Way back in 2004, before the super hero film craze was quite as overwhelming as it is today, a film took the core themes and abilities of Marvel's Fantastic Four and gave us a wonderful adaptation. This film focused on family, transformation, and a campy yet nonetheless sympathetic villain bent on world domination. It was Brad Bird's animated film The Incredibles, a deep yet kid-friendly blend of Stan Lee's original super squad and Alan Moore's Watchmen.
A year later, Tim Story would direct an actual Fantastic Four adaptation that didn't have any lasting impact, followed by a sequel two years later that put the franchise into hibernation. In 2015, with super heroes hotter than ever (and with a legal obligation to continue working on Fantastic Four films lest the rights lapse back into Marvel Studios' hands), Fox handed a reboot of the series to newcomer Josh Trank, director of Chronicle, a phenomenally good found-footage "super hero" film that's part Carrie, part Akira.
