Fantastic Four are… well… fantastic!
Last night, I saw Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. I gotta say, it was great!
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I read that the run time was a mere 89 minutes! X-Men 3 was short and NOT sweet, as they crammed WAY too many plots and subplots into it’s 104 minute runtime. I was worried the same would occur for this less-than-an-hour-and-a-half superhero film. Luckily I was wrong!
Even though there were numerous plots involved (including the marriage of Mr. Fantastic and The Invisible Woman, The Silver Surfer readying the planet for Galactus’s lunch, the reappearance of Dr. Doom as he plots to steal Silver Surfer’s power, and The Human Torch’s molecular structure being altered in such a way he swaps powers with other FF members by touching them)… it was timed out VERY well. Nothing felt rushed or confusing!
FANBOYS BEWARE, however, as two big details have been altered: the source of Silver Surfer’s powers, and the physical appearance of Galactus. Both of which made me (and I’m sure other comic book enthusiasts) a bit annoyed (much like we were with Dr. Doom possessing cosmic-induced powers)! If you WANT to know those difference, scroll down past the dots. If you don’t want to know because it’ll ruin the film for you (more than my summary), then stop reading here until you’ve seen it!
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Silver Surfer gets his powers from his surf board in the film! They are able to stop the Surfer’s carnage by using some type of electronic pulse to separate Silver Surfer from his board, and he becomes powerless without it!
Galactus is (are you ready?) a giant cosmic storm! That’s right, no big planet eating giant with a helmet and purple costume, but rather an enormous cosmic cloud complete with lightning, tornadoes, a large glowing red nucleus, and tentacles tipped with spikes which vacuum out the contents of the planets he consumes!
I know, I was annoyed too!!!!!
June 18th, 2007 at 7:28 am
[…] Yes, Travis, my husband and I went to see the Fantastic Four movie yesterday. And it was pretty cool. From my perspective, this film works for a broader audience than those who usually watch comic book superhero movies. The setting and society portrayed in the film is very “every day” American culture. It WILL help if you have watched the first Fantastic Four film in the movie theater or on DVD before watching this episode — or have prior knowledge of this story line — you want to understand before seeing this film why the character Dr. Doom is bad news for the FF and where his special powers came from. So, how does a movie fan keep up with his or her interests when the family budgets are tight? We had a lot of discussion on this at home during recent years and came up with the following arrangement: […]
June 18th, 2007 at 2:49 pm
Did you like the original? I didn’t hate it but didn’t like it all that much, that alone makes me think I’ll wait for video.
June 18th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
Actually, yes, I did enjoy the first Fantastic Four movie. Well…for the most part at least. Being a fan of comic books, I was VERY annoyed at the film’s portrayal of Dr. Doom. The whole time I was screaming (in my head of course, don’t want to get kicked out of the cinema) “What?! Dr. Doom doesn’t have powers! He can’t do that!”