Entertaining, but I expected more.

Rating: 7/10 (16 June 2007)

Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer was a good movie. I enjoyed watching it and I wasn't bored at all. However, I felt a mix of thoughts and feelings at the beginning. It seemed to be fast and slow at the same time. Allow me to elaborate.
Now if you didn't see the preceding title: Fantastic Four, or if you aren't familiar with the comics, then you may be a bit confused at the beginning. There is hardly an introduction for the characters, making you feel as though you missed something important. You'll catch on though; nothing to really worry about. The events were filled with dialog at the beginning, and knowing what type of movie this is, you await the action. The action won't come until later on, and even then it seems to end a bit quickly.
A slight problem I had was that the movie attempted to be dramatic and catastrophic. The keyword being: attempted. The world is coming to an end because of the Silver Surfer's invasion, but I didn't feel emotionally drawn into the moments that transpired. In some movies, you can actually feel what the characters are feeling in their moments of strife. You can identify with them, and even compare the experiences with your own. However, this movie lacked that ability. What I'm trying to say is that it felt too much like a movie, and not like something that you can identify with. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I expected this movie to give me that mental and emotional connection that I spoke of.
The best thing about this movie is the characters. Each character has a unique relationship with the other, and it makes for an amusing experience, even though it attempts to be "touching." But in concern with the actors who play the characters, there is nothing about their performances that will blow you away. It was satisfactory, but not excellent.
If you're looking for an entertaining but not too profound film, then I would suggest this movie to you. It wasn't at all bad. It just didn't live up to my expectations. It was good, but I dare say it was fantastic.