Trank's film has got to be one of the most spectacle-slight blockbusters of recent years. Whether that's down to budget cuts, or just poor writing, the films feels robbed of weight, and what's there doesn't much impress. There was no shortage of action in the Slater script, though. In fact there might have been too much. The second half of his screenplay seems ripe with big ostentatious beats. There are jail-break style sequences, skirmishes with Shock Troopers and Moloids (which give the Four an opportunity to exercise their powers before the finish) and a final battle that elopes across various dimensions. It sounds massive, like a film that actually goes about busting some blocks. This sits in stark contrast to the empty-calorie end product, a movie that's most awing feature is sloppy green-screen. Admittedly at 121 pages and with a random subplot involving the Moloids, Slater's script might actually overcook the action a bit. Still, better to have too much of a thing than too little. I think. Does Slater's screenplay sound appreciatively better than the finished movie? Why do you think his ideas were rejigged so considerably? Have I got it wrong? Let us know in the the comments below.
