Review: Fantastic Four desperately doesn't want to be a superhero movie - The Verge
How do you solve a problem like the Fantastic Four. Created back in 1961, Mister Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch, and the Thing were Marvel Comic’s first great superhero team, predating the Avengers by two whole years. So it’s incredible that, despite the series’ pedigree, there has never, ever been a good Fantastic Four movie. Trank already managed a subtle but effective deconstruction of the superhero genre with Chronicle in 2012 by grounding his characters in the ordinary, so when he took the reins for Fantastic Four , it was easy to assume his approach would breathe... But stepping out of the shadow of the past has been difficult, and the film’s troubled production, hampered by reshoots and marketing problems , has been well documented. Despite all the heartache, does Fantastic Four finally succeed where others have failed. The movie begins in on Long Island in 2007, where a grade school-aged Reed Richards shares with his class his dream of being the first person to master teleportation. He and his best friend Ben Grimm actually manage to build that teleporter out of spare parts in his garage, and when they manage to actually teleport a toy car, an aghast Ben says, "Reed, you’re insane. Source: www.theverge.com
