Four years after it was released,Fantastic Fourgot another less-than-glowing review — and this time, it came from inside the house.Last week, director Josh Trankposted his own reviewof the 2015 film — which has a9 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoesand made just over$167 million worldwide— dubbing it just “alright.”“I was expecting it to be much worse than it was,” he candidly wrote. “I literally haven’t seen it since like two weeks before it came out.”As for the film’s merits Trank praised the cast, which includedMichael B. Jordan,Miles Teller,Kate MaraandJamie Bell.“Everyone in the film is a great actor, and overall there is a movie in there, somewhere,” he wrote. “And that cast deserves to be in THAT movie. Everyone who worked on Fant4stic clearly wanted to be making THAT movie. But… ultimately… It wasn’t.”Ben Rothstein/20th Century Fox/Marvel/Kobal/ShutterstockTrank, who had only directed one other movie prior to working onFantastic Four— 2012’sChronicle,which also starred Jordan — went on to note that at the time, he may not have been experienced enough to handle the blockbuster.“I was 29 years old, making my 2nd film, in a situation more complicated than anything a 2nd time filmmaker should’ve walked into,” he said, adding that even though the film wasn’t successful, he doesn’t “regret any of it.”As for what he hopes is next for the franchise, Trank said he hopesAnt-Mandirector Peyton Reed takes a stab at the story and “crushes it.”RELATED VIDEO:The Lion KingOfficially Had the Highest July Opening Weekend Ever with $185 MillionThis isn’t the first time Trank has shown he has a sense of humor about the box office flop.In March, asCaptain Marvelbroke box office records, Trank shared a hilarious response to a Tweet about how superhero movies were always successful.“Hold my beer,” he wrote in a since-deleted Tweet, according toCinemablend.
Four years after it was released,Fantastic Fourgot another less-than-glowing review — and this time, it came from inside the house.
Last week, director Josh Trankposted his own reviewof the 2015 film — which has a9 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoesand made just over$167 million worldwide— dubbing it just “alright.”
“I was expecting it to be much worse than it was,” he candidly wrote. “I literally haven’t seen it since like two weeks before it came out.”
As for the film’s merits Trank praised the cast, which includedMichael B. Jordan,Miles Teller,Kate MaraandJamie Bell.
“Everyone in the film is a great actor, and overall there is a movie in there, somewhere,” he wrote. “And that cast deserves to be in THAT movie. Everyone who worked on Fant4stic clearly wanted to be making THAT movie. But… ultimately… It wasn’t.”
Ben Rothstein/20th Century Fox/Marvel/Kobal/Shutterstock
Trank, who had only directed one other movie prior to working onFantastic Four— 2012’sChronicle,which also starred Jordan — went on to note that at the time, he may not have been experienced enough to handle the blockbuster.
“I was 29 years old, making my 2nd film, in a situation more complicated than anything a 2nd time filmmaker should’ve walked into,” he said, adding that even though the film wasn’t successful, he doesn’t “regret any of it.”
As for what he hopes is next for the franchise, Trank said he hopesAnt-Mandirector Peyton Reed takes a stab at the story and “crushes it.”
RELATED VIDEO:The Lion KingOfficially Had the Highest July Opening Weekend Ever with $185 Million
This isn’t the first time Trank has shown he has a sense of humor about the box office flop.
In March, asCaptain Marvelbroke box office records, Trank shared a hilarious response to a Tweet about how superhero movies were always successful.
“Hold my beer,” he wrote in a since-deleted Tweet, according toCinemablend.
source: people.com
