Movie Review: Fantastic Four

Why do movie producers feel like they need to keep remaking movies all the time? Yeah, maybe it'd be nice if the movies that are considered terribly done get remade well, but can't we have new stories? Instead of remaking Jumanji, make a movie based on another book. Instead of remaking League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, find another less-known comic and make it into a movie. Instead of remaking Fantastic Four (and Spiderman 10,000 times), they should start on Ms. Marvel or Spider Gwen, or hOW ABOUT BLACK WIDOW.

In this reboot of Fantastic Four, Reed, Johnny, Sue, and Ben are all teenagers, though the movie opens when they are children and Reed is trying to make a working teleportation device. I actually really liked how they showed the four of them as kids and then teens in this version.

The writer of the script/the director cut out all scenes where the Four would be discovering their powers and figuring out how to work them. I don't know about you, but that is one of the coolest parts of a superhero movie. And if you hadn't seen the original Fantastic Four movie, you may be confused about their powers anyway.

Doctor Doom was a pretty cool villain and I really liked him in this version-or at least for the majority of the movie.

I didn't think this movie was all that special, though I enjoyed it until the very end. **BEGIN SPOILERS** When Reed, Johnny, Sue, and Ben escape the other dimension, they leave Victor von Doom behind. A scientific visit to the dimension reveals that Victor did not die in the explosion, but gained powers stronger than any of the Four. Victor then comes back to Earth and announces that he hates humanity so much he is going to completely destroy the planet. (I know how you feel Victor...I know how you feel). But he has the whole other dimension...why can't he just stay there and be happy living alone without anyone else to "ruin the world"? (Okay maybe that's not what a villain would do, but it's more logical...). If I had made this movie, I would have just ended it when Victor returns to the other dimension to live alone and the world is "saved". Maybe throw in some resistance and a fight scene with cool powers when the Four convince him to leave and stay in the other dimension.

Oh...and how does it make sense that Victor von Doom's powers are stronger on Earth than on his homeworld where he got them from? He uses them excessively on Earth and then barely uses them all in the end fight in the other dimension. **END SPOILERS**

There was no post-credit scene. I don't know what they would have done for the post-credit scene-I don't even know if they are going to make this into a series-but this is Marvel. Post-credit scenes are a huge thing for Marvel now. Just like Stan Lee's cameo is. (Was he in this...?? I don't recall seeing him, either...) **Edit: According to an article I read, Stan Lee's cameo was cut out due to "behind the scenes troubles"