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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vraille Darkfang" data-source="post: 3590720" data-attributes="member: 16989">Also,Put another Vote for well worth it (at least the Sat Matinee Price).I thought it was very, very good.  Not Great.  But close.Much better than the First one (I thought OK Rental, but that's about it).Jessica Alba, who can provide a decent performance upon occasion, fails to be able do anything to make me think "Sue Storm".  It doesn't help she has a 10 Buck Peroxide Dye Job & some sort of Blue Contacts.  Mr Fantastic LOOKS like Mr. Fantastic.  That's half the acting job right there.  Jessica least resembles her Comic Book Counterpart, thus requiring the best performance to pull it off.  She fails miserably.Everything Else I really liked.  I thought it was pretty spot on.Let me quantify as to "Spot On" as regards to the F4.  My exposure comes from 2 sources:1. Various Sat Morning Cartoons as a kid (a la Spiderman & his Amazing Friends).2. My wife's Uncle's Comic Collection.  Which Begins with Fantastic Four #4 & Silver Surfer #1 and continues on pretty unbroken for a couple hundred Issues each.Von Doom as Cheesy.  Most recurring villians under the Comics Code kinda had to be cheesy & incompetent.The Thing was Spot on.  Way he tends to kids, feels aobut his 'condition' vs his Duty as a Super Hero.  And he doesn't have quite the Nerf Suit form the 1st movie (or else I've gotten use to it) All fits in perfect.Johnnie Storm also fits in just fine.  Marketing is just something he'd pull.Mr Fantastic?  Looks so much like him, he doesn't need an Oscar Worthy Performance.Silver Surfer.  He gets his name in the Title for a Reason.Galactus.  I'd have like more hints about the Form in the Cloud.  More distinct Outlines, a hint of color here or there.  THe cloud looked really cool, I would have like a bit more definition at the end.I'd give it 7 out of 10 (and 2 of that minus is Jessica Alba).Spoiler:Whats this "Stealing Sue's Power Kills her" Stuff.  She'd just had a Lance of Cosmic Power through her Left Aorta.  That's kinda Nasty.  It take awhile to drop from Neg 1 unconsious to Neg 10 Dead.  She died to to massive trauma not "Torch has my powers".  In fact, Johnnie realizes that he has to take her Powers BEFORE she finally dies & they disappear.  It's a good scene.That's also when Silver Surfer has his "I's Stands all I can Stand & I cant's stand no more" & decides to give old Lard Butt a Cosmic Power Colonics Treatment.  I think Sue was more the Straw that Broke the Camel's Back than a DC 500 Diplomacy Check.Everyone in the theatere (including 2 Gaming buddies more up to date than me on F4) seemed to really like it.  Overhearing them, there were a lot of at least casual Comic Fans that thought they really did a good job.My vote is go.It an Above Average Movie.  Not just an Above Average Comic Book Movie, but a Above Average movie regarless of genre.</blockquote>

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