"I like the part where he knocks you on your a_ _ ."

Rating: 7/10 (7 October 2007)

I get a kick out of looking over the viewer comments on this film who make it sound like Galactus was actually IN this movie. The way Hollywood works, I wouldn't be surprised if the next FF picture got around to identifying that dust vortex as something or somebody else altogether. You see, all the right code words were used, 'destroyer of planets', 'devourer of worlds', etc., but when you come right down to it, you can only assume that it was Galactus that the Silver Surfer was the herald of. OK, OK, you know it and I know it, but let's wait and see if Galactus actually makes an appearance down the road.
Speaking of that vortex, it looked an awful lot like the same kind of device that showed up in the Star Trek episode 'The Doomsday Machine' some forty years ago. It's the one in which Commodore Matt Decker uses a shuttle from the Enterprise to blow up an entity that was just as powerful as said Galactus was presumed to be. So take away points for non-originality there. What that leaves you with is a fairly entertaining super hero flick if you go in for that kind of stuff, but nothing in the way of epic story telling on a grand scale. The CGI guys got it down excellent though with the appearance of the Silver Surfer, couldn't have been better as far as capturing this viewer's expectation.
You know what else bothers me - couldn't they give Dr. Doom a voice that befits his evil status? I know, getting James Earl Jones would have invited Darth Vader comparisons, but come on, he already dressed like Vader and walked like Vader, but he wasn't that duck. But geez, anytime the character spoke as Doom, he sounded like a wuss.
Hey, did you notice that traveling zit on Jessica Alba's forehead? When Sue Storm is shown talking to Alicia (Kerry Washington) early in the story, she has a blemish above her right eye, but just before she makes it disappear, it's above her left eye. One of the better super powers on display here.
OK, that last comment invites a neg from the FF4 die-hards, but I'm working on not much sleep here. I enjoyed the movie for what it was, but agree with a lot of posters on this forum that it could have been a whole lot more. As for Stan Lee, I think this was my favorite cameo.