The UnPopular Opinion: Fantastic Four (2015)

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Josh Trank's 2015 reboot of FANTASTIC FOUR was reviled by critics and audiences, becoming one of the biggest bombs in recent memory. Costing Trank the chance to helm a STAR WARS movie, it represents another lost opportunity to bring the iconic Marvel superheroes to the big screen. With Marvel Studios aiming to reboot the franchise one more time, I look back fondly as to what could have been and proclaim FANTASTIC FOUR to be a wildly ambitious and underrated superhero film unlike any others out there.

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Favorite Movies: Being There, The Shining, The Royal Tenenbaums, Suspiria, Seven, North By read more Northwest, Citizen Kane, The Monster Squad, Begotten, Fight Club, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Army of Darkness, Children of Men, Blade Runner, The Big Lebowski, Casino, Pi, Dumb and Dumber, The 400 Blows, Small Change, Bonnie & Clyde, Cool Hand Luke, Moulin Rouge, Gangs of New York, Shallow Grave, The Rock, The Incredibles, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, The Gate, Prince of Darkness, Oldboy, The Dark Knight, The Lord of the Rings, The Tree of Life, The Exorcist III, Midnight Special

Likes: To piss you off, unpopular opinions, the novels of Stephen King, read more obscure bands that even hipsters dont know, things that go boom, Reeses Pieces, Cate Blanchett, reading paper books, watching people falling down, a good jump scare, listening to a full album in one sitting, rooting for the underdog, red band trailers, rare steaks, cool beer labels, smooth whisky, properly proportioned image files, top ten lists, VHS tapes, and actually scary movies