This is one of those movies that surprises you – or at least it did me. Quite frankly, I don’t even remember why it was that we watched it. Perhaps it was a suggestion from a friend. But whatever the reason, we decided that we’d sit down with the family and see if it was any good. In the end, we were glad that we did.
It definitely starts off a bit slowly – in the not-to-distant future, Noah (Chris O’Neil) and his sister Emma (Rhiannon Leigh Wryn) going through some toys such as stuffed animals, trying to find something to do with them. It’s really a scene that most parents today might see at any point in any life. But then something a bit unusual happens.
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Action on September 12th, 2006 by Chad Everett
I have to admit to not being a huge fan of The Fantastic Four growing up. Heck, I wasn’t a fan of any of the traditional superheroes, though I did like comics in general well enough. I just didn’t want to be reading the same ones as everyone else. So while I was acquainted with the basic premise, I didn’t have too much attachment to it. I completely understand that someone who was in love with the story may have ideas that are completely shattered if the movie wasn’t faithful to the original story.
When the four primary characters travel to the space station to research cosmic rays, they find that their calculations were off, and the rays are both more powerful than expected and closer. So they are bombarded by radiation that is unknown in origin and in power. This in turn gives them new powers, and they return to Earth with these powers, which transforms them into the superhero team that is known as The Fantastic Four.
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Drama on July 3rd, 2006 by Chad Everett
It’s safe to say that Jason Biggs has done better. Paul Walker? Probably not a whole lot. Luckily we don’t see him much in this movie.
When we do see him, it’s as he leaves his field station in Antarctica as a storm closes in. Unfortunately, he’s leaving his team of sled dogs. As it turns out, the powers that be have ruled that no one will go back in, which means the dogs (of which there are eight) are now on their own, and so Walker will spend the bulk of the rest of the movie trying to get back to them.
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