[Greenskar]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Optimus Vader

I'll see it because it's a Marvel flick, but the first one was so bad that my expectations are low enough to wait for Netflix.

I know Nick Cage isn't everyone's favorite, but I've never had a problem with him as an actor. It blows my mind that he's ok with this crap of a movie.

Haha, that's pretty much what I do. I'll see any Marvel flick no matter how bad it is, then I'll complain afterward if I paid for it.

I didn't mind Nick Cage in Kick Ass...but I also didn't read the book until after the movie. I loved his older movies: Face Off, Con Air and The Rock, to name a few. Nowadays though, he's just become a joke due to performances like Wicker Man and the youtube mockery that followed

That said, I watched Ghost Rider SOV with Symbiote and another buddy on Friday and was pretty disappointed. Not only did I nearly fall asleep on more than one occasion but you try watching a movie with symbiote where he repeats every other line in a Nick Cage voice out of mockery because that's how silly watching him in this movie was.

I actually liked the first movie better. This movie seemed to try to introduce a young Danny Ketch, although they only refer to him as "Danny" throughout the movie. Problem is, I never care about why anyone is after this kid and there's no reason to care about any of the characters in this movie at all. I went in only to see the CGI Ghost Rider scenes, and while those are cool at times, Symbiote killed it for me when he drew the comparison that Ghost Rider moved like the creepy girl in "The Ring". He was right.

There is a scene, I shit you not, where Blaze is trying to interrogate some dude by threatening to let the Rider out except that instead of it being threatening its really just funny. It's just Nick Cage making crazy Nick Cage faces and you start to wonder if the poor guy on the receiving end of the torment just wants Nick Cage to get out of his face and show him the Rider already.

The biggest disappointment I had with this movie was the trademark Penance stare. He just stares at the guys for about 15-30 seconds with his head tilting every now and then and other guys around him are regrouping and all. Then after the director feels he dragged the blank staredown long enough the guy just incinerates. WTF?!

IGN gave this movie 4 out of 5 stars and Newsarama gave it 2 out of 5. So this really is one of those you either Love it or Hate it movies it seems. I for one, Hate it. So far this movie ranks worse than Elektra on my list of bad Marvel movies.