Formoolah based Live Action Cartoon

Rating: 6/10 (5 October 2008)

The umpteen successful superhero movies have begun to have a formula in recent times. Show superheroes suffering from everyday mundane problems which common people face, throw in villains who are multidimensional and may not be always bad and create plenty of highflying fights with giant explosions and earth destruction.
The rise of the silver surfer is no different The marriage of the century is on the hands Dr. Reed the stretchable man is marrying Susan the invisible woman except the ceremony is spoilt by a comet like object floating over earth which is freezing everything in its path through cosmic radiation.
Apparently its here to devour the earth and suck its energy out. I wont waste time to explain the rest of the story as it's the usual fight between good versus evil with an old supposedly dead villain returning and the fantastic four characters (and not the franchise) coming of age
Alba looks horrible and aged, its hard to imagine that she was considered the hottest starlet a couple of years ago. The torch is too cheeky for its own good and frankly bores us with college boy jokes. And Dr. Reed looks more like a worried father of two than a superhero. The thing -- does his part of grunting and looks like a mutated and gruff ninja turtle.
Let's come to the point. The film is about CGI -- so silver surfer looks awesome as does the torch and a surprise form of it, which has powers of all four. The effects and the London eye scene get full points. The constant bickering between the four keeps u engaged but is forgettable. The film is your average pop corn entertainer which does not give you even enough time to enjoy a thrilling moment and yet you wont mind spending 90 minutes watching this live action cartoonfest.
Recommended to people who are not yet bored of watching too many earth shattering special effects yarns with too little substance. But heed the warning CGI is slowly becoming a bit like live action cartoon and there is just too much of it rising up.