Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

SPOILER ALERT!!!

The Good:
-The Fantastic Four are all well performed, and their characters are true to their comic book counterparts. Their interaction is the strength of this movie.
-The Silver Surfer was incredibly well done, both alien yet noble. Lawrence Fishbourne was the perfect choice to do the voice.
-Jessica Alba. 'Nuff said.

The Bad:
-Now I'm not a big time movie producer, but it seems to me that when casting Dr. Doom, a character famous for wearing a mask, you should...oh, I don't know, cast an actor that can act in a mask.
-We've all heard it by now, but Galactus is a freaking cloud in this movie. Which could have worked mind you, but most people were totally confused by his relationship with the Surfer. They should have at least given him a voice or something in the climax to show that he was sentient at least.

The Ugly:
-The Surfer sacrificing himself to save Earth, while noble and fitting for him, hardly belongs in a movie called FANTASTIC FOUR. Why are the heroes standing around while someone else saves the day? Also, it seems strange that the Surfer is powerful enough to stop Galactus all on his own like that. Maybe Reed could have come up with a device to boost/focus the Surfer's power and/or weaken Galactus. Some kind of "ultimate nullifer" perhaps?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Keep up the good work.