The Not-So-Fantastic 4

[cathyr19355]

Last weekend, esrblog and I went to see the latest Fantastic 4 movie.

No spoiler cuts are necessary for any review of this one, because in overall mediocrity it was a lot like the original one two years ago.

Ioan Gruffudd, as Mr. Fantastic, made a valiant but doomed effort to be convincing in his role despite the comic-book thinness of the script. Jessica Alba, as Sue Storm, his financee, did a reprise of her unconvincing I-just-wanna-be-a-regular-all-American-girl performance from the first movie, while Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis as Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm did amiable, sit-com level comic relief.

Doug Jones, playing the Silver Surfer with the aid of Laurence Fishburne's voice, gave the most convincing performance of the movie. esrblog, who once followed the Marvel comics on which these movies have been based closely, claims that the plot was surprisingly true to the original comics. He was particularly hostile to Alba's performance, which he dissed as "plastic", and he considers her unattractive.

Overall, not an awful movie, nor a great one. If you're not a big Marvel fan, wait till it comes out on DVD and get it from Netflix or something, and save yourself $10.

Comments

[terriwells.livejournal.com]

Re the first, me too, and I'm all but drooling in anticipation...hoping to watch it at my local IMAX theater if all goes well. (And looking forward to the seventh book of course!) As to the second, can't say I'm familiar with the book, but I'm sure I'll hear all about it by the time it comes out.

[cathyr19355.livejournal.com]

Re: Harry Potter 5 & book 7--Me too.

Re: Golden Compass--I recommend reading it. Your local library should have it in the Young Adult section. However, it's much better than that categorization might imply.