10 Previous Mistakes To Avoid In The Fantastic Four Reboot

9. They Should Be A Proper Family

The Fantastic Four aren't just a group thrown together by their genetic heritage like the X-Men or by circumstance like the Avengers. They€™re a family. Ben Grimm is Reed's best friend since they were teenagers (either grade school or college, depending on which origin you want to go with). Johnny and Sue Storm are siblings, and Reed and Sue have pretty much been sweethearts since they first met. Meanwhile, the fractious relationship between The Thing and the Human Torch is as indelible a friendship as Bert and Ernie or Laurel and Hardy. Every relationship here is cinematic gold, given the best of writing and performance. We didn€™t get that with any of the previous three movies. No one could believe that Alba€™s Sue Storm would be interested in Gruffudd€™s fusty Richards for a second, and her flat performance contrasted so horribly with Evans€™ sparky flippancy that you couldn€™t see them as brother and sister, either. The links between these characters go far deeper than a blue union suit and a shared super powered origin story. We need to see that in the rebooted Fantastic Four movie, or we won€™t believe a second of it.