The Fantastic Four Stooges #2 - Why do they even bother

Rating: 2/10 (16 June 2007)

I just got back from seeing "Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer". Wow, it's just as bad as the first film. I wanted to like it but it just didn't happen. What a mess. I was hoping the Silver Surfer element would make a better movie but it's just as problematic as the previous one.
For starters the first three things I like to see in an action/comedy film with superheroes is 1) a scene on a plane where people bicker about riding coach instead of first class. 2) a scene where people bicker whether or not to go to a bachelor party. And 3) a scene where people bicker about someone not taking a wedding seriously enough. But wait, these are three things I don't want to see in an action/comedy film with superheroes. Yeah, that must be it.
It's not that I don't like the Fantastic Four comic or its characters, I just want to have something about the characters that I should care about. They can argue and be funny but that's not all they should be doing. I like Michael Chiklis as the Thing & I like Chris Evans as Johnny Storm and that's it. Jessica Alba as Sue Storm just always seems kinda bitchy, Ioan Gruffudd as Reed Richards seems slightly indecisive (tho in this film FF2 he's acting a little more like a leader) Kerry Washington as Alicia Masters doesn't get the chance to even mention she's a sculptress and I don't know what the hell Julian McMahon as Von Doom is doing besides being a jerk. If you want to see someone who could play Dr. Doom watch Peter Wyngarde as Klytus in the 1980 film "Flash Gordon". That's the closest to Doom on film that anyone is going to get.
The CGI for the Surfer looked good but give him a flashback to something in his life that he cares about or wants to protect and maybe he'll come off a little less aloof. If he's getting his own spin off movie he'd better get a lot more interesting but fast.