A Mixture of Good and Bad

Rating: 6/10 (27 September 2007)

Ghost Rider(2007)
Review: After seeing this a few more times, my perspective has grown. Here's my official take:
Ghost Rider has good and bad all over it. This is a rather screwed up movie at times. Let me sum it all up.
The Good: The special Fx are stunning. Ghost Rider looks quite amazing. The effects enough do justice for the Rider. There is quite a good level of character development too. We learn about the sorted past of Johnny Blaze and how he became cursed. There is also a some good action here. It's enjoyable at times. The Rider's voice is demonic. He sounds cool. "Look into my eyes!"
The Bad: The dialog of the Rider is small, reduced to such corny lines like, "Back to hell" or "You're going down". The Rider does not have much dialog and most of it isn't that good. Nic Cage is good as Blaze, but at times over-acts. I do agree that he isn't the best choice, but beggars can't be choosers. The are some very noticeable continuity errors. The scene at the jail rubbed me the wrong way and felt flawed. The Rider's penance stare scenes are way too long. Should have ended after 10 seconds, not over a minute. The villain looked like a Emo god, and his subordinates are merely nothing more than that. One fight ended too quickly.
Overall, Ghost Rider suffers from lots of flaws, but I was entertained enough. This is by no means terrible, not at all. Just above average and rather cheesy.
The Last Word: Enjoyable, yet corny. This could have been far better, but could have been much worse. Not bad, just not good either.