Fantastic Four (2005)

Actors: Kevin McNulty (actor), David Richmond-Peck (actor), Stan Lee (actor), Michael Kopsa (actor), Andrew Airlie (actor), Terry David Mulligan (actor), Dee Jay Jackson (actor), Chris Evans (actor), Peter Bryant (actor), Doug Abrahams (actor), Tony Alcantar (actor), Michael Chiklis (actor), Ioan Gruffudd (actor), Ralph Winter (actor), Colin Lawrence (actor),

Plot: Reed Richards, a brilliant but timid and bankrupt scientist, is convinced that evolution can be triggered by clouds of cosmic energy, and has calculated that Earth is going to pass one of these clouds soon. Together with his friend and partner, the gruff yet gentle astronaut muscle-man Ben Grimm, Reed convinces his conceited MIT classmate Dr. Victor Von Doom, now CEO of his own enterprise, to allow him access to his privately-owned space station. Von Doom agrees in exchange for control over the experiment and a majority of the profits from whatever benefits it brings. He thus brings aboard Susan Storm, his shy, though assertive chief genetics researcher and a former lover of Reed's with whom she had an acrimonious break-up, and her diametrically opposed brother Johnny, the maverick and hot-headed playboy pilot. The astronauts make it home intact; however, before long they begin to mutate, developing strange and amazing powers as a result of their exposure to the cloud! Reed is able to stretch like rubber; Sue can turn invisible and create force fields, especially when angered; Johnny can produce fire at supernova temperatures, and is able to fly; and Ben is transformed into "The Thing", a large, rock-like creature with super strength. After Ben, brooding about his situation on the Brooklyn Bridge, inadvertently causes a major traffic pile-up whilst attempting to stop a man about to commit suicide, the four manage to use their powers to prevent any loss of life and to rescue a fire truck and its crew from falling off the bridge in a resulting explosion. The media dubs the team the 'Fantastic Four', and whilst Johnny eagerly embraces his powers and new life, Ben - the most heavily disfigured - particularly suffers from his transformation; his disfigurement has caused his fiancée to abandon him and has seen him shunned and feared by much of New York. Blaming himself, Reed vows to return Ben to his human form, and he, Sue and Ben work on a cure, constructing a healing chamber in Reed's high tech Baxter Building loft-turned-laboratory. During this time, Reed and Susan begin to grow close once again, and Susan admits that she is not interested in Victor, but ended their relationship because Reed feared to commit, thinking only in terms of variables. Unknown to the others, however, Victor's body is also mutating; he is turning into organic metal capable of absorbing and manipulating electrical energy known as Doctor Doom. As a result of the disastrous expedition, his company is going bankrupt and he is losing public stature; blaming Reed for his misfortunes, Victor swears revenge. And Reed, Ben, Susan, and Johnny must defeat Victor Von Doom and foil his evil plans once and for all.

Keywords: 2000s, astronaut, babe-scientist, based-on-comic, based-on-comic-book, blind, blind-woman, blood, bra, broken-finger
Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi,
Taglines: 4 times the action. 4 times the adventure. 4 times the fantastic. When an experimental space voyage goes wrong, four people are dramatically changed by cosmic rays to become the Fantastic Four. Fun. Fabulous. Fantastic. Prepare for the fantastic.

Quotes:

Victor Von Doom: Do you really think fate turned us into gods so we could refuse these gifts?::Susan Storm: Victor, you *always* thought you were a god. Now back off.::Victor Von Doom: Susan, let's not fight.::Susan Storm: No, let's!

Johnny Storm: [to Reed, after the fight with Ben] What?::Reed Richards: You need to control yourself, and think before you act.::Johnny Storm: Yeah, but you see, that's your problem; you always think, you never act! What if we got these powers for a reason? What if it's like some higher calling?::Reed Richards: A higher calling? Like getting girls and making money?::Johnny Storm: Is there any higher? You know what Reed - this is who we are. Accept it. Or better yet, enjoy it.

Johnny Storm: [to Doom, after he sent a heat seeking missile after him] You missed me!

Johnny Storm: You know that looked cool!

[first lines]::Ben Grimm: Typical of Victor Von Doom to build a 30 foot statue of himself.

Susan Storm: [invisible] Look at me!::Reed Richards: I can't.

Susan Storm: Johnny, have you seen Ben?::Johnny Storm: Yeah, Sunshine just left. Look Sue, I'm sorry, I... I can't stay in this freak show, I gotta get back to the real world.::Susan Storm: You're calling that the real world?::Johnny Storm: Sue stop, you're not mum, don't talk to me like I'm a little boy, okay?::Susan Storm: Maybe I would if you stopped acting like one! Do you even hear yourself? Who do you think you are?::Johnny Storm: Why is everyone on my ass? If you guys are jealous, that's fine; I didn't expect it to come from you though.::Susan Storm: You really think those people out there care about you? You're just a fad to them, Johnny!::Johnny Storm: Let's try something new. You live your life, I'll live mine. Sound good?::[before Johnny walks out of the Baxter Building, he turns back to Sue]::Johnny Storm: Oh, and just for the record - they love me!

[Ben zips Johnny's suit all the way up]::Johnny Storm: Thank you. That's so sweet.::Ben Grimm: I can handle this ship. I can even handle Mr. Blonde Ambition. But I don't know if I should be flying or doing Swan Lake in these suits.

Johnny Storm: If you're good, maybe daddy'll let you drive.::Ben Grimm: You keep talking and there won't be a next time!

Ben Grimm: You know, living through something like this you really appreciate having the right woman in your life.::Reed Richards: Yeah, you and Debbie are perfect.::Ben Grimm: I'm not talking about Debbie.::[Indicates to Sue]::Reed Richards: What? Come on. She's got a good thing with Victor. He's smart, He's powerful, successful.::Ben Grimm: Well, maybe you should date him then.::Reed Richards: Ben, she ended up with the right guy, everything worked out for the best.::[Reed walks away]::Ben Grimm: Do I have to do everything myself?