Ghost Rider...

Rating: 1/10 (19 February 2007)

I myself am a big comic book fan. I've read most of the comics when the characters were first invented. One of my favorite characters was Ghost Rider, who was the third best bad@$$ in Marvel (behind Wolverine and Punisher). I have to say that this movie makes Ghost Rider look like a dork. In fact this movie barely even focuses on Ghost Rider but rather on Johnny Blaze's life and dealing with it.
First off the story is that Blaze (cage) is with his father in a father/son stunt group. His father is a heavy smoker, and has cancer. In an effort to save his father he sells his soul to Mephisto{ (or Mephistopheles) and immediately his father is cured, yet in a stunt his father is killed. The deal involves that Blaze will be immune to any wound so that he may be Ghost Rider. Which becomes his Alter Ego. In this movie they put in a love interest (who was never in the comics {Played by Mendes}). Blaze/Rider must save the world from the demon Blackheart (son of Mephisto) who dares to take over the world and annihilate everyone and everything (like usual).
Second, There are so many misinterpretations from the movie that say who the character was in the comics. First off, Blaze had no control when he was Ghost Rider. The rider was a demon and a completely different person. In fact Blaze would rarely even have any recollection of becoming the rider. Secondly, The Rider can take over at any time he wishes, and blaze had no control over that, and he doesn't need the dark to turn into Ghost Rider even though in the comics that was when he mostly turned into the Rider. Lastly when the Rider used the Penance Stare (at least they got most of his powers right) he did not burn them too a point where their insides were ash, but rather made them feel the pain they had inflicted on all of the innocent so they can live with the pain. Only a few times did he ever burn the soul of someone who really had it coming to them.
Lastly I would like to add that the movie jumps around a little too fast and tries to get done too fast and won't focus enough on things. The film is based on puns and dumb humor. Only very few times is there something cool that happens. I also thought Cage could do a better job as Blaze but then again Mark Steven Johnson who wrote and directed the movie did a horrible job writing it ( he also did DareDevil which sucked {no wonder!}). Overall I expected more from this but it sucked.
Ghost Rider 2/10