just didn't live up to the hype the Marvel/Disney fanboys thought it was going to be. They put all of their hopes for a revitalized MCU on first Brave New World (tanked), then Thunderbolts (tanked) and now FF. These were not good enough movies to make people interested in the MCU again. Now they are saying wait until Avengers Doomsday. That movie isn't going to do any better because Disney hasn't learned yet. Disney is striving for mediocracy.

Don't tell me Hoppers is going to bring Pixar back to the glory days because it ain't.

 

[Alice a]

The movie just didn't live up to the hype the Marvel/Disney fanboys thought it was going to be. They put all of their hopes for a revitalized MCU on first Brave New World (tanked), then Thunderbolts (tanked) and now FF. These were not good enough movies to make people interested in the MCU again. Now they are saying wait until Avengers Doomsday. That movie isn't going to do any better because Disney hasn't learned yet. Disney is striving for mediocracy.

Don't tell me Hoppers is going to bring Pixar back to the glory days because it ain't.

I thought Thunderbolts was pretty solid. It was pretty enjoyable, especially as a a casual watcher who didn’t know who most of them were.

 

[DKampy]

I thought Thunderbolts was pretty solid. It was pretty enjoyable, especially as a a casual watcher who didn’t know who most of them were.

Thunderbolts was excellent…it deserved more….it was. The best comic book film/series I saw this year

 

[Phroobar]

Thunderbolts was excellent…it deserved more….it was. The best comic book film/series I saw this year

Not saying much.

 

[Prince-1]

Thunderbolts was excellent…it deserved more….it was. The best comic book film/series I saw this year

Then I’m guessing it was the only comic book film you saw all year .

 

[DKampy]

Then I’m guessing it was the only comic book film you saw all year

Well in fairness I am not a huge comic fan… I don’t care if it is comic accurate or not… However I am a film fan… I see lots of movies of all genres…. And in my opinion It is the best superhero media of the year… Peacemaker would have come close if it would of stuck the landing… that final episode was not good

I usually don’t see movies not Star Wars multiple times… I happen to have seen Thunderbolts 3 times due to availability (theater, Airplane, and Alaskan cruise)… and IMO it still holds up

 

[Prince-1]

Well in fairness I am not a huge comic fan… I don’t care if it is comic accurate or not… However I am a film fan… I see lots of movies of all genres…. And in my opinion It is the best superhero media of the year… Peacemaker would have come close if it would of stuck the landing… that final episode was not good

I usually don’t see movies not Star Wars multiple times… I happen to have seen Thunderbolts 3 times due to availability (theater, Airplane, and Alaskan cruise)… and IMO it still holds up

It wasn't bad but to me it was just ok. I thought Superman was easily the best comic book movie of the year

 

[DKampy]

It wasn't bad but to me it was just ok. I thought Superman was easily the best comic book movie of the year

I liked Superman as well….but Thunderbolts resonated with me more

 

[BrianLo]

Superman could have been 10% less goofy and Fantastic Four 10% more. Emphasis on 10%, not complete changes, but just bit more or less.

Thunderbolts I agree probably was the best threaded. Even if characters and art direction was more famous or interesting for the former two.

Brave New World was easily the worst.

 

[Phroobar]

The thing is none of them were fun or memorable. The Thunderbolts felt very drab. All they did was fight with each other. FF was colorful but had too simple of a story. Sups felt like a remake of GotG. There wasn't much we haven't seen before. BNW was just plain bad.

 

[Hawkeye_2018]

Finally watched this. Not bad. But would be in the bottom half for me when ranking the MCU.

 

[erasure fan1]

Finally watched this. Not bad. But would be in the bottom half for me when ranking the MCU.

Yea it was just ok for me. There were things I really liked. But overall it was a bit meh. I ended up liking most of the characters more than I thought I would. But Pedro was still a terrible Reid Richards, and the surfer wasn't very good. I didn't hate the film, it was better than a lot of the post endgame content. But it just dragged a bit to often.