I loved the Ghost Rider comics but this movie is extremely disappointing. I laughed a lot because it has a bad b-movie quality. Nic CAge really mugs a lot here when his skull isn't badly CGI'd on fire.
This did not exactly blow me away. It's alright entertainment for a lazy evening at home, if possible with something else to do besides watching TV... nice effects, the story is okay, but something was missing for me. Not exactly bad, but there are much better movies based on comics.
Ghost Rider is literally one of the coolest comic book characters and had the potential to be a gritty, no-holds-bar transfer to the big screen. Unfortunately that is in no way what we ended up getting. I usually hate re-makes in cinema but if there is one series of comic book movies that desperately needs to be done again in the right way, it is definitely this one.
I'm that guy who's a fan of Mark Steven Johnson's Daredevil (both cuts), so I wasn't necessarily thinking his Ghost Rider would be terrible, Nicolas Cage or not. Can't speak to the theatrical cut, but the extended cut has a lot going for it. From what I hear from the two commentary tracks included in this release, they cut some Sam Elliot stuff for the theatrical WHICH IS A SIN THAT SHALL NOT BE FORGIVEN, because really, Sam Elliott wins the freaking movie! As a character I was quite happy to see translated onto film. Peter Fonda as the devil calls attention to himself (the resonance with Easy Rider), but he's fine. The rest of the cast falls a little flat I'm afraid. Nick Cage's broken-down man-child Johnny Blaze is a worthy take on a character who's sold his soul, but it leaves me cold (I'd have watched his younger self, Matt Long, for the length of it though). Eva Mendes looks tired and bored as the reporter who loves him. Wes Bentley's Blackheart is deeply unaffecting. What works (aside from Sam Elliott who makes everything cool) is the action. The effects, stunts and gags are all quite fun, and justify the inclusion of elemental demons to the story. I also can't fault the genre-busting atmosphere of the gothic western, something I think they get right. The cornball romantic ending needed to be excised however (or at least re-written).
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wow. what a shame.CrazyMcLazy
I loved the Ghost Rider comics but this movie is extremely disappointing. I laughed a lot because it has a bad b-movie quality. Nic CAge really mugs a lot here when his skull isn't badly CGI'd on fire.hugeposuer
This movie is terribly awesome.MASD
This movie has amazing 'crazy Nic Cage' scenes.IreneAdler
This did not exactly blow me away. It's alright entertainment for a lazy evening at home, if possible with something else to do besides watching TV... nice effects, the story is okay, but something was missing for me. Not exactly bad, but there are much better movies based on comics.reallux
I was prepared to see a not so good movie, but this was really terrible.jhhayes
AWFUL!!!DisneyStitch
Ghost Rider is literally one of the coolest comic book characters and had the potential to be a gritty, no-holds-bar transfer to the big screen. Unfortunately that is in no way what we ended up getting. I usually hate re-makes in cinema but if there is one series of comic book movies that desperately needs to be done again in the right way, it is definitely this one.Siskoid
I'm that guy who's a fan of Mark Steven Johnson's Daredevil (both cuts), so I wasn't necessarily thinking his Ghost Rider would be terrible, Nicolas Cage or not. Can't speak to the theatrical cut, but the extended cut has a lot going for it. From what I hear from the two commentary tracks included in this release, they cut some Sam Elliot stuff for the theatrical WHICH IS A SIN THAT SHALL NOT BE FORGIVEN, because really, Sam Elliott wins the freaking movie! As a character I was quite happy to see translated onto film. Peter Fonda as the devil calls attention to himself (the resonance with Easy Rider), but he's fine. The rest of the cast falls a little flat I'm afraid. Nick Cage's broken-down man-child Johnny Blaze is a worthy take on a character who's sold his soul, but it leaves me cold (I'd have watched his younger self, Matt Long, for the length of it though). Eva Mendes looks tired and bored as the reporter who loves him. Wes Bentley's Blackheart is deeply unaffecting. What works (aside from Sam Elliott who makes everything cool) is the action. The effects, stunts and gags are all quite fun, and justify the inclusion of elemental demons to the story. I also can't fault the genre-busting atmosphere of the gothic western, something I think they get right. The cornball romantic ending needed to be excised however (or at least re-written).Malena
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Terrible!Cazwegian
Incredibly awful.Dieguito
Junk, trash, bad, ridiculous moviecarcinogen23
Only movie I've ever walked out of at the theater!Un4given
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