Made the pilgrimage to the theater to check out Fantastic Four earlier today with a friend. The movie itself was not that good. One of the main reasons we wanted to see it was the Silver Surfer, one of the greatest comic book characters of all times. I was disappointed that 90% of the coolest moments involving my favorite character I saw in the first trailer.

What added salt to the wound for me; a poor college student with little extra money to spare seeing a flick in the theater opening day, was the advertising. I don’t mind when Hollywood finds creative ways to plug sponsors in their movie – see Wayne’s World. I also can tolerate product placement, like the Dos Equis beers the characters were drinking. What I can’t stand is when a movie basically becomes a commercial for no apparent reason. Anyone that has seen I Robot knows what I’m talking about, as the first ten minutes of the film are various commercials. Enter the Fantastico-Dodge-Mobile.

In short, don’t waste your money on this film – rent it or illegally download it if you are so inclined. Dodge has already paid for most of it anyway.

Also – is it just me or does  this thing look like a Nintendo 64 console?