The "Fantastic Four" has always been a kid's franchise. It had its serious moments as the years went on, but during the Golden Age of Marvel it was humorous and all about family. I was worried before seeing the very first "Fantastic Four" movie. My doubts were laid to rest after viewing the film as the director, Tim Story, utilized the humor for the film perfectly. It never got too serious for its viewers. It had fun, and so did the audience. I have been reading reviews for the sequel for months now. For the most part they have remained pretty 50/50. You either like it, or you really fucking hate it. Like kill your family hate it.
"Rise of the Silver Surfer" begins with Galactus (a huge cosmic storm, not the horned mechanical villian) draining a dying planet of its energy. The planet then crumbles and the Silver Storm races towards Earth. On Earth, Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd) and Sue Storm (a creepy looking Jessica Alba) are about to tie the knot. Of course Sue's brother Johnny (Chris Evans) and The Thing (Michael Chiklis) are involved as well. The fame of the Fantastic Four has shy rocketed and made them celebrities to the general public. This poses problems as Sue wants a quiet wedding, but with choppers in the air and the press at every turn, it will be anything but quiet. So soon the military arrives and asks Reed to build a device that will track the Surfer, as he is now causing problems on Earth. He is creating holes deep into the Earth that will allow Galactus entry to feed. Not only that, but Victor Von Doom (Julian McMahon) is back for no apparent reason. So then we spend the rest of the movie with the Fantastic Four trying to convince the Silver Surfer that he doesn't have to obey Galactus and destroy different worlds.
Let me start off by saying how creepy Jessica Alba was in this sequel. In every movie up until now she looked fine. Then, she put on what seemed like a fake tan, blue contacts and platinum blond hair. She looks like those fake ass women who thinks they are hot with their fake and bake tan, but in reality, we all make fun of them. She was way more distracting than anything else. What sucks is that she is good looking just without all that crap.
The movie's humor once again worked nicely here. The jokes were not laugh out loud funny, but they got more than a chuckle on a few occasions. For a movie geared mainly towards the "tween" crowd, this film had a few innuendos. For example, how exactly does The Thing have sex with his girlfriend?The Silver Surfer (played by Doug Jones, but voiced by Lawrence Fishburne) is the best part of the film. By the end of the movie, you are seriously hoping for a solo outing with just the Surfer himself. Doug Jones is fantastic.
"Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" was a movie that never overstayed its welcome, like "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End." If you were a fan of the first movie, then chances are you will like this one even more. 
1 comment:
I loved this movie, just the fact that they used a very hilarious atheist as the priest was AWESOME! Gotta love the Posehn! Yes Alba was a little creep-tastic but I wouldn't necessarily kick her out of bed for eating crackers. Maybe loved was too strong of a description of what I felt for this flick...mediocrely not hated would be more apropos
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