Fantastic(ish) 6 (stars out of 10)

Rating: Null/10 (22 June 2007)

I was looking forward to this one only because of the Silver Surfer/Galactus potential. The first F4 movie was a bit of a let down, but not that big a let down as my expectations were not that high to begin with. The first movie was entertaining enough to warrant a trip to the cinema and to part with some of my hard earned cash (but only just!).
The second one is similar to the first, the movie has "Fantastic" potential, but doesn't quite manage to capture that potential on screen. Although similarly to the first movie I didn't have high expectations regarding the film. I did however hope the whole Galactus/Silver Surfer story-line would at least help enhance the franchise, and in many ways it did. This movie is certainly more entertaining, more fun, better thought-out and grander than its rather damp squib predecessor but not near as much as I was hoping for. The Silver Surfer character had sufficient screen time but wasn't developed enough or convincing as the herald of an "all conquering force". As for Galactus well what can I say, poorly executed, yes I agree trying to portray the guy on the big screen would be very difficult, but the cloud just didn't do it for me. I however do appreciate the attempt to make Galactus a credible force on screen. The original cast all return and all do an adequate job, although Chris Evan's is once again the stand-out performer and pretty much steals the show again with some very funny scenes and lines. Direction was OK, script was pretty poor considering the material they had, dialogue was very poor, special effects ran hot one minute to very cold the next, but overall were impressive enough. I just need to keep remembering that this is a COMICBOOK movie....! Overall, its worth the admittance fee, and its an enjoyable 90 odd minutes of entertainment, but once again is a bit of a let down!!! 6/10 ******