Do you like Fantastic Four (2005)?
Why or why not?
I personally do.
Absolutely NOT! It turned the FF into a joke.
shareHonestly...yeah I do. Bearing in mind I'm not a huge comic nerd but from what I do know of the comics, this movie and the sequel actually seemed to keep the essence of the FF intact (in that as far as I'm aware they're quite small-scale heroes who are more about dealing with a family-type dynamic of superheroes rather than consistently saving worlds from huge threats Avengers-style). It's just a very fun flick. Having said that, I think the movie was hurt a little in that it came out in the midst of the resurgence of comicbook movies (and Marvel comicbook movies especially) and you can clearly see how it's sort of just trying to follow the leader with regards to the Raimi Spider-Man films (Victor in this movie basically has the exact same character arc and motivations as Norman Osborne in Spider-Man) and the X-Men, which doesn't really allow it to stand well on its own two feet.
As it is, it's certainly nothing special but it's really not nearly as bad as people have tried to make it out to be - there's actually a lot in here that could almost be deemed a prototype for a lot of MCU movies (particularly Johnny's tendency toward spouting one-liners). And it's objectively a better film than the reboot, if only because it knows exactly how silly its basic premise is and sticks to that tone all the way through instead of trying to make it "gritty" or realistic - again, it's almost a prototype for various MCU movies in that regard.
I do, like someone said earlier, I feel like it meets the spirit of the Fantastic Four. It's not some huge cosmic, Avengers-level event, but the Fantastic Four is known as the "first family" of Marvel, and that's their focus... family. As far as that goes, I think they do it well, and it's not just a "let's work together, team of people I don't know!" In the Avengers, all the characters seemed to work together pretty quickly and easily, setting aside their differences rather quickly. But they're not related and/or living together, the way the Four are. I think the movie showed pretty well (in a realistic but still campy way) how difficult it would really be to go through this life-changing event, and then be forced to get along. And by the end, I really feel they're more of a team, maybe even more than the (ever-rotating) Avengers members.
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