List of things I'm sure the new Fantastic Four movie does better than the 1994 one
And oh boy, does that 1994 movie stink. It's not even bad in a charming or fun kind of way, it's just simply a plain bad movie, that does absolutely nothing right. It inspired me to do a list of 'things I'm sure the new Fantastic Four movie does better than the 1994 one'. It would be fun to eventually revisite the list after I have seen the new 2015 movie but first, let's have some fun with this list for now.
The costumesThis is an easy one. I mean, just look at it! The characters don't only look like they have walked out of a cartoon, they look like they have walked out of a very poorly done and cheap cartoon. Too colorful, too impractical, too...well, just too awful! And that big four on their chest is to avoid confusion with the Thunderbirds I suppose?
The charactersThe movie manages to make the even most awesome of characters seem like dull and uninteresting ones. Here we have a movie featuring an invisible woman, a guy with elastic limbs, another guy who produces fire from his body and can fly and a...well, rock like 'thing'. Yet even all these awesome superpowers don't ever make the characters likable ones that you feel you can cheer or truly ever care for throughout the movie.
Von Doom
Now, don't get me wrong, the villain Von Doom (with a name like that, you really weren't born to be the hero) probably still was the best thing about the entire movie but he definitely was not without his problems. First of all, his character motivation was rather weak and pretty much nonexistent, which brings me to the second and main problem; he was just too darn cartoony. All he basically does is laugh maniacally, spit out orders and sit on top of his throne, inside of his own Castle Grayskull. Now, this all would have fine, as long as it would have been in harmony with the rest of the movie as well. However the only things truly cartoony about this movie are its villains. The story and main heroes themselves hardly are fun enough.
The special effects
Another easy one. I guess you shouldn't expect any groundbreaking
effects from a movie that had cost only 1,5 million dollar to make but
that of course doesn't take away anything from the fact that all of the
effects are terrible to look at. The entire movie already feels like a
cheap and almost amateur like one but the special effects only add to
this. From the smallest explosions, to the more 'elobarete' laser, fire, stretch and
flying effects, everything looks and feels like it comes straight out
of a bad '60's science-fiction TV show. Sounds like it may actually be
something that has its charm and maybe it also really does but again,
that doesn't change anything about the fact that all effects within the
movie are terrible and cheap looking.
The sets and props
This one goes hand in hand with the terrible special effects aspect of the movie. The sets contribute as well to the very cheap and amateur like feeling of the movie and again, everything looks as if it comes straight out of bad '60's science-fiction show. From the space ship to the labs and even the exterior sets, everything seems to have been poorly put together, in a hurry and without much thought and planning. Again, it very much reminded me of a Thunderbirds set, in which everything looks very fabricated and as if you could break and bend everything in sight, without needing any superhero powers.
The music
While the music really isn't bad, it also very blatantly is a John Williams knockoff. A Star Wars knockoff to be more precise, with a few hints of Jaws in it as well. It's odd to hear how the movie 'borrows' entire themes and motives from John Williams' Star Wars score throughout this movie. Again, it's nothing too bad from the Wurst brothers (yes really, their last name is Wurst) but you should always support originality and creativity, rather than laziness and 'stealing'.
