Disappointing pilot episode

Rating: 2/10 (17 February 2007)

Ghost Rider seems to be just the pilot episode of a series. The whole movie (nearly 2 hours!) is spent in detailing how Johny blaze became the character portrayed in the comics, which leads to a very slow movie with no character development at all (in spite of seeing 20 years of their lives during the film) and no suspense at all.
The CGI effects are good, and used carefully except in the case of the bad guys. With this ones there's just "hey, we're the bad, hate us". But they're so plain and powerless that in they become pitiful opponents.
Finally, in spite of Cage's and Mendes' efforts the movie doesn't convey any emotion at all, it's the same if they're teens in love, or haven't seen each other for years, or whatever. No blazing sentences, no humor, no chemistry between the characters. A disaster of a script.
Well, I believe that's all. If they finally make a real movie instead of this pilot episode maybe I'll watch it on TV. I won't give more money to this character on theaters. It's a pity, because I liked X-Men movies, Hellboy and even Daredevil, but this Ghost Rider sets the standard in comic-adapted movies really low.