Ghost Rider: while it isn’t Shakespeare or Citizen Kane, it wasn’t too terrible a movie by a long stretch (I’ve seen worse comic-based adaptations **coff**coff** Batman and Robin). But as with most movies, this one was done a terrible disservice by its trailers. Many of the trailers released prior to the movie being released made the movie look incredibly hokey. Interestingly enough, the moments featured prominently in the trailer were “taken out of context”, not really matching the scenes that they came from. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie (being a Ghost Rider fan, to boot), it did capture the spirit of the…err..Spirit of Vengeance.
This also brings up another comic based movie that I thoroughly enjoyed but were nearly ruined by the trailer: The Fantastic Four. Once again not Casablanca, but not terrible. The trailer made the movie look like a Lost In Space (the movie version) clone, which I heard turned many people away from that movie. Once again, the movie captured the spirit of the books, and actually got me reading FF again.
The point is, like that old adage about books: don’t judge a movie by its trailer.
