January 30th, 2008
Ghost Rider
I like Nicolas Cage. I like that he changed his last name to prove himself as an actor. This movie, Ghost Rider, did nothing to prove himself as an actor. He usually has quite amusing characters with some sort of depth to them (minus his character in Fast Times at Ridgemont High).
The movie is based on a Marvel comic. I had never heard of this comic. Basic story is Nicolas’ character, Johnny, as a boy made a deal with the devil (played by Peter Fonda) to save his father’s life from cancer in exchange for Johnny’s soul. The devil kept his word as only the devil could do and told Johnny he’d be back for payment some day. Fast forward about 15 years, and the devil comes to Johnny for help to kill his son (played by Wes Bentley). His son is trying to take over Hell, the world, whatever. Well Johnny is now the Ghost Rider, the only one who can defeat the devil son. He is the Devil bounty hunter on earth. Since the Devil fell, he had no power on earth.
The movie had a great cast: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Peter Fonda, Wes Bentley, and Sam Elliot. ( I love his voice) The movie did not really have much character development, not a lot suspense, and wasn’t really that funny. The one thing that was done great on this movie was the special effects. They were almost seamless and somewhat realistic looking.
I would recommend watching this if it was TV, but not running out and renting it. It wasn’t horrible, just not too exciting. 123 minutes and rated PG-13.
February 1st, 2008
Lynne Says :
The movie could’ve been quite a bit shorter too if they had cut out a lot of those really boring scenes. This one was a bit disappointing for me, too bad, I like Nicolas Cage.
February 3rd, 2008
LA Headshot Photography Says :
Nicolas Cage changed his name? I never knew that!
I thought ghost rider was a good movie with a good storyline.
Some lines were pretty well placed, if you look at Johnny’s chopper(that his father gave him just before he died) it is shaped just like the Captain America chopper that Peter Fonda rode in easy rider! which is why Peter Fonda slipped in the comment (when first seeing it in the storyline) NICE BIKE!
I thought it was all around, a very fun movie!
Todd
February 9th, 2008
corrin Says :
that’s too bad. i really love nicolas cage!
February 13th, 2008
TV Shows Says :
I watched this movie three times and it’s really good…I like the special effect in the motorcycle…The fighting scene is awesome…One line that I always remember in this movie it is “Something Burning???”…