Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer - Please use spoiler-tags
 

Richards is back... and so is Jessica Alba, hooray! While the first movie didn't have the monumental impact on everyone like Spider-Man I and II did, it still was a fun ride and had some really cool scenes in it. Anyways, the movie gets a sequel, titled "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer". Sounds promising, I'd say.

Enough blabla, here's the trailer, released today:

Apple.com - High Resolution Trailer
Youtube - Blurry, crappy, flashtrailer

Seeing how I missed the first part in cinemas back in the day (I can't even remember the movie being in cinemas over here, but I know it was), I'll definitely go and see this one. Even if it's just for the sake of having seen another comic book movie.

And here's a press release pic of Norrin Radd:

I admit this sounds kind of petty, but the pupils give the Surfer a human look that I don't usually associate with the character. Still, he's silver and he's a surfer, and that's what matters.

The first movie was bad, but its heart was in the right place. I'll go see this one.

Who could have seen that one coming??

I really hope this can be a good FF movie!!!

:blanksta: ... There are too many 'FF's. There's Final Fantasy, Fast Forward, Fantastic Fout, Fuzzy Fondue, Fernando Fonzarelli and Flamboyant Forest. How 'bout we just abbreviate this'n to 'F4'?

My problem with the first flick was that it spent waaaaaayyyyy too much time focusing on their origin and by the time an actual threat (Doom) showed up, the movie was over.

But, now that their set-up is out of the way, a sequel is free to have all the fun it wants. So I have some optimism for this flick, though I'm really not that excited about it.

You just described basically every superhero movie ever.

;)

That is exactly how I felt about the first movie. All it was was setup. I was worried that it didn't do well enough to get a sequel, because I felt that it really needed a sequel to give proper attention to what is personally my favorite Marvel comic book.

I'll be going into the new film with cautious optimism.

I know your joking, and technically you're right... but something about the FF movie worked differently so that it really DID feel like two hours of setup. I remember sitting in the theater watching the movie and coming to that realization. I dunno, Spider-Man and other superhero movies just haven't made me think that.

I know exactly what you mean. All comic book movies can lag a little when getting into the hero's origion (with the exception of Tim Burtons Batman) but FF...I dunno.

I really didn't feel like I was watching the FF, that close family atmosphere was missing because for everyone ot get onboard we had to go from the beginning. Mostly I just couldn't beleive what they did with Doom. I know it's early and there's no Franklin yet, but where are the bizzare cosmic level threats and feelings of family?

I hated the first movie, the ONLY good thing about it was...The Thing!

He was the only interesting character, the only one I cared about, and the only reason I didn't fall asleep or walk out of the theater.

The rest of it was a pile of boring mush that I couldn't wait to see finish...I don't plan of wasting my money on the second one.

But I will keep an eye for it if when it starts airing on tv....

Heh. True.

FF went overboard, though. I mean, with let's say "Spider-Man", you had Green Goblin fights peppered through-out the film until the final battle.

With Fantastic Four it was 80 minutes of origin and then 10 minutes of villain fighting. And they beat Doom in the most absurd way (hot water is Doom's kryptonite!).


....but YAY! Surfer!

FF1 was fine, you hafta start somewhere, start at the beginning. I was satisfied with it. Ben is the best thing about FF anyways. He rocks....pun intended. :P

FF2 hopefully improves. Eeeeeeeeeek poor flameboy! mean ol surfer...

isn't ol flamey playing Casey?

Yep BL Flame-head is plaing ole Case. I kinda liked the first F4 movie, but I kinda like exposition as well, even thought I knew how it all played out, being a comic book geek.

I sure hope this one is better than the first one as I am a big F4 fan.

A kiddies paddling pool at above room temperature? CURSE YOU RICHARDS!

I haven't seen the first movie still just because I was never particularly impressed with the franchise. I'll get around to it someday. But, I think it's safe to say that everything isn't running smoothly here. I watched the scene officially dubbed a trailer when this thread showed up. While there are great special effects, it all just seemed lacking. Perhaps I wouldn't be so lost had I seen the first movie or read the books, but was I supposed to have any idea whose wedding that was? Other than that, they just insulted their ability as film-makers by calling that a trailer. It was NOT an overview. People who don't care for comic properties or haven't seen the prequel will be turned off by this apparent laziness. As for my thoughts on the trailer, it gave me no reason to care about the characters. Other than some cool special effects, I see no reason to go out of my way to see it. But, a lot can change by the premiere date.

Gobo, if you've seen the first movie, the scenes will be pretty self-explanatory. And while I agree with your "That's not a trailer" statement, I kind of seem to have forgotten who made the law of what a trailer should consist of.

Also, the first movie wasn't bad. It just wasn't as amazingly good as it could have been. It's not the kind of movie you sit through in awe, afraid to blink because you might miss something. It's more like a good popcornflick you can enjoy on an evening you don't feel like heavy stuff on TV.

Exactly why I liked it, it didn't try to hard, it just was what it was.

and Gobo, buddy, the answer is which members of the F4 are married or would be getting married?? ;)

So, the answer is "look it up", huh? :P My sister has the first one on DVD, so I'll check it out soon.