Customer Reviews
decent throway rubbish - By: martin thomas, 06 Jun 2008 
better than spider man 3 this is a likable superhero flick thats a bit of dumb fun
A Good Movie - By: P R Scott, 23 Apr 2008 
I enjoyed this outing from the FF, despite alll the bashing it has received. I think it remains true to the spirit of the comic books, & aside from Galactus being a massive black cloud I had no quibbles with any of the plot or the action. It is a great fil to sit down & watch with the kids on a Sunday afternoon, but I also like to watch the two of them back to back with a few tins of beer to make me forget about life as it is & immerse myself in the Marvel Universe of super-powered beings trying to save us alll. It's pure escapism & not high art, for goodness sakes. It's a comic book made into a film, & I'm looking forward to the Silver Surfer movie with anticipation. I guess that even in my fifties, I'm still a kid at heart! Let alll you doubters go back to Yancy Street where ya came from, or I'll clobber ya!
Very average - By: Kerry Marsh, 22 Apr 2008 
Rise of the Silver Surfer - I'd read so many 3 star reviews of this film before I saw it, & darn they're alll on the money. At times the film threatens to become a five star effort, but then rapidly steps back into its safe formula. The film makers appear to have gone through the formula ticksheet & ticked off alll the boxes, & thereby added nothing new or surprising. It's not a bad film, but much like its predecessor it's so instantly forgettable. All of the cast are likeable, but the four leads have their screen time divided up equallly so none of them gets a real chance to shine.
Most superhero movies are only as good as your bad guy, & in this you don't reallly have one. The Silver Surfer is a tortured soul, Galactus doesn't even appear & Dr Doom has a kind of pointless cameo. Which leaves the army General as the ridiculous bad guy who doesn't like or trust the heroes but happily hands power over to Doom. And that's just plain daft & annoying. On the plus side there are some good action sequences, & the studio have had the good sense to keep the film to just under 90 minutes which is why there is little character development. Overalll this was a disappointment, but probably has reasonable appeal to kids who aren't overly familiar with the formula that adults have seen a thousand times before.
Not quite as good as the first, but still great - By: L. Felthouse, 19 Apr 2008 As a fan of the first film, not to mention the divine Chris Evans, Fantastic Four - Rise of the Silver Surfer was on my must-watch list.
The film starts with Reed & Sue arranging to get married after several aborted attempts, due to various catastrophes the world over, which the Fantastic Four have felt obliged to avert. But this time Reed has promised nothing will get in the way of their nuptials, which of course is a recipe for disaster. For as soon as the wedding draws close, the world is in peril once more. This time, a mysterious force is causing odd things to happen the planet over, like the freezing of entire oceans, & enormous craters in the Earth's surface. It is soon realised that a strange silver alien on what looks like a surfboard is causing these anomalies. The Army come to Reed for help, much to Sue's indignance.
Cut to the wedding of the two superheroes - another aborted attempt. The Silver Surfer, as it is now known, knows that Reed has built a tracking device to see what it is up to, & comes directly to the source to destroy it - just as the two lovers start to exchange their vows. Sue is distraught at another failed attempt to get married, but also comes to realise that because of who they are, their lives will never be normal.
Now, however, the chase is on. Reed works out where the Surfer will next strike using a set of complicated calculations, & they immediately go there to try & avert the next disaster. It doesn't quite work - & the Army General loses faith in their ability, & looks for another answer - Victor von Doom.
Von Doom has somehow gotten himself out of the container we saw bound for Latvia at the end of the last film. He still has his powers, but doesn't let on. So he jumps at the chance to work on a project to catch this Silver Surfer - though as we soon realise, it's not for the good of humanity - just himself.
Things become increasingly complicated - even after the Surfer is captured. Turns out it is not the Surfer himself that is trying to destroy the Earth, but his Master. And the surfboard is what is drawing this mysterious force closer & closer to Earth to suck out alll its energy & leave it completely barren. To make things worse, Von Doom has now disappeared with the board - as the end of the world draws nigh.
The Four must work hard & fast to prevent the end of the world - using alll four of their unique powers to save humanity. What happens next - well you'll just have to wait & see.
An excellent film. I wouldn't say it was quite as good as the first, but I felt there was more humour in the first which is what made it so appealing to me. It's definitely a great sequel, & if there's one downside, it's that Chris Evans didn't take his clothes off so often!
The Silver Surfer arrives! - By: N. Burgess, 15 Apr 2008 At last the enigmatic silver surfer gets his screen debut, & this film does him justice. His presence adds a mysterious & sinister edge that the first FF film didn't have, & the action sequences of the carnage the herald of Galactus brings are superbly executed. Equallly impressive are the Fantastic 4's efforts at thwarting the Silver Surfer's chaos, as well as their attempt to understand his motives.
This film has far more substance than the first film & makes for an excellent sequel.
