List of Ghost Rider reviews
February 19th, 2007 8 Comments » | View blog reactions
Reviews of the new motorcycle movie, Ghost Rider, is starting to surface. So far it doesn’t get the best of recommendations. I guess most of us motorcycle nut will go watch it anyway, because, hey!, its got motorcycles in it, and flames, and motorcycles, did I mention flames?
Here’s a list of links to reviews.
moviepulse.net 3/10
Blogotional “the movie is a visual feast for the eyes”
pajiba.com “Crazy at Heart and Absolutely Stupid on Top”
stupidevilbastard.com “I still walked away feeling like I enjoyed it”
Cynical Nation “I knew it was probably going to suck”
The Corner “The good news is: It’s really, really bad”
Hog Blog “The show was actually pretty darned good”
Another one here:
http://www.northwestcyclenews.com/2007/02/16/movie-review-ghost-rider/
During the scene where Peter Fonda (playing Satan I guess) approaches Nicholas Cage (sitting on his bike) and casually comments… “nice bike”
…Was I the only one in the whole F’n theater that got that?! or are there really that many people that have never seen Easyrider!
haven’t seen the movie yet but the one thing that throws me off from the start is Cage. He’s been putting out lousy movies lately and it’s hard not to relate those back to this. Cage doesn’t give you different characters. He gives you Nicholas Cage as the Ghost Rider or Weatherman or whatever. Kind of like Keanu Reeves. Some actors make you buy into the character and forget who they are. I’ll wait for the rental.
Pan chopper man, what do you mean by “got that”? Are you referring to that the bike looks a little like the captain America bike?
Dan, I think I agree with you. I’m getting a little tired of Cage as well.
Yea, that’s kinda it, Jesper…
Peter Fonda, as everyone knows, played Wyatt in Easy Rider.
…Now, any true “biker” knows that the bike he rode in Easy Rider was the most famous of all panhead choppers, the “Captain America”.
So when I say that scene in Ghost Rider was ironically funny, now you know why.
Being a paranormal nut-job I admit going to see the movie just for that very reason. I was never really into the comic book. The movie was so-so. Cage is a fine actor and I’m sure he really has to try hard to screw a performance up. I’m trying to decide who could have done more with the character but it’s tough. It’s not one of those roles you could easily wrap your “skull” around.
Honest To God I didn’t get a chance to see the whold movie but I got a glimpese, I immediatly ask myself “Isn’t the Fonda’s Panhead”? Then when I saw him at the end of the movie I knew for sure I knew my scutters.
Dan, I think I agree with you. I’m getting a little tired of Cage as well.