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(1 - 37) of 37 OFCS Rating: 25% Rotten Page   1   B- "Critics attempt to critique films like Ghost Rider with a straight face, but it never works out. That's why I'm going to just come out and say it: Ghost Rider is a hell of a lot of fun to watch."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark C "There's little reason for some of these champions of justice to see the glory of the big screen. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Ghost Rider."   OhmyNews.com   Brian Orndorf C "Nicolas Cage wangs it up with a not-so-subtle Elvis impersonation as Johnny Blaze, the comic book hero who transforms into a flaming skeleton bounty hunter for the Devil."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "The movie settles for cursory, disconnected allusions that don't exactly build character (Cage does some more Elvis impersonating and Elliott looks plenty leathery)."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 1/5 "'Ghost Rider' has an estimated budget of $120 million. While the studio might have been willing to spend all that money on this dull flop, it's reassuring that the rest of us don't have to spend a penny on it."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 1/4 "...undoubtedly one of the worst comic book adaptations to hit theaters since the genre's recent resurgence..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 1/4 "When Ghost Rider ended, infectious widespread laughter and comments of ridicule broke out in the theater. That is probably not the reaction director Mark Steven Johnson was aiming for, but it was well-warranted."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman C- "Whoever the inept Mark Steven Johnson had to sell his soul to in order to get put in charge of two big comic book adaptations, I hope it was worth it."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider "... Ghost Rider still manages to be a pretty enjoyable diversion if you don't hold it under close scrutiny. Or better yet, any scrutiny. (Extended Cut)"   DVD Review   Felix Gonzalez Jr. 1.5/4 "The misguided rag tag ramblings of Ghost Rider will simply wipe away from one's memory bank faster than a chintzy ink-stained tattoo on a sweaty forearm."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng D- "Crappy comic, worse movie...joins Albert Pyun's Captain America at the bottom of the Marvel barrel."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2/4 "An unholy mess."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli "No skimpily dressed Satan-worshipping babes like in the original comics, alas. . ."   Sci-Fi Movie Page   James O'Ehley 7/10 "Click here to read review"   Kinoblog.com   Jaroslav Vishtaljuk 5/10 "Ghost Rider as a whole adopts Cage's personality, which means it's watchable but seems to be kidding around a lot."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen "Unless I'm rubbing ice cubes across my nipples, I don't like to use the word cool, but "Ghost Rider" is extremely cool."   Light Views   John Larsen 2/5 "full review in Greek"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis "A hellish mess."   3BlackChicks Review   Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel 2.0/4.0 "Clever casting and top-notch effects can't fix a pandering, mass-audience-appeal script that refuses to let the Spirit of Vengeance fully out of his bottle."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 3/5 "You wouldn't want to slam back shots of tequila without licking the salt and sucking the lime. [Don't] see Ghost Rider without being ready for some comic book cheese."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr 2.5/4 "If you're expecting no more than B-movie fun, it does deliver on that level. It's often hilarious, and generally intentionally, too!"   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest 1.5/4 "Good pulp fiction is driven by the truths beneath the conventions. Prefab junk runs on contempt for fans, with a layer of goodies and gimmicks on top."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 2/4 "What campy fun this could have been."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik D+ "Ghost Rider is a comic fan's celluloid nightmare. Jokey to a fault and weighty as newsprint, it lives down to the negative attributes attached to the comic book film tag."   Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema   Mark Pfeiffer 2.5/4 "Only when the flaming skeleton strides his fiery bike does the film hit high gear which, admittedly, is often enough to make this a passably diverting two hours."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan C "If Ghost Rider wanted to fetch something of value, he should have been out there looking for a better script."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 1/4 "Marvel's Ghost Rider has always been a thoroughly transparent, inorganic creation."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 4/5 "Bad fun if you're in the right mood, and a large part of the credit goes to Nicolas Cage."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves "Director Mark Steven Johnson is infinitely less concerned with exploring Blaze's smoldering, soul-deprived isolation than he is infatuated with the character's skull-'n'-bones imagery."   House Next Door   Rob Humanick D+ "That isn't brimstone we're smelling on Ghost Rider. It's something else."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux C+ "The movie has the look and feel of a western. The final showdown is in a ghost town in the desert."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten C- "One blazing wake of destruction after another is pretty much the meat of this CGI roller coaster ride that sticks with you about as long as the popcorn you get at the multiplex"   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 1.5/5 "What begins as a standard-yet-watchable superhero adventure slowly congeals into something approaching the caliber of Catwoman. Not as bad, but kinda knocking on the doorstep."   Cinematical   Scott Weinberg 2/4 "Is this the best they could do with a fiery, chopper-riding skeleton that punishes the wicked -- put him in chase scenes and have him duke it out with other supernatural beings? What a wasted opportunity."   Christianity Today   Steven D. Greydanus 2/10 "A pulpy cinematic comic book for teenage boys or adult males with arrested development. Next time, hopefully, they'll go for a Ghost Writer."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 1/4 "An abysmal excuse of a film featuring Nicolas Cage's worst performance yet and only marginally improving on the Spawn formula."   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell 1/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito  (1 - 37) of 37 OFCS Rating: 25% Rotten Page   1