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Ankh-Morpork Guard
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...I think its only Wednesday. 
Ankh-Morpork Guard
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Right right...care to beat them up for me?Krug said:Some folks in my town have seen it.
Desdichado
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I haven't seen it yet, but early reviewers so far are almost universally unimpressed.
Adeodatus
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Being the third to vote I gave it it's highest rating so far-5.
I think they did a fair job on the personalities of the Four. The FF as a big family I never really bought and the Ultimate Doom was really really really lame. You can tell they tried hard to not have Mr. Fantastic rip off from Elasti-Girl too much but thats pretty hard. On that note I think it is sad but true that The Incredibles was a better Fantastic Four movie in many respects. But it was better than I thought it would be...but that doesn't say much.
I think they did a fair job on the personalities of the Four. The FF as a big family I never really bought and the Ultimate Doom was really really really lame. You can tell they tried hard to not have Mr. Fantastic rip off from Elasti-Girl too much but thats pretty hard. On that note I think it is sad but true that The Incredibles was a better Fantastic Four movie in many respects. But it was better than I thought it would be...but that doesn't say much.
Desdichado
Hero
Wow, slow day at the movies! Nobody else rating it? I just saw it. I gave it a 6. Not as good as most of the recent superhero movies, and the ending felt a bit limp, but not at all bad.
My expectations of the movie really went up and down. Initially, the flurry of "OMG this movie is teh suxx0rz because they changed some idiotic detail that only a wild-eyed fanboi like me will notice, and it's a good change anyway because the original idea is really st00pid!!!!1111oneone" reactions to the movie actually raised my expectations, but the more recent flurry of bad reviews caused them to drop like a rock.
It exceeded my expectations, at least at the moment I saw it. Was it as good as X2, Batman Begins or Spiderman (1 or 2)? Not even close. Was the Incredibles better? Yep. Did the presence of token hawt chixx0rz Jessica Alba ruin the movie? Not at all--I'm not sure I was ever convinced that she was the head geneticist of a major corporation, but everything else about her worked for me. Was the change to Dr. Doom the End of All Things and the Last Moment of the Apocalypse? Naw, it worked for me. Made more sense than the original for that matter.
I dunno. It was OK. It was better than other movies I've enjoyed while knowing that they were bad--this one wasn't even bad, maybe just mediocre. It did feel a bit like one, long set-up for the sequel, which hopefully (as with Spiderman and X-men) outdoes it's predecessor.
My expectations of the movie really went up and down. Initially, the flurry of "OMG this movie is teh suxx0rz because they changed some idiotic detail that only a wild-eyed fanboi like me will notice, and it's a good change anyway because the original idea is really st00pid!!!!1111oneone" reactions to the movie actually raised my expectations, but the more recent flurry of bad reviews caused them to drop like a rock.
It exceeded my expectations, at least at the moment I saw it. Was it as good as X2, Batman Begins or Spiderman (1 or 2)? Not even close. Was the Incredibles better? Yep. Did the presence of token hawt chixx0rz Jessica Alba ruin the movie? Not at all--I'm not sure I was ever convinced that she was the head geneticist of a major corporation, but everything else about her worked for me. Was the change to Dr. Doom the End of All Things and the Last Moment of the Apocalypse? Naw, it worked for me. Made more sense than the original for that matter.
I dunno. It was OK. It was better than other movies I've enjoyed while knowing that they were bad--this one wasn't even bad, maybe just mediocre. It did feel a bit like one, long set-up for the sequel, which hopefully (as with Spiderman and X-men) outdoes it's predecessor.
John Crichton
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I'm actually ok with that. I felt that Spidey 1 and X-men 1 were lacking (but still look better than this flick) and were basically set-ups for future films. Both the sequels were leaps way beyond their previous films and I'm hoping the same is true for FF.Joshua Dyal said:
I'll be seeing it around 7 tonight with popcorn in hand.
Review to follow.
John Crichton
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Just got back. Gave it a 7.
A little background: My only exposure to the FF is the Ultimates line. Yeah, I know their original story a bit and am basically familiar with the characters. I can't say the same for the stories, however. That said...
I liked the movie. I would have probably liked it a bit more if EVERY cool scene wasn't already shown in the trailers. I mean seriously, every single durn FX shot and cool action/powers shot I'd already seen. But put all together it wasn't bad.
Taken as a singular film and ignoring what I know from the comics I was entertained. Not a great film by any stretch, I enjoyed it about as much as the first Spider-man and the first X-men (neither were great films). I probably liked both of those a little more than FF simply because their was more there to like (and both films had superior directors).
Again, I'll echo what was said above about this movie being a good set-up for the sequels. The characters could have been given a little more depth and the style could have been, um, better I guess. The movie seemed pretty cookie-cutter for this kind of story. It followed the origin formula pretty much to the letter and tried to taylor it to the heroes. I can say that I didn't like that Grimm was able to be turned human and then back to The Thing again but that was really the only thing that openly annoyed me. It's not that it didn't make sense it just didn't seem right for the movie.
Overall, I feel that with the low expectations I had that they were exceeded. As for grading it with the current crop of Marvel films I'd put it a step above DD and a step below Spider-man (all movies that I would give 7's).
A little background: My only exposure to the FF is the Ultimates line. Yeah, I know their original story a bit and am basically familiar with the characters. I can't say the same for the stories, however. That said...
I liked the movie. I would have probably liked it a bit more if EVERY cool scene wasn't already shown in the trailers. I mean seriously, every single durn FX shot and cool action/powers shot I'd already seen. But put all together it wasn't bad.
Taken as a singular film and ignoring what I know from the comics I was entertained. Not a great film by any stretch, I enjoyed it about as much as the first Spider-man and the first X-men (neither were great films). I probably liked both of those a little more than FF simply because their was more there to like (and both films had superior directors).
Again, I'll echo what was said above about this movie being a good set-up for the sequels. The characters could have been given a little more depth and the style could have been, um, better I guess. The movie seemed pretty cookie-cutter for this kind of story. It followed the origin formula pretty much to the letter and tried to taylor it to the heroes. I can say that I didn't like that Grimm was able to be turned human and then back to The Thing again but that was really the only thing that openly annoyed me. It's not that it didn't make sense it just didn't seem right for the movie.
Overall, I feel that with the low expectations I had that they were exceeded. As for grading it with the current crop of Marvel films I'd put it a step above DD and a step below Spider-man (all movies that I would give 7's).
WayneLigon
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I was very pleased by it. Probably one of the most faithful adaptation I've seen yet. There were rough spots as in any adaptation but overall I thought it was very entertaining. Ben and Johnny especially were spot-on, and the practical joking between them was cool. I liked that they put in more of Reed's shapeshifting, so he doesn't just stretch all the time.
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