Friday, October 12, 2007

The Return of the "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer"

http://4.bp.blogspot.comThe sequel to the 2005 superhero hit, Fantastic Four, which was of course based upon the long-running Marvel Comics title once hailed as "The World's Greatest Comic Magazine." Specifically, the premise of this movie is loosely based upon "The Coming of Galactus", which introduced the cosmic characters of the Silver Surfer and his big boss Galactus.

As those who saw the first film will remember, Sue(Jessica Alba) and Reed(Ioan Gruffudd) are in line to get married. As the day approaches, they are plagued by the press, distractions from work, and pre-wedding jitters. But all of that is minor compared to the arrival of the Silver Surfer(Doug Jones, voice of Laurence Fishburne). The alien visitor wreaks havoc around the planet and causes widespread panic. Little does anyone realize that he's the herald of a bigger threat to come, the arrival of The Galactus. The team faces an enemy so powerful they have no other choice but to work with their former enemy Victor Von Doom (Julian McMahon), but can Doom really be trusted?. Reed, Sue, and the other members of their quartet, Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm, must hurry and find their best efforts to stop the Surfer from ruining planet Earth before Galactus looms closer and closer to destroy everything around the planet.

Also, some of the new details being added to the series with this sequel are the introduction of the Fantasticar (a flying car, often shown as a convertible in the comics with detachable seats/parts), more development in the relationship between Ben Grimm and Alicia Masters, and a new costume and mask for Doctor Doom which is more faithful to his traditional appearance in the comics.

"Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" -- like the first picture, was directed by Tim Story -- is bigger, better, more ambitious and well polished than its predecessor. It's also more cluttered and less fleet. It features more humor, less camp, better action sequences, and the addition of the Surfer. A running gag about our heroes switching powers provides some amusing moments, too. The special effects are also grander and the action scenes are a lot better. They've definitely taken advantage of a bigger budget in this movie. The end result is a much entertaining and better film. So hurry and grab now a high-quality copy of this anticipated movie, “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer” in Blue-Ray format available in your trusted and most reliable online auction site, DVD.TV