Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer review

The Silver Surfer himself is one of the coolest things I've ever seen, and what little character development he got was really good. The rest of the film, though, was largely badly written nonsense. Julian MacMahon is very attractive when he's being evil, however.

The trailers provided some interest. It was amusing when the trailer for The Simpsons Movie came on - I leaned over to Dave and said, "You can go and see that one without me." The guy sitting next to Dave pointed to his wife and said, "He can go with her, if he likes!"

Then there was the Transformers trailer, which presented me with an ongoing internal conflict. I was desperately in love with Optimus Prime when I was very young, I counted many of the Autobots as close friends during my formative years - and I'm quite certain Michael Bay isn't going to present them in a way that's nostalgic for me. If you take the heart out of the Transformers, they're just big lumps of metal - no matter how cool the special effects, it's just not going to work for me without the depth of character I remember.

The question is, can I divorce my childhood memories from the film successfully enough to enjoy what I'm sure will be quite a spectacle?