The (Quite) Fantastic Four
This is another from print-to-screen comic book series from famed Marvel.
To the uninitiated (like myself), who have only heard of the “Men” aka Batman, Spiderman and Superman - the Fantastic Four sounds like something written by Enid Blyton - you know “The Famous Five”, “The Adventous Four” and other fours and fives. However, unlike in the Blyton stories where the fours or fives are kiddie detectives, the Fantastic Four of the movie are reluctant superheroes blessed with interesting superpowers after a cosmic cloud blasted their DNA into smithereens.
Despite the relative unknown cast and director, thankfully the movie rating does not deserve the “F”. Nevertheless, it is true blue “B” grade entertainment that nobody minds watching. And the “B” standing for:
- Brainless chessy entertainment (leave your brain at the door please)
- Big bangs and explosions that burst the eardrums and overwhelm your braincells
- Beautiful bods embodied by Sue Storm (Jessica Alba) and Johnny Storm (the laugh a minute himbo Chris Evans)
- Bombastic science - movie trying to convince viewers they do have some brains, the hogwash coming mostly from Mr Fantastic
- Brave heart - what truly makes this movie have somewhat a “soul” is The Thing aka Ben Grimm, who is truly the heart of the movie for his stirring, emotion packed performance.
Rating: 3 boos of 5 (really, only if you don’t want to think at all at the end of a hard day at work.)
