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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 3593903" data-attributes="member: 32740">I thought that, just like the first FF movie, this one was not very well written from several standpoints and the acting was... shall we say, cartoonish?  But it is unarguable that the keepers of this franchise are NOT out to warm the hearts of rabid comic-book geeks by replicating previously published word.  NONE of the comic book franchises are.  FF:RotSS essentially achieved what it set out to achieve - a forgettable, but entertaining, big-budget summer movie for a wide demographic with little or no previous knowledge of the franchise needed.Comic books and movies are different media.  Books in general are different media than movies.  They have differing requirements, audience expectations, and capabilities.  They share many traits but are not directly interchangeable in what you do with it, how, and why.  Being genuinely faithful to a comic when attempting to ADAPT it to a screenplay (note that word - ADAPTATION) is quite likely to make a film unwatchable.Yeah, I kinda thought Galactus as an Evil Cloud Monster was a BAD choice of direction.  I had flashbacks to Star Trek: The Motion Picture.  <shuddder>  But as has been noted by others a big purple guy in a Poohbah hat and moon boots would have been even worse.  Don't measure these things for what they are not.  I.e., "It wasn't anything like the REAL Galactus," or, "Silver Surfer can do this but not that because that's what the comics dictate," and so forth.  It's like saying, "I don't like 3rd Edition D&D because it isn't 1st/2nd/Original Edition."  Judge them on their own merits.Now, in this case those merits are really few and barely redeeming, but they ARE there.  You just have to start with the understanding that ACCURACY is way down the list of priorities in endeavors like this.So yes, it is obvious that Jessica Alba is not much of an actress.  But it is equally obvious that the role of Sue Storm is not the same caliber as, say, Queen Elizabeth, nor Sophie Zawiskowski (Sophie's Choice), nor even Scarlet O'Hara.  This is a comic book superhero.  While comics CAN be literature, the vast majority are disposable action/soap opera entertainment.  I don't expect great acting (though it might be nice and give movies like this a little bit more respectability) for superhero movies and it's amusing to think there might be people who do expect GREATNESS from bubblegum.JMHO</blockquote>

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