A Slightly Better Fantastic Farce!

Rating: Null/10 (15 June 2007)

The sequel to 2005's Fantastic Four finds itself in a position where it has improved slightly, but not enough to categorize it as a "good movie". Now don't get me wrong, the cinematography is great, but everything else, not so much.
The CGI in the movie is awesome, it's all very well-made, especially the Silver Surfer. Lots of nice little effects here and there as well such as explosions and other stuff. Despite how lame I think it is that Galactus is shown as an enormous gaseous being (or being in a gaseous surrounding, whatever), it's still a very cool-looking gaseous being.
Now that we've got the good stuff out of the way, we can focus in on the negatives. There are a number of cringe-worthy scenes in the movie that involve stale jokes and imbecilic one-liners as well as how the actors get across some of the emotional aspects of the film. Now I, as any man, love Jessica Alba, but however much it pains me to say anything negative about her, she should just quit acting and find a career in modeling. Every scene I watched with her in had me sighing heavily with my head down, rolling my eyes. That's not to say Ioan Gruffudd or Julian McMahon were any better, which they weren't. The same goes for them as well, however, they're very good in some of their other works.
If you're looking for a deep, heavy movie that satisfies your "abstract movie" needs, then look further, this isn't the movie you're looking for. However, watch this if you want a movie that provides simple and, at times, ridiculous entertainment.