Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
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Directed by | Tim Story |
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Cinematography | Larry Blanford |
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Music by | John Ottman |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 92 minutes [1] |
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Language | English |
Budget | $120–130 million[1][2] |
Box office | $301.9 million[1] |
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (titled Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer on home media) is a 2007 American
The film was released on June 15, 2007 to generally mixed reviews and grossed over $301 million worldwide, but earned less than its predecessor which grossed $333.5 million worldwide. A third film was planned but ultimately cancelled. The series was rebooted in 2015 with the release of Fantastic Four to poor critical and commercial reception. Marvel Studios eventually reclaimed the film rights of the characters, along with the X-Men and Deadpool, after the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney.
Plot
A mysterious, meteor-like object enters Earth's atmosphere, tracing cosmic energy causing fluxes in weather and power outages, and creating mysterious craters. The government approaches Reed Richards to track the movements of the object. Reed and Susan Storm prepare for their wedding amidst huge media hush and publicity. As the wedding begins, Reed's systems detect the phenomenon approaching New York City.
Tracing the cosmic energy of the Surfer, Reed discovers that a series of planets the Surfer visited previously had all been destroyed. Reed determines that the next crater will appear in London, and the team travels there. They arrive too late to stop the crater, and the Thames drains into it. This also damages the London Eye, but the team manage to save it from collapsing.
The military has the Four reluctantly work with
The military imprisons the Surfer in Siberia, while they torture him for information. Suspecting that the Surfer is not who he appears to be, the Four have Susan use her power to privately speak to him. She learns he serves Galactus, a cosmic entity who must feed on life-bearing planets to survive. His service to Galactus is what prevents his world from being destroyed, and that the Surfer's board is a homing beacon leading Galactus to Earth.
Doom steals the board using a wrist-pad device he created in secret to gain control of the board and its powers, and escapes to China. The Fantastic Four rescue the Surfer, and pursue Doom in the Fantasticar, confronting him in Shanghai, where he impales Sue with a metal spear made from cosmic energy. With the Surfer powerless, Johnny absorbs the combined powers of the team to battle Doom, disabling Doom's device, while Ben Grimm uses a nearby crane to knock Doom into the harbor.
Galactus arrives, while Sue dies in Reed's arms. The Surfer regains the control of his board and uses its power to revive Sue, before flying into Galactus with help from Johnny. The conflict results in a massive blast of energy, engulfing Galactus in a cosmic rift, seemingly destroying them both. Johnny's second exposure to the Surfer heals him, and he can no longer switch his powers with his teammates.
Shortly after the events in Shanghai, Reed and Susan get married in Japan, only to be interrupted yet again by an alert that Venice is sinking into the sea; to Reed's delight, Sue has the wedding finish quickly before they race off along with Johnny and Ben to save the city.
In a mid-credits scene, the seemingly lifeless Silver Surfer floats through space, until his eyes open and his board races back to him, indicating that he is still alive.
Cast
- Reed Richards
- Jessica Alba as Sue Storm
- Chris Evans as Johnny Storm
- Ben Grimm
- Julian McMahon as Victor Von Doom
- Kerry Washington as Alicia Masters
- Andre Braugher as General Hager
- Laurence Fishburne as Voice of the Silver Surfer
- Doug Jones as Silver Surfer
- Beau Garrett as Captain Raye
- Brian Posehn as Wedding Minister
- Zach Grenier as Mr. Sherman/Rafke
- Vanessa Minnilloas Johnny's Wedding Date
- Patricia Harras as Fan Four Receptionist (Roberta)
- Stan Lee as Rejected Wedding Guest
Production
With
The film includes the
The sequel, whose
In August 2006, actor
During filming the scene where Sue shows emotions, Story asked Alba to cry pretty as he thought it looked "too real" and "too painful", he also told they can CGI the tears.[17]
Release
Marketing
The
In late May 2007, 20th Century Fox struck a deal with the
Home media
The film was released October 2, 2007 on DVD (Widescreen/Full Screen Versions & 2-Disc "The Power Cosmic" Edition)
Reception
Box office
On its opening weekend, the film was the highest-grossing movie at the U.S. box office, reaching approximately $58 million,[24] $2 million more than its predecessor.[25] By its second weekend, the film suffered a 66% drop and a 54% drop in its third weekend.[24] The film grossed $301.9 million worldwide, including a $131.9 million gross in the United States and in Canada.[1] The budget was $120–130 million.[1][2]
Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 38% based on 173 reviews, with an average rating of 4.8/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "While an improvement on its predecessor, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is nevertheless a juvenile, simplistic picture that has little benefit beyond its special effects."[26] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 45 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[27] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale,[28] the same grade as its predecessor.
The New York Times critic Manohla Dargis called the film an "amalgam of recycled ideas, dead air, dumb quips, casual sexism and pseudoscientific mumbo jumbo".[29] Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal said the film was "more fun than in the original" but "fails to sustain its modest running time of 87 minutes."[30] James Berardinelli of ReelViews.com called the film "so lackluster it makes Spider-Man 3 feel like a masterpiece by comparison".[31]
Kevin Maher of The Times liked the film's light tone saying "the film is everything you’d expect from a movie that began in the pages of a 1960s comic book – garish, giddy, emotionally simplistic, boldly idiotic and mercifully short".[32] New York Daily News liked the movie: "It's almost a surprise that the sequel is actually better — much better — than the original."[33]
Accolades
Rise of the Silver Surfer was nominated for fifteen awards, winning two. The film won the 2008 Golden Trailer Award for "Best Teaser Poster", against competition from
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer lost to
See also
Notes
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