But Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance is very good. There’s lots of enjoyable stuff in there, as I’ll talk about in a minute, poking through some disinterested performances and inept direction. But now that I’ve watched them, I can safely say this : the Ghost Rider movies are good. I added them to my October spooky season watch list as a matter of obligation, using the excuse of a marathon to do some necessary gap-filling. I knew about them and had an affection for the character, but I accepted the general consensus that they were disappointing misfires, rightly overshadowed by the launch of the MCU and Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy.īut here’s the thing: I had never actually seen either of the movies. And it works like a charm.Like most superhero fans, I rarely thought about the Ghost Rider movies over the years. Mark Neveldine, the director of Spirit of Vengeance, used the same fast-paced, shaky, extremely high frame-rate camera work he used in his famed Crank films starring Jason Statham. The second movie even did a better job in some elements. And most important of all, the direction should be smooth. The characters should fit into the story. The story should flow nicely and should not look lacking in plot elements. And there are a few general rules for making a good popcorn thriller. The Ghost Rider movies were created to serve as pure popcorn flicks. It was not designed to win awards at the Oscars. The Direction Is On Par (Or Better) Than Many Non-MCU Marvel Films Good Direction Even the Ghost Rider’s CGI was done right and looked creepy and demonic – as it should be. Who can forget the time the Rider possessed an Excavator machine and went bat-sh*t crazy. Then there’s the Ghost Rider chase sequence in the same movie. Johnny Blaze’s first attempt at turning into a burning skeleton in the first film will forever go down as one of the best superhero movie scenes in human history. But overall in the CGI department, they were spot on. In terms of story, the Ghost Rider movies were lacking. The first Ghost Rider film may have not done a bang on job at the CGI.
Those scenes are blissfully insane and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Most of the times, when Johnny Blaze is transforming into the Ghost Rider as the hellfire is searing his skin, we see Nic Cage screaming at the camera. His characteristic eccentricity easily rubbed off on Johnny Blaze in the Ghost Rider movies. The actor is well-known and infamous for his bizarre acting style that gets a lot of attention.
But do we hate them for what they did? Hell nah!! We knew what we were getting into when we went into to watch a Nicolas Cage movie. The Ghost Rider movies tend to be totally wacky and stupendously ridiculous at times.
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