The 2007 vibes in this aren't anywhere near as notable or fun as the 2005 vibes of the first one sadly. But the Doug Jones/Lawrence Fishburne/Weta FX Silver Surfer actually kinda holds up as a special effect, which is impressive because not a lot from this era does. (See: pretty much everything else in this movie... genuinely forgot how much of the runtime of these were just poorly directed Vancouver rom-coms.) It's also just a cool character. I can see why they'd try and do it again.
Was hoping to like this one a little more on rewatch but despite being directed once again by Minor who provided the original, this one just suffers from general diminishing returns on this formula. Already exhausting the setting and setup of teens/camp counsellors hanging out in forests and cabins ("Sex, sex, sex. You guys are getting boring, you know that?") you can honestly tell watching this that they had plans to…
"In the old days, if someone had a secret they didn't want to share... You know what they did?"
"No idea."
"They went up a mountain, found a tree, carved a hole in it, and whispered the secret into the hole. Then they covered it with mud. And leave the secret there forever."
"What a pain! I'd just go get laid."
Still probably the definitive cinematic depiction of romantic longing and loneliness, and its painful relationship to the age of…
