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Fantastic Four - Rise of the Silver Surfer (The Power Cosmic Edition, 2-Disc Set)
Product Group: DVD
Studio: 20th Century Fox
ISBN: B000VI70R2
UPC: 024543470861
Binding/Media: DVD
Running Time: 92 minutes
Release Date: 2007-10-02
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
SKU: AZN-FXD047094
Condition: New
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Editorial Reviews
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Description
Catch a wave of "terrific adventure" and "non-stop action" (CBS-TV) in this fun and fantastically entertaining smash-hit! "Invisible Woman: Sue Storm and "Mr. Fantastic" Dr. Reed Richards are about to be married when a mysterious alien... the Silver Surfer... crashes the proceedings and heralds Earth's impending destruction. With time running out, the Fantastic Four reluctantly teams up with the nefarious Dr. Doom in a thrilling effort to save our planet!
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Amazon.com
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is another entertaining romp for the Marvel-superhero franchise. Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic (Ioan Gruffudd), is treading on thin ice when his fiancée, Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman (Jessica Alba), thinks he's more interested in a series of cosmic phenomena occurring around the earth than in the preparations for their upcoming wedding. Sorry, ladies, but Reed is right. The disturbances are caused by a surge of cosmic power from a mysterious being called the Silver Surfer (an all-CGI creation, modeled by Doug Jones and voiced by Laurence Fishburne), who not only zooms around the skies on his board, but also has enough power to fight the FF, sometimes by turning their own power against them, not only mixing up Sue and Reed, but also Johnny Storm, the Human Torch (Chris Evans), and Ben Grimm, the Thing (Michael Chiklis). But that's not the worst of it. The Surfer is only an opening act, a herald looking for planets that his master, Galactus, can consume for his sustenance. With its initial installment, Fantastic Four established itself as the superhero franchise that didn't take itself too seriously, and that continues here. There are numerous moments of laugh-out-loud humor, and the most angst they suffer is whether Sue and Reed will ever be able to live a normal family life. (That, and whether they'll ever really get married, of course.) If Fantastic Four were a normal superhero franchise, the ending would be a knock-down drag-out war with Galactus, featuring the FF in a colossal battle for the planet Earth and the lives of everyone on it. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer just doesn't do that, and we don't quite get the payoff we expected. Effects are dazzling, but the Surfer looks too metallic, more like a skyriding T-1000 robot. --David Horiuchi On the DVD
Are you getting tired of big movies initially coming out on substandard DVDs only to be released in better versions later? No such worries with the Power Cosmic Edition of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, which delivers the goods. The double-sided disc 1 has both widescreen and full-screen editions of the movie, with two commentary tracks. On the first, director Tim Story talks about FF inside jokes and what had to be cut out of the movie. The second combines producer Avi Arad (has anyone recorded more superhero DVD commentaries?), screenwriter Don Payne, and editors Peter S. Elliot and William Hoy (only the last two sound like they were actually in the room at the same time) covering some of the same ground: comic-book references, special effects, etc. On disc 2 are five extended/deleted scenes (almost 10 minutes total) with commentary by Story, including a longer title sequence and some comic relief. "Family Bonds" is a 46-minute "fly on the wall" documentary that follows the crew as they scout locations, test early special effects, and then work with the cast. There's a multi-angle look at the Fantasticar and five featurettes (some of which are more substantial than you'd expect for that term). Topics include the development of the Fantasticar (10 minutes), the Surfer effects (15 minutes), the history of the Surfer in comic books (39 minutes, with interviews of Stan Lee, Jim Starlin, and Ron Marz, and Lee describes himself as his own biggest fan!), the Thing suit (11 minutes), and the music score (four minutes). --David Horiuchi Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Extras
View exclusive clips (including interviews with Fantastic Four Creator Stan Lee and Screenwriter Don Payne), download AIM icons and wallpapers and browse the extensive photo gallery at our Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer minisite.
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Customer Reviews
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It may be better than the first installment
Rating  (5)
Date: 2010-08-24
Sequels, it's said, are never as good as the original, but this one defies the maxim. Combining juiced-up special effects, trademark Marvel Comics depth of character, and the return of the original acting team, it finds the Fantastic Four--Mr. Fantastic/Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffud), the Invisible Woman/Sue Storm (Jessica Alba), the Human Torch/Johnny Storm (Chris Evans), and the Thing/Ben Grimm (Michael Chiklis)--settled into their roles as popularly-accepted superhero crime-fighters, albeit not without a generous helping of humor, and struggling to find a way to fit Reed and Sue's long-hoped-for wedding in around the obligations of herohood. Then a series of unexplained cosmic, and earth-scale, phenomena bring the Army to their door in the person of Gen. Hager (Andre Braugher), who wants Reed to investigate. The disturbances are the work of an enigmatic being who comes to be known as the Silver Surfer (Laurence Fishburne/Doug Jones), and who is in fact a "herald" for a planet-eating entity he calls Galactus. And Earth is slated to be served up as the latter's next meal. To make matters worse, Hager expects the Four to work with Dr. Doom (Julian McMahon), who has ideas of his own about the whole affair. Everything builds up to a slam-bang climax that I won't even try to describe. If you liked the original, you absolutely must not fail to see this entry into the franchise. (A third entry is in the works, though apparently not with all the original actors.)
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silver surfer
Rating  (4)
Date: 2010-08-22
I'm glad i went to London before seeing this film. I went on the Londen eye and was staying in that exact area so it would have creeped me out if i saw this film before going to london. Anyway, this second Fantastic 4 was good. I liked the silver surfer and Torche's new ability to trade powers with the other members. Dr. Doom is back and still evil. There were funny moments and lines and overall, this film was fantastic, from start to end. Jessica alba and chris evans were my fav. of the four heroes and of course the silver surfer was cool as sin.
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im waiting
Rating  (3)
Date: 2010-08-02
i have the power golactic version on reg dvd hoping for the widescreen blu ray version golactic
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very please
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-07-31
As comic movies collector I am very please with the purchase of this DVD, specially cause I am a big fan of how a movies are made and this DVD delivers!
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Another Super Letdown *SPOILERS*
Rating  (2)
Date: 2010-06-25
0 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
Surprisingly this movie sucked the same as the 1st. It had points that made it suck worse but it also had parts that sucked less.
Stuff that sucked worse:
Acting
Campy Writing
Galactus
Stuff that Sucked the Same:
Dr.Doom
The Thing
Stuff that Sucked none at all
The Surfer
The Human Torch
The inclusion of Latveria
Ok her is the plot:
Reed and Sue want to get married but cant due to superhero lifestyle, Johnny is a shameless endorsement / media whore, Ben seems ok with his hot blind black girlfriend.
Surfer crashes the wedding and screws up Johnny's DNA. The military enlists the 4 to help smoke the Surfer, they blow it.
Military now enlists the additional help of Doom much to the chagrin of the 4.
Reed builds a gizmo to mess with the surfer, it works, but not before Sue connects with the Surfer and decides he is "just misunderstood".
Surfer is tortured, Doom betrays all, Reed says "I told you so."
Doom is so super-duper bad now that he has the Surfers board and Johny pretty much turns into a Super-Skrull, just no Thanos chin, pointy ears or galactic domination bent. Johnny beats the jelly out of Doom.
Surfer sacrifices himself to save earth...or does he?
In conclusion, rent it so that we may enjoy a good movie bashing together.
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