Is the 2005 Fantastic Four film underrated? Michael Chiklis certainly thinks so.<\/p>\n
Chiklis played Ben Grimm\/the Thing in the first live-action adaptation of the iconic superhero quartet. When looking back on the project, a conversation sparked by the recent release of Marvel Studios\u2019 The Fantastic Four: First Steps<\/a>, the actor told Collider<\/a> he believes critics at the time \u201cgot it wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n More from The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThere were a lot of people, I think, critically who got it wrong,\u201d he said of the 2005 film and its 2007 follow-up Rise of the Silver Surfer<\/a>. \u201cThey really maligned our films, and they were very underrated considering\u2026 They were very loved by the audience. It was one of those cases where critics weren\u2019t great to those films, but the audience was, and that still remains.\u201d<\/p>\n The Emmy winner acknowledged the appreciation shown by the audience as opposed to critics, adding, \u201cAnd now all these years later, people are sort of acknowledging like, hey, these films are family-friendly, fun movies\u2026 They got a lot right. They may be imperfect, but they\u2019re really good movies.\u201d<\/p>\n The Hollywood Reporter\u2019s 2005 review<\/a> of Fantastic Four referred to the film as \u201ca colossal snore.\u201d Michael Rechtshaffen wrote, \u201cAfter all the fussing and fidgeting exerted in trying to nail just the right mix of comic book action, comedy and pathos, the movie emerges as a tone-deaf mishmash of underdeveloped characters, half-baked humor and unhatched plotting drenched in CGI overkill.\u201d<\/p>\n Alongside Chiklis, Fantastic Four starred Ioan Gruffudd as Reed Richards\/Mister Fantastic, Jessica Alba as Sue Storm\/Invisible Woman and Chris Evans as Johnny Storm\/Human Torch. Marvel revamped the characters for the 2025 film, which saw Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Joseph Quinn star as the team.<\/p>\n Of the new movie and Moss-Bachrach, who plays Ben\/the Thing in the modern adaptation, Chiklis said, \u201cI had a great experience doing them, and I just\u2026 I hope that it kills. And it seems like it\u2019s doing really well. And by the way, I really like Ebon Moss-Bachrach. He\u2019s a terrific actor, so I\u2019m really looking forward to see what he does with\u2026 the Thing.\u201d<\/p>\n Best of The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for THR’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source uk.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Is the 2005 Fantastic Four film underrated? Michael Chiklis certainly thinks so. Chiklis played Ben Grimm\/the Thing in the first live-action adaptation of the iconic superhero quartet. 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