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Movie #16: Ghost Rider
May. 18th, 2008 08:41 pmSo get this: it's the Wild West and every generation some stupid fuck makes a deal with the devil and in exchange becomes an avenging spirit whose entire body bursts into flame, along with his horse, and leaves these flaming footprints and hoofprints behind, and goes around collecting on the devil's outstanding contracts because he's suck an evil fuck in addition to being a stupid one. Only now it's today, the stupid fuck is Nicholas Cage, it's a motorcycle with flaming treads, and he's a good agent of the devil.
No, I don't get it either. The movie (Wikipedia, IMDB) was okay, just like I'd expected. Cage wasn't quite the pathetic puppydog he usually is in movies, but he wasn't as badass as the character required. I didn't follow the whole contract thing in the plot, but Wikipedia of course made it clear to me. The "pennance stare" is kinda silly. There's this whole thing going on about how doing the work of the devil is really doing good by making evil people suffer and all that, but it's not explored all that well, and even when Johnny Blaze defies the devil at the end, things aren't quite clear - it appears the devil can't break a contract, but the mortal can to some extent?
(And before you chew me out that Mephisto isn't the devil, try telling me where in the movie it says that.)
To sum up: Glad I didn't see it in the theater. Could've done w/o it at home too.
Edit: Oh, and it's got the worst choice of child-version actor ever. I found myself cracking up when it was revealed that he was the main character of the movie as they look NOTHING alike at all. I thought it was going to be Cage's character's father or something. Not at ALL like him.
No, I don't get it either. The movie (Wikipedia, IMDB) was okay, just like I'd expected. Cage wasn't quite the pathetic puppydog he usually is in movies, but he wasn't as badass as the character required. I didn't follow the whole contract thing in the plot, but Wikipedia of course made it clear to me. The "pennance stare" is kinda silly. There's this whole thing going on about how doing the work of the devil is really doing good by making evil people suffer and all that, but it's not explored all that well, and even when Johnny Blaze defies the devil at the end, things aren't quite clear - it appears the devil can't break a contract, but the mortal can to some extent?
(And before you chew me out that Mephisto isn't the devil, try telling me where in the movie it says that.)
To sum up: Glad I didn't see it in the theater. Could've done w/o it at home too.
Edit: Oh, and it's got the worst choice of child-version actor ever. I found myself cracking up when it was revealed that he was the main character of the movie as they look NOTHING alike at all. I thought it was going to be Cage's character's father or something. Not at ALL like him.
