Movie Review: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Monday, June 18, 2007
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This movie was exactly what I anticipated - about 1 hour and 15 minutes of very average plot, average visuals and average special effects. There were a couple moments of great effects work, but the vast majority of the film was minor league and nothing that made you really go wow. For those interested - those two best moments were the Great Wall of China chase sequence and Earth about to be eaten by a world-hungry planet eater.And since it's a Fantastic Four movie, the grading starts at B, and goes down from there. Entertaining and better then the first, but has a long ways to grow up to play with the big superhero movies of summer. C
JG
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4 Comments:
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At 6/19/2007,
Jeff Smith said...
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Ah, you went in with too many expectations. Just go to be entertained. You had to know you were not going to be seeing the greatest movie of all time.
I went with my wife and some kids from my youth group - on Sunday night no less AND as part of my Father's Day gift. I give the movie an A. It did everything I expected - fun, laughter, some suspense (didn't see the girl dying coming), a little "give you life for the world" from a very cool Silver Surfer, and basically a nice time out with some VERY good friends.
Bring on F4#3 -
At 6/19/2007,
Jon said...
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I'm surprised you didn't mention the obvious Christ image of the Surfer at the end. I find it interesting that even Hollywood recognizes the significant role that the cross has played in redemption. I was reminded of the same thing in Superman Returns.
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At 6/19/2007,
Unknown said...
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Jeff ... I think you're right.
Jon ... good call, there were some strong parallels with the Silver Surfer as redemptive character. Agreed.
JG -
At 6/19/2007,
MJ said...
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i haven't seen it yet, but the "world hungry planet eater" is named Galactus. yep i'm a nerd.
