Fantastic Four - Rise Of The Silver Surfer (DVD)

(Also appears at Freeola.com) 2007 delivered us a number of disappointing filmic ventures - Spider-Man 3, Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and Shrek 3 were all, at least in my opinion, not up to the standard of the originals. With the sequel to 2005's "Fantastic Four", things are a little different - the original, whilst fun, was never held in the high regard that the aforementioned titles were, but nonetheless, can this sequel retain the coveted title of the "great Summer blockbuster" that we are currently missing this year? The plot, in a nutshell, leaves off where the last film left us - Dr. Doom is imprisoned in Latveria, and Sue ...  Read the complete review

Fantastic Four: Rise of the silver surfer (2007) For all the oldies out there who were big fans of Marvel comics then you will be aware of the plot of this film or at least the general idea of what is supposed to happen, or if you saw the first Fantastic four film then you will also already have an idea. But for those of the play station generation I’ll try give you an idea. The film pretty much starts where it left of after the first film with the fantastic four doing all all good superheroes do and helping out with reducing crime etc while waiting to save the world again, with Dr doom in a solid state still, they are getting on as normal people do with Mr ...  Read the complete review

My theory is that the introduction of the 12A certificate ruined family films. When I go home over the holidays I want to sit down and watch something that I can enjoy, but also comfortably know that my young nephews, my parents and my grandparents can watch. Whack in a 12A and you end up seeing something that may be perfectly ok for you, but for someone older or younger? The 'Lord of the Ring' films hide behind fantasy, but are incredibly violent. 'Batman Begins' is too dark and scary. Even the recent Harry Potter films have taken to showing a dark and violent side. There may be no swearing or nudity, but I still think that watching an Ork get its arm chopped of ...  Read the complete review

As the world prepares itself for the celebrity wedding of the year, a cosmic visitor to the planet arrives almost unannounced. When satellite images pick up the strange cosmic figure, the US military enlists the help of groom-to-be Reed Richards (one quarter of the Fantastic Four) to construct a tracking device that will alert the military to the presence of the intergalactic traveller. His presence isn't hard to miss; wherever he goes, he leaves huge empty holes in the ground, located at seemingly random points around the globe. But the traveller's destructive path is not without purpose. In the vastness of space an enormous cosmic entity is on its way, intent on ending ...  Read the complete review

Back in 2005, Marvel released the long-awaited film version of Fantastic Four to a distinctly unimpressed world. I actually quite enjoyed it. OK, it was never going to win any awards, but its light, frothy attitude was a fun counterpoint to the darker Spider-man or Batman movies. So, when the sequel was announced, I was one probably one of a small handful of people actually looking forward to it. In a summer of bloated, self indulgent sequels, can the Fantastic Four save the day? Sadly not. FF2 doesn’t learn from the problems of the first film, so it’s not going to win over people who disliked that. Crucially, though, it makes the mistake of losing the fun ...  Read the complete review