Story
Two years after the events of the first movie, the Fantastic Four are now hereos in their own right. ReeD and Sue are planning their wedding, only to be interested by the Silver Surfer during the ceremony. The four are then tasked with stopping the surfer and his master who wants to consume the planet.
Acting
Much like in the first movie, I like the group dynamic, and in this movie, it really feels like they have grown together. I do like the tension when Johhny and Ben think that Reed and Sue are going to "abandon" them. It shows just how much they care about each other. I will say that they feel more like a family than the first one, but that is to be expected in a sequel where the first movie is their origin story. And though we didn't get the third movie, I like the rerfences to Franklin and Valeria. (still cannot belive that we re getting one of Reed and Sue's kids in live action in 2025, what a time to be alive)
Writing/Direction
My main gripe stems from here. *insert director and writers names* played it to safe with the antagonists and this is where the film faulters. Galactus being portrayed a space cloud rather than the planet eating entity that he is was a bad choice. I know that comic book movies were not as popular and an argument could be made for relasim but Iron Man's success the year after this film was released shows that comic accuracy pays.
I also don't think that the Silver Surfer should have sacrifefd himself at the end. I am aware that he is not acting as Galactus' herald willingly, however, his turn around time undermines the beginning of the movie where he was actually a threat.
My main issue with Galactus is that the htrear never feels that serious. Ima going to be a little unfair and compare this movie to the one coming out in 2 weeks (eeeeeeeeee) and one thing that sewts the new one apart is that the sivelr surer announces to the world that galacts is coming. There is public pressure on the Fantastic Four to neutrlaise the threat. In this movie, only the four and Norrin Radd know about it and while it does work, Victor von Doom feels like a more pressing issue thathte literal space entity that wants to consume the planet.
Having Doom as a secondary antagnsoit also undermiens the primary antagonists. We are supposed to be scared of this world ending threat but the four spend a significant chunk of the movie with the main villain form tehi first film. That being said, Doom is an iconic. villain. I understand bringing him back.
CGI/Set Design
When it comes to these movies, I am a CGI defender. Does it look amazing? No. That being said, it was 2007 and when you keep that in mind, it really doesn't look THAT bad. Will 2025's movie look bad
Score/Soundtrack
I don't have much to stay about the score that I didn't say in my preivous review, which I will conveniently leave linked here of you would like to read it. I like the score in these movies, I think they do stand out, however they don't stand out enough for me to seek them out the way I do others.
Overall Thoughts
I enjoy this movie a lot less than its predecessor. It is not a bad movie (some might argue that it is) but I find it mediocre. Galactus was handled badly and the I would have preferred if the silver surfer was "the viallian" for longer.
Much like the first one, New Rockstars has a breakdown of this movie.
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