JLCM Crappy DVD of the Day: Ghost Rider

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Post by Samuel » Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:46 pm

I think I didn't like the movie for the same reason I never cared for Blaze's Ghost Rider, it was far too shiny and bright for something so dark and sinister. Dan Ketch's Ghost Rider was much better, in my opinion, it was dark, the series opened with plenty of unanswered questions but filled it's pages with many interesting characters and enough tragedy to leave you distracted from the unclear origin of everything.

It's a bummer that Cage turned his character into a second rate Elvis impression, the lame mixture of Kale/Zarathos...it was kinda lame. I'd love to see them go Hulk style and reboot the series with Ketch's Ghost Rider.

Post by Tom Brazelton » Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:25 pm

matt! wrote:that's her acting, tom.

ZING!

Post by mlsterben » Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:49 pm

Tom Brazelton wrote:Could you find a more ambivalent shot of her?

Those were the only pictures of her I could find from the movie, other than the poster or box art.

Post by matt! » Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:29 am

that's her acting, tom.

Post by Tom Brazelton » Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:15 am

...if somewhat non-plussed about being in the movie.

Could you find a more ambivalent shot of her?

Re: JLCM Crappy DVD of the Day: Ghost Rider

Post by mlsterben » Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:10 am

joerules wrote:the two are quick to point out all the other complex shots. It's nice. I'm noticing things I never would have normally.


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Like a pair of torpedoes flying out of the screen? Yowza! :D

Ghost Rider's potential to be a decent movie left as soon as the main bad guy had a kid-friendly "fly at the screen with a lightning flash and scary face" moment. That whole scene - each minion slowly walking from the desert to the center of their pow-wow circle, the goofy face, the attempted quick scare - was completely lost on me. Ugh.

At least Eva Mendes looked foxy.
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Awww yeeeaaahhh.

Post by cooljammer00 » Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:10 pm

chamber715 wrote:
cooljammer00 wrote:I remember the Irv the Perv line being added during a Pimpcast.


Fixed that for you.


ah yes, thanks Phil.

i know that sounded off somehow. might it have been the same week as shaved asian?

Post by chamber715 » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:35 am

cooljammer00 wrote:I remember the Irv the Perv line being added during a Pimpcast.


Fixed that for you.

Post by cooljammer00 » Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:48 am

I remember the Irv the Perv line being added during a Triple Feature.

also, I hear the director of Ghost Rider is also doing the Preacher series. I'm also hearing that this is NOT good.

I just got into Preacher, so we'll see.

Post by gerbo321 » Mon Feb 25, 2008 2:48 pm

I liked Daredevil and Ghost Rider. Yeah they could have and should have been different and a lot better, but they weren't bad. Then again my expectations going in were about as low as can be because of the stars of each movie, so I bet that helped.

Post by The Bodyguard » Mon Feb 25, 2008 2:33 pm

I could not stand this movie. It is very rare for me to not like what I watch and i wanted to enjoy this. But this just failed to entertain me.


I even like Daredevil!

Post by trevor » Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:53 pm

I wasn't entertained when I watched this movie, so the director has therefore failed in my eyes.

However, entertainment is going to be open to interpretation for each viewer, so obviously other people may disagree. I just thought the story and acting were not the greatest, and the 30 second fight scenes got real old real fast.

The movie lacked depth and character, if you ask me.

Post by HeirToPendragon » Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:13 pm

I saw Ghost Rider bootlegged on YouTube

That movie was horrible. I don't know if it was the script or Cage's bad acting but the movie was a waste of 2 hours.

Post by joerules » Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:01 pm

That makes sense.

Post by opie301 » Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:51 pm

joerules wrote:I think you'd be surprised at some of the momments that pop up.
I completely acknowledge that there are some great moments in the film. From an action standpoint and from a Special Effects standpoint. But as a film, as a whole, it fails.

I'm sure I've said it before, but I am all about character, plot, and dialogue. In this movie the characters were all boring, the dialogue is painful to listen to, and the plot had less depth than an 80s arcade game.

There is some good stuff in there, but I'm not interested in beating myself up to get at it.

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