Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer
The first film was mostly panned, being compared to Spiderman, X-men, and Batman Begins. And still they decided to make a sequel. It's hard to say if that is really a good or bad thing. Personally, I never thought that the original was as bad as people said. It just wasn't the same as the other movies. It was short, sweet, and action oriented. It was a comic book in movie form, not a movie about a comic book. But enough about the first movie. Let's talk about number two.
First the bad. I know Mr. Fantastic and the Thing are rather indestructable, but how does being on fire stop the human torch from getting hurt when he falls 30 stories? And for a quick geography lesson, when you head to the South of China, you won't find the Great Wall.
As for the good...there is one thing that makes Fantastic Four work. There are no secret identities. There are no masks (or glasses) to try and fool the public. So it doesn't matter if everyone is unmasked all the time (unlike in Spiderman 3). Also, the Four have fame and sponsorships. This is the 2000's. If you are famous, you'll have sponsors. It's an odd thing to say, but this makes it almost seem like a more realistic superhero movie. The other positive it has going for it is that it doesn't have the problem that so many other sequels seem to have. Unlike all these other sequels/triquels/etc., this film doesn't drag on for 3 hours. They kept it short and sweet at 89 mins. That's right. No need to try to drag the story out (I mean there is none anyway), so let's keep it short and sweet.
In the end, Fantastic Four-2 isn't much of a step up from the first one. It is basically more of the same. it's just that this time around they were given more leeway because it was being compared to movies like X-3 and Spiderman 3 (both complete shit), as opposed to X 1 & 2 and Spiderman 1 & 2 (very solid comic book movies). In that light this film is almost brilliant! However, if they do come along with a Fantastic Four 3, let's just hope it doesn't fall prey to the Comic Book 3rds. For if it does, then God help us all. That could be one of the most horrendous films ever.
RATING: Worth a Mid-Priced Ticket, Worth a Netflix Rental Somewhere On the List, i guess