Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer…
June 21st, 2007 by Ray JacksonMy job as a carer for the mentally ill can be challenging at times and even down heartening when a resident relapses or family member doesn’t understand how the residents illness affects them, even more so when they don’t except there is a problem and fight us all the way! i find that really sad for obvious reasons i can not go in to any details as i I’m bound by confidentiality and my works guidelines etc.
Anyway today was a good day as i took a number of residents to watch the new Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer… yes was as much for my enjoyment as for theirs hehe, call it perks of the job! being senior care and activities coordinator has its advantages… going for free and getting out in the nice fresh air just to name some.
The Resident really enjoyed the film, i think cause they were all men and Jessica Alba did look fine (as always)
Director Tim Story stays true to the roots of the first Fantastic Four film from 2005, keeping the sequel fun and clean even with my wild imagination (you ladies know what i mean hehe). He has managed to develop a new story with a couple new characters that makes our favorite 4 heroes grow even more true fans of the comics may pic up parts from issue #48. as well as issues 57-60. in my opinion Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is far better than its predecessor, and one of the better sequels i have had the pleasure of watching and that’s not just down to Jessica either although she would put class to any film if you ask me.
When the film starts things appear to be going great for the Fantastic Four, Reed (Ioan Gruffudd) and Susan (Jessica Alba) are in love and ready to be married, Johnny (Chris Evans) is still on fire with the ladies, and Ben (Michael Chiklis) has finally found happiness with Alicia Masters (Kerry Washington). However, you know that wont last long lol… their happiness will be tested when strange occurrences start happening around the globe that only point to one culprit: a mysterious being known only as The Silver Surfer (Doug Jones and Laurence Fishburne)…
all i will say is not all is what it appears and an old friend from charmed Victor Von Doom (Julian McMahon) will be reunited with the Fantastic four once again!
One of the biggest improvements that ’Rise’ has over the first film is the fact that the Fantastic work more as a team in my opinion and even Torch learns to play ball (i think it great what they have done with his character). Yes, i know in the first movie they fought together, but because they were still knew to there powers they seemed to be fighting within them self’s as well but this time, they take a different approach and take on even the smaller events together.
Anyway i don’t want to talk the film to much but Tim Story really did a good job with the atmosphere of ‘Rise’. He explores every corner of the planet, with action scenes i noticed in Germany, New York, China, outer space, and the heroes’ kitchen lol. All the action scenes are well done and the special effects used are smooth and effective, even though it looks as though most of the increased budget was spent on The Silver Surfer and Galactus, who look amazing. They forgot to make Mr. Fantastic look as realistic as possible, because most of the time you can see the visual effects. All in all, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (PG) is a fun movie experience that anyone over age 11 or 12 should enjoy as I’m nearly 30 and thought it was great hehe (I’m a big kid).
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