Fantastic Four
Cribbing from Marvel's modern, "Ultimate Comics" story lines, Fantastic Four's plot follows four friends and/or siblings (Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, and Jamie Bell) working in a scientific think tank. After a botched dimensional experiment, they find themselves turning stretchy, see-through, flammable, and rocky, respectively.
Even among the legions of characters in long underwear, the Fantastic Four have always stood apart, both for their squabbling family dynamics and an endearingly retro squareness. The latest attempt to move the team to the big screen captures, well, exactly neither of those aspects, with results that are too bloody and dour for kids (heads start popping off toward the end, GWAR-style), too laissez faire for continuity geeks, and too uninspired for everybody else. by Andrew Wright
Even among the legions of characters in long underwear, the Fantastic Four have always stood apart, both for their squabbling family dynamics and an endearingly retro squareness. The latest attempt to move the team to the big screen captures, well, exactly neither of those aspects, with results that are too bloody and dour for kids (heads start popping off toward the end, GWAR-style), too laissez faire for continuity geeks, and too uninspired for everybody else. by Andrew Wright