S15 Ep812: Fantastic Four (2015)

We Hate Movies

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Tv & Film, Comedy

4.7 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Summary

“I’d have preferred they made no movie at all…” - Eric

On this week’s episode, the Summer Blockbuster Extravaganza has us chatting about the total misfire of a superhero reboot, Fantastic Four (2015)! Yikes, folks! Why are all members of the Fantastic Four under legal drinking age in this movie? Why did we need to see Reed and Ben as little kids at the beginning like it’s some bad studio comedy from the 1990s? Why did so many people think this gritty, harsh take on a traditionally goofy property was a smart move? Why are the Storms snooping around high school science fairs looking for children to snatch up? And couldn’t they have pumped just a little more money into this Doctor Doom costume? PLUS: Look out for the most dangerous member of the Marvel Universe — The Pebble!

Fantastic Four (2015) stars Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Toby Kebbell, Tim Blake Nelson, Dan Castellaneta, Chet Hanks, Tim Heidecker, and the late, great Reg E. Cathey as Dr. Franklin Storm; directed by Josh Trank.

[EDITOR’S NOTE: While he’s not in this FF film, we do mention Julian McMahon’s performance as Dr. Doom in the Tim Story Fantastic Four films from 2005 and 2007. We recorded this about a month before Julian passed, so that’s why it’s not referenced here. McMahon was a great actor who, as we say in this episode, understood the assignment when playing Dr. Doom in those aughts films. Rest easy, Julian, a talented and very nice guy from all reports. — Andrew]

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This week on the program, it's one of the biggest superhero chop jobs of the modern era.
0:04.4	It's Fantastic 4, 2015.
0:07.5	I'm Andrew Jupin.
0:08.6	It's trauma time.
0:10.1	It's Stephen Shadak.
0:11.2	Eric Siska, 2015.
0:14.0	Mr. Fantastic.
0:17.8	And we hate movies.
0:22.8	Music and we hate movies to we hate movies.
0:48.9	Thank you for tuning in, as always.
0:50.8	That's right.
0:51.4	We're talking about the worst Fantastic Four movie thus far.
0:55.4	It's 2015's Fantastic Four directed by Josh Trank.
1:01.7	What a name.
1:02.8	The infamous Josh Trank at this point.
1:05.3	I think you might be right.
1:06.5	This has to be the worst run, the worst one.
1:09.2	Like this is my first time watching this movie, and this might be one of the worst movies to be ever done, folks. I'm sorry. Oh, there it is. Ding, ding, ding. You ever, uh, rate something on letterbox that instantly regret? Like, I should have went lower. This was, I gave this two stars last night because I was like, or the other night because I was like, you know, like there's some of it looks okay.
1:31.6	And like, I think Michael B. Jordan is okay. I love Reggie Kathy. So I'm like two stars. Then like today I was like, the fuck was I thinking last night. This is a one star affair. Dude, I tinker with my stars. I'll take them down a notch if I need to.
1:45.8	I am also that way.
1:47.2	I will tinker.
1:47.9	I am sticking with my two star rating on this because I'm going to stick with it.
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