One year ago today, Fant4stic was released.
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Fantastic Four
connork1011 — 9 years ago(August 07, 2016 07:51 AM)
It seems like just yesterday that I sat in an empty theater on a sunny Friday afternoon and witnessed one of the strangest superhero movies ever. Not worst. Strangest. Maybe even misguided. I didn't hate this movie like almost everyone else did. It had plenty of positives, such as the cast, cinematography, design, and even the tone of the first act. Sadly, it also had its fair share of negatives. It wanted to be one thing (a dark, gritty body horror), but studio interference forced it to be another (an action-packed superhero movie with out of place quipping). I don't blame Josh Trank for the way this movie turned out. He had a clear vision, like most directors do, and 20th Century Fox hacked his vision to pieces in the editing bay, without his involvement, nonetheless. The lesson studios can learn from Fant4stic is to leave the Director's vision alone, or else you'll end up with a poorly-edited mess of a movie that is confused as to what it actually is. If the recent failure of Suicide Squad is anything to go by, studios have not yet learnt this lesson. Hopefully they do soon, as the world will be better for it.
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zaphod08 — 9 years ago(August 07, 2016 12:01 PM)
When a director wants to keep his vision relatively intact, they should opt for indie movies. But when it comes to a franchise movie, its the studio's vision that counts.
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Gojiman — 9 years ago(December 22, 2016 07:23 PM)
It may be tacky to reply to my own post, but the point bears repeating - Josh Trank did
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have a clear vision for this movie. The fact that they had to do reshoots to turn his cut into something resembling a narrative is proof of that. -
wallacesawyer — 9 years ago(December 24, 2016 06:54 PM)
Saw this with my dad in an empty theater. It was pretty much what I expected from the trailer. Too much build up with little payoff.
I actually do enjoy the two Chris Evans films. I don't expect a sequel to this new one, but I'm not against another reboot in the future. Preferably from Marvel Studios. In the aftermath of Thanos, Doom would be the perfect villain for the MCU.
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