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Saturday, Sep 06, 2008
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A Fantastic Four even better than the first one |
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by Rajkhet Dirzhud-Rashid -
SGN A&E Writer Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer Directed by Tim Story Starring Ioan Gruffud, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon and Andre Braugher Now plalying From the first scene of a planet blowing up and a streak of light zooming toward earth, Fantastic Four: The Rise of The Silver Surfer grabs one's attention. True, there are moments that beg to be edited for brevity in the first part but, still, with the ensemble cast from the first installment of Fantastic Four, the film is set to be a huge winner with Marvel fans and newcomers alike. Although, I had to be 'brought up to speed', by two true geeks at the screening, because the whole 'Silver Surfer' as bad guy plotline was a little fuzzy for this old noggin. And yes, as I remember from my days reading comics in Houston, as a wee Bi grrrl, 'Surfer' did become a good guy later on. So, the plot of this new film zips from Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffud) and Sue Storm's (Jessica Alba, looking tasty as always) upcoming wedding, to a meeting between 'The Surfer' and Johnny Storm/The Human Torch (Chris Evans), which makes The Torch's powers transferable to anyone who touches him. And, then, there's the whole paparazzi trying to take over the power couple, Reed and Sue's wedding and threatening to ruin the day, only to be upstaged by the destructive rampage of The Silver Surfer (who is acting on 'orders' from a cthulhu-like being called 'Galactus'. Got all of that? And Doctor Doom (Julian McMahon in the role made for him, after his stint as a demon on 'Charmed') returns to wreak more havoc and vengeance on the group that put him away in the last Fantastic Four film, using The Silver Surfer's powers to springboard his attack. Lots of great footage of aerial duels between 'Surfer Guy' and The Human Torch, and THT and Doctor Doom, but my fave scene was the entity called 'Galactus' trying to devour the earth. I don't know if the directors imagined a 'chtulhu' being (think of the 'Dark Gods' in 'Hellboy'), but that's what it looked like to me. So, if you're into the whole 'Cthulhu Mythos' oevre from Lovecraft, there's a bonus side to this film for you. Makes me look forward to the upcoming Neil Gaiman film, Stardust. |
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