Quick Reaction to Ghost Rider

Okay, so I saw it. And honestly, it was as stupid and awesome as I expected.

I won't go for an in depth review yet, because it's a bit soon for spoilers and I'm too lazy to spoiler-cut. I should also warn that I have never read the original comic, so I can't judge it on merit as an adaptation.

But! It had Nicolas Cage. His head caught fire. He's on a motorcycle. It was awesome.

I was really impressed by the Roxanne character. She was smarter than the average superhero-movie-love interest, and she seemed to have a clear, decisive grasp on what she wanted during the movie. The relationship felt more adult to me than most superhero-type relationships. There seemed to be a decided lack of melodrama to their interaction in general. I liked it.

And she wields a mean shotgun.

Also, in green, she WOULD make a freaking fantastic She-Hulk.

Nicolas Cage tends to be give or take for me as an actor, but he seemed to be having a blast with the role. And the fun was contagious.

I always did like spaghetti westerns.

The casting was good in general. Though honestly they couldn't have picked a guy that looked LESS like Nicolas Cage to be young!Johnny if they tried.

So in summation: utter cheese, campy, really dumb and pretty damned awesome. I'd go again. :-)