New Silver Surfer movie far from goldenJust saw the new Fantastic Four II; Rise of the Silver Surfer movie.
Where to begin? Let's start with the fact that they took the ever-suffering Silver Surfer; the character with godlike powers but also a poet's heart; the one soul in the entire Marvel Universe who displays the most humanity...and reduced him to a stiff CGI gimmick.
They also turned the mighty Galactus (another favorite character of mine) into an interstellar dust storm. Yes, that's right. Galactus in this movie is just so much cosmic dust, coming down the pike to destroy earth. No Watcher, either.
And Sue Storm, what have you done to yourself? Jessica Alba looks like an even more tarted-up version of Christina Aguillera in this film; complete with the collagen lips and straw-like hair of Pamela Anderson, and the (so-blue-they're-fake-looking) colored contact lenses that you might see on any light-skinned Wal-Mart checkout girl with a weave.
Also, the Fantasticar is now a Dodge product-placement (complete with the obligatory "Hemi" joke thrown in).
If you look hard enough, you will also see a "Dos Equis" beer product placement as well.
I really enjoyed the first FF feature film, but this one is an insult.
For those out there who know what I mean by this, this movie is much more Hulk than Spider man.
posted by G. Mackster @ 10:19 PM
2 Comments:
I had hopes that this film would be better than expected, but knowing this review is coming from a knowledgeable expert, I'll wait for the DVD release. I feared all the cool parts would be what we've seen in previews, and most of the still pictures I've seen weren't all that hot. Speaking of hot, Jessica Alba is far from that from the pix I've seen, and that alone takes a review down a couple of stars. Love the Wal-Mart weave line--classic.
I agree with this review.
And I can assure the first commenter that the dvd release won't be long in coming...maybe as soon as the first week in August.
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