Underwhelming

Rating: 5/10 (25 June 2007)

Geez, I was looking forward to this movie!
The Silver Surfer is as cool as Batman and Wolverine and probably cooler.
The 1st F4 movie was better than I expected. It wasn't a great movie but it was fun. It was a nice departure from angst driven BATMAN BEGINS, X-MEN & SPIDER-MAN movies which I love. But it is OK to simply like something and F4 was something I liked.
BUT nevertheless I was hoping that RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER would approach the excellence of BATMAN BEGINS, the X-MEN movies and all 3 SPIDEYS.
It didn't.
The Surfer is very cool to watch but is the ONLY reason to catch this new F4. Whatever misgivings you had about miscasting the F4 are glaringly apparent more than ever here. Jessica Alba is simply not Susan Storm (anymore than she is Nancy in SIN CITY). The guy who plays Dr. Doom should simply come with his own cue cards to flash on the screen to tell the audience what to feel.
This is great stuff for 8 year olds! Period!
And c'mon guys if your gonna have Galactus in the movie don't depict him as an outtake from TWISTER!
If The Silver Surfer gets his own movie I'll see it only if Tim Story is too busy with adapting Sesame Street to the big screen.