Thanks for the find, annee. Although this is a negative review on FF2, it gave me some good chuckles at their terminology. The Fantastic Four get special powers when radiation hits their spaceship (don't try this with your microwave). Mr. Fantastic, an elastic band with a PhD Ah, the imagery. :happy I suppose sometimes negative reviews are more creative and interesting through their language use! (not that I read reviews that often, so correct me if I'm wrong!)

A few things made me laugh it's certainly not out me off from seeing it.

AHHHHH the bitter film critics!!!!! I`m still seeing it thoug.

Thanks ricki. A little disappointed for Ioan's sake that the viewer doesn't think the stretchy CGI looks good. Guess I'll reserve opinion until I see it. GG

I just found this review on my Yahoo server. It isn't the most flattering BUT just remember a review is only one persons opinion. Don't understand why these reviewers look at a movie with a negative attitude that end up being a commercial success. Its fun for the whole family and goodness knows there aren't a ton of those types of movies out there. Film Review: `Fantastic Four' still bore By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer The filmmakers behind all these comic-book adaptations always insist they won't come back for more unless the sequels can top the originals. The "Fantastic Four" gang has managed to outdo itself the second time around — and still make a bad movie. "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" exceeds the first movie mainly by the less-is-more approach. It offers fewer random displays of superpowers that characterized its predecessor, keeping the action brisk and the running time 15 minutes shorter. That makes it less of a fantastic bore than 2005's "Fantastic Four," which became a commercial hit despite cheesy action and effects and dysfunctional infighting among its quartet of superheroes. The first flick suffered from a miserly story, pitting the four astronauts-turned-mutated-heroes against one another in a sort of silly sibling rivalry, then tossing in an aimless megalomaniac whose only goal was destroying the good guys. This time out, the heroes have their act together, if not their acting — the performances are still as stiff, thin and brittle as the paper their Marvel Comics source material was printed on. There's a little more at stake in "Silver Surfer" — the destruction of Earth — though even that impending doom sometimes takes a back seat to the goofy interpersonal crises of the Fantastic Four. Our heroes all return with the powers they gained in the first film: Brainiac leader of the pack Reed Richards ( Ioan Gruffudd), whose elasticity allows him to bend and stretch into any shape he wants; Sue Storm ( Jessica Alba), who can make herself invisible and project force fields; her brother, Johnny Storm ( Chris Evans), able to fly and burst into flames; and Ben Grimm ( Michael Chiklis), a super-strong rocklike hulk. Also back is director Tim Story, who has learned a thing or four about action since last time — "Silver Surfer" shows definite improvement over the choppy fight sequences in the first movie. Their superhero cover blown in part one, the Fantastic Four are caught in a tabloid-TV spectacle as Reed and Sue's wedding approaches. The arrival of an interstellar harbinger of doom, the Silver Surfer, interrupts the nuptials and forces the Fantastic Four into reluctant alliance with their archenemy, Victor Von Doom ( Julian McMahon), who has metallic and electromagnetic powers and in some conveniently unexplained manner has returned from apparent destruction in the previous flick. The Surfer rides into town on a silvery surfboard, blasting craters around the planet, freezing entire seas and otherwise making a nuisance of himself. We gradually learn he's not the big cheese, though; surfer boy is just the advance man, leading a hungry entity known as Galactus to planets it can devour. To its credit, "Silver Surfer" flows by quickly, if brainlessly. The dialogue from screenwriters Don Payne and Mark Frost is so shallow it provokes unintended laughs ("Your encounter with the Surfer has affected your molecules," Reed informs Johnny, proving that not all eggheads have a way with big words). Amid all the vapid dialogue and visual fireworks, the performances seem like afterthoughts, particularly those of Gruffudd and Alba, who could use a snap of the fingers by fiery Johnny to light a spark of personality within them. The cast also includes Kerry Washington, returning as Ben's sweet, blind girlfriend; and Andre Braugher, stuck in a bad Patton act as an Army general who enlists the help of the Fantastic Four. The Silver Surfer looks like the shape-shifting cyborg of "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" in his smooth, shiny transition modes. Though Story and his crew were aiming to emulate the character's appearance in the comics, there's not much room for expressiveness in a featureless creature that resembles a shopping-mall mannequin. Droopy vocals for the Surfer by Laurence Fishburne don't help, either. He's got energy enough to punch massive holes across the globe, but the Surfer sounds as though he can barely keep awake. Doug Jones, a mime who portrayed both the forest faun and the creepy Pale Man in last year's "Pan's Labyrinth," performed body movements that were used as the basis for the computer-generated Surfer, which was crafted by Peter Jackson's Weta Digital effects outfit. Like the first movie, the sequel closes with an image that could be a nugget for another installment. If the really bad first chapter can pack in enough fans to warrant a sequel, there's no reason why the merely bad second one cannot do the same. "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer," a 20th Century Fox release, is rated PG for sequences of action violence, some mild language and innuendo. Running time: 92 minutes. One and a half stars out of four. ___

Inspite of all the critics. I´m still very excited about this film!!!!

HEEEE!!! the person who wrote this as no idea of who "Ion" is hahahahahahaha

Saw this video with interviews of FF2 cast. Of course, Jessica got more of the video time. EXTRA TV REDCARPET INTERVIEW VIDEO (Not rated) 14-Jun-07 10:03 am EXTRA TV REDCARPET INTERVIEW VIDEO http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2007/06/behind_the_scenes_at_fantastic.html http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2007/06/behind_the_scenes_at_fantastic.html

FF 2 cast at London Premiere http://www.film.com/photos/16/15086380

Saw the movie last night and thought it was great. The chemistry between the four was much stronger in this film, and yes, Ioan was amazing! Did anyone catch the part when Reed walks in when Sue is watching TV and the announcer states "coming up The Invisible Woman's fashion flaws". Sue then gets all depressed and Reed comforts her........... Interesting parallel

Thanks, Queen9ers for the links. GG

San Francisco Chronicle REVIEW It's 4 superheroes versus one surfer with killer moves Mick LaSalle, Chronicle Movie Critic Thursday, June 14, 2007 Something has happened to Jessica Alba in the past two years. It would be too much to say that she has learned how to act, but she has definitely stopped doing that thing she did throughout the previous "Fantastic Four" movie. You know, that thing in which she'd speak a line and then look around nervously to see if she'd fooled anybody? Alba doesn't do that anymore. She's just fine now -- and so is the new "Fantastic Four" movie. To say that "Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" is better than the original isn't enough. The last one was awful, one of the worst movies of its year, while the new one is a pleasure, one of the most enjoyable pictures of the season. The last "Fantastic Four" was 106 minutes of water torture. The new one, instead of expanding in length, clocks in at a streamlined 92 minutes, but nothing about it seems truncated or small-scale. The stakes and the scope are tremendous, and yet the movie doesn't wallow in either. Director Tim Story and writers Don Payne and Mark Frost are at all times telling the story, moving the action forward. They do so from the first seconds: Something that looks like a meteor is flying all over the world, confounding weather patterns. In Japan, the sea turns to ice, and snow falls over the pyramids in Egypt. Electricity goes out all over Los Angeles, and everywhere this energy ball goes, it creates craters. It's strange enough that people start thinking this might be the end of the world. Come to think of it, that's not a bad guess. Meanwhile, everything is cozy with the Fantastic Four. Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd), the elastic man and group intellectual, is about to marry Sue Storm (Jessica Alba), who can make herself invisible at will. (This means he must always be faithful -- think about it.) Ben Grimm (Michael Chiklis), who is made of rock and looks like tree bark, is still going steady with the lovely non-superhero Alicia (Kerry Washington). And Johnny Storm (Chris Evans), whose gimmick is to fly around while on fire, is living the life of an eligible New York bachelor. They are urban dwellers, like all superheroes, and so when Reed and Sue opt for an outdoor wedding, they hold it on a rooftop. Or maybe they do this out of plot convenience: Before the rings are exchanged, the meteor flies by -- only, on closer look, it's not a meteor. It's a silver man on a silver surfboard, who looks like an Oscar statuette in motion. He has access to a seemingly unstoppable supply of energy, and he's sowing destruction everywhere. The Silver Surfer is played in body by Doug Jones and voiced by Laurence Fishburne, and both do beautiful, sensitive work -- it's the performance to take from the movie. Yet much of the Silver Surfer's movements and actions had to have been computer generated, too. The interesting thing here is that the line between what's real and what's manufactured is almost never noticeable -- certainly, it's barely thought of. The illusion is complete. It's complete in all the key moments, as well, from the battle in London, which endangers the Millennium Wheel, to the outer-space scenes, in which a creeping darkness threatens to cover the earth. About the only visual lapse in the picture is the blond wig that the dark-haired Alba wears to play Sue. It's even worse than the wig Kate Bosworth wore as Lois Lane in "Superman Returns" -- worse in that it might really be Alba's hair. Victor Von Doom (Julian McMahon) shows up, too mean to die, oozing menace and mendacity, but, fortunately, the movie doesn't slow down for him. There are oblique attempts at making the film topical: For example, the Army brings in a torturer to interrogate an alien, because the alien has no "human" rights. But the truth is, "Rise of the Silver Surfer" doesn't aspire to much. It just happens to have the three things it needs -- velocity, artistry and a pretty good story.