The series is heading in the wrong direction.

Rating: 5/10 (12 April 2010)

There's little reason to recommend Rise of the Silver Surfer. It's missing even the goofy charm that made first Fantastic Four a decent popcorn movie.
The problems begin with the casting. Its much more apparent here than in the first movie, that these actors really don't fit their characters. As much as I love Jessica Alba, she's no Sue Storm. She tries hard, but she never comes close to being anything more than a pretty distraction. Dr. Doom is smarmy, but not sinister or intimidating. Johnny seems bland, The Thing is defined by his girlfriend more than anything else, and Reed is just goofy. Each character is basically an even more watered down version of themselves from the first movie. The Silver Surfer just flies around looking cool and making dire predictions. And let's not even begin talking about Galactus. Everyone is uniformly underwhelming.
As for the story, it's more boring than anything involving FREAKIN' GALACTUS should ever be. It's short, which makes it bearable...until the ridiculous ending. Horrible. It sounds like I hated the movie, but I was just genuinely disappointed that Rise of the Silver Surfer didn't improve on the first movie, at all. Watch this if you simply must see every superhero movie (or if you must see every Jessica Alba movie), but be prepared to find little satisfaction.