#Fanatics four 2015 movie#
#Fanatics four 2015 full#

Ben is a late addition to their ranks and you never see him actually interact or get to know anyone on the team other than Reed. Reed comes closest to not being a cipher, but none of these characters are particularly likeable.

#Fanatics four 2015 movie#

Yet despite all this drawn-out buildup to the creation of the interdimensional machine, the movie never takes the time to actually have Reed, the Storms, and Victor really get to know each other or to let the audience get to know them. Seriously, Reed creates a freakinвЂ™ interdimensional portal right in front of this teacher who disqualifies him for resorting to вЂњmagic tricksвЂќ! Then it segues into a long, long period of work at the Baxter Foundation. After a portion set in 2007, the film jumps ahead to the present where high schoolers Reed and Ben are doing crazy science experiments, which fail to impress the WorldвЂ™s Worst Science Teacher (played by Homer Simpson himself, Dan Castellaneta). Yes, he escapes, goes on the run a la Bruce Banner, and in that time has pieced together his own containment suit while also trying to track down Ben so he can help cure him. They return and are essentially sedated and put under observation until the film smash cuts to вЂњone year laterвЂќ and they already have their powers largely in check.ДЄ sulking Ben is resigned to his condition, Johnny actually enjoys being used as a tool for the government, and Sue is, well, trying to master her powers at this secret government base вЂ“ operated by an incessantly gum-chewing Tim Blake Nelson - even as she says sheвЂ™s not going to become one of their tools. While there is a small dose of вЂњbody horrorвЂќ to their transformation, thereвЂ™s no exploration of how theyвЂ™ve been affected emotionally by whatвЂ™s happened to them. SheвЂ™s also left out of the teamвЂ™s initial, life-altering adventure into the Negative Zone, becoming affected by accident as they return. Sue, the most mature and responsible of them, seems to like Reed, but not in any romantic way. IвЂ™m pretty sure Ben never even speaks to Sue until the last scene of the movie. There is no chemistry or interplay of note between any of the four title characters. Reed and Ben are lifelong pals yet only have a few scenes together as adults. This Fantastic Four is rife with missed opportunities. Living up to his namesake, Doom subsequently decides to destroy the Earth so itвЂ™s up to the titular quartet to stop him. Jordan) and Ben Grimm (Jamie Bell) all becoming altered into super-beings by the effects of the Negative Zone. Obviously, they succeed but not without Reed, Sue, Victor, and late additions Johnny Storm (Michael B. Cathey) needs his help вЂ“ along with that of his adopted daughter Sue (Kate Mara) and troubled former pupil Victor Von Doom (Toby Kebell - yes, the film ditched his much loathed initial moniker of вЂњViktor DomichevвЂќ) вЂ“ to build the first interdimensional travel machine.

#Fanatics four 2015 full#

No, this Fantastic Four isnвЂ™t a total disaster вЂ“ that is until the last act where it goes from being a dour science-fiction film to a ridiculous superhero movie that fails to capture the family dynamic, fun, or spirit of the classic Marvel comic.ДЇantastic Four follows scientific genius Reed Richards (Miles Teller) from grade school to his full scholarship ride to the Baxter Foundation where Dr. Aesthetically drab and dramatically inert, this reboot of Fantastic Four manages to actually make the previous two FF movies seem better in hindsight.