Nothing Special but still entertaining

Rating: 7/10 (15 June 2007)

Fantastic Four Rise of The Silver Surfer wasn't bad. Like its predecessor, it was more of a fun popcorn film. The story was also improved from the first movie, though some of the dialoque was worse.
I'm not going to go into plot details because I'm sure most Marvel Comic fans know the story about Galactus and The Silver Surfer from the FF comics back in the sixties titled The Coming of Galactus. Granted there was no Watcher like in those comics, but the origin story of both Galactus and The Silver Surfer was pretty much accurate, with the exception of Sue taking the place of Alicia on a major plot detail. We also have the return of Doctor Doom as well.
I'm sure many have seen the previews and trailers for the movie, so it's no spoiler when I say the scenes where Johnny switches powers with the other members of the team aren't as goofy as I thought they would be. In fact it goes hand in hand with the ending, but I won't share those details.
Fantastic Four 2 is about on the same par as the first film. With the exception of Chris Evans who has all the good lines again, the acting still seemed off. It's most likely because of the horrendous dialoque. There also was no real chemistry between the Reed and Sue characters, but Ioan Gruffudd was pretty good playing the quirky scientist that is Reed Richards. Mike Chiklis was also somewhat okay, but Jessica Alba still needs to improve her acting.
And for those who didn't like the way Galactus was portrayed, I can understand your point, but it wasn't really that bad because Galactus can take on different forms. However, there is a scene in the movie which kind of does give and image of what Galactus looks like in the comics. It is not a clear image, but it is there.
On one final note, the ending of Fantastic Four 2 was superior to the ending we got with Spider Man 3, and I found FF 2 more entertaining as well. Maybe it was because of its short 92 minute running time, whereas Spiderman 3 was just too long with too much going on at once.