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Although I enjoyed the first Fantastic Four Adaptation, and the Silver Surfer is one of my favorite ever Marvel characters (also Stan Lee's favorite), I thought this movie was marred in its first half by over-emphasis on the upcoming wedding. Sure, these four characters are thrown into "stardom" and can hardly have a private life, and how they adapt to that sudden fame does provide a human side to their superhero side, and I know women especially can obssess about wedding plans, but for Invisible Girl to be more interested in the place settings for her wedding guests than the impending end of the world is just too, well, unbelievable. Doesn't she have any sort of feeling of responsibility? After all, her husband didn't get to be a top scientist by worrying about what china pattern would be on the lunch room counter while he took a break from figuring out scientific theories, and she also has a background in science, but to suddenly toss all that out and forbid him from even thinking about bad old Galactus and his icky plan to devour the world when it could interfere with her carefully wrought plans to have a beautiful rooftop wedding with all the A-list there (which ironically excluded Stan Lee!) is just grounds for grinding of teeth among those with even a smattering of social conscience, which is after all, the whole basis for the Silver Surfer character. However, after the "reality" finally starts to sink into her silly little empty head, things pick up and the story can finally proceed without the irritation, and in the end, she does get to have her wedding after all, even though it's in Japan. The image of the Japanese style wedding is all wrong though. It's really a Western style wedding, but with Japanese costumes thrown in for "local color." The minister is even there from the original wedding. Guess he was just following them around the world, waiting to finish his speech, which he never does get to exactly finish as another crisis means the "big day" is (thankfully) abbreviated. I can only hope the next installment (should there be one) gets past this type of trivializing. Perhaps they'll have a son by then, though, and he'll be threatened by the next bad guy and her mother instincts will kick in to the exclusion of reason and sanity. That seems to be her purpose in the movie sequence so far--to provide an emotional (woman's) reaction to whatever is going on. Her powers are also the least well developed, and the producers seem to love to get her to drop her clothes so she can be completely invisible, titilating audiences, but never actually showing any nudity. Sigh. Here's hoping for a better outing for number three, or better yet, a movie about the Silver Surfer as the main character.Read full review
For those of us who don't know: Silver surfer is a herald for Galactus. He is the scout that travels and finds the planets for the eater of worlds which is Galactus. He is one of those characters that is almost God like and very powerful, etc. So we know that if Silver Surfer is in our hemisphere, we're doomed. The surfer shows up, a series of catastrophic events starts happening, Sue and Mr. Fantastic are getting married and the gang has to stop the chaos before the entire planet is destroyed. Will the marriage happen? Will Dr. Doom do the right thing or is he in it for his own selfish purpose? Is Sue going to live? You have to get the movie to find out. We enjoyed the movie a lot. The graphics - especially on The Silver Surfer was fantastic. The action sequences was nice too and the story line was very good. But it's hard to believe The Surfer can really stop Galactus. It was nice to see The Silver Surfer on the big screen. We loved this one for real.Read full review
The sequel to the 2005 blockbuster FANTASTIC FOUR, RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER finds the Marvel superhero quartet of Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd), Sue Storm (Jessica Alba), Johnny Storm (Chris Evans), and Ben Grimm (Michael Chiklis) facing an extraterrestrial threat in the form of the title character (played by Doug Jones and voiced by Laurence Fishburne), an enigmatic being whose presence on Earth could signal the planet's end. Amidst the ensuing action, Reed and Sue attempt to tie the knot, and an old foe (Dr. Doom, portrayed by Julian McMahon) waits in the wings, allowing for plenty of levity and drama. An improvement on the original movie, this FANTASTIC FOUR outing, once again directed by Tim Story, gets much of its verve from the Silver Surfer himself. Played by Jones, an actor best known for his dual roles in PAN'S LABYRINTH, the Surfer is more than just CGI sheen, with subtle movements that seem truly alien and a voice of supreme gravitas, courtesy of Fishburne. Reed and Sue deal with wedding woes, while the fiery Johnny (aka The Human Torch) and a rock-solid Ben (The Thing) provide an extra dose of humor in a power-switching plot, making the film much lighter than other Marvel offerings and ideal summer viewing for the tween set.Read full review
Well this movie is from a comic book and it seems that Marvel is coming out with all of its heros and villians. It is from a comic book for heavens sake, what were you expecting??? Many knock this movie, but I thought the movie held its own. Yes, some cheesy parts but for the kids, a good movie, not alot of violence or language like say SawII or even other graphic movies out there, I guess they are keepers, HUH. The visuals were nicely done. Yes, I saw it in the theatre as well as just bought it on DVD, for I just am a collector of all the Marvel comicbook to Big screen movies. In a nut shell for good entertainment and for the kids, go ahead and get it. I recommend. D.
This is Another entertaining romp for the Marvel-superhero fan. Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic, is treading on thin ice when his fiancée, Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman, thinks he's more interested in a series of cosmic phenomena occurring around the earth than in the preparations for their upcoming wedding. The disturbances are caused by a surge of cosmic power from a mysterious being called the Silver Surfer, who not only zooms around the skies on his board, but also has enough power to fight the 4, sometimes by turning their own power against them. But that's not the worst of it. The Surfer is only an opening act, a herald looking for planets! that his master, Galactus, can consume for his sustenance. Once again, Husband Liked the movie, but I found other things to do around the house while he watched it. Besides, he always gives me a play by play of the movies I start to watch and then get up to do other things...LOLRead full review
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