|
Rating:  -
Let me state straight away, I much prefered this movie to the original film, this one is better paced and with a more creative story. The Dr. Doom character is the best thing about these films, he looks great and he is brutal menace just like in the comics. The Silver Surfer character is somewhat of an enigma, but I liked the CGI, and to honest he looked really HOT, but i digess..overall, a much improved sequel, but honestly, get Ms. Alba an acting coach, she is up there with Josh Hartlet as the worst actors in Hollywood, she is hot, yes for sure, but her character is important to the flow of the film and she's asked to do some emoting and she is just painful to watch..here's hoping the next film in even better and that Ms. Alba takes me advice.
Rating: -
We all remember the Fantastic Four from reading comic books during our childhood. The Silver Surfer was introduced early in the series as the mighty Galactus' (the devourer of worlds) herald. This mighty duo is brought to the big screen for the first time in Fantastic Four 2. This was a film I couldn't wait to see, and after several months of anticipation, we finally get to see it....so it disappoints me to say the movie was boring.
First: The movie takes almost thirty minutes to really get going....and considering the movie is only an hour and a half long, this is bad. The movie begins with the attempted wedding of Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic) and Susan Storm (Invisible Woman) but shortly after the comedy-filled bachelor party the couple is made aware of an event that has global implications. During the wedding a silver blur soars past the ceremony forcing Johnny Storm (Human Torch) to give chase. This is my favorite scene in the movie and soon after it ends the film slows back down.
The film tries to remain faithful to the golden age comic: The Silver Surfer, on a mission to locate subsistence, discovers earth and signals his master, Galactus. The only real important differences from the comic are the Surfer's powers...the form of Galactus...the individual that shows the Surfer humanity....Victor Von Doom...and the means in which to stop Galactus. Yet, while these are some major differences, they don't distract from the film all that much. The main problem with thefilm is that the only decent scenes involve the Silver Surfer and he really only has a bit part. However, the movie is left opened for a Silver Surfer spin-off.
Rating:  -
I don't like the surfer here. His design is overdone (a wildly, monsterlike screaming surfer?) and he lost his noble and deep-thinking attitude. I always thought that this character was so far ahead of all other superheroes, because of his selfreflecting, balanced being, intellect, heart, (plus, of course: his superpowers). I prefer the older stuff you can get on utube to this one.
Rating: -
Sight gags, some decent CGI, and Andre Braugher as a cartoon military cut-out all equal a whole lot of nothing going on.
This is a sequel made for the sake of making a sequel. There's no heart to the monster, no real depth. Impressive as the Silver Surfer looked and as great as some of the score sounded, it never lived up to the trailer. The movie is largely wasted on sight gags involving the Fantastic Four trading powers after Johnny Storm's initial encounter with The Silver Surfer. Whether the effects of that are mitigated by the movie's close after he powers up with all four powers to smack down the 11th hour villainy of Dr. Doom (and for all that he's a complete asshat, I still don't get HOW we're supposed to believe that General Hager actually trusted Doom) whose clever scheme was always to get his hands on the Surfer's board.
There's some standard comic book commentary on the viability of living a "normal" life while also being a super hero, a fake out that kills off Sue for all of five seconds, and two wedding sequences, but none of it really rises above affectation. Although I did read a little Fantastic Four in my time, they were never my favorite comic book and the movies (despite the hotness of Jessica Alba and Chris Evans) have yet to do anything to change that. Kerry Washington is WASTED as Ben Grimm's girlfriend, Alicia Masters, acting as a sort of mediator between Grimm and the Torch, and Sue and Reed but without really adding anything to the plot.
Despite Sue's brief one on one with the Surfer where we learn about his mission, his job as herald and his One True Love; the movie is permeated with the sense that there's more backstory. I continually felt that there was something more to know, something about the Surfer and Galactus that just wasn't being addressed. I've never been a Silver Surfer fan, maybe having read one comic a very long time ago, so that's a really bad sign when a non-fan who knows nothing about the franchise gets the feeling that there's something vital missing.
Translating a comic into a movie is really difficult, like with any adaptation there has to be mediation between old and new fans. The Hollywood machine ever in pursuit of a guaranteed dollar has become bloated with remakes and adaptations of previously produced material. Unfortunately, that material is generally suffering for it. Fantastic Four should have been a better movie, but sadly, isn't.
Rating:  -
I'm surprised that this movie didn't do better when it was in theaters. It has a better, more ambitious story than the first film, the fan-favorite "Silver Surfer" character from the comics, a tone of wonderment that characterizes the best F.F. comics stories, and a minimum of silliness (and what silliness remains is actually good for a genuine chuckle or two). In short, "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" is a good time. Who knows, maybe we'll still get a third installment, as the movie did pretty well in the international market.
The single-disc version of the movie looks and sounds great and is economically priced, but it doesn't have the entertaining, illuminating extras features of the two-disc special edition. It's great for a quick re-revisit of the actual film, though, which is the reason I recently picked it up.
Television Show
Collectibles
Movie Searches
|
|
|
Search for posters,
art prints, photos, collectables, merchandise, toys, t-shirts
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Join the Nielsen//NetRatings Research Panel and you could win a new car, a dream vacation, a dream home makeover or $50,000 Cash!
TV Guide
Program listings, celebrity profiles, industry
gossip, movie reviews, puzzle.
More
Entertainment
& TV Magazines
This site is
Hosted
by Bluehost
Read
my Bluehost Review
Original Superhero & other designs for t-shirts, bumper
stickers, prints, mugs, and other cool merchandise. |
|
