I’m not going to give this a full review; many have been there before, so there’s very little I could add, in all honesty.
But: I will say I quite enjoyed it. There will almost certainly be two comments left on this post in the next few days calling me some sort of freak for enjoying such a terrible movie, but I did and I’m not ashamed to admit it.
It’s a fairly goofy character - we’re talking about a dude with a flaming skull for a head – but I thought it looked pretty good on screen, and made for some enjoyable set-pieces. Nothing earth shattering, nothing so oh-my-gawd cool that I’ll be rushing out to buy the DVD, but I can think of far worse ways to spend my time.
So – I liked it. There’ll be two peeps along at some point who’ll say they hated it, and I’m sure they’ll come up with some witty analogy that explains that they’d rather have their eyes sellotaped shut than sit through Ghost Rider again.
To be honest I haven’t seen that many good reviews for Ghost Rider. The preview I saw a few weeks back didn’t make the movie look that good unfortunately. Reading a positive review perhaps makes me think I should rent it when it comes out on DVD.
Nick Cage projects tend to be such hit-n-miss affairs. On the one hand you can have gems like Lord Of War. Ahem, and then you have disasters like The Wicker Man – a bigger pile of poo you wouldn’t wish to get within 10ft of.
Posted by Kevin Spencer | 13. Mar, 2007, 6:12 amSorry I’m late!
You liked Ghost Rider! Are you insane? I’d rather have my…
Just kidding. We all have these temporary mental aberrations (I quite enjoyed Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning and I even know someone who liked Hostel) the important thing is that you’re now on the road to recovery.
To speed it along I’d recommend some John Ford, if that doesn’t help nothing will.
Posted by Ian Woolstencroft | 14. Mar, 2007, 11:40 pmPossibly the most excruciatingly awful cinematic experience I’ve ever had. Absolutely nothing to recommend it whatsoever. Cage should be locked away somewhere and never allowed near a film set again.
Posted by Tony Woolstencroft | 15. Mar, 2007, 11:43 amHello Tony: what’s your family history. My father, born in Oldham, 1909 and died in Calgary, Alberta, 2006, emigrated to Canada in 1948. I was born in Hyde, 1944.
Peter
Posted by Peter Woolstencroft | 26. Mar, 2007, 2:33 am