Fantastic Four - Rise of the Silver Surfer

I have never read comics and don't know anything about the Silver Surfer. The concept seemed interesting as seen in trailers and commercials. The movie does not deliver; this is a horrible film. I'm all for ocasionally sitting through a mindless action film, and Silver Surfer does not even merit that level of interest. It's not funny, it doesn't make sense, and the acting is terrible. The Surfer character is a bit player in the waste of time.

Slightly better than its 2005 predecessor, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer finds Marvel's first family gearing up for the wedding of Reed "Mr Fantastic" Richards (Ioan Gruffudd) and Sue "The Invisible Woman" Storm (Jessica Alba). Of course, any marital bliss to be had is interrupted by the arrival of the Silver Surfer (Doug Jones does the motion work, Laurence Fishburne does the voice), who is only a herald of something much larger, and deadlier, looming towards the planet. Throw into the mix that the Surfer has essentially turned the FF's powers against them after an encounter with Johnny "The Human Torch" Storm (Chris Evans), and a returning Doctor Doom (Julian McMahon) who seeks to use the Surfer's power for his own purposes; and you get a pretty well-paced hour and a half superhero flick that is much more entertaining than the last installment. Michael Chiklis also returns as Ben "The Thing" Grimm, and the film features some great effects work to boot, but there are so many missed opportunities to make something really great here that it is disappointing. Those hoping for a showdown with Galactus will be disappointed as well, as what we get here from returning director Tim Story is basically all smoke and mirrors (no pun intended). Not to mention that Jessica Alba resembles a plastic Barbie doll here, and just looks plain unnatural. Flaws aside though, a majority of the film is pretty entertaining, and seeing the Silver Surfer face off against the FF is a comic geek's dream come true. All in all, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer could have been something much better than what we get here, but it is more entertaining and more satisfying than its predecessor, which in itself is somewhat of a success.

This is a fun effects movie. If you are looking for drama, or you want to be intellectually challenged, or if you are outraged by departure from the source material in movies, this is not for you.

If you are looking for a couple of hours of entertainment, you may like it as much as I did.

The main characters play better this time around. As the actors have now known each other for years, they play off each other with the familiarity the characters would have. This is a significant interpersonal improvement in the acting.

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I didn't like how they had Galactus in this movie (since I'm a comic book fan).

I have in a box in my garage all the Fantastic Four comics that have the Silver Surfer in them and issues 1-15 of the Surfer comics themselves. I was really ready for this movie.

What a disappointment! 90% of the movie is banal, uninteresting dialogue. The acting is weak. The sequences with the Surfer are stunning and the movie begs for more interaction with his character and more action between the FF and him.

The end is simply a colossal disappointment. I can only guess they ran out of special effects funding before the movie was over and had to end quickly and without a grand battle. As you see the Surfer floating is space, you can almost imagine him saying "I can't believe I let them blow this movie like this."

Two stars for the Surfer sequences, nothing for the rest. Save your money. Move along. Nothing to see here!