Arise, Surfer

Rating: 6/10 (16 August 2007)

This sequel to Fantastic Four (2005) continues where the first one stopped. The Four are still together and doing what they do best - make silly jokes amongst themselves and planning marriage and such. It wouldn't be a superhero comic if there wasn't someone to add a thrill to the story though and so there is the arrival of a strange phenomenon on planet Earth in the form of a silver surfer. So, investigation starts. And that is much of the story of this film. Which is OK, this type of films doesn't need a thousand page book to back it, it just requires fun, nice action sequences and some slick graphical effects.
The first film was more or less OK, it wasn't anything worth watching twice but was fun for a bored Sunday afternoon. This sequel is in my eyes a small bit better, but not much. It still is a good way to spend a Sunday afternoon, and still isn't worth a second watch. The bit of storyline there is is worked out well enough and some bits of the film were actually very funny. Some other weren't though and that made the total a little too inconsistent to become truly captivating.
Graphic wise this one is pretty well. Most of the used effects are convincing enough to keep one watching the film instead of moaning about horrendously bad effects. Music was fitting, at least didn't fall out of style with the rest.
6 out of 10 disasters happening on poor planet Earth