Ok so the setup is I have not been watching recent media of the last half decade or so but the dog in superman along with some reviews got me thinking about grabbing it once its available digitally. However I recently found out some of my neighbors are geeky and one is into comics as the main thing and they both recommended FF4 (editing this to say that is supposed to be fantastic four and I don’t know what I was thinking. fantasctic four 4. lol. sorry. boy would have saved me a lot just to write it properly to begin with) and thunderbolts over superman. They felt superman was alright and the dog was sorta the best part but FF4 and thunderbolts blew them away. So for lemmikins and other members of the federation who have seen all three movies. How do you feel about them or rank them or whatever you think it right but you should have watched all three in their entirety.
I haven’t seen Thunderbolts.
Superman was really good, particularly at setting up emotional stakes. I felt visceral disgust at how awful Lex Luthor was. Lois’s relationship with Superman was complex and they challenged each other’s ideals. The plot also felt topical without being too hamfisted, characters and situations were reminiscent of real people and situations while still feeling like they had their own identity instead of being cheap stand ins.
Fantastic Four was ok, it doesn’t do anything wrong but I didn’t find anything about it particularly memorable or groundbreaking. Acting, direction, effects, and writing were all competent and it’s definitely the best F4 movie ever made but that’s not enough for me to recommend it unless you’re a huge F4 fan.
So I am a comics fan and lean marvel. I was talking to the guys about fantastic four in particular about the character interactions. how the thing relates to the torch with their rivalry and sorta opposite personalities and then reed and sue being a couple and the torch and sue being siblings and the thing and reed being friends. How well did the actors portray the characters?
They do a decent job portraying the family dynamic but they’re trying to cram a lot into a single movie and while they achieved an impressive feat by actually getting it all in there, none of it has the space to be truly excellent.
If you’re just looking for a movie that (finally) does justice to the Fantastic Four then this is it. It’s not the greatest marvel movie ever but it’s solid.
I can totally see this. One complaint I have had with the fantastic four is I feel it would be much better as a series than movies because of the dynamics.