It Takes Itself Far Too Seriously
As already touched upon in the “forced one-liners” entry on this list, this movie really didn’t try to be fun or funny – and that was one of its major problems.
A lot of good has been said of “dark” interpretations of comic book movies in recent years – the recent Batman and Superman movies, for example – but the Fantastic Four as a concept really doesn’t lend itself well to that.
That name alone should tell you that you can’t be expected to make a deep, dark and emotional movie based on the team – while the likes of a big man made of rock and one who can stretch his body are hard to take seriously to begin with.
The dialogue in general – but particularly that of Franklin Storm – was extremely sombre, dire and lacking in any fun and, rather ironically, that actually make it laughable in the wrong sense.
