:hmm: I loved it. I thought it was a fun action movie, and would have easily put it up against Spider Man or X-Men 2.
I don't know much about the comics, though. ( Everything I know about Fantastic Four, Spiderman, and X-men I know from Saturday morning cartoons, which I'm sure take their own creative liberties). At 08:02 AM 11/7/2005, you wrote: >Subject: Just saw "Fantastic Four" >From: "Jim Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 00:52:54 -0500 >Thread: >http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm/method=messages&threadid=19231&forumid=5#180065 > >It really wasn't good. > >I never read the comic (I'm a DC kinda guy)... but I know that they screwed >around with quite a bit of the story - and not in a good way. > >The characters were unlikable and annoying and the story was shaky at best >and downright stupid at worst. The whole movie seemed plain melancholy... >not one shred of the emotional punch the "Spiderman" or "X-Men" movies had. >None of the fun or amazement or depth. > >Why did Sue have to "go invisible" to get by the firemen when it seems Reed >and Johnny just walked by them? Apparently so we could see Jessica Alba in >her underwear for an instant. > >And what the hell was up with the ending for The Thing? Reed can, but Ben >won't? What the hell? (See, no spoiler!) > >So far I gotta say that Marvel is still hit or miss with their movie >properties. I think both DC and Dark Horse have better records of bringing >their characters to the screen. Heck, even "Steel" and "Dr. Giggles" were >better than this. > >All told a very disappointing film and not worth these classic characters. > >Jim Davis -- Jeffry Houser, Software Developer, Writer, Songwriter, Recording Engineer AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- My Company: <http://www.dot-com-it.com> My Books: <http://www.instantcoldfusion.com> My Recording Studio: <http://www.fcfstudios.com> Connecticut Macromedia User Group: <http://www.ctmug.com> Now Blogging at <http://www.jeffryhouser.com> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Now thereâs a better way to fax. eFax makes it possible to use your existing email account to send and receive faxes. Try eFax free. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=63 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:180071 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
