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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Fantastic Four |
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Dr. Reed Richards is an investor, astronaut and scientist. Reed ultimate dream is to understand the mystery of cosmic storm, so he organizes a trip to outer space. Reed wants to unlock the secrets of the human genetic codes for the benefit of all humanity but he face a financial problem until Reed accepted a financing deal with his old university rival, Victor, who is now a billionaire industrialist.
Reed's crew includes his best friend astronaut Ben Grimm; Sue Storm works for Von Doom as director of genetic research and Reed's ex-girlfriend; and Sue's hot-headed younger brother pilot Johnny Storm.
Victor also joins them on the mission. The mission goes wrong as Reed notice a miscalculation of the speed of the approaching storm. An explosion takes place on the space station by cosmic radiation somehow the crews DNA transforms.
Their DNA is permanently altered and also their future. When they go back to earth effects quickly takes place. Reed can stretch and can take any shape he can imagine, as the leader of the group he is given the name Mr. Fantastic; Sue can become invisible and to create and project powerful force fields as Invisible Woman; Johnny known as The Human Torch, he can engulf his body in flames and take flight at will; and Ben most shocking transformation, he becomes an orange-colored rock-like superhumanly strong creature called as The Thing. Together they become Fantastic Four to the world and to each other they are like a family.
Victor discovers his powers a little later as he was turning into metal and he unlike fantastic four he turned evil.
This movie is rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action, and some suggestive content. Distributed by 20th Century Fox and filming locations are Los Angeles, California, USA and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
--Faiza Iqtidar, Resident Scholar
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Reed Richards is a scientist who wants to study the effects of a cosmic storm in outer space. To do this he has to ask for help from Viktor. He uses his space station to get close to the storm. Something goes wrong and Viktor, Reed, Susan, Johnny and Ben's DNA gets altered. Reed is Mr. Fantastic, Susan Storm is The Invisible Woman, her brother Johnny is the Human Torch,Ben Grimm is the Thing,and Viktor turns into metal (eventually). Viktor turns evil and wants to take over the world. They meet in the street and eventually finish Victor off.
--Ben Albright, Resident Scholar
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Five people go to a space station and are exposed to cosmic rays which give them special powers. Their wimpy leader is named Reed, and he can stretch into different shapes; Susan (black blonde lady) can make herself invisible, Ben has super strength, Johnny can fly and light fires, and the villain can shoot electricity. Most of the movie is spent with the main characters discovering their powers; there isn't much of a plot; at the end, the bad guy, for reasons unexplained, attacks the Fantastic Four so they will have someone to fight. Reed also has a romance with Susan, which is hard to believe, as Reed acts very gay throughout the film.
--a, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Fantastic Four |
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Superhero movie?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- scientist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Has special powers?
Yes
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- ample chest & buttocks (female)
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- business executive
Has special powers?
Yes
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Setting
Earth setting:
- 20th century (1970's to Present)
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Takes place in spaceship?
Yes
Big cities?
Yes
Misc settings
- lab
Kind of city
- Dirty, crime-ridden (like NY)
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Is this movie based on a
- comics
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