3. Avoid Cheesiness
Humour is a good thing, that goes without saying, and superhero movies like Iron Man (and its sequels) get humour right by virtue of well written one-liners executed to perfection by talented actors. The previous attempts at making Fantastic Four movies funny fell flat on their backside due to poorly written, cheesy gags performed by actors who simply didn't connect to their characters. Don't get me wrong, there's always going to be a danger that a film about a hero group called 'The Fantastic Four' could end up being cheesy, but at least try to limit it somewhat. So, please, no more dancing Reed Richards, no more 'Flame boy' nicknames from Ben Grimm directed towards Johnny Storm, no more 'do you think I'm hot?' from Johnny Storm, no more naked scenes involving the invisible Sue Storm and absolutely no more power-switching so that Johnny Storm becomes all rock-like. That sh*t isn't funny. I also found that the love stories involving Alicia and Ben and Reed and Sue were contrived and incredibly cheesy in the previous films. Less of that this time around please.