Gisteren meldden we dat de screening van de superheldenfilm Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance tijdens Harry Knowles' jaarlijkse "Butt-Numb-A-Thon" niet bepaald soepel is verlopen. Er was via Twitter commentaar op de verhaallijn en het gebruik van 3D (conversie). Knowles, bekend van de website Ain't It Cool News, greep zelf in en gaf een mildere en meer hoopgevende reactie op de screening:
Neveldine/Taylor is an acquired tate, I think, for some movie fans. I think their frenetic shooting style puts a lot of people off, and I understand that. I'm very big on spatial geography in action sequences, and these guys like to put themselves in the middle of everything in their shooting. This movie followed a mind-blowing movie experience at BNAT, so I think it was due to suffer in comparison; that said, I had a hell of a lot of fun with it. It's pulpy, fairly predictable, but Nicolas Cage amps up his Cageness level - maybe to VAMPIRE'S KISS levels, but not BAD LIEUTENANT or "Not the bees!" WICKER MAN levels. He seems to be having a lot of fun with the character, and I enjoyed it for what it was - B-movie pulp, and just all-around goofy. I will say that I wasn't terribly impressed with the 3D, but it's still early.
De titelrol wederom voor Nicolas Cage. Andere rollen zijn voor Ciaran Hinds, Idris Elba, Johnny Whitworth en Violante Placido. Hieronder de eerdere trailer, die op zich nog redelijk werd ontvangen:
