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Mainly the movie's about riding a bike at the speed of sound while your head is burning. They can do anything these days, which isn't quite the same as saying they should do anything these days.
So much flatter than it was on the comic-book page.
Provides just enough pop thrills and slam-bang action to make it perfectly acceptable matinee fare.
The story doesn't arc so much as unspool like a stretch of desert highway, but the Ghost Rider is such a powerful amalgam of hot-rod iconography that this is still fairly watchable.
The blank, frenetic exhaustion of the final reel acts like a kid who tries to snap out of a candy-binge coma by snorting lines of Pixy Stix.
Rarely in Hollywood have so many labored so hard with so much time and such financial resources to fill a movie screen with as vast an array of spiritual gibberish, literary poppycock and pure flummery as Mark Steven Johnson's Ghost Rider.
Cage needs to produce something special next to make up for crimes against cinema.
By any real-world standard, this is a stupid piece of junk. But it's very good at being a stupid piece of junk.
The worst adaptation of a Marvel Comics hero yet.
It's far from a masterpiece.
If Nicolas Cage weren't a goofball with a hunky physique and droll wit, this Marvel-comic-to-big-screen adaptation would have no torque at all.
Seeing Ghost Rider is like going to Saturday matinee serials at the Rialto eons ago. It's a fanciful, puerile experience -- a fun day out for 9-year olds. Ghost Rider is a ridiculous melange of cheesy effects, talentless extras, corny plot and insi
Johnson might have diverted some of his CGI budget to hire a writer to come up with a story with some internal logic -- then he could match the effects to the story rather than vice versa.
Devilish Nic Cage action flick isn't on fire.
Bad fun if you're in the right mood, and a large part of the credit goes to Nicolas Cage.
It's not a complete wash, a la Catwoman, but it ain't far off.
Director Mark Steven Johnson is infinitely less concerned with exploring Blaze's smoldering, soul-deprived isolation than he is infatuated with the character's skull-'n'-bones imagery.
At nearly two hours, Ghost Rider is a little long for a guilty pleasure.
Is this how I wanted this character to end up? No, but it has much more going for it than the last "X-Men" sequel, in the end...
The extended cut puts a little meat on the bones of this skeleton tale, and Blu-ray makes those wonderful CGI flames look even more convincing.
Easily joins the ranks of ... throw-away superhero movies made for a quick buck.
You may or may not learn more from the added footage, but the special features on this two-disc set are solid and quite worthwhile ...
... Ghost Rider still manages to be a pretty enjoyable diversion if you don't hold it under close scrutiny. Or better yet, any scrutiny. (Extended Cut)
Ghost Rider as a whole adopts Cage's personality, which means it's watchable but seems to be kidding around a lot.
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