Just saw the movie. It is awesome espeacially if you are an action fan. If your a true marvel fan you might be a bit diasppointed, but it is still good. Make sure you don't leave immediately after the movie is over there is more. Oh and watch for Stan Lee he makes another appearance.

This is another great Fantastic Four brot to the BIG screen. Not only do the super beautiful Mr Fantastic and Ivisible Gal get married (as all proper super heroes should!), but they manage to turn evil for good (like DUH!). There is so much great action and fun and enough stories going on to keep all ages entertained. Ok, so we know from the get-go that the wayward comet is the Silver Surfer...no problem; and there's been enough trailer and lobby hype to know what he looks like...no problem; cuz we don't get the full impact of his absolute beauteous perfection until we see him on the BIG screen. WOW! He's truly lovely...too bad he...oops, don't want to give anything away. It's definitely a MUST SEE, and a real family film for a change.

Having been a collector of F.F. and the Silver Surfer comics since the early 1970s when I was about 10 years old I had concerns about the movie when I read that it would only be 96 mins. There would be no way the complexity of Norin Radd could be covered in that limited amount of time. As the Surfer said in the books, ?If I am the flicker surely he [Galatus] is the flame.? Sorry, but there is no way the story could have ended the way it did in the movie ? the Surfer overcoming the power of Galactus. I understand the marketing pressures of Hollywood to appeal to the lowest common denominator. Perhaps the Surfer is way too deep for commercial mainstream audiences. I want to support the ?A? for the effort of Stan & Marvel of even attempting to bring such a complicated character to the silver screen but disappointed with the execution. I give it a ?C.? Perhaps in years to come Stan will do a 3-hour movie on the Origin of the Silver Surfer that will get at the real stuff.

I'm upset that I didn't even see a glimpse of Galactus. And Dr. Doom was dealt with too easily in my opinion (I'm not even going to talk about how easily the Silver Surfer was knocked on his . . board). Some things I'm tired of seeing is excessive product placement in these types of movies, and Stan Lee cameos. He makes excellent comics but can't act to save his life ;-) In this case the sequel was much better than the first one, but I still claim that I only went to see it for the kids sake. Compared to all of the other Marvel 'comic book turned movies', I'd place it in the lower top ten.

(Spoilers) For those that don't know about the Surfers powers, here is a history lesson. He has the Power Cosmic, given to him by Galactus. This enables him to fly (by means of his board), gives him super strength ( he is as strong as Superman), shoot the the power cosmic from his fists and eyes (just as powerful as his physical strength), and has limited command over molecules (letting him pass through solid objects, and destroy and create simpler forms of life) and finally he can fly at nearly light speed ( yes, faster than Superman, the Flash etc...) and track a grain of sand across the universe. The movie has you beleiving that his power is located in his board. This is copletely false, The power is in him, yes he can be seperated from his board, but unlike in the movie nothing can stop it from returning to him when he summons it. And for those of you non beleivers, Wizard Magazine listed the strongest Heroes, Marvel & DC.[BLOCKED WEBSITE]