

Sure, The Thing looks a bit hokey in what is clearly a rubberized suit of some sort, and I think they surely could have found an actor that looked more like Reed Richards from the comics than Ioan Gruffudd (that's quite the name, by the way!). Indeed, I think that this film does a great job portraying the FF's origin story. I personally don't see what's not to like here. The Fantastic Four and X-Men franchises were both leased out to Fox prior to Marvel getting its own film production studios, and like other Marvel properties from before the MCU, this film is often bashed by comic book fans. This movie and its sequel, "Rise of the Silver Surfer" are 20th Century Fox productions. I recently watched the 2005 version of "The Fantastic Four" in preparation for the reboot that is in theaters now. In the UK version his voice sounds normal, whilst in the Hong Kong edition his voice takes on a more eerie quality, and sounds like he is talking from behind his mask

In the Hong Kong release, he actually gets down on one knee for real In the UK version, he bends down on one knee by stretching himself, whilst maintaining eye contact with Sue. Reed's proposal to Sue is also different.

However, he is not present in the Hong Kong version and The Thing seems to defeat Doom by himself

The words "A little heat?" do not appear, but are in the UK edition Dr Doom's line as he emerges from the fire is cut short in the Hong Kong release.When Dr Doom is engulfed in the fire at the end, his yell has him emitting a fiery breath in the Hong Kong release but this effects is missing from the UK edition.Dr Doom saying "Goodbye, Ben" is missing from the final fight scene in the Hong Kong release, but present in the UK edition.The Hong Kong version loses this scene and replaces it with one where the two are seen in a planetarium, whereby the scene ends rather abruptly before the pair kiss Reed and Sue rekindling their romance is shown in a scene with the pair walking and talking, with the Statue of Liberty in the background.There are reports of the Canadian version being affected also. For example, the UK release has scenes, dialogue and effects shots different to the Hong Kong, French and German versions. In the US/UK a modified version was released on DVD.
