A mediocre ride …

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Saw Ghost Rider with Nic Cage this weekend.

I was interested in seeing it because it’s based on a comic book character, Johnny Blaze, who makes a deal with the devil and becomes Satan’s bounty hunter. I’ve never read that comic — never even heard of it until the movie came out, actually. But I like comics, and it looked like cheesy fun if nothing else.

It was cheesy, all right. Basically, a teenage Johnny accidentally gives his soul to Satan (Peter Fonda) to cure his dad’s cancer. Only Satan double-crosses him and offs dad in a fiery motorcycle accident. Of course, when Johnny grows up, he sort of has a death wish and spends his time thinking of new and interesting things to jump over on his motorcycle (trucks! football fields! helicopters!) since he’s a bad-ass stunt driver.

Satan finally gives him some bad guys to track down, which Johnny does with the help of a crusty old codger (Sam Elliot, the go-to guy for this sort of role) while trying to explain his new nighttime job to his old flame (Eva Mendes).

There were some funny lines, and one scene with Eva Mendes chugging wine that was pretty humorous. Nic Cage looked like he was having fun and was entertaining enough.

Overall, a meh movie. It was okay. Not great, but not bad. Pretty predictable all the way around. Save a few bucks and catch it on cable one night.

What about you? What movies have you seen lately? Inquiring minds want to know …

4 Responses to “A mediocre ride …”

  1. Michelle says:

    Because I was giving myself a couple of weeks off between WIPs I’ve seen a couple of movies lately. The Island with Ewan McGregor (absolutely terrific), Meet Joe Black (Brad Pitt) definitely very good, but not as terrific as The Island, and last night I watch Pride and Predjudice (the recent one with Keira Knightely) and I loved it, too. Being an Austen fan, I was really pleased with the way they did it.

  2. Jennifer Estep says:

    Ghost Rider was the first movie I’d seen since Casino Royale last year. There are several I’m looking forward to, like all the comic movies this summer.

    If you like Pride & Prejudice, check out Sense & Sensibility with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet. Great romantic movie. 😀

  3. Amy says:

    Once there was a magical elf who lived in a rainbow tree…. LOL!!
    Open Season is really hilarious! I know it’s a cartoon, but it’s like Cars and Barnyard, it has alot of adult humor in it too.
    I like Ghost Rider, the special effects were really well done and the story flowed pretty well and was good overall.
    I saw Fearless with Jet Li this past weekend. It was really good. Of course it is sub titled and I always feel like I am missing out on some of the dialog (even if it is irrelevent to the plot). The story is based on the life of Huo Yuanjia and the birth of the Jin Wu Sports Federation. It does have some of the elements of a martial arts movie, but I am a sucker for that so I really liked it. Two thumbs up!! LOL

  4. Jennifer Estep says:

    I am going cut that rainbow tree down … Grrr! No more singing while gaming! 😀

    I love cartoons. Most of them, like Cars, are better than the adult movies these days.

    I haven’t seen Fearless. I remember watching the previews and thinking that it looked really cool.

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