Review of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) by Captainspaulding — 16 Jun 2007

Well, I did take the family out to see it today and I think the general consensus was that we liked the movie. The story is a little rushed which doesn't help it much, other than to make it weaker than it was.

A lot of stuff crammed into a couple of hours IMHO. The characterization was much better in this movie too. Johnny Storm was a real blast and Chris Evans has him down pat. Chiklis does another bang up job with Ben Grimm, but I really wish they'd let the big guy cut loose some.

The Thing was always my fave character in the whole dadgum Marvel Universe anyway. Alba does an OK job as Sue Storm, but just not right for the part. Gruffudd is OK as Reed Richards, some good parts..

.but another misplaced actor I think. Doom sucks. The Silver Surfer rocks. Honestly, It didn't really bother me that Galactus was portrayed as a great galactic cloud. He could still be wearing the purple/red uni and the tuning fork helmet somewhere in that mess.

It's all right gang, trust me. Great work on this one guys and kudos to the film makers here. As for the bad... As I said before, Alba still not right for the part. Honestly, she's just not Sue Storm.

The fake blonde hair and blue contacts are an insult to our intelligence (and we're talking a comic based movie here folks). Simply put, she's just not right for the part. Don't ask me who should've been the Invisible Woman, I don't know (Elisha Cuthbert?), but not Jessica Alba.

The film makers just don't get Doctor Doom at all. Just don't get it. Doom is much more over the top, more megalomaniacal, more egotistical, much more larger than life. Just not to be in this series of films.

Quick problems that I have: Torch should be blonder. Thing should be BIGGER. Reed should be older and more conservative and square. Sue should be someone else. Other than that, I liked it better than the first one and give it a good review.

Better than Shrek 3.