cash cow

Rating: 4/10 (20 March 2007)

To categorize this movie as a super-hero film would be wrong. Although it does come from the comic book genre it came off as anything but a a superhero film. The movie did succeed in bringing to life Ghost Rider, with a choice selection on the character of Johnny Blaze, however the movie lacked real 'substance'. There were no real power struggles. First off, i only saw Black Heart as the quasi-gay obsessive freak from American Beauty which often had me observing his character and thinking 'definitely not a part for him', and often annoyed by it. but i digress. When Ghost Rider encountered the 'Hidden' ? were they called. the first time. he got rid of one. ran into Mr. wind. got rid of him in 2 seconds. and then Mr. water boiled him yadda yadda. Wheres the battle? there was no real fighting. All ghost rider did was walk around.... make stuff burn... and then do his soul burning thing. i figured him controlling his power would be a plot'ish point when he read it in the book, and hed fail at controlling it. buttttttt no. he goes 'i want to control you' and poof! fire hand. wow... suspense there! i actually caught myself staring out my window at one point. also what bothered me was he didn't get his soul back.... hes going to burn in hell... all for what appeared to me IMMEDIATELY was a cheap shot at a possible sequel. LAME. this movie was done almost completely wrong. another thing that bothered me. the 'caretaker' basically showed himself as 'a ghost rider' and then ran away. i was laughing. i actually said out loud... 'you mean that was it?' he just....rode off. total waste. ugh, so many things bothered me. like.... why would 4 cop cars show up and point guns, when they find a license plate? thats called a LEAD. you follow up on leads, you don't show up guns drawn. plus 'Johnny Blaze' is now a fugitive and his life is ruined and everyone knows hes some fire skull freak, im sure his father would be proud. im going to go have a brain aneurysm now.