Fantastic Four - Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)

Fantastic Four - Rise of the Silver Surfer

I enjoyed this movie very much and think that it should have rated a 5.0 July 18, 2008

Good, but not great

This movie continues the Fantastic Four series, but adds very little to it. There are some great special effects, a cameo of Stan Lee, and a lot of typical "military officers are torturing, arrogant, men with big egos" garbage. The idea of taking a prisoner to Sibera to be tortured while being watched by US military people is amazingly stupid for so many reasons I almost shut it off right there.

There are some good moments and this movie is worth watching, but I regret buying it and it is on my "trade" shelf waiting for a chance to step up to something else. July 1, 2008

What did they do?

One of the most convoluted plots ever documented, I fail to see what makes this small group of superheroes so special. This movie should have been named Torch-since he was the only one that did anything. Other than the silver surfer developing a crush and then doing, I know not to defeat the destroyer-I'm left shaking my head at this. I mean there are better plots and acting on the Scifi channel. Alba is still too painful to watch, but she does know how to just stand and look pretty. Please, please-say this is the end to the franchise June 30, 2008

Fantstic 4 not that fantastic.

Though Marvel has hit recent home runs with Iron Man and Incredible Hulk, their Fantastic 4 movies have a lot to be desired for. The Silver Surfer just looks to CGI and there just doesn't seem to be anything worth while going on in the movie. There doesn't seem to be any chemistry between Sue Storm and Mr. Fantastic, mostly due to no real characterization in this or the first movie. They intend to get married through out the film,which just doesn't work for a this second film. Maybe if there would be a third movie, do it there, but with no chemistry between the actors and actresses, no great action sequences, the film seems to fall flat. June 24, 2008

cheesy fun

Okay, let me just get this out of the way: Jessica Alba should never again dye her hair blonde. It looks idiotic. And I like Jessica Alba.

Sue Storm (Jessica Alba) and Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd) are trying to have a wedding. But fame and Weird Stuff Going On (caused by the arrival of the Silver Surfer) keep interrupting their plans.

The military demands that Reed solve the problem, and Sue demands that he give their wedding all his attention, so he keeps his work on the problem secret from her. Which of course causes more problems than just admitting it.

I have to admit I'm not even remotely familiar with the FF comics, so I'm just along for the ride.

We've got the 4 of them, dealing variously with their fame, which I liked very much.

We've got Reed keeping secrets from Sue and the two of them trying to get married but getting interrupted, which I also liked very much.

We've got a wonderful sequence when the Silver Surfer causes them all to switch powers, that's both funny (Sue gets her brother's fire) and poignant (Ben's temporarily himself again, and not The Thing), which I liked very much.

We've got the return of Dr. Doom (Julian McMahon), who's conned the military, which I liked very much.

And we've got the 4 superheroes fighting--not only the bad guys, but fighting ignorance by being smart and trying to figure out who the Silver Surfer is and why he's doing what he's doing. And I liked that very much as well.

Fun special effects, too.

It's not a perfect movie--it's over-the-top and cheesy--but it's supposed to be--it's a comic-book movie. Great fun. I enjoyed it. June 9, 2008

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