Movie Review: Fantastic 4
Bear with me, as I'm trying to get these reviews out while I can still remember the movies. LOLs..
This review is partly in response to Anne's request for a review on Fantastic 4 (F4). Hhmm, initially I wanted to nickname them 'Fab 4', but that reminds me too much of the guys from 'Queer Eye for The Straight Guy' series, who are called 'The Fab Five'.
So, scrap that idea.
:P
I watched this movie with my cousin Lene. The last time we went for our movie outing was to watch Mr. & Mrs. Smith.. that's like 2 months ago!
The Cast:
Julian McMahon (as Victor Von Doom), Jessica Alba (as Sue Storm @ Invisible Girl), Ioan Gruffudd (as Dr Reed Richards @ Plasticman / Mr. Fantastic), Michael Chiklis (as Ben Grimm @ The Thing), Chris Evans (as Johnny Storm @ The Human Torch).
Hmm.. honestly? It's the bad guy who catches my eyes. Hehe..
Fine, fine.. Probably I'm biased, 'coz I love watching him as the evil Cole in the TV series, Charmed.
I liked the guy who played Ben Grimm, Michael Chiklis:
(a) He looked like an adorable teddy bear, I tell you
(b) He's bald (you know me.. I'm a softie for bald guys.. hehehe)
(c) I thought The Thing was wonderful (eh, this one was errr a computer-generated image, right?). The way he saved the firetruck on the bridge.. woohoo.. such strength!
I thought Chris Evans was cheeky - he pulled his Johnny Storm character well. And rather the hotstuff too.. (pun intended!) ;-))
But, I dunno.. This is just my opinion. But Mr Fantastic somehow didn't steal the show very much. Only a few scenes stood out - Mr Fantastic wrapping his stretchable body around The Thing; the part where errr one side of his body sort of 'almost melted' after going inside that machine.
And, Invisible Girl was.. well.. nothing much to look at :P
Oh.. but her power of generating the 'protective shield' towards the end of the movie.. now that one.. WOW! (ok ok.. let's not get too carried away here. It's a movie, Yam! :P)
The Movie:
It's based on comic character created by Marvel. Now I'm not so much of a comic reader. Superman, Spiderman, Batman.. I've seen movies of them with the real people. Never have I read any of these comics. Same case for Fantastic 4 here laa.
(The comics I've read / followed are mostly from Japan / Hong Kong. The BM-translated, of course, LOLs.. Raja Rimba, SlamDunk, Sailormoon, Conan - Detektif Kecil. I used to spend a lottttt of my pocket money buying these comics! Actually, sometimes I still do buy the Detective Conan series LOLs..! Yeah yeah.. don't mock my taste la.. I loved these comics tau! Eh BTW, are these actually called comics? :P)
Arghh..! I'm digressing here! Sorry sorry!
OK, back to the review!
If this was the 1st of many movies involving our 4 superheroes, then I don't mind at all being a bit of a drag. Heheh.. it's a drag, yes, but only a bit jer tau!
For 1st instalments, this action sequence were not bad at all.
I was on the edge of my seat masa the 'clouds' came towards their space shuttle (actually, what to call it ek? Spaceship?? Rasa macam cerita Startrek pulak to call it a 'spaceship' hehe).
In terms of storyline, I thought it was quite easy to follow - me being a non-reader of Marvel comics. I could understand - without much difficulty - how these 4 humans became the Fantastic 4.
My heart really went out to Ben / The Thing when he was so frustrated with his new conditions. Both Lene and I was cursing his wife (or was it his girlfriend/fiance?) during the scene on the bridge. What a biatch. How could she!??! (ok, deep, cleansing breaths... )
I think I'm still a bit blur as to what changes happened to Victor Von Doom. I know his body is turning into erm.. titanium? Steel? And also, he errr seems to be able to draw electrical energy from erm.. energy source?? Blur kat sini.
A few good lines / scenes helped to make this movie worth watching. Some funny lines too were given to the cute Johnny Storm / Human Torch. Nice car too. Pity what happened to it towards the end ekkekeke..
Although I didn't think much of Ms Alba's facial expression to help deliver her emotions (macam erm, kurang 'feel' di situ).
Overall:
I enjoyed this movie. I'm giving it a 7/10. Well, leaning towards 7.5, in fact. Hehe..
Let's hope the 2nd movie on F4 is as good, hopefully better la of course.
* * *
Yes Arin, I like this movie. Hehe..
And actually Lene almost jumped up from her seat in a couple of scenes. So, that's a good indicator that she was totally into the movie. By that standard alone, this one's definitely worth watching.
This review is partly in response to Anne's request for a review on Fantastic 4 (F4). Hhmm, initially I wanted to nickname them 'Fab 4', but that reminds me too much of the guys from 'Queer Eye for The Straight Guy' series, who are called 'The Fab Five'.
So, scrap that idea.
:P
I watched this movie with my cousin Lene. The last time we went for our movie outing was to watch Mr. & Mrs. Smith.. that's like 2 months ago!
The Cast:
Julian McMahon (as Victor Von Doom), Jessica Alba (as Sue Storm @ Invisible Girl), Ioan Gruffudd (as Dr Reed Richards @ Plasticman / Mr. Fantastic), Michael Chiklis (as Ben Grimm @ The Thing), Chris Evans (as Johnny Storm @ The Human Torch).
Hmm.. honestly? It's the bad guy who catches my eyes. Hehe..
Fine, fine.. Probably I'm biased, 'coz I love watching him as the evil Cole in the TV series, Charmed.
I liked the guy who played Ben Grimm, Michael Chiklis:
(a) He looked like an adorable teddy bear, I tell you
(b) He's bald (you know me.. I'm a softie for bald guys.. hehehe)
(c) I thought The Thing was wonderful (eh, this one was errr a computer-generated image, right?). The way he saved the firetruck on the bridge.. woohoo.. such strength!
I thought Chris Evans was cheeky - he pulled his Johnny Storm character well. And rather the hotstuff too.. (pun intended!) ;-))
But, I dunno.. This is just my opinion. But Mr Fantastic somehow didn't steal the show very much. Only a few scenes stood out - Mr Fantastic wrapping his stretchable body around The Thing; the part where errr one side of his body sort of 'almost melted' after going inside that machine.
And, Invisible Girl was.. well.. nothing much to look at :P
Oh.. but her power of generating the 'protective shield' towards the end of the movie.. now that one.. WOW! (ok ok.. let's not get too carried away here. It's a movie, Yam! :P)
The Movie:
It's based on comic character created by Marvel. Now I'm not so much of a comic reader. Superman, Spiderman, Batman.. I've seen movies of them with the real people. Never have I read any of these comics. Same case for Fantastic 4 here laa.
(The comics I've read / followed are mostly from Japan / Hong Kong. The BM-translated, of course, LOLs.. Raja Rimba, SlamDunk, Sailormoon, Conan - Detektif Kecil. I used to spend a lottttt of my pocket money buying these comics! Actually, sometimes I still do buy the Detective Conan series LOLs..! Yeah yeah.. don't mock my taste la.. I loved these comics tau! Eh BTW, are these actually called comics? :P)
Arghh..! I'm digressing here! Sorry sorry!
OK, back to the review!
If this was the 1st of many movies involving our 4 superheroes, then I don't mind at all being a bit of a drag. Heheh.. it's a drag, yes, but only a bit jer tau!
For 1st instalments, this action sequence were not bad at all.
I was on the edge of my seat masa the 'clouds' came towards their space shuttle (actually, what to call it ek? Spaceship?? Rasa macam cerita Startrek pulak to call it a 'spaceship' hehe).
In terms of storyline, I thought it was quite easy to follow - me being a non-reader of Marvel comics. I could understand - without much difficulty - how these 4 humans became the Fantastic 4.
My heart really went out to Ben / The Thing when he was so frustrated with his new conditions. Both Lene and I was cursing his wife (or was it his girlfriend/fiance?) during the scene on the bridge. What a biatch. How could she!??! (ok, deep, cleansing breaths... )
I think I'm still a bit blur as to what changes happened to Victor Von Doom. I know his body is turning into erm.. titanium? Steel? And also, he errr seems to be able to draw electrical energy from erm.. energy source?? Blur kat sini.
A few good lines / scenes helped to make this movie worth watching. Some funny lines too were given to the cute Johnny Storm / Human Torch. Nice car too. Pity what happened to it towards the end ekkekeke..
Although I didn't think much of Ms Alba's facial expression to help deliver her emotions (macam erm, kurang 'feel' di situ).
Overall:
I enjoyed this movie. I'm giving it a 7/10. Well, leaning towards 7.5, in fact. Hehe..
Let's hope the 2nd movie on F4 is as good, hopefully better la of course.
* * *
Yes Arin, I like this movie. Hehe..
And actually Lene almost jumped up from her seat in a couple of scenes. So, that's a good indicator that she was totally into the movie. By that standard alone, this one's definitely worth watching.
posted by Yam @ 6:03 pm
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