To the Critics and Trolls (Simple Explanation to what you watched)
I kinda wonder what you all was hoping for? Even if someone else played Johnny Blaze, would you have stayed the same on the total event of the film?
Barraged with Critic Reviews from Rotten Tomato's and New York times ain't helping the fact they they don't know $#!t about comics... so how can they be true critics... if they have not even read one dang comic of that Character?
Now, I know a lot of you poor folks follow the trend of what is a label... Don't deny it... your all sheep. So when you walk into a movie with the tag of MARVEL attached to it, Your brain compares to X-men, Spider-Man, Hulk, Iron Man... and we'll just say the rest of the Avengers clan... that you automatically compare the Tag when a movie like The Punisher or Ghost Rider comes out. Even tho the Tag said MARVEL KNIGHTS, as long as it comes from MARVEL it should not matter. Then you all become disappointed because you expected some mild mannered super hero to capture the hearts of the audience with Drama, Action and the Grittiness of battling the Forces of evil bad guys and girlfriend problems. I guess that's where the first Ghost Rider movie went wrong.
All of you have to realize that not all MARVEL Comics are Drama and Action consistently in every damn comic. it just don't work like that... there are Horror, Slashing, Psychotic, Suicidal, Rampaging type characters that we would not necessarily call "Hero's", and we may never see them become a Idol to a child's eye... But their adventures are worth the read.
Not seeing the picture? I think I mentioned this in a previous post but if you where or still are a Captain America fan... Go pick up or Order [MARVEL KNIGHTS Captain America: The Chosen; Get all 6 or just pick up #5 'The Crucible'] And you will sing a different tune.
You see, the only ones who actually enjoyed this film are Comic Book fans, and B Movie Fanatics. Why? Because stepping out of the normal Cookie Cutter movie we get every damn time is a sigh of relief to us. You may say we have no taste in movies and need to quit spending our money on these "Bad Movie", But you are the fool... For your the one that is licking the same damn cone over and over thinking it can't get any better then that... hate to tell ya buddy, there are more then one flavor @ Basken & Robins... and adding sprinkles to your plane Vanilla Ice Cream is not making it any better to your case.
Now, I have no doubt that Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance numbers where mainly from Comic Book Geeks and Unsuspecting Nick Cage fans. But at least we stay strong on what we believe and honestly don't give 2 $#!ts what you think of the movie. Hell, Picketing the film like a West Borrow Jesus freak just makes the Ticket purchase more flavorful.
NOW... to those who was wondering why this Ghost Rider was different then the first one... Well, because the writer of the first film needed to read some more. You see, Ghost Rider is Psychotic... as the movie Explains (Watch it to get full explanation). Plus, the Spikes was the 'Danny Ketch' version of Ghost Rider... Johnny Blaze NEVER had spikes on his leather. But like most movies from comics, not a lot of things are in order... Like the Blackout Character... He was on the Danny Ketch/Ghost Rider Comics... plus was not even close to the Comic version.
So, in conclusion... if you think all MARVEL movies will have the same feeling, you need to quit going to the movies that are based off any comic. And Ghost Rider was a fun movie... hell, Harry Knowles comments that he has seen it twice and is ready for a 3rd showing. Here is a Quote from him... "Ultimately, the film is nuts in the way I kind of wanted it to go. But do realize this isn't a film that everyone is going to agree on. At $75 million, most would expect something less rough around the edges, but Neveldine & Taylor made something that doesn't look like some cookie cutter safe flick. There's some crazy *beep* that goes down in this movie that I just loved - and if you're someone that doesn't think GHOST RIDER is automatically stupid... give it a shot. It is far better than the last film would lead you to believe."
And if you don't know who Harry Knowles is... Delete your imdb account now... For you have no words to say on here any more.
*SPOILER ALERT*
For those who judged the movie on just the Fire Pissing scene in the first Trailer... Not only do they show it once (W/ a Oh Yeah skull face) but they show it twice.
[Thor Vs. Ironman] "Or learn the Difference between a God of Thunder,and a Mortal man in a suit"