Reviews of Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer 2007
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Better than the first one, although that is a low hurdle to jump. The action this time around is a bit stronger (though still pretty bad), but the dialogue is a bit better with less pathetic pop-culture references. There is also a brief critique of torture as an intelligence-gathering tool that works surprisingly well.
Still, the action is once again rather lame and, not content to continue to ruin Dr. Doom, this time around they wreck the Galactus character by…
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The first Fantastic Four was pretty bad. The writing bad, the casting horrible, the FX lacking… but it was harmless enough. There have been crappy superhero movies before, and there will certainly be plenty more in the future. But a sequel?? Really?? What won't they make sequels to these days.
They learned nothing from their mistakes on the first film. The Thing's costume is still terrible and looks like something out of a mid-80's flick, and his one-liners (mostly consisting…
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Gave it a couple more stars for Doug Jones as the Surfer, but had to take them back on account of Jessica Alba's soul-stealing ghost eyes from hell.
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It took me quite a few sittings to get through this movie. The first half really drags on, and the last half hour is only partly interesting. I think the casting and effects are good, but it's the poor writing that brings this flick down. I've become quite a big fan of the Fantastic Four from the great comics to come out the last few years, and this film amazingly didn't seem interested in tapping into the vast resources of…
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Marvel at its absolute worst.
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Tagline: Rise.
With a movie about a comic, and a tagline like "rise" you know not to expect too much, and the movie does not disapoint :-) Visually it's a feast, the over-acting is as you would expect it to be, and in this genre that's ok. There is some humour in there, and there is some deep thinking about always having a choice. Other than that this is a nice popcorn movie.
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This is actually quite a bit better than the first movie.
Putting the Silver Surfer at the forefront of the marketing campaign, having an entire teaser trailer dedicated to that exciting chase sequence between the human torch and the surfer, it all combined to effectively market a Fantastic Four movie without the Fantastic Four. And it almost worked...
Despite lower box office returns, the CGI, the story, the action and the entertainment are…
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Good special effects, the always hot alba, some good acting all blend together to make a decent film here. Though, like the first, it's far from fantastic. But it's worth the viewing.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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I actually enjoy the first Fantastic Four movie quite a bit, mostly because Chris Evans is hilarious. This one is decent, but not as much fun as the first one.
Instead of writing out a whole review here, I will just direct you to the blog post I wrote about it for my Marvel movies rewatch.
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I'm a casual comic book fan. I know quite a few characters and their storylines through reading and research but I can guarantee you that I'm not a comic book "expert". Growing up, I adored the Silver Surfer. I considered him to be one of the strongest Marvel characters of all time. This film did him no justice. The plot that this film surrounds itself with is supposed to be one of the Surfer's redefining moments if you know of…