Ghost Rider?

[Tetsubo]

This movie was AWESOME!

Nicolas Cage as a Demonic Elvis Ghost Rider. Peter Fonda as Mephistopheles. Sam Elliott doing what Sam Elliott does best. And Eva Mendes. How could you NOT love this movie?

Everything I wanted and more...

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

It has Eva Mendes. How much more eye candy you want, man?

Eva Mendes.... ghuuhuhuhuhu....(Drooling like Homer Simpson).

Hopefully I will see it sometime this weekend.

 

[WayneLigon]

I liked it well enough; I give it a solid B+. It was enjoyable and interesting. Yeah, maybe a darker horror-themed movie might have been better, but I've had my fill of dark.

 

[Pants]

It has Eva Mendes. How much more eye candy you want, man?

Eva Mendes = nice to look at... just turn off the volume.

 

[Quasqueton]

Just got back from this movie. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I have a couple old (70s) Ghost Rider comics, and I read them again a few weeks ago in "preparation" for this movie. The comics are bad. Very bad. Aweful, really.

This movie is a good comic book movie. You can taste the comic book flavor in the writing and story. But this movie is good. Accept it as a comic book movie, and you can enjoy it.

Quasqueton

 

[Mouseferatu]

Just got back from this movie. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I have a couple old (70s) Ghost Rider comics, and I read them again a few weeks ago in "preparation" for this movie. The comics are bad. Very bad. Aweful, really.

This movie is a good comic book movie. You can taste the comic book flavor in the writing and story. But this movie is good. Accept it as a comic book movie, and you can enjoy it.

Problem is, I accepted is a comic book movie, and I still felt it was mediocre to bad.

And while they used Johnny Blaze rather than Dan Ketch, the Rider himself was clearly based off the more recent/modern version, which is not nearly as cheesy as the 70s GR was.

 

[Torm]

I just saw it earlier today. Feh. But then, I've never really been a Ghost Rider fan. It was well-acted, and the effects were good, but without being a fan, it really didn't move me. Eva Mendes' cleavage, which seemed to be on display at every point possible, was the best part of the movie for me. And that certainly won't warrant a repeat viewing at any point by itself.

 

[Ranger REG]

Eva Mendes' cleavage, which seemed to be on display at every point possible, was the best part of the movie for me. And that certainly won't warrant a repeat viewing at any point by itself.

Ah, so it's like telenovelas.

 

[Quasqueton]

But then, I've never really been a Ghost Rider fan. It was well-acted, and the effects were good, but without being a fan, it really didn't move me.

For the record, I've never been a fan of GR, either. The two comics of him that I have were not purchased by me -- I don't even know how they got into my collection. What I knew about GR before the movie was from just the general stuff you learn through osmosis with comic fans.

Quasqueton

 

[IcedEarth81]

Accept it as a comic book movie, and you can enjoy it.
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What does that mean? Does that mean that we aren't supposed to expect comic book movies to have a decent plot, to be well shot, and to have great performances? I don't buy that at all. We've had some really good comic book movies (X-Men 1 and 2, Spidey 1 and 2, Batman Begins, etc) that had a good plot with fairly deep characters that you cared about, that were well done, and had some really good performances. In short, we had good movies that happened to be based upon comics. No matter where the story comes from, the movie just has to be good standing on its own merits. Movies shouldn't get a pass because they come from a comic book. If the comic doesn't give enough of a story or a good enough story to make a movie then the movie shouldn't be made.