The Fantastic Four (1994)

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   Siskoid

   Roger Corman's unreleased 1994 Fantastic Four - sorry, THE Fantastic Four - is cheap and looks like a failed television pilot of its era, but cheapness does not necessarily mean bad. I mean, this version of Doctor Doom is much closer to the comics' than any of the later films' attempts (Shakespeare references and all). But there's very little behind the mask, and that's really my biggest criticism of what might otherwise have been a somewhat charming cheese-fest. The characterization is simplistic in the extreme, which perhaps goes with some of the wooden acting, but this kind of material is why some movie studios keep insisting on ignoring the comics as silly and for kids. It definitely wants to be of a stripe with Batman '66, dutch angles and all, and at its best comes off as one of those live action Ninja Turtle movies. At its WORST, well, there's the baffling inclusion of the Jeweler, an original villain who might as well have been Mole Man, who seems to be the leader of the Morlocks or something. He's like something out of a Leprechaun movie. And while I enjoy little fake-outs as to how to show powers on a budget, the full-CG Human Torch scene over-reaches in the worst way. Ultimately, this is silly and pitched at younger kids, except kids today would have higher standards. 3 years 1 month ago
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   ChrisReynolds

   90s TV level production values and undeniably bad, yet still more entertaining than the two Jessica Alba films which literally had one hundred times the budget. 9 years 10 months ago

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