Fantastic Four is a fantastic bore!

Fantastic Four is a fantastic bore!

Pirate Of The Arabian
By Pirate Of The A...

I never thought I would say those five dreaded words… “This Marvel movie bored me.” And yet, here I’m, thinking hard about how to make this a bit easier for Qatar’s hardcore Marvel fans like me…

Well, Fantastic Four was disowned by its own director Josh Trank… maybe you start to get an idea of how epically bad things are.

Having read grim international reviews, I had a bad feeling about this right from the start. But the crazed Marvel fan that I’m, I purchased my ticket for its advance screening and prayed hard. Only half of my prayers were heard, it seems.

The movie’s first half — which sets up the premise quite nicely — is the best. The four characters, coming from totally different backgrounds, take time to bond. Their little fights and gestures of one-upmanship move the movie along.

The second half, when it eventually begins to happen after dragging on and on and on, is seriously yawn-inducing.

The villain is so badly done that even he wouldn’t be scared had he looked at himself in the mirror, seeing those crazed green, illuminated eyes staring back.

This is easily a movie Marvel could have done without. Fantastic Four seems truly cursed to always stay within comic books.

Fans of the comic series should stay away at all costs. This re-boot should’ve gotten the boot right when it was first conceived.

VERDICT: Don’t give away two hours of your life to this movie. Six out of 10 stars for the first half and two (on 10) for the second.

By Zivan• 15 Aug 2015 07:46
Zivan

not being a racist or anything.. but black human torch?.there is no such thing even Marvel's alternate universes. lol

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