Movie Notes: Fantastic Four (2015)

The Fantastic Four has been rebooted and from the reactions I've seen in social media, it was a bit of letdown. However, out of our curiosity we decided to see it for ourselves and verify what the negative fuss was all about.

Plot

After perfectly constructing a teleporter (Quantum Gate) that leads to another dimension called Planet Zero, a group of young prodigies were indiscriminately booted out of the project expedition to make way for astronauts. Disappointed, they decided to embark on the journey themselves in an unsanctioned expedition to Planet Zero. However, this resulted in a catastrophic event as they were exposed to an unidentified substance and one of them being left behind (Victor Von Doom). After an explosion, they found themselves having superpower like abilities and this leads to the start of a complex struggle of trying to undo what had happened.

 

Commentary

  

The movie was a bit dull and it was a bit of a waste of a wonderful cast which honestly did give good performances. It was a stark difference from the earlier Fantastic Four films by being a bit dark, gloomy and serious, which in  my opinion was too much because it reaches a point of being an utter bore.

The CG-heavy fight scenes were a bit sloppy and felt more like a made for TV movie and there were a lot of continuity gaps. At the back of my mind the story felt like a drag because the movie is struggling to develop the characters. The reactions were right that it was a letdown and a disappointment.

But if ever this film gets a sequel, I hope the drag of this first installment could pick up on it since the characters have already been established.

This movie was really a letdown but you have to give credit to the team that made this for trying to give a new take on the slew of superhero movies we have seen so much lately. However, the result proved that the odds were not in their favor.