Science Fiction & Fantasy > 2007 Science Fiction & Fantasy > Story, Tim

Excelsior!

Advantages: steady well-paced action, plenty of visual treats and amusing moments
Disadvantages: not as deep, or with enough character development as some would like

This sequel to the first Fantastic Four film has not been met with great enthusiasm, which puzzles me. Here, a silver humanoid figure on what appears to be a surfboard begins appearing all over the world and wreaking havoc. When the Silver Surfer interrupts Reed and Sue's most recent attempt to complete a wedding ceremony, Johnny aka Human Torch flies off in hot pursuit. Coming in contact with this alien being makes Johnny's powers unstable and exchangeable ...
...on comic book characters. The Fantastic Four comics were the cornerstone of the Marvel company. It was always full of cheesy lines and never really delved deeply into its characters. This was, in fact, part of its appeal. It left angst to Spiderman, and involved plots or deeper characters to comics like X-men. The Fantastic 4 was about the compromise and sacrifice needed to forge good teamwork, finding empowerment through acceptance of self, adventure, ...

Entwife 19.10.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Fantastic Four - The Rise Of The Silver Surfer (DVD)

Great Fun!

Advantages: Loads of action - good dialogue - a few funny moments
Disadvantages: none

...come to expect from the Fantastic Four movies, the special-effects are excellent, there is a good mix of seriousness and comedy, and the acting is actually very good. As for the action, well---it's non-stop. The storyline is very good, the dialogue clever and humorous, and with the arrival of the Silver Surfer, a potential anti-hero, the Fantastic Four go from superhero comic book characters to Indiana Jones apprentices! This is all good fun---no ...
...92 minutes of enjoyment. This movie has received double-edged feedback, going from the very good to the very bad. Keeping in mind that the story and characters are based on a comic book, I think people need to remember the origins and intent of the movie before judging it overly harshly. The writers and directors weren't looking to create an Oscar-winning movie---the whole premise of this movie is to entertain, and that's exactly what it does. ...

GoFigure 18.11.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Fantastic Four - The Rise Of The Silver Surfer (DVD)

The Fantasic Four Rise to the Challenge of a Sequel!

Advantages: good story, great acting and effects
Disadvantages: None from my house

...but to watch the second Fantastic Four one, so again me and hubby watched it first just to check it was suitable before letting my boys watch it. The film starts with Reed and Sue supposed to be getting married but they get a visit from the American Military as strange things have been happening on Earth. Reed does take a look at it and they discover that the mysterious object which has been seen is in fact a man on a surf board who is making great ...
...getting marred. The Fantastic Four are then required to help stop this surfer but things take a drastic turn when Johnny follows the Silver Surfer and after touching him his powers start to fail and if any of the other guys touch him they swap powers! Thing loves this and keeps touching him! They go to where they predict the next crater will be made along with the military and try to capture the Silver Surfer but when they arrive they find that Dr ...

sewbizzie 06.05.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Fantastic Four - The Rise Of The Silver Surfer (DVD)

You Look Like a Radioactive Tampon

Advantages: Great Direction and Acting
Disadvantages: Too Slow for some

Moon reminds me a lot of those big weighty Sci-fi films of the seventies where it was all about atmosphere, storyline and your imagination rather than riotous special effects and wise cracking aliens. This film is utterly beguiling, its tense but strangely relaxing, all of these is down to two men, the director Duncan Jones and the star Sam Rockwell. This is Jones' first feature film and its an incredibly impressive debut, he eschewed using his father ...
...it is a really fantastic film which is a credit to him. Starring Sam Rockwell as Sam, the only worker on an automated lunar mining complex. He has been working on his own for nearly three years and nearing the end of his term in space he feels lonely, isolated and confused....as anyone would, I imagine. With only a droid, Gerty (Voiced by Kevin Spacey) for company, Sam is alone and starts to feel a world apart from Earth, he feels he is alone but ...

paulie1975 29.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Moon (DVD)

Sometimes, Ignorance is bliss

Advantages: clever thriller, good story, well acted
Disadvantages: bit depressing?

Dont misunderstand my review title, this is a cracking film. You can nearly always say that about Nicolas Cage films, but this one really is! The premise is simple. There are many disasters happening on earth, for some reason, aliens decide to warn mankind about the upcoming disasters by "whispering" them to a little girl in the 1950's. Unfortuneately, that girl does nothing with the information other than write it down on a bit of paper and allow ...
...capsule. The capsule is dug up in the current day and discovered by Nicolas Cage's character. He soon discovers the code in the series of numbers written on the page and works out that the code tells of impending disasters, when they will happen, how many will die and the location. The story continues on along this path, with a worrying fortelling of the end of days. We don't know what will happen right until the end. I wont ruin it for you either, ...

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