Movie Review of Ghost Rider

[William drake]

...Well, I hated it, but before I go into why, I,as a comic book lover hated it, I'd like to know what you thought.

 

[Jeff Wilder]

Wrong forum. You'll want to request this moved into the Media Lounge.

(I hated it, too. Horrible movie. Caught nothing about why Ghostrider is cool except -- occasionally -- the visuals.)

 

[Darkness]

Moved to Media Lounge.

 

[Graf]

I liked it. But I was a fan of the 90s verision.
I thought Cage did a good job.

 

[Treebore]

As I said in the other G. Rider thread, my family and I loved it. One of the best of all the Marvel movies, and better done than the comic. At least the pre-90's comic. I quit reading comics in 92.

I definitely llike this better than the F4, Daredevil, Elektra, Hulk, or X-3 movies. I think I like it better than Spiderman 2 or X-2. I'm still thinking about X-1 and Spidey 1.

 

[Vanuslux]

Meh. It was okay if you like cheese. The writing was pretty terrible (regardless of whether you care about faithfulness to the source material, which I'm not much of a stickler on) and the direction only slightly better than mediocre. The special effects were pretty hit and miss. It wasn't a complete waste, but I wouldn't recommend going out of one's way to see it.

 

[Crothian]

It was a fun Saturday afternoon action flick. Nothing I'm wanting to see again but it wasn't a waste of money either.

 

[Hand of Evil]

I only give it a 3 out of 5, not great and not as dark as I would have liked, and if you are going to have Eva Mendes, it is always a plus to show off her cleavage.

They kept it toned down to appeal to the 13 to 17 year olds, at least that is how I saw it.

 

[buzzard]

It was on OK movie if you don't mind watching eye candy and shutting off the brain. However there were some things in the writing which were simply stupid to a mind hurting extent. Were it not for these things, it would have been a much better movie. I generally collect superhero movies on DVD, but I'll skip this one. It's nowhere close to top tier for superhero flicks (ie Spiderman, Batman Begins, X Men1&2).

buzzard

 

[Hand of Evil]

It was on OK movie if you don't mind watching eye candy and shutting off the brain. However there were some things in the writing which were simply stupid to a mind hurting extent. Were it not for these things, it would have been a much better movie. I generally collect superhero movies on DVD, but I'll skip this one. It's nowhere close to top tier for superhero flicks (ie Spiderman, Batman Begins, X Men1&2).

buzzard

Number wise, it started better than Daredevil and seems to be on the same track, Ghost Rider had a bigger budget so it will be interesting to see how it finishes up but DD had a good overseas run but GR has yet to be released in some markets. The biggest difference could be the times, 2003 vs 2007.

Daredevil Numbers: Opening Weekend: $40,310,419 (3,471 theaters, $11,613 average) % of Total Gross: 39.3% Widest Release: 3,474 theaters Close Date: July 17, 2003
In Release: 154 days / 22 weeks

Domestic: $102,543,518 (57.2%) + Foreign: $76,636,200 (42.8%) = Worldwide: $179,179,718


Ghost Rider numbers: Opening Weekend: $45,388,836 (3,619 theaters, $12,541 average) % of Total Gross: 57.7% Widest Release: 3,620 theaters
In Release: 10 days / 1.4 weeks

Domestic: $78,660,000 (82.6%) + Foreign: $16,595,917 (17.4%) = Worldwide: $95,255,917