Ok, so I guess the title of my review kinda revealed my feelings towards the film right away, huh? Thats ok, because I want there to be no confusion-this movie sucked. Big time. So, that being said, you may ask yourself-why would I choose this as my first movie review. Easy-I just watched it, so there you go. Anyway, on to the review.
Where do I even begin? Ok, lets start with the title character himself-the Silver Surfer. The movie comes with a big caveat-if you like the comic book Silver Surfer, you will (or at least you should) hate this movie. I know its a movie, and minor details are changed from time to time, and I can and do accept that as a comic book fan and movie lover. However, if a change is so egregious, one that completely alters an essential aspect of that character, well, you're gonna lose a lot of folks right there, and that's where FF-ROTSS lost me. Apparently, the Silver Surfer gets his power from his board (cue hitting head against wall). And I suppose Superman gets his power from his cape. Imagine how that would go over, and you get how I felt about this little nugget. I don't know which of the following scenarios is worse: a) the writers (assuming they knew nothing about the characters from the comic books) were too lazy to take 2 minutes to look at a bio in a Whos Who in the Marvel Universe book in their "research" for the script, or b) the writers knew of the Surfer's abilities and characteristics, and decided to change something so critical to fit a very bad plot contrivance, where Dr. Doom(don't even get me started on Dr. Doom in these movies) steals the board and basically becomes the Silver Surfer. I don't know, maybe some fans weren't bothered by this, but as a Silver Surfer fan, how could I not be? I also agree with many fans that the CGI rendered surfer looked way too liquid metal and T1000 like. I did like the voice, though. They could do way better with the Surfer, and I hope that one day he gets his own movie (fingers crossed). Its gonna need a reboot from this mess, though, and no one who wrote this stinker need bother putting his/her fingerprints on it, thank you.
Anyway, I can't really comment on the rest of the movie (well, besides the fact that Jessica Alba is horribly miscast here) since the whole Surfer thing completely tainted it for me. So, if it's not too late, please avoid this one like the plague. You'll thank me later.
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