Monday, 18 June 2007

Fantastic Four - Rise of the Silver Surfer

Preamble
Kicking yourself for your own stupidity is not a great mood to be in when watching a film. Toddling along on Satuday at 6.30, I handed my ticket to the usher only to discover to my horror that the three noisy kids in front of me were also waiting for the same screen to be cleaned. And only after I'd sat down did I realise I'd be missing the new episode of Doctor Who! (I did manage to get home in time to catch the confidential, which then spoilt the repeat for me!)

I kept repeating my personal mantra "Cinema is for Sunday." hoping it would calm me down.

Luckily this film kept them quiet the whole way through, which was a relief because, from an entire cinema of seats to have allocated to them, somehow they got stuck directly behind me.

Review
I noticed there's no Fantastic in the official title of the film. The BBFC certificate lists it simply as "4 - Rise of the Silver Surfer", almost like there's no room for "fantastic." There's always room for fantastic! I'm a fantastic Star Trek geek, Symon's a fantastic source of movie trivia and Jackie has fantastic plans for when she gets her hands on James Spader. See? There's always room!

Other people have said this is a family film, which I sort of agree with. Unlike the Spiderman movies, there's no "recap" on the last movie, it just drops you right into the film. I actually liked this better than the way Spiderman does it.

Even with it being aimed at the family market, there's a few bits for the grown ups. Jessica Alba gets her kit off again (rowr) and there's a joke about Ben's bedroom lovelife.

Stan Lee's cameo was a bit tired though. He's turning up in too many of the films. It used to be the odd treat in a few, but what with his horrible appearance in Spiderman, this one was just one too many for me.

Missing lines from the trailer: 1, but the replacement line is much better.

OQ: There’s always a choice.

Score: B

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