An Insult To The Surfer

Rating: 1/10 (7 April 2009)

First of all I have to say this. I understand movies have to change things from their source materials. I can understand that. However when you go so far as to change the powers of the characters, well then we have a problem.
When the first trailer for this movie came out I was thrilled. The Silver Surfer was one of my favorite hero's and the shots of the trailer were in fact...epic. As it came closer and closer to the release date my hopes of a good movie were brought higher as I realized Doug Jones, one of my favorite actors was playing the surfer.
So when this opened I was extremely hyped to see. I was sure they couldn't possibly mess this movie up..Oh how wrong I was.
I'm curious as to whether the writers did any research on the Silver Surfer what so ever. If they did they would have realized that his powers DO NOT come from his board. Let me repeat that.His powers.DO.NOT come from his board. I may sound like a whiny fangirl and I admit if that was just an aside I could accept it...However the entire plot of the movie is based on this idea. You can't just completely rewrite a characters powers like that. It just makes comic book fans mad and the people who aren't fans really confused when the talk about it to fans. Also, the Silver Surfer...can't bring people back from the dead. Of all the powers they have to give him one he never had in the first place.
The acting was just plain bad. Making obvious attempts at getting a kid friendly film and yet finding a way to include the Susan Storm naked...yet again.
And for a movie about the herald of Galactus, we sure don't see much of him. And what we do see is more like a cloud of dust then a feared being. Also (major spoilers here)since when has the Silver Surfer been able to destroy Galatus? I mean, he loses all powers just by having his board away and yet he can destroy the being that gave him the powers...with the powers...yeah, makes a whole lot of sense.
The only redeeming features of this movie was the Surfer (when he had his powers). Jones was awesome and Laurence Fishburne did a good job with the voice. However that slight success is marred by the idea of how good it could have been if they'd stuck with the original story line.
This is a movie that could've been great, it should've been great. But in the end it just ended up being a complete waste of time.