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8/4/2005
FILM FLAM
Saw Fantastic 4 as this week’s pick at the drive in. Yeah, I know it’s been out
a month but it didn’t win the vote on its opening weekend and there’s been
better stuff since, so by now you’ve already seen it or don’t have any interest
in it. But we didn’t do anything else worthy of mention this week so this is all
you get. Oh, plus the usual updates to the Prophesy section. Tune in next week
for a review of Chattanooga's night life and the World's Longest Yard Sale.
Anyhow, back to our Fantastic 4 review.
“Will I understand it if I haven’t seen Fantastic 1, 2 or 3?”
From the Statler and Waldorf film reviews at
http://movies.go.com/muppets/index
Yes, even if you haven’t seen Fantastics 1-3 you’ll understand
how bad this movie sucks. I was never a fan of the Fantastic 4 comic. It was
occasionally cool when The Thing would clobber something but he didn’t have the
strength of the Hulk, either physically or as an interesting character. The
other characters were even weaker.
The film takes a few minor liberties with the heroes’ origins, and tosses away
Dr. Doom’s original character in favor of something less sinister, i.e. boring
and predictable. With a boring and predictable villain, heroes and plot there’s
not much left. A bit of special effects spectacle but nothing you can’t see in
more interesting summer fare. Crap, the heroes don’t even do many heroic acts
other than defend themselves against Dr. Doom, so it’s tough to care about
anyone in this flick. Don’t bother, even when it comes out on cable. You can
find something better to do with an hour and a half of your limited existence.
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