Fantastic Four; Rise of the Silver Surfer, a good family flick

Rating: 7/10 (16 June 2007)

Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer. What can you really say about it, the title says it all. This movie was more then just a sequel though; it portrays the characters even closer to the characters in the comic books.
Reed Richards played by Ioan Gruffudd begins to start showing that he's the leader of the Fantastic Four as intended his character in the comic books. Human Torch played by Chris Evans, still the cocky self-centered underwear model role from the first movie, but hey, thats the role we love about him. Susan Storm played by Jessica Alba, once again she finds herself exposedliterally, to the public. And lastly Michael Chiklis as our lovable orange monster "The Thing", who will never stop to amaze us.
But, the real story here, the Silver Surfer played by none other then Doug Jones with the voice of Laurence Fishburne. First off, Doug Jones is one actor in my opinion that does not get enough credit for the roles that he plays. We all loved him in Hellboy as our blue fish friend Abe Sapien, and now with his amazing role as the Silver Surfer. After all the Fantastic Four movies are complete, he deserves his own Silver Surfer movie with a healthy budget to give it what we want.
Character development is similar to that of the first Fantastic Four. The chemistry between The Thing and Johnnie Storm is there, also with a new story added in of a wedding for Richard Reed and Susan Storm. However, in my opinion, though the wedding story was interesting and amusing at times it did tend to drag on which ate up lots of screen time that could have possible been used for some neat fight scenes with the Surfer. But all-in-all I don't see anybody getting nominated for a razzie this time around which is a positive.
With a finally note, Not the best movie to come out this summer, But it also wasn't terrible either. Amusing, entertaining, a few good creative laughs and very well done special effects. What more could one ask for.
So if you happen to be looking for a good movie to take your spouse and kids to and you enjoyed the first Fantastic Four, then I'd highly recommend Fantastic Four; Rise of the Silver Surfer.
And keep a watch in the future for the next Fantastic Four, and quite possible fighting along side with the Silver Surfer or in his own Major Motion Picture.