Movie Review: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Fantastic Four 2 was better than Fantastic Four 1. If you've seen the first FF then this goes without saying. The first movie was cast at least partially based on what actress was popular. The acting was awful and even if you knew nothing about the comics you just didn't buy those actors in the role.
Some people complained that most of the movie was the team squabbling with each other while the bad guy stood aside plotting and transforming. It wasn't until the end of the movie that we got to the whole "The man who has been jealous of me and hated me for years... I never would have guessed you'd turn out to be evil!"

This time the actors were more convincing and the story was better. It's a bit silly and there's great stretches between action scenes, but that's the Fantastic Four for you. When there's four heroes they have to talk more than Superman or Batman alone need to.

The Silver Surfer was pretty much true to comic form. He's the harbinger for Galactus, the planet eater. He became the harbinger in exchange for Galactus sparing his home world and his girlfriend. He has nigh godlike powers granted to him by Galactus.
However, in the comics his power is but a tiny fraction of that of Galactus and nowhere nearly enough to prove a threat to Galactus himself. Also, in the comics, Galactus is a giant person in a silly suit, not a cloud.
And, in the comic, the world was only saved because a being who lives on the moon and watches the Earth gave the Fantastic Four a gizmo that would destroy the universe. They told Galactus to leave or they'd destroy everything. Not really a good way to end the movie.

I enjoyed the movie, but I'm not feeling the need to see it again.