So, What was Wrong with it?

Rating: 8/10 (18 June 2007)

With all of the mediocre reviews of this film, I was worried about taking my nine year old to see it. As it often happens, the movie was much better than the critics conveyed. There was less time on individual characters dealing with their powers and more time on either the four as a team (or Sue and Reed as a couple) or the action. It was interesting that they had the U.S. Army torturing the Silver Surfer, as it mirrors the reports from Abu Garib and Guantanamo Bay. And, Reed's hate/hate relationship with the General in the film is also surprising.
Alba is beautiful as ever and she gets a few good lines. The Thing has less screen time than the last film; however, what he does have, he makes good use of.
The only problem I see with this flick is the strained angst of Johnny (The Torch). So, his womanizing has caught up with him and he wants something different for his life. The metamorphosis is a little too fast...even for a comic book...