For all the flack the the 2015 Fantastic Four reboot gets, the 2005 film was just as bad. But whilst the 2015 film had a great cast (that was wasted) as one of the few highlights, the 2005 film inexplicably cast Jessica Alba as Sue Storm. The character of Sue Storm is not only smart and brilliant, she is essentially the glue that held the team together whilst everyone moped around. Instead, Alba's take on the character had about as much emotional range as a store mannequin and the 'chemistry' with her co-stars essentially amounted to them putting up with her because they have to. Alba probably is quite a smart person in real-life but nothing she said or did in the film could constitute as being supportive or brilliant. Putting a pair of glasses on a hot girl and having her deliver lines like "You were at 4,000 degrees Kelvin! You were approaching Super-Nova!" doesn't automatically make her smart. Hell, when the movie managed to make up a contrived excuse to get Alba out of her clothes just so she can 'use her powers', you know they cast her just for her looks. The cinematic Sue Storm material has been horrid for all the Fantastic Four movies but whilst Kate Mara could do something with a half-decent script, you can be sure that Alba would still be just as wooden and one-dimensional even if the script was the next Citizen Kane.
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