You wouldn’t have thought that the Fantastic Four have remained one of the most popular teams in comic book history based entirely on how they’ve been treated on the big screen. A low budget effort was made in 1994 as an excuse to keep hold of the rights, Tim Story’s two mid-2000s blockbusters were painfully tedious, and Josh Trank’s reboot is one of the worst superhero movies ever produced.
So far, all of the Fantastic Four pics have been plagued by miscasting, but Story’s 2005 effort is by far the biggest offender. That being said, Chris Evans was great value as the Human Torch and Michael Chiklis certainly looked the part as Ben Grimm, but the rest of the ensemble was woeful.
Ioan Gruffudd and Jessica Alba were bad, but Julian McMahon’s Doctor Doom was something else entirely. However, some new concept art has now...
So far, all of the Fantastic Four pics have been plagued by miscasting, but Story’s 2005 effort is by far the biggest offender. That being said, Chris Evans was great value as the Human Torch and Michael Chiklis certainly looked the part as Ben Grimm, but the rest of the ensemble was woeful.
Ioan Gruffudd and Jessica Alba were bad, but Julian McMahon’s Doctor Doom was something else entirely. However, some new concept art has now...
- 10/12/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
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