The characters were all wrong, except for Torch and Thing. However, Thing didn’t look right with the rubber suit on. I would’ve preferred a CGI-version à la Gollem (real actor moving in a CGI-shell). Thing is a big, broad mutha, kinda like the Hulk (which was more acurately made).

I agree with the poor casting for Sue and Reed: they are shallow and there is no chemistry going on whatsoever. Then there is Dr. Doom: not even remotely menacing and awe-inspiring as he is in the comics. And I cannot remember that he had such superpowers; as far as I know his power comes from his hi-tech armour, superior intelligence and knowledge of the occult. This is too big a liberty on his character.

So you’re left with a poor adaptation, which despite the “pace” has little story to tell. I hope things will be better with the upcoming Ghostrider (Nic Cage is doing that one).

Nevertheless, I still have this silent hope that one day they’ll decide to film a grand trilogy on the Secret Wars with all the Marvel heroes battling it out with the Marvel baddies on a distant planet in the galaxy. With Benicio Del Toro as The Beyonder and Edward Norton as Molecule Man