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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
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MPAA RATING: PG for sequences of action violence, some mild language and innuendo
Starring Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington, Andre Braugher, and Laurence Fishburne
Marvel's first family of superheroes, The Fantastic Four, meets their greatest challenge yet in The Rise of the Silver Surfer as the enigmatic, intergalactic herald, The Silver Surfer, comes to Earth to prepare for its destruction. (20th Century Fox)
| GENRE(S): | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-fi |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Don Payne
Mark Frost (also story) John Turman (story) Stan Lee and Jack Kirby (characters) |
| DIRECTED BY: | Tim Story |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: October 2, 2007 Theatrical: June 15, 2007 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 92 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | USA / Germany |
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The average user rating for this movie is 5.2 (out of 10) based on 106 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
D H. gave it a7:
I thought it was good fun. Extremely silly but you have to expect that from a comic book adaptation.
[Anonymous] gave it a6:
An entertaining but uninspired blockbuster. There's no inspiration in the direction or script, or care for character issues or emotional depth of any sort. You're left wishing it was more than flashy effects and shallow entertainment.
JC A. gave it a10:
Very good, the best superhero film ever since X2.
Jared C. gave it a10:
FF2: Rise of the Silver Surfer has a weak point in its plot every second with a touch of dullness, and standards. But these special/visual effects we were given are amazing, I was astonished by them. And if you put your full thought into it, it is entertaining, and creative throughout.
Joe C. gave it a3:
Although i would say this was the better of the two Fantastic 4 movies, it would be much like saying, " Of the two times i have been stung in the face, this was definitely the most pleasureabe" or maybe, "That was the best head-butt to the crotch my nephew has ever given me." If this movie was just advertised as your run-of-the mill popcorn flick, it may have been tolerable. But if you're gonna call yourself a 'Marvel' movie and include the likes of The Silver Surfer and especially Galactus, you'd better do it right. First of all, the first quarter of the movie was still just talking. I mean, the 4 already have their powers and the beginning is still devoted to nothingness. When the story (and i use that term loosely) finally gets going, the movie really starts to disappoint. Apparently, the Fantastic 4 aren't nearly as interesting with their original powers so they trade around a little bit. At the end of course this all works out beautifully when the Human Torch (who is made out to be an unbelievably massive tool; 'Flame on' is an understatement) takes everyones powers (including the Thing, who just kinda turns back to a human, ridiculous) and saves the world from planet-eating Galactus (Who is now a cloud? There's gotta be a law against completely and utterly mutilating characters! Such a disappointment.). In fact, the only thing that doesn't make me reach for mouthwash and ginger ale is the Silver Surfer. The effects on him were well done, honestly better than I expected. My suggestion: if you're gonna cast Jessica Alba in a role for your move, consider maybe a role where she doesn't have to do that, that thing that actors and actresses are supposed to do. What's that called again?
Greg J. gave it a3:
I found The Rise of Silver Surfer or FF2 utterly disappointing. The script was not well conceived and written. Tim Story's directing was bad. There needed to be some shared vision and research between the two that was based in fact, because the movie totally distorted who Silver Surfer is. Also Silver Surfer seemingly was barely in the movie. Also the majority of the time he wasn't rising but falling and weak. Silver Surfer, the one from the original comic book series from 1968 was much more powerful, pensive and deep than the one portrayed in the movie. Andre Braugher- consistently great actor was even bad in his role-which extends to the entire cast. Had the movie been as good as the tralier-I would have given this movie at least a 5. I will say the look of the Silver Surfer is the only true success and his movements and such due to advances in computer technology. If there ever is an origin of the silver surfer movie made- keep Story and the script writer and or man who wrote the screenplay-far away from it. An SS origin film should be directed by Brian Singer who did a couple of the X-Men Films or Brett Ratner or the director of the latest Spiderman film and the coinciding screenplay writers with those well don Marvel franchise movies.
Ted S. gave it a5:
While the second film in the franchise does improve by leaps and bounds of it's predecessor, this film still fails to reach it's potential due to poor directing, bland acting by half of the cast and an overall dull script. As a longtime fan of the Fantastic Four it pains me to see the potential for good movie disperse as quickly as this film puts you to sleep.
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