Forced One-Liners

This movie was by no means funny and, in general, it actively tried not to be (probably to distance itself as far as possible from the previous terrible Fantastic Four movies – which, ironically, were actually better than it).

However, there were a couple of occasions when it tried to raise a smile, but the attempts really did fall flat on their proverbial faces.

The movie absolutely had to get “it’s clobberin’ time” in and even gave it an origin – it was a phrase Ben Grimm’s brother used when he used to hit him as a child – but that wasn’t the only failed attempt to force a one-liner.

Sue Storm referred to Victor von Doom as “Doctor Doom” when he was being needlessly pessimistic and, later in the movie, von Doom himself said “there is no Victor, only Doom” when he was addressed by his first name after gaining his powers.