Power Cosmic?

Rating: 5/10 (28 February 2009)

I am a fan of the Silver Surfer. I have worked hard to unlock him in Marvel Ultimate Alliance, own the NES game Silver Surfer, and also have read a lot of the comics. I went to see this film because of him, not because I liked the first Fantastic Four Film.
I thought that the first Fantastic Four film was average at best. I did not like the actors cast as Mr. Fantastic and Mrs. Fantastic. I think Jessica Alba is very attractive but she can not effectively portray Mrs. Fantastic. Mr. Fantastic's portrayal in the film is bland and not exciting at all. He just adds nothing to the screen and is very uncharismatic.
I do like the Human Torch and I think he is the best portrayed of the four. He acts the way he was in the comics and that is good. The Thing is pretty cool also and he is pretty well portrayed also, easily the second best in these films.
So I was banking on Silver Surfer helping to raise the film to greatness. Silver Surfer was great, but a few issues. For one, when he does not have his board with him he is able to still use the power cosmic to bring it back to him. He did not need the board to use his power all the time. In this film once he loses his board he is defenseless. They should have stuck to the comics portrayal of him. Surfer gets to do a lot of damage but he really does not fight anyone outside of Galactus and Dr. Doom briefly.
I have issues with Dr. Doom. WHy did they decide to put him in this film? The reasoning behind why he was put in the film is so stupid. They should have known not to release him from his prison and choosing to release him just to help out the Fantastic Four borders on retardation.
If anything they should have left Dr. Doom out of the film and made Galactus the main bad guy. Galactus is not the way he should be. He is just a huge cloud and looks nothing like how he does in the comics. That was a huge disappointment since he is one of the best Marvel Villains.
There also is a lack of solid action. That was also an issue with the first film. A super hero film with a lack of action is bad.
Not a very outstanding film. Silver Surfer was cool, but the rest is not.