Brianne's Art Swag

Sooo….. my Valentine’s Day gift for David was to take us to go see the midnight showing of Ghost Rider tonight.  Now, I wasn’t particularly excited because - well, I saw the first movie.  My dear husband, however, is an optimistic man when it comes to comic based movies.  No matter what shit they shoveled at him before, he will remain hopeful and confident that whatever comes next will be better.  So, he was VERY excited (thus, why it was my choice of gift).

HOLY GODAWFUL NIC CAGE MOVIE, BATMAN!  It was actually - somehow - WORSE than the first movie.  Okay, yeah yeah this is just my opinion and you’re free to have your own, etc etc.  So, if you really enjoy this movie, please don’t get your panties in a bunch over my mini review here.  It’s just how I felt and I felt like sharing!

First off - the effects were really well done.  Much better than the first movie.  They had some creative approaches to Ghost Rider’s attacks.  However, the first movie also handled his “transition” into the Rider much better.  It was really weirdly cheesed up in this one.

Secondly, Idris Elba was totally wasted.  I can only imagine that perhaps a great deal of additional material was removed from the movie that explained his character, because the final product did not.  He had zero backstory, no explanation of his role in this story, and there was nothing for him to really do here.  It’s sad to waste Idris Elba, *smacks Hollywood’s hand*

Third, and most importantly - NIC CAGE.  Does no one EVER tell him to dial it back??  I mean, Jesus.  You cannot deliver every fucking line like you are on a cocaine binge.  I’m calling it now - “SCRAPING AT THE DOOR!  SCRAPING AT THE DOOR!” will be the new “HOW DID IT GET BURNED??”.  (the minute someone sees the first gif of this, please email it to me).  That line was delivered so unintentionally hilariously that the entire movie theatre laughed hysterically.  It was the highlight of the movie.

The plot was so flat, the characters so undeveloped, and the Nic Cage was so Nic Cage.