Ghost Rider

[Darth Elektra]

Ghost Rider
*HunterRider approved.

So I started this thread to see what you guys thought of the film.

I was disappointed, it was an okay movie. But everytime it got serious, it seemed like there was a stupid joke. The action wasnt that good. The Directing was terrible. and the story wasnt very good.

One thing I'll give this film is acting, I enjoyed both Eva Mendes and Nic Cage.

So what did you guys think of it?

 

[dark_b]

hmmmm there is a ghost rider section

 

[Edenbeast]

^^ its approved by HunterRider mate.

Well I was disappointed too

Spoiler

I thought by killing off the other demons in a non fashionable way was to save it for the final GR vs. Blackheart scene in which it should raise the bar pretty high, but what a let down!!

CGI is quite cool, but as a comicbook movie it didn't deliver am afraid.

 

[LastSunrise1981]

I saw it with my girlfriend last night. My reaction? It was pretty good, I got what I was expecting out of it really. But it definitely could've been a lot better if more time was taken with the script, directing, and the acting itself.

Spoiler

It seemed MSJ gave out false hype when he said both Mephisto and Blackheart would be seen in their demonic comic book forms.

I agree that there was too much humor, especially when the great serious parts started kicking in.

The first transformation was done very well, the police chase sequence was very good, and Ghost Rider himself was done very well. My final reaction? I give it about 7/10. Pretty good, not great, could've been better.

Spoiler

It seemed that Blackheart's minions were beaten too easily. Would've been nicer if they were a bit more vicious, darker, and were actually a lot tougher. It just seemed to be the typical build-up confrontation with Ghost Rider easily dispatching of them both without breaking a sweat.

Hopefully in the sequel we see Blackheart like this

 

[Edenbeast]

Spoiler

It seemed MSJ gave out false hype when he said both Mephisto and Blackheart would be seen in their demonic comic book forms.

Yeah I totally agree with you on that part. Since I read about it here, I got pretty hyped, but Alas we never got see anything of what he mentioned.

 

[Fanticon]

One thing I'll give this film is acting, I enjoyed both Eva Mendes and Nic Cage.

Interesting...this has been the biggest complaint in other threads and forums.

 

[Darth Elektra]

Ghost Rider made: $15,250,000 (Estimate)

According to Boxofficemojo.com

 

[Secret_Riddle]

Dissapointing on almsot every level.

 

[LordJK]

I have no expectations for it so when I see it, it probably won't be that bad.

 

[L0ngsh0t]

My Ghost Rider review (I would post this on the GR forum, but he most the people I would care if they read this or not post here)

I liked what they tried to do with GR, I really did, however I feel MSJ ultimatley made the most rushed movie I have ever seen, the analogy I told my friend was, MSJ has been watching this apple bloom forever, and he sees that he has this chance to pick this awesome apple, but he grabs it to fast and it falls to the ground spoiling the apple

Personally what I would have done was skipp all the hollywood stuntman stuff, skip all of the impressing Eva Mendes stuff, skip the boss style fighting

I would have elaborated on the people, got some good actors to play the kids, and stayed with them for a little longer making them like 25-30 minutes of the movie as opposed to 10-15, I would have got Chris Cooper to play Barton Blaze, and show us why Johnny would sell his soul for him, and then forsure, I would have had Fonda patiently kill us with his masterful dialouge, which I can tell is what he wanted to do, but the movie was paced so rapidly it wasn't possible

Then when we get to Cage as the adult, he can be a hot shot stuntman, but we don't need to see him do any of his stunts, they add nothing to the movie, alls we need to see is the first one, and then him running into Mendes afterwards. Then Cage becomes sympathetic, trying to apologize to her for all those years etc etc. Then bye the time we actually get to Ghost Rider we have a solid movie with some solid characters, so GR doesn't have to save the movie in order for it to even be okay

Then the boss style fighting, I say forget it, get a bunch of mindless cronies for GR to take down to give us a taste, and then have the 4 guys gang up on him in the last fight scene

I think the fighting in general was kind of weak, and every fight i was waiting for their power level bars to appear at the top of the screen

I dunno, everything was there for it to be awesome, and it just fell short, my one huge complaint is how rushed i felt the movie was

things that worked, Cage, Fonda, Elliot, the western style (there was a nice Sergio Leone homage in there)

 

[Darth Elektra]

I agree that there was too much humor, especially when the great serious parts started kicking in.

Exactly

The first transformation was done very well.

I agree, The transformation was done very well.

Spoiler

It seemed that Blackheart's minions were beaten too easily. Would've been nicer if they were a bit more vicious, darker, and were actually a lot tougher. It just seemed to be the typical build-up confrontation with Ghost Rider easily dispatching of them both without breaking a sweat.

Exactly the fighting wasnt very good.

Interesting...this has been the biggest complaint in other threads and forums.

Well I've never read the comics, for instances Eva Mende's character I think is blonde, but I thought Eva did a pretty good job as her character.

 

[Movies205]

Exactly the fighting wasnt very good.



Well I've never read the comics, for instances Eva Mende's character I think is blonde, but I thought Eva did a pretty good job as her character.

Let's be honest for most comic book women characters as long as she has a huge rack, she probably fits the bill.

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

I have zero expectations for this film. It looks terrible from every aspect. I'll wait untl it hits DVD which will probably be soon if this movie bombs like it probably will.

 

[hammerhedd11]

I have zero expectations for this film. It looks terrible from every aspect. I'll wait untl it hits DVD which will probably be soon if this movie bombs like it probably will.

Yeah cuse it only made $15mil opening day.

 

[Darth Elektra]

This film wont bomb but its not going to turn much of a profit over either.

Will there be a sequel? Probably, but it will be intresting to see how well it does.

 

[ZER0C00L]

was this movie anything like the Crow?

cause this director seems like to rip off the crow like he did with Daredevil.

 

[Edenbeast]

Ghost Rider made: $15,250,000 (Estimate)

According to Boxofficemojo.com

I think that proves what Marvel & co. were relying on, by casting a big name like Nic Cage, since the vast majority of movie goers have never heard of Ghost Rider (the comicbook character) before, might prevent a failure in that case a box office bomb.

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

Yeah cuse it only made $15mil opening day.

Yeah, cuse movies never have decent openings and drop down like a ton of bricks within the first week from bad word of mouth and reviews.

 

[ZER0C00L]

those two guys are looking at him like he's the biggest Jackass in the world.

 

[slipknotrocks]

I didnt like it.

MSJ, should never get another job.

 

[Darth Elektra]

Yeah, cuse movies never have decent openings and drop down like a ton of bricks within the first week from bad word of mouth and reviews.

Yep:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ghost_rider/

 

[Nathan]

Yep:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ghost_rider/

What begins as a standard-yet-watchable superhero adventure slowly congeals into something approaching the caliber of Catwoman. Not as bad, but kinda knocking on the doorstep.

Ouch, is the movie really that disappointing?

 

[kidbateman]

imo the directing was not great, the story was really weak, and the fight scenes......... wait there weren't any fight scenes. but i did like the ghostrider character in the film. meaning the transformation and most of the cgi. but for the most part it felt like the writer just stop trying.

 

[3dman27]

i read a review of the novelization that said the novel was better than the movie judging from what i'm reading about the movie today that reveiwer might be right

 

[SuperBatman]

Whats funny is that Bridge has a better RT rating then GR does.