So, Fantastic Four (or Fant4stic, as it’s being stylised) has now been out for a couple of days and it’s safe to say that the reviews are terrible.
Having seen it for ourselves, we kind of agree (it’s more boring than it is outright terrible) – but, given that the movie’s director has distanced himself from it, we kind of already knew what to expect.
Josh Trank quickly deleted his tweet about the movie (which seemed to suggest that his vision for it had been tampered with), but nothing is gone for good once it’s been online these days and several users screenshotted it before it disappeared.
Now that enough time (its entire opening weekend, which bombed with a mere $26.2 million in box office takings) has passed for the general public to have seen the movie, a lot of other Twitter users have been having their say on it too – and it’s not good reading for the people behind the movie, to say the least.
Let’s take a look at Twitter’s reaction to the new Fantastic Four movie…
The Sympathetic & Constructive Tweets…
https://twitter.com/AdamKirkHammer/status/630722407087611904
I saw Fantastic Four. I really believe there was a movie in there somewhere. Someone had a vision that was then squashed.
— Harley Morenstein (@HarleyPlays) August 7, 2015
Fantastic Four bombed at the movies? Hmm, with all of the production problems, script re writes and corporate meddling, is this a shock?
— Leslie (@Leslie_Stark23) August 10, 2015
Don't know why Fantastic Four got so much hate you could tell this is just a origin story just a step up for a franchise #FantasticFour
— Nai 🌻 (@BbyYams) August 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/jtorr79/status/630713677235138562
Seen Fantastic Four. It wasn't great but don't think it was the worst superhero film I've seen. It was just a bit blah.
— Cheryl Kaye (@HornyGeekGirl) August 10, 2015
I'm trying to write a balanced review of Fantastic Four. It's an interesting challenge. 🙂
— Rae (Rachel Davies) (@RachelDavies_) August 10, 2015
#UnpopularOpinion #Fantasticfour is not THAT bad. Really. There is some good elements 👍
— Ronan (@RonanBoivineau) August 10, 2015
My official opinion of #FantasticFour is that it could have been a hell of a lot better, it's not a bad film but it's no MCU film.
— Iain buchanan (@Spatchmo) August 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/HidekiNara/status/630721345505095680
Not everyone was so understanding, however…
The Straight-To-The-Point Tweets…
So I watched Fantastic Four and it's really diaappointing. Just a waste of time. Don't watch it guys if you're ever planning.
— Jonas Makiramdam (@jcmakiramdam) August 10, 2015
The more I think about it the more Fantastic Four sucks.
Like there are multiple times in the movie where nothing is happening.
— OmegaPro 🍉 (@OmegaProYT) August 7, 2015
…..what the hell was that Fox? #FantasticFour
— Joe Vargas (@AngryJoeShow) August 8, 2015
Holy crap on a stick that was BAD #FantasticFour
— Fee McBee (@feemcbee) August 6, 2015
Fantastic Four was sooooo bad
— Adrinne De Guzman (@AdrinneDeGuzman) August 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/CassioSCCP/status/630715554266001412
https://twitter.com/SunMoonClouds/status/630714350538498048
https://twitter.com/ChrisMindez/status/630712192908791808
we've just watched the fantastic four
it's…….really not that good— cubes 🔅 (@lordhamstr) August 10, 2015
So I've slept on it…. Still not keen on the #FantasticFour film. Rushed and poorly edited, waste of a Marvel film
— Emily (@emilyf2405) August 10, 2015
And then there were the ones that made us laugh…
The Funny Tweets…
So I saw Fantastic Four yesterday for free and I still want my money back
— T Money (@tmoney1138) August 10, 2015
I remember the day I accidentally mixed LSD with Methadone, and that's the story of how The Fantastic Four got the green-light.
— 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚘 𝙴𝚡𝚎𝚌 (@studioexec1) August 9, 2015
https://twitter.com/ageofblackwidow/status/630710503170539520
It almost takes talent to make a film more universally disliked than Pixels. Congrats to Fantastic Four?
— Joey (@JoeyOnEarth) August 7, 2015
I feel like Fantastic Four accidentally created a really good looking Brainiac for a future Superman movie pic.twitter.com/QnUYBMvaic
— Cade Onder (@Cade_Onder) August 7, 2015
FANTASTIC FOUR REVIEW GENERATOR:
replace 'fantastic' with:
-blandtastic
-not fantastic
-buhhAND
replace 'four' with:
-snore
-bore
-bluhh— jonny sun (@jonnysun) August 8, 2015
https://twitter.com/kateleth/status/629532066485542912
https://twitter.com/ageofblackwidow/status/630714744832438272
https://twitter.com/AllieAra/status/630705954737287168
https://twitter.com/nintendofan601/status/629791878095896580
What do you think? Was Fantastic Four really that awful? Or did you actually enjoy it? Have your say below.