In 2007, Marvel was likely still finding their feet with the whole Cinematic Universe thing. If you don't know, Ghost Rider is about a motorcycle stunt superstar named Johnny Blaze, who sells his soul to Satan, and hunts demons. Sounds cool, right?
The film starts off with Blaze (played by some kid) and his dad, doing motorcycle stunts at the fair. Blaze sells his soul to the devil to cure his dad's cancer, and he's got a crush on a girl. Jump to five or thirty years later, Blaze is played by Nicolas Cage and his old crush has not really aged. That's Hollywood for you. No biggie, we can pretend Cage is much younger. After all, he's got a greased-up six pack like Sylvester Stallone in Rocky III. But this is one of the more forgiveable flaws of the film.
Among the demons and tatted bikers, Ghost Rider is a G-Rated cheese fest. Everytime it starts to get cool, it somehow finds a way to become even more lame. And this movie made hundreds of millions of dollars. Regarding most Marvel things, I feel somewhere between neutral and really good. However, my faith in humanity is damaged by the success of this trolling turd.
1. Raising Arizona
2. Leaving Las Vegas
3. Adaptation
4. Birdy
5. Wild at Heart
6. Color Out of Space
7. City of Angels
8. Gone in 60 Seconds
9. Matchstick Men
10. Vampire's Kiss
11. Face/Off
12. Honeymoon in Vegas
13. The Family Man
14. It Could Happen to You
15. 8mm
16. Ghost Rider
17. The Weather Man
18. The Croods
I’ve been waiting for you to get to this one. If you don’t already know, they somehow got the green light and put out a sequel. Yeah, it made money, but the scathing reviews and belligerent clowning from the entertainment world should have been their sign. I’m easy. Give me a light buzz and I’ll watch just about anything with superheroes/fantasy and I’ll usually walk away content. Tho I can openly admit my realm of acceptance for movies includes complete refuse, sans that Catwoman movie. That was just a sin to the senses.
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