Though I have often been called a geek, it’s usually because I like computers and such.  I did collect comics when I was younger (okay, when I was older too), but not as much as some other people I knew.  I’ve always been more of a technical geek than a hidden-away-geek.  Not that there’s anything wrong with either.

As such, I’m generally on the periphery of most movies that have anything to do with comicdom.  I can typically keep up – while my wife would often run or walk the other way – and I can often enjoy them to at least some degree.  But in this case, I didn’t so much.  I liked the original Fantastic Four, and I’m aware enough of who the Silver Surfer was to be able to keep up, but I just didn’t really care for this sequel.

I don’t exactly know what it was, because most of the original players that made the first movie a decent one to watch were back.  It’s quite possible that too many writers came in and made it a mess, because the director (Tim Story) was the same and so was one of the writers.  But this time around, rather than two writers, there were four – two for the screenplay and two for the story.  I don’t know if that’s the issue, I just know that it wasn’t as much fun.

While Reed and Susan are trying to – finally – trying to get married, it seems that yet another problem is threatening the people of earth.  And specifically their wedding day.  So they have to postpone.  Again.  Blah blah blah.

I don’t have a thing to say against the story, and while I didn’t read much Fantastic Four, so I can’t say if it’s exactly true to the tale of the Silver Surfer (I don’t think it was exact), it was decent, and the special effects were cool, it just didn’t feel right.  Things jumped a bit too much for my taste.

The acting was decent, but I didn’t get that everyone was on the same page this time around.  It’s almost like the old Captain America movie from 1990 (that really seemed like it was a lot older), just with better special effects to make us try and forget the story.  In short, lots of better superhero stuff out there – even the first FF movie.

Rated PG for sequences of action violence, some mild language and innuendo.

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