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The movie had a lot of elements that left me satisfied after watching it. All the characters portrayed their roles with certainty. Jessica Abla, who is already known for her acting skills in action movies, added a little spice through out the entire movie. It is a movie that I would highly recommend.
The media and fans and fads are put into a pretty bright spotlight here. I got to see this film again as a rerun on cable, and must say it holds the same charm for me as it did at it's opening. With origin stories in comics there is a pretty fast few pages and panels that explain what's going on and it's done. The action scenes include fights with Von Doom and a lot of falling, water, fire and even guided missles in the works.What works for me in this film are the character development, including the tension of relationships not only between themselves but between themselves and the media. I especially liked how they handled the blind Alicia (the Thing's girlfriend). For a movie though they need to flesh out the characters which I feel they did here.
Hopefully there will be a third film soon. Reed Richards is a science geek and a dork and Victor is a wise guy who thinks he owns the world, both out to get the love of Sue Storm (played deliciously by Jessica Alba). Not only a comic book movie but one that relates a message about people as social beings.Not your usual shoot-em-up sci-fi film."Silver Surfer" was in a lot of ways the better film but we needed Fantastic Four to lay the groundwork. The space scene where Ben is outside and about to get fried and Victor wants to keep him out there shows who we're dealing with in Victor. All five get powers from the storm (a deviation from the original comics story but that's fine). Great cast.
Fantastic Four - Rise of the Silver Surfer
It really is a cheesy movie, but I still like it. My kids, especially my 6 year old son, love the "thing". :)
Since the release of Marvel movies such as Spider-Man and X-Men, I have looked forward to these kinds of movies hoping that they would raise the bar. This bland, forgettable movie is just shy of being bad. This lowers it. The movie's two main problems are that it is too short and the main heroes do more fighting with each other than the enemy. The movie ends just when its about to get good, and that left stale taste in my mouth. I don't have anything else to say about this movie mostly because there's nothing really to talk about. All in all, this movie was average at best.
For all the Fantastic Four fans out there this is a must watch. Very good video effects and great action scenes. Not to mention Jessica Alba really made this movie worth watching too.
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