What did you like about Fantastic Four - Strengths/Compliments

[ironman_rick]

The dude who voices homer simpson played reed's teacher.

I liked that...

 

[Eddie]

The dude who voices homer simpson played reed's teacher.

I liked that...

Did you like it when he continued being his teacher in high school?

 

[The Guard]

I fail to see why that's an issue. So a science teacher he had in grade school is also a science fair judge in high school. Why is this such a big deal?

 

[Farren]

The only good thing was Jamie Bell's performance in the first half. Everything else was serviceable to downright terrible.

 

[cph9fa]

I just saw this today. I actually enjoyed most of the front half, up until the point where the words "One Year Later" flashed across the screen. I never quite followed why anything was happening after that. Character motivations felt muddled, plot points were rushed and confused, and I got a sense of tonal whiplash (though not as strong as the whiplash I felt in the Iron Man 3 reveal).

 

[The Joker]

- Ben Grimm/The Thing
- Reed's and Ben's friendship
- Franklin Storm
- The ruthlessness of Doom

 

[Primal Slayer]

Franklin Storm was the best character in the movie.

Doom looked good

Planet Zero looked good.

 

[Joe Rockhead]

It's so tough to pick out the good from the bad with this film because the script, direction and editing was so bad that every positive comes with negatives.

I liked the actors, but their relationships really weren't fully realized, or at least adequately realized.

Positive - Teller played a convincing Reed and Reed was the focal point of the movie.
Negative - having him run from the facility after seeing Ben was a bad decision.

Positive - Jordan did well with Johnny, and his strained relationship with Dr. Storm was well done.
Negative - So little was done to establish the brother/sister bond between Johnny and Sue that it took away from both characters.

Positive - Mara portrayed a smart, independent Sue.
Negative - Sue was relegated to support for most of the film (Dr. Storm's, Reed's), and she was excluded from the trip to planet zero

Positive - Bell filled the role of Ben quite well, showing at least a sense of humor before the accident and definitely someone who had Reed's back.
I also liked the design of the Thing, even though he could have used pants.
Negative - The scenes establishing the Ben/Reed friendship is mostly with the kids, so the scenes at the science fair and moving into the Baxter institute were all we had of Bell/Teller pre-accident, so it wasn't enough.
All footage of the Thing doing any damage was relegated to a conference room video until they all got to planet zero.

Positive - I actually liked the horror aspect of the trip to planet zero, and the aftermath.
Negative - The fact that the trip was spurred on by drunken postering rather than a 'we have to do this before the project is pulled' really made it a petty adventure rather than something with any purpose. Also the fact that Sue was replaced by Victor was a major issue.

This movie could have easily been salvaged if you had a competent writer who cared about the characters more than 'his vision'.

 

[_Superman_]

I think had this movie been longer (mainly because the movie IMO felt incomplete but much better than the first 2 movies) and if it had better marketing it would've done better.

 

[P Supreme]

I liked Toby Kebbell introduction scene with Franklin Richards
and Miles Teller's performance and that's about it