It’s Far Too Literal

It’s never great when you don’t understand what the hell is going on in any given movie, but Fantastic Four went to extreme lengths to ensure everyone did understand – but it was to the point that it was ridiculous.

Everything that was happening was far too explicitly described – both verbally and visually – to the point that it was as if the people behind the movie assumed the audience were idiots.

A prime example was when the titular characters were exposed to the situation that gave them their powers. Ben Grimm was absolutely bombarded with rocks, while Johnny Storm was exposed to a lot of fire, for instance.

Verbally, everything that was happening was essentially commentated by the cast. For instance, during the finale, Reed Richards said “he’s (Doom) made a black hole – it’s pulling all the matter from our world into his!” It was very unnecessary.