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Message: <blockquote data-quote="horacethegrey" data-source="post: 3349569" data-attributes="member: 40123">See, this is why the movie sucked for me. Ghost Rider I think, is better portrayed as a horror character rather than as a straight up superhero. When you get right to down to it, the character is a proverbial force of nature who doesn't give a **** on how he goes about dishing out his vengeance. It's a concept that I think the movie only hints at but never quite pulls off. No offense to Nic Cage, but an R rated flick would have been the right way to go. But, I'm afraid that if Mark Steven Johnson had directed that film as well, it would have been just as awful as this one. I'll say it again, the man is a hack. He clearly cannot convey the drama or tragedy that a story like this needs. Nor can he build up any amount of suspense to keep the film fresh and exciting. And actors such as Eva Mendes (I'll agree with Man in the Funny Hat here, she is a welcome distraction <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ), and Sam Elliot (what is he doing in a Marvel flick again? Such a great talent deserves better material) are wasted when they should have been utilized better. Clearly, the man needs to stay away from other Marvel properties in the future. They deserve a better film treatment than this.About the only thing Johnson gets right here is the Rider himself, who, despite my misgivings, is awesome to look at onscreen. I just wish we saw more of him.</blockquote>

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