SpenniesFantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
June 30th 2007 19:27
You may remember the characters from the first movie: everyone’s favorite darling, Jessica Alba as Sue Storm A.K.A the Invisible Woman, Ioan Gruffud returns as Reed Richards A.K.A. Mr. Fantastic, Chris Evans is back as Johnny Storm A.K.A. The Human Torch, Michael Chiklis reprises his role as The Thing, and Julian McMahon returns as Dr. Doom. Same characters, different story.
In Rise of the Silver Surfer, Sue and Reed are trying and trying and trying to get married, but it’s always one thing after another, media frenzies, some sort of global crisis, you know the drill when you are a superhero. But strange events begin to happen around the globe, and it’s worth being investigated right?
Enter the discovery of the really fast shiny guy riding a surfboard everywhere. Apparently, the “Silver Surfer” (as he is dubbed; body of Doug Jones, voice of Lawrence Fishburne) is working for a treacherous alien being who sends him out to scout out planets for his boss destroys them. Viewers come to find that the Surfer hates doing his job, but he really doesn’t have a choice, right? Johnny has a special effect frenzied encounter with the Surfer and I found it was intriguing to see the character’s swapping super powers after coming into contact with him.
The effects are great but acting is a tad bit odd. Everyone seemed to lack the flow of character development, but with the script, I am supposing they are doing all they could do. But what was with Jessica Alba’s weird blue eyes? I understand character evolution, but come on! Half the time she was talking I was wondering why they had changed her look so dramatically. I found it to be very distracting. A fun note though, is Stan Lee’s cameo. I look for them in every movie. (He was the postman in the first Fantastic Four movie). This one is by far my favorite, as he appears as himself and a bouncer removes him from the wedding. I giggled out loud on that one.
I give this movie 2 ½ stars out of 5. Parents, same for you. There are some violent scenes (obviously), but this is a very entertaining movie and the kids love it.
STARRING
Ioan Gruffudd as REED RICHARDS
Jessica Alba as SUE STORM
Chris Evans as JOHNNY STORM
Michael Chiklis as BEN GRIMM
Julian McMahon as VICTOR VON DOOM
Laurence Fishburne as THE SILVER SURFER (voice)
Doug Jones as the body of THE SILVER SURFER
Rated PG
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Directed by: Tim Story
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Comment by charles
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They definitely mucked up Jessica Alba's 'look' in this movie. She still looks gorgeous in the movie (at times) but mostly her eyes, make up and hair was just kinda weird.
Charles.