Vampire Owl :: I will miss Chris Evans and Jessica Alba while watching this new version.
Vampire Bat :: Chris Evans is Captain America. You won’t miss him. If he returns as the Human Torch, you will miss the Captain a lot more and might even make the decision to skip Marvel forever.
Vampire Owl :: I will just miss Jessica Alba then.
Vampire Bat :: Well, it is fair, because I miss her too.
[Gets the tickets and cheese popcorn].
✠ This review was recently posted by me at Kiagia.com: http://kiagia.com/index.php/current-film-releases-movie/986-fantastic-four-movie-review.html
Having the history of an unreleased film in 1994 and adding another reboot and a sequel in 2005 and 2007 which had not much critical appreciation, Fantastic Four doesn’t really have history going in its favour. At least, the two movies could come up strong at the box-office. But one has to feel very strange about this new movie which currently has neither the support of the critics or the audience. With the movie clearly underperforming at the United States box-office, it is yet to be seen how it performs in some other territories, as it released on August 21st, the Friday in India.
Reed Richards (Miles Teller) and Ben Grimm (Jamie Bell) have been best friends from childhood, and have worked on building a teleporter for a very long time. Reed has been the brain of this idea which was consistently rejected by their science teachers, until Franklin Storm (Reg E. Cathey) finds the ability in him, as he was already working on this same idea. His adopted daughter Susan Storm (Kate Mara) and his own son Johnny Storm (Michael B. Jordan), along with Victor von Doom (Toby Kebbell) work with Reed on developing a giant teleporter called the Quantum Gate which would connect the human world to another dimension.
They are successful in creating the path to this dimension, but when the head of the facility Allen (Tim Blake Nelson) decides to send a group of astronauts from NASA to explore the new world, the scientists decide to become the first people to reach the new world, just like Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were on the Moon. But as they reach this new dimension, the place is full of strange materials and Victor is absorbed into its source of energy. The rest escape, but four of them undergo big changes. They wake up in government custody, and Reed runs away while others are trained to control their powers. But the connection with the other world won’t cease to exist.
This 2015 version is not as bad as most of the reviews suggest, but it is not that good either. People will surely find the earlier version a lot better than this one. It had many advantages over this one, and the most significant one being the actors. The cast which involved Jessica Alba and Chris Evans was a joy to watch, but the same is not the case here. Except for Jamie Bell as The Thing, nobody really makes a big impact in this version. Kate Mara looks very good in that suit, and has her moments. Michael B. Jordan is no Chris Evans, and Miles Teller is not really there either. Toby Kebbell makes an impact much later, only with the mask on him.
The movie also takes a lot of time to get to the interesting part. The first half is more like a stretch which moves slowly towards the possible destination. It struggles to get to the point right through the beginning to the middle. Even after that, the story is not completely there. The beginning of the second half is that point at which the movie should have reached within half an hour. It would have been okay if the beginning was rather interesting, but it couldn’t manage to be so. This goes different and still it is predictable. The action only happens when the movie is close to the finish, and by the time the origins are established, it has ended.
The movie chooses inter-dimensional travel, which is a bold move and a welcome change, even though it is not that well implemented. The special effects are nice, even though there are limitations. There are not much of the superpowers used to display these effects. Still, the power to entertain is there, and the villain does make a better impact in this avatar which is superior to the 2005 version. The villain looks like a true challenge to the four right from the moment his other side is awakened. This version is also darker, which is a positive change. With the consistent struggles and only having the interesting moments here and there, may be this origins story can bring a better sequel.
This Fantastic Four reboot will have a tough time making an impact considering the fine quality which has been maintained by the superhero movies in the past. Even the earlier two movies featuring Fantastic Four were much ahead of this one. So the expectations were a lot higher here with hope to bring something to remember. This is not really a movie that go terrible, but just something that doesn’t go big enough. It can be considered mostly average, but the situation demanded more. In the end, there is something about which the audience can be sure about; it is the fact that among the Marvel comics based superheroes, this one is clearly a level down.
Release date: 21st August 2015 (India); 7th August 2015 (USA)
Running time: 100 minutes
Directed by: Josh Trank
Starring: Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Reg E. Cathey, Tim Blake Nelson, Dan Castellaneta, Tim Heidecker
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✠ The Vampire Bat.
I would have expected even lower rating considering the feedback I was hearing on this movie…
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You would have expected, but you didn’t 😀 It is not something that can’t be watched – like Mortal Instruments, After Earth etc 🙂
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Ok… will give it a shot
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Fair choice for the cheaper tickets 😀
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Sad, Jessica Alba can’t be that bad. She always gets a 100 if I am watching her in a movie though the movie is pathetic 😛
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What do you have to say about Kate Mara who replaces her in this movie? 😀 😀
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I hope Bella Swan eats her alive 😛
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That is too cruel 😛 You prefer Rooney Mara, right? 😀
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I had to google that name 😛 😛 Everyone deserves to live so no killing Kate and Rooney 😀
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You don’t remember the one from
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 😦
Yes, and nobody deserves nothing related to Bella Swan 😀
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I didn’t see that yet 😥 Will I be killed by the vampire owl and bat for that?
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They don’t even kill films 😛
What is it with the killing? Is there a serial killer on the loose out there in the Middle East? :O
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😛 If I was in middle east I would have been normal. You should visit my blog sometimes 😛 😛
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Then it is quite natural 😛 I last heard you not planning to come to Kerala soon 😀
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Hehehe…It was 90 days before that I said I’ll come after 90 days 😀
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It has been a long time since you last arrived? :O Time is faster than Honda Dio 😀
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I arrived around 200 days back last. 😛 Time is faster than Honda Activa and Dio 😀
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Yes, that reminds me you have Activa…do come here on it then 😀
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where is here?
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:O Don’t you remember those places around the five towns which we discussed? 😉
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I remember the 5 towns of course 🙂 Where in those 5 towns will you be?
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Well, you can make that choice and you can find me at any of those towns! You remember the destinations near them 🙂
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10 days to go for me, we will meet somewhere for sure. Let me see when I can come to Kochi. Will post as a comment in your blog 🙂
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Okay, lets see 🙂
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Man, I was really hoping it would be a good movie, but of course not.
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Yes, too many problems with one movie to make it a good watch for all!
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This one is my favorite Fatastic Four… the old version(: … looks like this one is not upto the mark… there has been quite a bit of humour too in those movies… I think when I was a kid too in cartoon netwrk they had fantastic four.. after that I watched the movie and it is very entertaining…all of the charactors..the fire guy and ben and than victor villain guy was good… am very disappointed with the verdict of the movie with your reveiw I was very excited to check this movie thing out…. anyway you really watch 2 or 3 movies a week in theather? because your not working now… nice. Happy onam anyway.
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Yes, I watch 2 to maximum 5 movies at the theatre in a week. Happy Onam 🙂
Yes, this is just not up-to the mark! No comparisons because this falls short.
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Happy onam to you ok, no onam for me…you are the Kerala creature!!… post some blog on nice food for change(:… vampire bat, owl and water vampire all hungry and thirsthy… no food after the movies so bad!!!
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You don’t need to take anything that you don’t want. Well, we thrive on what we are interested in.
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the vampies are not interested in onam food I guess…alright yer blog…if movies interest you rather than books, onam food or travel thats nice for you…good day… in one of the hindi movies, it was promoted with the travellers eating nice food, some sort of food tour…i think it was isq mera tera something something
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Is it? I haven’t heard about that movie.
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Some Isq movie only… actors promoted it by having a food tour their film… I think that isq mera tera song is from that movie I am not sure… anyway
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Okay, lets see.
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Wasn’t planning on watching this movie. However, I am always drawn to movies that receive horrible reviews as sometimes they turn out to be better then expected.
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Yes, actually that happens a lot! 😀
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