- Sensibility: The technology usage throughout the film is a huge, gaping plot hole, particularly for the time period the film is set in. The silver surfers character change, Galactus's abilities and decisions, the plan to bait and switch the kid, the worldwide cooperation for the teleportation device, and the inconsistencies in the 4's power capabilities are all such massive issues that this film tends to near nonsense.
- Cinematography: The production design struggles to reconcile the incongruence between the time period the film is set in and the stories need for sci-fi tech. Add on top of this some surprisingly poor cgi and lackluster lighting and visual choices and the film chalks up to a fairly big disappointment.
- Energy: The film has great banter between the characters and some solid action sequences, but the stakes are ruined by the fact that the entire dilemma of the plot could have been very easily solved without all the violence and risk.
- Narrative: The film magnifies the trolley problem to a superhero scale. The problem with this is that the solution is so ridiculously obvious from the beginning that all the efforts of the film to avoid this solution feel like ridiculous risk and costs for essentially no additional reward. The film tries to solve the dilemma with a speech about the importance of family which doesn't work and is not as inspiring as the music and acting try to portray.
- T-Points: The film received one bonus point for a bit with a see-through womb.
Major let-down, even with my relatively low-expectations for a super-hero film. This film, like many other super-hero films, mistakenly think flash and casting can replace writing.
Number of Watches: 1
