Noo! I hate the multiverse!
Well, I like that they get the origin story over with quickly, just as a montage. I think origin stories are snoresville. When watching a super-hero movie (and it’s been a while), I wanna see super-heroes be super-heroes — I don’t understand why they normally insist on showing us somebody non-super for nine tenths of the time, like in some TV-series…
Well, OK, I like the general design they’re going for, but as usual with movies these days, it just looks depressing: Most colours desaturated, and everything grey-i-fied.
They seem to be going for some colours that dominate in a kinda stylish way, but it’s still muted?
Man, the editing on this is really hectic. No shot lasts more than 1.2s? And… I’m kinda bored already? The dialogues are like those tick tocks where they cut the pauses between words? It’s so offputting.
Man, this movie is brutally boring. It’s like watching a recap of a TV season. Or a clip show. There’s virtually nothing to keep you interested.
But I mean, people love to read plot recaps, so…
Oh no!
OK, picking up now, but some of the effects are really janky — like when the space ship lands, it has no mass…
Some weird choices — like the cars standing still… but the desaturated look really hurts in scenes like this, where it looks like they’re in a very grey and sad universe.
I dunno how to score this one. Of course, the relevant question with super-hero movies is, as, always, “is this better than Madame Web?” And it’s not. I was bored silly for most of the movie. But on the other hand, the actors did their best, probably, and many of the designs looked pretty cool? Let’s go with:
Fantastic 4. Matt Shakman. 2025. ⚂
