4 Reasons Why Fantastic Four Should Have Worked (And 4 Reasons It Didn’t)

1) Directorial Issues

Movies have bombed at the box office before, that’s just how things work out sometimes, but few blockbuster releases have crashed and burned so spectacularly in the public domain. It’s easy to place blame, but as any divorce lawyer will tell you, there are two sides to any dispute.

Since Trank tweeted that he had made a “fantastic version” of the film that we would “probably never see,” new information about his behaviour on set has surfaced on an almost daily basis. Rumours of Trank falling out with the cast and crew paint a picture of an indie director working out of his depth. Recent accusations have even suggested that Trank would hide away in his tent when not micromanaging performances or arguing with Fox executives over the direction of the film.

While working on his debut movie Chronicle, Trank held control over almost every aspect of production. Detractors have surmised that the pressure of conforming to studio expectations on such a pivotal blockbuster movie was simply too much for the inexperienced filmmaker to handle. But that’s just one side of the argument…