Fantastic 4
Director: Josh Trank
Cast: Miles Teller, Jamie Bell, Michael B. Jordon, Kate Mara, Toby Kebbell
Transported to an alternate universe, four young outsiders gain superhuman powers as they alter their physical form in shocking ways. Reed Richards becomes Mr. Fantastic, able to stretch and twist his body at will, while pal Ben Grimm gains immense strength as the Thing. Johnny Storm becomes the Human Torch, able to control and project fire, while his sister Sue becomes the Invisible Woman. Together, the team must harness their new abilities to prevent Doctor Doom from destroying the Earth.
The ability to follow one’s dreams is a powerful theme in this film and nowhere is it illustrated better than in the character of Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic).
When Reed is a child, he tells his teacher that his dream is to someday create a machine that can teleport matter from one place to another. While his teacher dismisses Reed’s dream, calling it preposterous, Reed’s dream finally becomes reality seven years later, when he and his partner, Ben, successfully demonstrate their ability to teleport a toy airplane to another dimension and then bring it back again. Although his teacher is still unimpressed, going so far as to disqualify them from the Science Fair, and calling their experiment “magic” rather than science, Reed’s success captures the attention of Dr. Storm and his daughter, Susan, who have been working (albeit unsuccessfully) on a similar theory. And while they believe in Reed’s dream and wish to help him achieve its full potential, Victor von Doom, is jealous that Reed succeeded in a theory that he, himself, had initially created.
When their experiment proves successful though, their superiors want to take the dream away and give their dream to astronauts at NASA. Victor likens this to what NASA did with Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong when they were the first men to journey to the moon…the famous faces were the ones to claim the glory of achieving that dream and making it a reality…while the scientist who discovered the dream was completely overshadowed…exactly what they plan to do with Reed’s dream. This unfair treatment is what compels Reed and his colleagues to take back the dream and prove its worth on their own. Unfortunately, their arrogance and ignorance cause their lifelong dream to explode (quite literally) into a nightmare of epic proportions when their secret experiment ends in disaster, causing each of them to inherit unique abilities and powers. Now, their team is shattered, and they must find a way to work together to save the world from Dr. Doom.
© 2021 Keriane Kellogg. All rights reserved.
Director: Josh Trank
Cast: Miles Teller, Jamie Bell, Michael B. Jordon, Kate Mara, Toby Kebbell
Transported to an alternate universe, four young outsiders gain superhuman powers as they alter their physical form in shocking ways. Reed Richards becomes Mr. Fantastic, able to stretch and twist his body at will, while pal Ben Grimm gains immense strength as the Thing. Johnny Storm becomes the Human Torch, able to control and project fire, while his sister Sue becomes the Invisible Woman. Together, the team must harness their new abilities to prevent Doctor Doom from destroying the Earth.
The ability to follow one’s dreams is a powerful theme in this film and nowhere is it illustrated better than in the character of Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic).
When Reed is a child, he tells his teacher that his dream is to someday create a machine that can teleport matter from one place to another. While his teacher dismisses Reed’s dream, calling it preposterous, Reed’s dream finally becomes reality seven years later, when he and his partner, Ben, successfully demonstrate their ability to teleport a toy airplane to another dimension and then bring it back again. Although his teacher is still unimpressed, going so far as to disqualify them from the Science Fair, and calling their experiment “magic” rather than science, Reed’s success captures the attention of Dr. Storm and his daughter, Susan, who have been working (albeit unsuccessfully) on a similar theory. And while they believe in Reed’s dream and wish to help him achieve its full potential, Victor von Doom, is jealous that Reed succeeded in a theory that he, himself, had initially created.
When their experiment proves successful though, their superiors want to take the dream away and give their dream to astronauts at NASA. Victor likens this to what NASA did with Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong when they were the first men to journey to the moon…the famous faces were the ones to claim the glory of achieving that dream and making it a reality…while the scientist who discovered the dream was completely overshadowed…exactly what they plan to do with Reed’s dream. This unfair treatment is what compels Reed and his colleagues to take back the dream and prove its worth on their own. Unfortunately, their arrogance and ignorance cause their lifelong dream to explode (quite literally) into a nightmare of epic proportions when their secret experiment ends in disaster, causing each of them to inherit unique abilities and powers. Now, their team is shattered, and they must find a way to work together to save the world from Dr. Doom.
© 2021 Keriane Kellogg. All rights reserved.