#1: Chances are 'cause I wear a silly grin
The moment you come into view
Chances are you think that I'm in love with you
#2: The remake of FANTASTIC FOUR came across like a poorly written episode of the TV trash TIMELESS. It sucked.
Come to think of it, the first series of FF4 with Ioan Gruffudd (who was great in some period British dramas and then sank into non-acting grunting and pharting onscreen -- a rare case of a British actor turning into an American poser) was't all that good but it was tolerable. At least the Silver Surfer movie was marginally better than GREEN LATERN. Same sort of absolute world destroying villain. Completely unoriginal.
The remake of FF4 sucked even worse...
#3: I made it through ONE (and only one) remake of "The Planet of the Apes" movies. I just can't put on the second or third because -- it's so stupid. The story feels contrived and how many times can simians assemble armies that beat the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines? That's a loser premise. Plus the birth rate of simians matches their increased intelligence if that is true. That much diddling hurts credibility.
#4: SPIDERMAN... sigh.
I remember sitting in a theater late in the year 2000 or early in the year 2001 with the family (I forget which movie) and the trailer comes on for the very first SPIDERMAN and the titular character catches a helicopter in a web cast between the WTC in NYC. The audience loved it. IT was an exciting trailer and a stunning image. As we all know, the movie came out after 9/11 and the producers and directors made the decision to excise all images of the WTC from the movie. The result was a "jump cut" movie that hurt the eyes with the rapid changes screen. Parts of the action sequences became incoherent.
I watched some of the sequels but the black oily suit and the sand man (Thomas Haden Church) reminded me of a cheap TV comedy for drunken boobs and Mama June.