Jan 28th
Fantastic Four*
US/Ger 2005. Twentieth Century Fox/Constantin Film/Marvel/1492 Pictures. 106m. Panavision
Four astronauts are affected by a cosmic storm which gives them various superpowers, which they have to use against their new nemesis, Victor Von Doom.
Wisecracking, largely expository first instalment of what is clearly hoping to become a series of Fantastic Four adventures based on the long running Marvel comic strip. The style hardly makes for great drama, but also remains refreshingly unpretentious and true to its comic book origins, and only drags in the latter third when the heroes briefly considered reversing their superpowers.
Written by: Mark Frost, Michael France, based on the comic strip by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby.
Producers: Bernd Eichinger, Avi Arad, Ralph Winter.
Director: Tim Story.
Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington.
Photography: Oliver Wood.
Music: John Ottman.
Production Design: Bill Boes.
Fantastic Four*
US/Ger 2005. Twentieth Century Fox/Constantin Film/Marvel/1492 Pictures. 106m. Panavision
Four astronauts are affected by a cosmic storm which gives them various superpowers, which they have to use against their new nemesis, Victor Von Doom.
Wisecracking, largely expository first instalment of what is clearly hoping to become a series of Fantastic Four adventures based on the long running Marvel comic strip. The style hardly makes for great drama, but also remains refreshingly unpretentious and true to its comic book origins, and only drags in the latter third when the heroes briefly considered reversing their superpowers.
Written by: Mark Frost, Michael France, based on the comic strip by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby.
Producers: Bernd Eichinger, Avi Arad, Ralph Winter.
Director: Tim Story.
Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington.
Photography: Oliver Wood.
Music: John Ottman.
Production Design: Bill Boes.
Labels: adventure, comic strip, fantasy
posted by Joe at 6:50 PM
2 Comments:
I really liked this film, as it was fun and great to look at! I've just bought the 2-disc special edition DVD of the sequel, "Rise of the Silver Surfer", as it was cheap in ASDA! Hope to watch it this week sometime.
We watched "Rise of the Silver Surfer" last Monday afternoon, and it was a lot of fun. The CGI effects were impressive, but I think that's where most of the $120 million budget went on.
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