The Fantastic 4

I have a thing for superhero movies. This past week both Fantastic Four movies were playing on TV, “Fantastic Four” and “Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer.” The first movie “Fantastic Four” is a great movie. It is the basic origin storyline of how the Fantastic 4 got their powers. Also it is the story of how their greatest enemy Victor von Doom (played by Julian McMahon), or better known as Dr. Doom, got his powers as well. The movie shows how each member of the Fantastic 4 dealt with their new powers in the beginning. The one who has to adjust the most to his powers is Ben Grimm (play by Michael Chiklis), better known as The Thing, to his new monster like looks and tremendous strength. Johnny Strom (play by Chris Evans) , better known as The Human Touch, is the first of the group to embrace his powers because he has a more care free or even reckless attitude than the others. The last two members of the group the Invisible Woman Susan Storm (played by Jessica Alba) and Mr. Fantastic Reed Richards (played by Ioan Gruffudd) also did well dealing with their new powers. The whole movie comes to an end when the four unite to defeat Doom and become known as the Fantastic 4.

*I give “Fantastic Four” a 8.5 out of 10*

 The second movie “Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer” was more action based. The whole movie is centered around the Silver Surfer (played by Doug Jones but Voiced by Laurence Fishburne) and the impending destruction of the earth. Doom is even called in to help stop the Silver Surfer from bringing his master the devourer of worlds Galactus. Doom then double crosses everyone and takes the Silver Surfer’s powers for himself. The Fantastic 4 along with the Silver Surfer confront Doom in Japan and stop him while Galactus gets closer to earth. In the end the Surfer risk his life to save the earth from Galactus. I have no idea which movie I like more because they both are great movies and they both have different things that I think make superhero movies great. The first movie has the whole background story of how they got their powers and how they became the fantastic 4. The second movie had more of a plot with the Silver Surfer trying to destroy the world then helping to save it from Doom and Galactus.Both movies are great on their own but I recommend that everyone see both of them.

*I give “Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer” a 8.5 out of 10*