Search - Fantastic Four Collection (Fantastic Four/ Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer) on DVD

Silver Takes the Gold

Sky | New York | 11/29/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Short resumed Director Tim Story has done an excellent job with the film adaptation of the Marvel super-hero gang The Fantastic 4. He brought on a terrific cast, used some great special effects and made a couple of movies that the whole family can enjoy together.

The criticism for the Fantastic 4 series seems to center around two similar objections. 1) Fans of the comic books are dissatisfied with the less intense film adaptations. And 2) The series is too light and family oriented. Indeed, those are valid objections if you've come looking for Marvel adaptations like The Blade Trilogy, Daredevil or The Punisher. Even the Spider-Man and the X-Men trilogies far exceed Fantastic 4 in adult-oriented content.

The Fantastic 4 series holds up quite well as a family franchise. The stories are very well put together. There are funny moments and there's great action. The acting cast is good and they take their roles seriously. Sure, the movies get campy at times. But, c'mon...it's a 1960s comic book adaptation. But the modern twists and especially the modern special effects make these films thoroughly entertaining for young and old.

Fun movies, and the sequel is even better than the original.

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Two Movies - consistent characters

JMAP | Louisvillle, KY USA | 10/22/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I decided to get this 2-movie set version for the value and convenience. The original Fantastic Four movie disc offers the movie in Widescreen with a couple of featurettes. The Silver Surfer movie disc shows the movie in Full Screen format on side A and Widescreen on side B with commentary available. While I didn't expect all the bells and whistles on the second film that was offered in the other released editions, it would have been nice to have one featurette included.
I enjoyed both movies as entertaining diversions. The special effects are quite good. The characters continue the first film's fun banter in the second film. However, don't expect great depth into the characters."

First one ok, second one is even better.

ADRIENNE MILLER | TENNESSEE | 11/18/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Fantastic Four and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer are two great films, I love the second one and the first one has some funny moments. Defintely one to get if you love the comic book. Great holiday gift purchase. Enjoy!"

Comic Book Nerd

Joseph Wilgosz | Hicksville NY | 10/29/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I really liked this movie, you have to go into this movie not expecting a classic & you will be very pleased, the effects were great, I was not happy with the Galactis cloud, like everyone else, but the rest was very good."