Fantastic Four

Directed by	Tim Story
Written by	Michael France Mark Frost
Starring	Ioan Gruffudd Jessica Alba Michael Chiklis Chris Evans Julian McMahon
Produced by	Avi Arad Bernd Eichinger Chris Columbus Ralph Winter
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	July 8, 2005
Runtime	105 min.
Language	English
Budget	$100,000,000
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Plot

Brillant, but bankrupt scientist Reed Richards is convinced that all evolution is caused by clouds of cosmic energy. He calculates that Earth is going to pass one of these clouds soon, and together with his partner, Ben Grimm, pleas to his MIT classmate, ultra-rich Victor von Doom, CEO of his own enterprise, to let him onto his spacestation. Von Doom agrees, but only under the condition that he has the last hand in all the experiments. They also meet Susan Storm, von Doom's right hand, and her brother Johnny, the maverick pilot. Susan also attended MIT and dated Reed at the time, and this creates some tension. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is a research institution and university located in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts along the Charles River and across from Bostons Back Bay district. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ...

The quintet travels to space to observe the cosmic energy clouds, but the clouds materialise well ahead of schedule, and all five are zapped by its vast energies. They make it home intact, but suddenly, they begin to mutate and develop their characteristic powers. Although their powers help to prevent a catastrophe on a busy street bridge, Reed, Susan and Ben see them as a curse and work on a healing chamber. Only Johnny seems to embrace his powers, and clashes with Ben, who evidently drew the shortest straw, becoming a superstrong rock creature. His disfigurement causes his wife to leave him, but he later gains another girl friend in the blind woman, Alicia Masters, who recognizes his desirability beneath his rocky body. The Thing and Alicia Masters. ...

Von Doom is turning into organic metal capable of manipulating energy. He sees the opportunity to finish off his rival Reed once and for all, tricks Ben into turning on his friends, thinking that they were not working on a cure with due diligence. However, the needed machine is ready and Doom tricks Ben into using it and becoming normal again. However, Doom immediately attacks Ben and then captures Reed. After freezing him to prevent him using his stretch powers and torturing him in that state, Dooms fires a missile towards Johnny who must use his powers to fly away to lead the missile to open water where he ignites a garbage scow to lure the missile away from himself. Susan realizes where Reed is and confronts Doom while Ben decides that he must become the Thing again to confront his enemy. Organic has several meanings and related topics. ... Hot metal work from a blacksmith In chemistry, a metal (Greek: Metallon) is an element that readily forms ions (cations) and has metallic bonds, and metals are sometimes described as a lattice of positive ions (cations) in a cloud of electrons. ...

Eventually, Ben fights Doom on the street until the rest of the team joins him. Together under Reed's direction, the Fantastic Four vanquish their arch enemy with a coordinated attack that seeming leaves Doom as a statue of inert metal.

In the end, the foursome decide to embrace their roles as superheroes and officially organize as the Fantastic Four with Reed proposing to Sue, and her accepting while Ben, with the help of Alicia, comes to terms with his condition. However, Doom's associate is transporting his employer's supposed dead body back to his homeland of Latveria, where he could establish a real power base if he fully revives. Latveria is a fictional nation in the Marvel Universe. ...

Reaction

After the disaster of the first Fantastic Four film, expectations were high for this film. The critical reaction was mostly negative, scoring only a 24% at Rotten Tomatoes, a movie review aggregation website. The movie was criticized for weak storytelling and flat characters — especially the bland Doctor Doom, arguably one of the hallmark villains in the Marvel Comics world. In both areas, critics felt that this movie was widely surpassed by both Batman Begins and Sin City, two comic book movies that were released in the same period. Those who did like the film to some degree often praised Michael Chiklis for accurately depicting his character's difficult adjustment to his transformation in a moving fashion while Chris Evans' character was considering a refreshing change of pace for modern superhero adaptations of a superhero who immediately takes delight in his powers without a resulting tragedy linked to them. Fantastic Four is an unreleased low-budget film, produced by Roger Corman, and was set to be released in 1994. ... Rotten Tomatoes are generally used as an insult against performers. ... Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) is a Marvel Comics supervillain. ... Marvel Comics, sometimes called by the nickname House of Ideas, is an American comic book company. ... Batman Begins is a 2005 American superhero/action film based on the comic book fictional character Batman. ... Sin City is a 2005 neo-noir film based on the graphic novels of the same name, directed by Robert Rodriguez. ...

However, Fantastic Four proved a box office hit its opening weekend, apparently ending a major prolonged box office slump that was causing concern in the American film industry. This has made the making of a sequel probable and fans hope that it will address the problems of the original much like how the Star Trek feature series progressed. A sequel is a work of fiction in literature, film, and other creative works that is produced after a completed work, and is set in the same universe but at a later time. ... The Enterprise boldly going where no man had gone before. ...

Main cast

• Ioan Gruffudd – Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)
• Jessica Alba – The Invisible Woman (Susan Storm)
• Michael Chiklis – The Thing (Ben Grimm)
• Chris Evans – The Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
• Julian McMahon – Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom)

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Trivia

• This is the second live action Fantastic Four movie to be filmed. The previous attempt, a b-grade film produced by Roger Corman was never released officially. See Fantastic Four (1994 movie).
• After the release of The Incredibles, the ending of the movie was rewritten because it was thought to be too similar.
• The film's budget was originally rumored to be a near-record $200,000,000.
• George Clooney was originally tapped to be Reed Richards, but due to budgetary concerns no negotiations were proposed. The role of Susan Storm was heavily rumored from Rachel McAdams, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Bosworth, Scarlett Johansson and even Julia Stiles.
• As in all Marvel Comics-based films, Fantastic Four co-creator Stan Lee makes a cameo appearance. He is Willie Lumpkin, the mailman who greets the team on their way to the Baxter Building elevator.

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External links

• Official site
• Official UK Marvel Site
• Fantastic Four at the Internet Movie Database
• Rotten Tomatoes Reviews