You cannot compare Fantastic Four to Daredevil's opening. Daredevil was coming off the huge success of Spider-Man. It was the first big superhero movie after it and at that time superheroes were the craze.

It doesn't happen often, but I love it when it does. I agree with Mav about this. FF4 is going to open huge. I dont know about the quality yet, to make a final prediction, but it will open north of 60 million. The buzz on this movie is amazing. When I saw Sith with some of my friends, they were oohing and awwing, and I was confused as hell cause normally I am the one who has to get them interested in movies. And I have heard the same from just about EVERYONE I have talked to, which is something I haven't seen since X-Men 2 was coming out.

I have a feeling that it will even pass 70 million, but I am not too confident in it. I am definitly in this club though.

I'll be gone Jun 27-July 1 just so ya know. Wink

Can we expect some problems with data from Showbizdata during that period?

Maybe not, since you expect WOTW to do well. :wink:

What? I don't know what that statement is for.

Since both times SBD had problems recently you were not here. :razz:

or it could be a Pirates.

caught a media screening of Fantastic Four last sunday here in New Zealand so I thought I send you a review. I didn't hate the film, but there too much crap stuff in the film to actually like it, and to be honest the more I sit down and talk about it with others that saw it, I begin to dislike it even more, so I had to write a review before my opinion completely changed.

I had such high hopes for this film, right up until the day I saw it. What a fool!

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FANTASITC FOUR REVIEW

5/10

With the X Men and Spiderman movies proving that superhero films can be extremely good, it's a real shame that Fantastic Four is a step backwards for the genre.

Don't get me wrong, there's a lot to like about the Fan 4, but unfortunately, there's even more to dislike! The reason X Men, Spiderman and even the new Batman film work so well is the studios treat them with respect by hiring top directors like Bryan Singer, Sam Raimi and Chris Nolan and actually casting good actors for the iconic roles, shock horror!

It's weird, but it seems like Fox totally forgot that they were the ones who have raised the bar and went against everything they did right with X Men and Spiderman. Gone is the visionary director and in their place, Tim Story, who without being too harsh, is merely......your generic director for hire, someone who is extremely capable of standing behind a camera and yelling "action" but has no real vision, sure Barbershop was a fairly good movie, but it's in no way a great stepping stone to move on to a mega budget superhero film.

This, I'm assuming, is why Fantastic Four feels very much like an extended episode of Charmed with great special effects. The best shots in the film are the ones that are completely computer generated eg, city shots and zooms, and that's thanks to the effects team not the director.

As for the cast, well.....they're not too bad, Michael Chiklis (TV's The Shield) does justice to Ben Grimm/The Thing but unfortunately this is one time that I wish they had used 100% CG for a character rather than a rubber suit, as it clearly looks like a rubber suit, not rock like it should!

Jessica Alba, who will never be known for her amazing acting abilities, does an adequate job as Sue Storm/Invisible Girl and Ioan Gruffud (last seen as King Arthur) is ok though completely underused, the standout however is Chris Evans who does a wicked job as Johnny Storm/Human Torch, he seems the most comfortable in his role and just has fun with it, which makes the cheesy dialogue seem acceptable.

I know it seems like I hated the film, but that's not true at all, so now that I've got all the poo-pooing out of my system, lets look at the good bits. The effects and action for the most part are great, (apart from The Thing looking a little rubbery at times) the Human Torch flame effects are outstanding and are the highlight of the film, it's just a shame you don’t get to seem them all that often, but when you do, it's very cool! The film benefits from having a fairly interesting origin story. It's cool to see a bunch of characters getting their superpowers and all dealing with them in their own way eg, Johnny Storm embracing his flaming abilities and loving the superhero idea to Ben Grimm/The Thing dealing with the burden of being covered in rock and looking, to most, like a monster. It makes you realise that we haven't really seen that in a superhero film before. Also, I have to mention, Julian McMahon, best known as the womanising Christian on TV's Nip/Tuck, does a surprisingly good job as the movie's main villain Victor Von Doom aka Dr Doom.

All in all the film suffers from a weak script and lackluster directing and is only slightly redeemed by it's few impressive action scenes and some nice effects. It's hard to believe that visionary directors such as Steven Sodebergh and Peyton Reed were once attached to direct, hmmm, what went wrong.

Doesn't read like a Pirates review:


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If you have been following Aint it cool recently, they are extremely biased against FF4. They have written the movie off already.

Harry mostly, who thinks it looks underwhelming, still he hopes the movie proves him wrong, at least that's what he's claiming.

In any case, this review comes not from an AICN staff member.