Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Pros: Wonderful special effects, new character (The Silver Surfer).
Cons: The curse of the sequels, slow pacing, Alba's poor acting.

The four comic book heroes the Fantastic Four take the big screen again with a cosmic opening that begins in space. The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) revolves around Mr. Fantastic a.k.a Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd) plans to ...

Pros: Quite funny in places, most FX...
Cons: ... dull characters, inconsistent script

I found the first Fantastic Four film to be reasonably entertaining but nothing special. There was quite a bit of speculation that with the introduction of the Silver Surfer into this sequel that this would be a much more enjoyable outing. While ...

Pros: The Silver Surfer. Tasteful use of CGI.
Cons: Little explanation of critical story elements.

The “Comic Book Movie” trend continues. This time, we have a sequel to the 2005 film on one of the first superhero teams, the Fantastic Four. In this new film, the lives of our heroes are followed, with an introduction to a classic character in ...

Pros: Entertaining. Better than the first movie. Impressive special effects.
Cons: Plot wasn't very developed. Alba still doesn't fit her character.

Movies based on comic books have been very popular, especially in the last several years. I was entertained by F antastic Four when it came out in 2005, though it wasn't as good as many of the other comic book movies ...

Pros: Evans and Chiklis, some fun with product placement
Cons: These two are getting married? And many other things

Being an old fan of the comics (at least the old ones, since I don't buy comics now), I was looking forward to Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (commonly shortend to RotSS). I had enjoyed the first film well enough, despite recognizing ...

Pros: Very special special effects, humor
Cons: Acting not too great, but who cares

"The Fantastic Four-The Rise of the Silver Surfer" is made special by, surprise!, it's special effects and the humor in the movie. Unlike most of the other "super hero" movies, this series is more light-hearted. Oh, the ultimate accomplishment of the ...

Pros: Silver Surfer; Chilkis and Evans; Fantasti-car
Cons: Dr. Doom and Galactus

The potential to do the Fantastic Four franchise a great service was wasted. The title says it all: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Silver Surfer! One of my favourite Marvel Comics’ character was finally coming to the ...

Pros: Lots of action and great special effects
Cons: Predictable plot; flat characters

I didn't especially care for the first Fantastic Four movie. I felt the character dramas were overdone and took away from the action. Still, I decided to go see this movie. I'm pleased to say, while not perfect, this movie is worth seeing. Once ...

Pros: Silver Surfer is cool for the moments he gets screen time
Cons: bad acting, poor script, lack of action scenes, tries to be funny

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (FF: RotSS) is yet another volley by Hollywood into the overkill of comic-book based films for this decade. With the hit and misses Marvel has managed with X-Men and Spiderman, to the more hated Ghost Rider and ...

Pros: visuals, consistent characters, well written, Johnny, genuine twists and surprises, fewer inconsistencies
Cons: a few irritating moments and moments of bad science, infrequently a touch preachy

While the first Fantastic Four movie didn't blow me away, I decided it had been good enough to warrant giving the sequel a try. I'm very glad I did. Most of the things that I didn't like about the first movie were fixed here and, overall, it was a vastly ...

Pros: Nice special effects, good music, some acting
Cons: Shameless product placement, impossible to take it seriously

Even though Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer was not my first choice, I still walked in the theater with hopes of seeing a good film. My expectations on the film were very low and I must say the film passed them but all that doesn’t exactly ...

Pros: steady well-paced action, plenty of visual treats and amusing moments
Cons: not as deep, or with enough character development as some would like

This sequel to the first Fantastic Four film has not been met with great enthusiasm, which puzzles me. Here, a silver humanoid figure on what appears to be a surfboard begins appearing all over the world and wreaking havoc. When the Silver Surfer ...

Pros: Good visual effects. Funny moments. Silver Surfer was great CGI.
Cons: Alba's contacts. Julian McMahon's acting. Holes in logic. Ending made no sense.

For me, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer was one of this summer’s films I was most looking forward to. I enjoyed the first film for the fun, if unsubstantial, film that it was and after they’d gotten the introductory film out of the way I ...

Pros: Johnny Storm's Sub Plot
Special Effects
Cons: Nothing to connect audience to characters
A little more dialog than necessary from Surfer

Starting off, I'm not a Fantastic Four fan. With that said, lets move on. Fantastic Four was released in 2005. Despite a very excellent subplot revolving around Ben Grimm (Michael Chiklis) and his having to adapt to life as “The Thing”, the original ...

Pros: Silver Surfer and Human Torch are very cool! Some good special effects.
Cons: Desecration of Pop Culture Icons!

Desecrated. That's the first word that comes to mind as I attempt to describe what Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer has done to the 45 year old pop culture icons, the Fantastic Four. So, so, sad. The best thing I could say about the first FF ...