Fantastic Four Official Movie Review 

Ever since I saw Dr Doom in the trailer, I lost hope for this movie.

I've always like the fantastic four, ever since the 70's when I was a kid. I like all 4 characters, they have interesting powers and a very cool dynamic. I don't understand why they keep fucking up the movies.

Can you guys retroactively review Mr. Robot with Bibbs and Alonso. I (and manly others) would love that.

lol, Alonso absolutely shit on this movie in his review on Rotten Tomatoes.

God damn, I love watching a train wreck from far away. Never want to be in one though, so thanks for the heads up guys!

I think that first scene in the trailer was the conversation the producers had with Josh Trank about this movie.

2005 and 2007 Fantastic Four is the proper one. If they wanted to do another F4 movie they should simply get the previous cast.

"We gave you six years and millions of dollars and you gave us nothing. What's different now?" "Reed Richards" yeah that sums up this flick.

Another rule of thumb, movies that should be 3 hours are 1hour and a half, and those that should be hour and a half are 3-4 hours. Not sure it could have helped but sounds ike MAYBE it be better if they didn't rush through the good stuff.

This movie has been getting trashed, I'm assuming they're about to shit on this too.

Once Teller said none of the case had seen the finished film, I gave up that it would be good

Every single review that I've seen everywhere says that this movie is horrible so I guess I'll just go see either Ant-Man or Rogue Nation again this weekend since I thoroughly enjoyed both of them.

"Miles Teller Puts down his Drum sets" Fuckin' Hysterical Ben

It isn't fantastic 4. It's fantastic shit.

Man, I was really hoping for this movie. Guess we'll have to wait and see when Marvel get's the rights back.

And yet another "Doomed" Fantastic 4 movie.

Is the focus off in the wide shot of this video?

Matt doesn't like Ben, does he? That was VERY passive aggressive at the start.

Reed Richards and pals take on teleportation, superpowers, other dimensions and megalomaniacal hybrids in this new version of that beloved classic, Fantastic Four! Holy crow, why? It’s taken for granted these days that the previous two Fantastic Four films had lots of issues and are generally considered sub-par, but that is no actual need for the movie-gods to try and remake the thing into this, which is actually being rated lesser than the likes of Batman and Robin. (That is an achievement, just not a good one.) So let us gird our superhero-loving loins and dive headlong into this. So Reed as a kid is totally adorkable and, even at that age, wants to be able to teleport man from one place to another. This earns him one lonely friend, a solemn young man fascinated by Reed’s genius, named Ben Grimm. Reed’s homelife isn’t exactly satisfying either, so Reed (Miles Teller) and Ben (Jamie Bell) spend years in Reed’s garage, working on perfecting his teleport design. After an abortive science fair demonstration, next thing you know, Reed has some kind of internship at Baxter, along with Sue Storm (Kate Mara) and her brother Johnny (Michael B. Jordan), and Professor Storm’s protégé Victor Von Doom (Toby Kebbell), where they take Reed’s original working design and make it big enough to start trying to transport actual people to another dimension. But then - hang on - they get the teleporter thingamie all up and working and then get informed oh no, it’s time to hand all our hard work off to NASA and fade into obscurity - because after all, no one remembers who built the Apollo 11: just who rode in it. The fellows fall to drinking, to drown their disappointment and Reed decides, “screw it, we’re going anyway,” calls up Ben and insists that Ben go with them, and off the young men in charge of changing our futures go to an alternate dimension! Oy vey. Sue happens to be at her work station at the time and is frantically trying to get the guys back, while elsewhere on some other planetoid or whatever, Reed’s all like we have to explore this new territory. Inevitably, bad stuff happens and they end up leaving Victor to his would-be fate before escaping, kind of, back to earth and being transformed by their newly gained powers in the ensuing explosions. Whew! That’s the first half of the movie. How Did We Get Here: All the relevant background. Or is it? A great deal of the classic Fantastic Four storylines are either glossed over or ignored entirely. The known rivalry between Doom and Reed, Reed and Sue’s romance, Johnny’s rebel attitude, and yes, any real sign of life or individuality in Ben Grimm, these things are lacking and because there’s nothing new and different to fill those plot holes either, the characters (that we already know and love) come across as wooden and unfeeling. The movie is attempting to coast on name recognition and little else recognizable to the created FF world, which would be fine, except in instances like this you have to do something with that recognizable name to make it your own, and this FF simply doesn’t. At this point, when we catch up to our would-be heroes, it’s been a year and they’ve all been training with their newfound powers. All except for Reed, who most people think ran away like a coward and is now hiding out somewhere. Ben’s been sent out on numerous military excursions, where he does the work of several squads of men and a few tanks besides, killing bad guys and serving his country and whatnot, nevermind how it makes poor Ben feel. Sue’s been practicing appearing solid and making shields and the like, and Johnny’s learned the flame-on, flame-off tricks, and is wanting to go into combat like Ben. And while the movie has a nice little montage showing the usage of various powers, they all still come across as just so young. Practically still teenager-like in many cases, which just doesn’t help anything. Dr. Allen (did anyone else notice that this is actually Mister Blue? Figured I’d ask) is insistent on another jaunt to the alternate dimension, this time of course with the super-powered gang and some help, and - gasp and surprise - they discover, or get discovered by, a silvery-green being that wants to eat earth for this other alta-verse planet, calling himself simply of course, DOOM. (That ultimate DOOM pose Victor makes when he states his new name is one of the very few epic scenes of the entire movie.) People are chased around, explosions happen, and the fab four harry Doom back to the alterna-planet for the final showdown. Wait. That’s it? Seriously? The entire climax of the movie was in the alterna-dimension, meaning the movie folks get away with tons of CGI for this ending, and damnit to hell, it shows in every frame. Not a single character, none of the Fan-Four (who are in the freaking title of the movie, after all), the lone pathetic bad guy, even the supposed upright and aboveboard adults who want to change humanity for the better, got the love and attention they truly deserved. All the actors tried, oh how they tried, to breathe life into a limp and practically-dead-already storyline, it isn’t their fault the film utterly failed. Fantastic Four 2015 is indeed a failure, but at least it serves as a poster child for why third-try remakes are a horrible idea.

"I am the exact sort of person in the moviegoing populace that rolls my eyes at the continuing onslaught of comic book movies." Indeed.

Nice review guys!

Marvel be laughing at this film

First time I've seen Bibbs be any kind of critical to a superhero movie

It Seems. Very Good stretch cave What's your opinion about it, guys

Did anyone notice Tim Heidecker as Reed's dad in the trailer?

When a production has to reshoot after its wrapped, is the resulting film ever any good?

I will never understand how DR.DOOM cant be what we all have wanted him to be. in 4 movies now.

it interesting that the ending act is really bad failure , considering that was one of the best bits in chronicle the final collision. I honestly dont see how this could of gone wrong without complete collapse behind the scenes and studio execs screwing it up.

I actually wanted to see this one, guess I'll save my coins.

I think that Josh Trank is the first part of the movie that you are talking about, not boring and kind of interesting but as soon as the last 1/3 hit you can see when the studio took over and it goes way off the rails. So I think people are giving Trank a bad name but you have to think about the fact that where he played a part it made since it's where the studio decided they just needed a place holder to keep Marvel away that the movie takes the EPIC nose dive that it does

Really wanted this movie to do good bc I enjoy Miles Teller & Michael B. Jordan's acting. But have heard nothing but bad news about the movie, after this I guess they should just give Fantastic 4 a rest until someone who actually knows what to do with it can make a good film.

The characters and story is A LOT better than the previous F4 movies. The way they get their powers is a lot more tragic and serious whereas in the other one they're like "welp. we got powers now". I also liked how SOMEONE finally suggested "maybe Victor von DOOM can't be trusted".

Its not all that bad. The first half is actually good but the second half and end feel rushed and forced.

This is that one special occasion where your username applies to the movie that your reviewing.

Are we going to ever get a good Fantastic 4 movie?

Chronicle was a fun movie but I would hardly call it fantastic.

New motion graphic paired with new youtube player looks spiffy!

Doom's motivation was that the energy of the planet was sustaining and empowering him, and he didn't want the gov to disrupt it. I got that, but his random kills were over the top. I kept falling asleep after the first hour.

Ok, I haven't seen the film but from the sound of this Ben Grimm, the thing, cuts a deal with the military behind the backs of the rest of the four. that is so out of character I'm left speechless, if I hadn't been boycotting the movie for the rest f the screw ups that would have done it.

I went into this movie expecting to hate it due to reviews. Up until the arrival of Doom, I thought it was quite good. Obviously, much was changed from then on as the beginning of the film was *not* filled with exposition, but the end of the film *was*. Either the studio had no faith in the ability of audiences to understand what is going on or much was changed and the exposition is there to substitute for scenes they didn't have time to finish. Bad reviewers just keep honking on about superhero movies supposedly "running their course". However, "superhero" is *not* a *genre*. Captain America: The First Avenger is not a superhero movie. It is a war movie. Cap 2 is not a superhero movie either. It's a political potboiler. Thor is medieval fantasy. Fantastic 4 is a horror film. I've never seen a superhero film that's a science fiction horror film before. It's no worse than any of the other Fantastic 4 films before it. People hate it because it's not incredibly like the comic, but I really do't care too much about that. I'll say it has flaws, but I'm not saying it's the worst superhero film ever made, either. It's not even the worst movie of the last year as that honor goes to Amazing Spider-Man 2. If you think it's worse than Batman & Robin, watch that movie again, then post your glowing review because I think the overly bad reviews are a manufactured product of Fox--blaming it on Trank when they are very obviously the ones that shat the bed.

The way Ben talks is so grating. It's like he's just constantly making sounds while other people are trying to talk.

Ben actually watched the movie?

If a new FF is made (and I hope is made by Marvel and not Fox) dont to the origin story please, who doesnt know already the FF's origin?? start when they already have the powers please

How does Bibbs not have his own graphic yet?

I just watched this movie and what Ben said about it being hokey is totally true. I cringed at some of the dialogue like when Reed tells Dr. Doom "Victor, don't do this!" And Doom responded "There is no more Victor, only Doom!" Ugh what a shitfest. The only enjoyment I got out of this movie was Kate Mara because she is beautiful and a great actress.

Next week these old men review Old Man River and feel right at home.

I just watched this movie and it's not as bad as everyone said it was. It was better than the other F4 movies. I rented the movie anticipating a sh!t fest and was dissapointed that it was actually good.

man i really wanna see a great Doctor Doom on film !!

Let's be honest guys, they did fantastic 4 right once. It's called "The Incredibles". Seriously, save your money

Right so Amazing Spider-Man 2 had a "video game" ending as opposed to the endings of the shitty Raimi trilogy where he simply punches Green Goblin, Doc Ock and Venom into submission and then has a heart to heart with Sandman.

And now Marvel is poised to make a deal with fox for the fantastic four, just like spidey...

In this movie, the cast did great, the character development was really good. But there were holes in the plot development that took away the shine. I thought the characters did very very well. Wasn't that bad.

Where is Christie?

9:00 Wow, William Bibbiani said what I wanted to say.

Doctor Doom is just a smart guy in armor, he isn't exactly Galactus

I keep hearing Fox only made this movie to maintain the rights. But nobody can explain why a studio would covet the rights to something it itself is running into the ground. Do they need the rights because they plan on putting the effort into an actually well made FF movie down the road? If so then why release crap like this to totally destroy the FFs name in the eyes if the public? And lose millions of dollars in the process? It makes absolutely no sense.

So what I got from this review is that this movie is worse than the Daredevil movie and quite possibly the GL movie combined or is that going to far?

Critics will be critics. I never let their reviews sway me... that is, unless the reviews are abysmal. I like Rotten Tomatoes. But i always tread cautiously. I believe something along the 49-60% mark is kind of up in the air... but anything below 10% is pathetic.

well, glad the trailer bored me away from this film. You guys did the dirty work of actually seeing the film.

Is it me or I notice Bibbs has that lighting scar from Harry Potter?

Why can Marvel & DC can't do a proper Comic book story without ruining it sometimes by changing the entire origin story, specially with the Fantastic Four. the 2005 had that same problem like this bloody remake. having Dr.Doom once more having him on the same ship. when only the 4 of them are supposed to get their powers, plus Reed & Ben are not young guys they are in their 30's or 40's with Sue like in her early 20's with Johnny her teenage brother. I would have prefer for them to do another Fantastic Four sequel to the 2005 original but done right. hope Marvel soon regains it.

Damn. Nobody likes this movie. The Shmoes trashed it, these guys trashed it. I'm sure Alonso and Dave are going to trash it too on their podcast.

I think my favorite version of the Fantastic Four was the one in The Venture Brothers.

Dying because Matt said "I'm thoughting"

Love you guys, love the young turks.

awww i feel bad for the read character. Cause he seemed like he was a good actor in some other movie on saw him in. Hopefully he can recover. But yeah that movie looked like poop from the first trailer.

I can't wait until Double Toasted does their review and review and rips this movie to shreds lol

Marvel, please purchase the Fantastic Four character rights. It's about time.

Reboot? Why?

pilot film rough draft straight to Netflix n red box

So... did they explain why Johnny and Sue are different races?

The best part of the movie, is the Deadpool trailer before the movie. PG-13 Deadpool Trailer is better than this thing.

Pause the video at 6:48 You're welcome

God damn it!! Ben is back he hates movies in general . (This one is bad though)

the last superhero flick i watched was captain america 2 and it was just okay to me, as i never liked captain america, avengers was crap, thor crap, iron man 1-2 goodish , iron man 3 crap. batman 1,2,3 amazing. can't sayI'm looking forward to any up and coming films, maybe actually to correct my self guardians of the galaxy 2 and deadpool for sure. thats it.

Wow I'm really surprised. 3.4 is a decent rating for this movie. Should have been 0.5 at best.

shit if they added another 10-15 minutes to the last fight scene, the movie might have been bearable

Its basically the same as the first from 2005. Except they got teenagers (not really) but they look like kids

Future note to future Marvel sales of intellectual property. 1) don't and 2) if you do, put a clause in there that not only do they have to make a new movie every seven years, but said movie can't suck.

Man, all this bad press is ironically getting me hyped to see this movie.

OMG Freddie from House of Cards!

being short *often benefits a movie

Yeah well ever since I heard Fox would make this I knew it would flop. Give it back to Marvel!! Then we get it right

Need a palate cleanser for this film with a good fantastic 4 movie, watch the incredibles

Most ironic movie title ever

And yet they are still going with a sequel.

more Christy please!

Clobbering time indeed.

Something about a super hero movie getting trashed gives me a smile. Possibly because I think super heroes in generally are totally lame.

Damn, I was alot harder in my review/rant. I literally fuck the movie in my rant, lol.

Dagon Ball Z gets away with nothing happening all the time. If all three of you put all the good you guys got out of the movie together that's the movie I seen. It's a science fiction horror flick. The setup was long but not as boring as Ang Lee's Hulk. Doom's look could've been better and some of the CGI could've been better but overall I loved the movie. The good thing is you guys on RU-vid have taken over for Siskel and Ebert. That just means I know I'm gonna like it when you guys trash something.

Does william have a harry potter lightning bolt in the middle of his forehead? Lol thats all i could look at during this vid. By the sounds of it that would be much more interesting to see then fantastic 4

have seen so many great reviews for this film, all of which say it was bad, that it makes me want to go and see it. i think cinemas should give free tickets to terrible movies for this reason.

IDN guys..but I think Ben just approved of IsIs..

If the movie didnt suck they could have had the ROck play the rocky thing

i didnt knew zoe barnes is freddys daughter

Deadpool, SAVE US!!!

I'm shocked at how bad this film apparently is, I haven't seen it but everyone I talk to says it's shit.

Character development? There was nothing!! There were no firendship or any chemistry between the characters, no reason given why Doom hate human so much, no sign that make the audience believe Reed is a super genius but he constantly being out smart by other people. It is just BAD!

Okay movie.