Within about 20 minutes, the FF go from wanting to reverse their powers, to becoming a bonded team of superheroes.
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This photo provided by courtesy Twentieth Century Fox shows, The Thing, from left, Michael B. Jordan as Johnny Storm, Miles Teller as Dr. Reed Richards, and Kate Mara as Sue Storm, in a scene from the film, “Fantastic Four”, releasing in U.S. theaters on August. 7, 2015.
But if early reviews are anything to go by, someone has got something wrong somewhere.
In the film, Jordan portrays Johnny Storm, who later transforms to the Human Torch, with the ability to shoot fireballs and fly. Directed by Josh Trank, from a screenplay by Trank, Simon Kinberg and Jeremy Slater.
However, “Fantastic Four” has a staggering 87 negative reviews and only a 9% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
“If this were some sort of indie movie for an older audience then reviews would definitely matter”, Dergarabedian said.
As a result, the “Fantastic Four” reboot is such a colossal disappointment that it makes the Evans-Alba version look like “The Avengers” by comparison. It was an independent super hero film.
The film’s director Josh Trank, 31, took to Twitter on Thursday to distance himself from the movie.
The ending is a CGI fail. “I want to do something original after this because I’ve been living under public scrutiny, as you’ve seen, for the last four years of my life”, he told the Los Angeles Times about his decision.
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Fox ” The special effects are often lousy in ‘Fantastic Four, ‘ with poorly rendered CGI backdrops that make the fact that the actors are all standing on a soundstage all the more apparent, and this is particularly glaring during the climax”, writes The Playlist. It’s just unfair that, while their characters can save the world, their talents can’t save the movie. When the script aims for light-hearted banter it just sounds awkward, while the tension that should be slowly building between the troupe and their adversary Von Doom (Kebbell) never achieves the gravity of anything more than a teenage squabble. Maybe that great “Fantastic Four” movie just wasn’t meant to be – at least, not under the current regime.
