Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (FF2) was a bit of a disappointment. I think I’ll have to rewatch the first movie before i decide which one is best, but FF2 might be the better one. I guess my expectations were set a little bit too high.
There are a few obvious problems with FF2 that most of you are probably familiar with already; Galactus is a cloud. the Silver Surfer can’t access his cosmic powers without his board etc. Those are annoying but I guess I can live with them. But why was the movie so short? I don’t think that most movies nowadays are too short, rather the opposite. but FF2 felt more like an episode of high quality television than it felt like the major motion picture it’s supposed to be. There was plenty of situations and possibilities to show character development that could have added a lot to the movie and made us care a bit more about the Fantastic Four. Let’s hope there are at least a few minutes of cut scenes waiting for the DVD, but I would have liked an added 15-20 minutes. The basic story of the movie is of course the Fantastic Fours’s first encounter with the world devouring Galactus. The final outcome of their first(?) battle is of course not very hard to predict…
It’s great that we can just jump into the story right away this time around, even though I think the story of the FF’s origin and first discovery of their powers was the best part of the first movie.
Jessica Alba looks kind of strange with the blonde wig and blue eyes BTW.
I give FF2 3 stars out of 5. Let’s hope that FF3 is a lot better!
