Original story is exciting but the movie is lackluster

Rating: 5/10 (24 May 2007)

Friends around the world who love American Comic and their derived movies, after watching this title, you will realize why providing the fact that all the comics are exciting, their movie productions get distinct reputation: Spiderman is "epic-class", Fantasy 4 is "Blockbuster" , but Ghost Rider is only "lackluster" and even not worthy of a piece of movie ticket according to some comments here.
What makes the differences? The Actor and Actress? No. Nick Cage fits the role perfectly. His face keeps telling us the pain in the heart. Eva Mendes is sexy enough for a hero's girl. The Scene? No. I have to admit once ghost rider appears, I wrote some exclamation marks in my head. I have never seen such a cool skull before.
The Answer is : This movie doesn't give the character of figure enough depiction. You will feel that this story is only a "Marvelous story". A super-power hero story with a final fight in the end. But where is the figure's character? what drives him to fight? Fight for what? For example, The former ghost rider told JB that love can make a ghost rider invincible and powerful. But the final battle with Blackheart didn't reflect this important "theory", not at least a little. The scene is: JB was pulled down by blackheart. Roxanne Simpson picked up the gun and shot blackheart to give JB enough time to recover. Then she threw the gun to JB. JB fire-lized the gun and gave the blackheart a big shot. At last, JB used his "special skill"(penance stare) to make all the souls in the blackheart burning. Story ended. Where is love?
In the end, Devil would like to retract JB's power. JB refused and swore to use the power for justice. But How did he form this thought? The movie didn't tell....
Still many flaws to find. Totally, this title is not good enough. If there is a successor, hope it will be better.