I missed this in the theaters and thus pre-ordered it as soon as it became available. The story is simple enough, "Invisible Woman: Sue Storm and "Mr. Fantastic" Dr. Reed Richards are about to be married, or at least try for the umpteenth time. In the midst of the wedding planning, Reed is working on a project to track a mysterious phenomena. Of course, the phenomena, the mysterious alien we learn to call the Silver Surfer, crashes the wedding. His presence indicates Earth's impending destruction unless the four superheroes can stop him.
I missed this in the theaters and thus pre-ordered it as soon as it became available. The story is simple enough, "Invisible Woman: Sue Storm and "Mr. Fantastic" Dr. Reed Richards are about to be married, or at least try for the umpteenth time. In the midst of the wedding planning, Reed is working on a project to track a mysterious phenomena. Of course, the phenomena, the mysterious alien we learn to call the Silver Surfer, crashes the wedding. His presence indicates Earth’s impending destruction unless the four superheroes can stop him.
Of course, Dr Doom returns as the team is forced to work with him, and equally predictably, the Silver Surfer is not the ultimate bad guy we initially think he is. The story is predictable but the ride is fun and the effects are all one could hope for.
In the 2 disc set, disc 1 is double-sided and has both widescreen and full-screen editions of the movie, with two commentary tracks. Disc 2 has five extended/deleted scenes, including a longer title sequence. There is a behind-the-scenes documentary that follows the crew as they scout locations, test early special effects, and then work with the cast. There's a detailed look at the Fantasticar and five featurettes: the development of the Fantasticar (10 minutes), the Surfer effects (15 minutes), the history of the Surfer in comic books (39 minutes), the Thing suit (11 minutes), and the music score (four minutes). The “plain vanilla” version has 1 two-sided disc with both full and wide screen versions of the film but apparently none of the extras. For the difference in price I’d opt for the 2-disc version if only for the deleted scenes. - Stephanie L Bannon