Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (DVD)

   "FF-Rise of the Silver Surfer" gets four stars (it's probably a three star effort) because it does what "Spider-Man 3" failed to do.It is simply a more entertaining movie.Now I am the world's biggest Spidey fan...and one of the biggest comic fans ever...so I am predisposed to liking these types of films.I will always give them the benefit of the doubt, OK?Having said that, there are parts of "Spidey 3" that made me wince, in a bad way (like the whole 'Saturday Night Fever' dance-walk thing).But there are similar sequences in THIS film that made me wince (like Reed's bachelor party) , but I laughed through it anyways.It's all about tone, and this film gets it right.Oh there's SO much wrong in this movie...lame dialogue, impossible plotting, excruciating "acting", pedestrian directing......but the beauty here is that you don't care AT ALL.This is just a whole lotta fun to watch!First of all, I think...Read more

   Marvel Comics is amazing(shameless Spider-Man pun) me with their newest series of live action movies! No cheesy lines or bad animation. This is incredible effects, graphics, and high adrenaline stories that will satisfy every action and comic book fan out there! This movie is about the first time the Fantastic Four meet Galactus and the Silver Surfer which is before the Silver Surfer became a "good guy". Galactus has always been one of the most feared villains in comic history due to his/it's borderline omnipotence(Galactus could beat Odin in a fight by a landslide if at peak; Dr. Doom almost beat the Beyonder, a being of immeasurable power, with Galactus' full powers but not in this movie; that happened in Secret Wars). Dr. Doom steals the Surfer's board and you can guess the mayhem involved with that! The Four combine all of their powers into the Human Torch to form a Super Skrull like being(a being that has all of the Fantastic Four's powers in one) to beat Dr. Doom but...Read more