Rate Fantastic Four *SPOILERS*

[Henry]

Ladies and Gentlemen, let's please avoid the generalizations and insults.

Mustrum, though you didn't profane anyone, the generalized statements could come off as insults, for sure. Keep in mind that a plurality (if not majority) of those who frequent these boards are from the U.S., and only one or two have had negative comments on the movie with respect to violence or sexual content.

And Jessica Alba wearing underwear in a PG-13 movie is to me not unwelcome. For that matter, I have seen worse in rated "G" movies; an animated flick I remember from my childhood has a scene with a man transformed into a frog cavorting for a few seconds in an overweight witch's cleavage for comic effect! Talk about scarring me for life!

 

[John Crichton]

And Jessica Alba wearing underwear in a PG-13 movie is to me not unwelcome. For that matter, I have seen worse in rated "G" movies; an animated flick I remember from my childhood has a scene with a man transformed into a frog cavorting for a few seconds in an overweight witch's cleavage for comic effect! Talk about scarring me for life!

Henry, I KNEW you had frog issues...

 

[Templetroll]

In an interview about Sin City Jessica Alba mentioned that she would not do nude scenes as it would offend her father and she would be embarrassed by doing something that would offend him. She also mentioned that she was able to be sexy enough for the movie in chaps.

The stuff with Sue on the bridge was that her stripping etc was a distraction that allowed the two guys to slip past the cops, not that the cops were letting anyone through!

I gave the movie an 8 because it was a fun flick that was on enough with the characters and the story was a good origin. I liked that the most affected was Ben, who was outside and that even Doom was affected with his body taking on something similar to the shielding he was behind. It was cool that you could track the effect on Doom by watching that scar of his; that also harkened back to a comment about why the comic book Doom wore the mask all the time - his 'disfigured face'. Was it horribly scarred or just some small cut? I thought it was neat that was brought in.

The 'disease' thing with Doom was only so the doctor would push to contact the CDC and cause Doom to overreact and kill him. It was to show how out of control/Evil Doom could be.

I think the problem with no reaction in the movie of the FF 'killing' Doom by making him a statue was just an oversight of the writer/director etc. We all know Doom isn't actually dead, or we know it pretty quickly. The line used by Reed was going along with the Doom's taunting of the FF as he dealt with them; it was taunting back to stop it in the same way.

I thought it was fine how the film's Johnny was a 'bad boy but Good Guy' kinda thing that would irk his sister while attracting good press. That was something that fits with today's style. Same with Sue being chased by people when they first recognize her on the street; the celebrity culture/papparazzi kind of thing. It was an updating of it.

 

[Rackhir]

She also mentioned that she was able to be sexy enough for the movie in chaps.

Can't argue with that.

that also harkened back to a comment about why the comic book Doom wore the mask all the time - his 'disfigured face'. Was it horribly scarred or just some small cut? I thought it was neat that was brought in.

I'm not 100% sure about this as it was never explicity stated to the best of my knowledge. However, I think that his initial "Horrible Disfigurement" when his device to contact his dead mother blew up, was something relatively minor. However, when he was putting together his first suit of armor and was applying the mask, it was given to him still white hot from the forging fire used and distaining the pain and harm, he affixed the mask. I suspect scarring his face far beyond the initial damage.

 

[Henry]

The stuff with Sue on the bridge was that her stripping etc was a distraction that allowed the two guys to slip past the cops, not that the cops were letting anyone through!

I've seen a couple of comments where the "stripping on the bridge" did not make sense. However, having seen the movie twice, I'd like to point out that right after she stripped and elbowed through the crowd, immediately after was the scene where the cops and Ben were having their standoff, and the Power panel near them "mysteriously" exploded, giving Ben the distraction he used to get away. Regardless, they still shot him, and it bounced off.

I think that Sue orchestrated the exploding power panel, and really didn't get a good look at him when she did so, explaining her surprise along with the others when she got a good look.

 

[Dark Jezter]

Just one of the moments I´m reminded that Americans are strange and I don´t have to understand them. The obsession with sexuality and any kind of even just implied nudity is something I will never entirely understand.

Oh great, a blanket statement about how Americans are a bunch of backwards yokels who haven't yet adoped more "enlightened" European viewpoints (the following post even included the requisite jabs at religion and comments about "puritans"). Never seen that before on the internet.

But anyways...

I just got back from seeing it, and gave it an 8.

It was a very fun movie, and more entertaining than I thought it would be (from the trailers, I thought that it was going to suck). Having never read the comics, I couldn't care less about how faithful of an adaptation it is. I absolutely loved the Thing, though, and his scenes were my favorite in the movie. And, as another poster mentioned, Jessica Alba was smoking hot in this movie (there were many scenes were I couldn't believe just how stunning she looked). The movie also had a lot of parts that made me laugh, such as the toilet-paper scene and the "you've been working out" comment.

As far as recent comic book movies go, I didn't think it was as good as Spider-Man or X-Men, but it was a hell of a lot better than Daredevil or The Hulk.

 

[Krug]

The main problem for me was that the Sue Storm stripping on bridge scene wasn't well edited. The flow was pretty confusing and made many folks go "huh?" I thought she was the one slipping by the cops. How did she perform a distraction while invisible?

One good thing about the movie; no political references and it was just having a good time.

 

[Welverin]

I watched FF4 on my laptop in class today.

There shouldn't be a 4 at after the FF, that's what the second F stands for.

 

[Captain Tagon]

There shouldn't be a 4 at after the FF, that's what the second F stands for.

Funny Fantastic Four
Fantastic Fighting Four
Ferociously Fantastic Four
Fandango's Fantastic Four
Frightening Fantastic Four
etc

 

[BrooklynKnight]

There shouldn't be a 4 at after the FF, that's what the second F stands for.

OH i was watching a sequal. I have a time machine and I got all the sequals from the future....