10 Iconic Characters Without A Single Great Movie

2. The Fantastic Four

Marvel's first family have now been in four films across three separate attempted franchises and not one of them has been any good. Even the one that spawned a sequel (somehow) was real bottom rung of the comic book movie ladder stuff.

Quitee why the super group haven't managed to translate across to the big screen is anyone's guess, but it may be because their powers are a little more goofy than some of the more practical heroes that have become popular on screen. An elasticated man and another made of rock are a little harder to take than something like billionaire tech geniuses or genetically modified super-soldiers.

Perhaps it's just because nobody could hope to understand them like Marvel, who would give them the service they deserve and find the right tone (which is basically already the one adopted by the MCU)? Whatever the case, there's just always been something a little wrong with the approach, whether it's been too goofy or too dark.

Hopefully, the MCU version of the Fantastic Four that's coming at some point in the next few years will fix all of this.