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Although I hate Bryan Singer (don’t ask), I love documentaries. Especially if it’s about comics. I thought long and hard about getting this documentary about Superman, and I finally gave in. I mean, come on. It’s Superman.
When everybody starts raving about a certain movie before I get the chance to see it, I strangely lose interest in seeing it in the theaters. Weird, but it’s the truth. Is it because I like watching movies at home more than I do in the theaters? Maybe. Is it because I hate sharing the same room with idiots who can’t stop talking about how excited they are about the movie because the Internet says it’s cool? Possibly. I don’t know. One thing’s for certain, though: everybody’s done with their “THIS. IS. SPARTAAA!!!” phase, but I’m just starting with mine. HA-OOH! HA-OOH!
From The Simpsons Movie trailer:
Homer: Did I save the day?
Bart: Actually, you’ve doomed us all!
Homer: D’OH!
“D’oh!” indeed, Mr. Simpson. There is recent news that as a promotion tool for your upcoming movie, your lackeys have painted an image of you right next to the Cerne Abbas giant. I believe you may have angered a 17th century chalk outline of a naked, sexually aroused, club-wielding giant which has been a symbol of spirituality. You may have drawn the wrath of a prehistoric fertility god upon you and your family! You may have doomed the whole Simpsons clan! All because you want to promote your movie. Or maybe you just want to play ring toss using your donut and the giant’s penis. I don’t know.
You know when you’re bored and you try to do stupid unproductive things just to kill time? That’s what led me to signing up for a Flixster account. Stupid me didn’t realize that I already had an account with Flixster, so I just updated the shit out of it instead of doing the whole account registration thing again.
A lot of similarly bored (I’m assuming) friends already invited me to join the movie-based social networking site, but I was too busy stalking people on Friendster and bugging people on Multiply with my stupid comments on their updates. But boredom makes people do stupid things. And since I already have an assload of social networking accounts, adding one more wouldn’t hurt.
I purposely missed this movie when it opened in theaters. “Why?”, you ask. Well, there are several reasons. One, it’s directed by Mark Steven Johnson, the dude who gave us “Daredevil”. Yes, the Ben Affleck flick with an annoying Bullseye and a black Kingpin. Should I go on? Because I think that’s enough for you to understand where I’m going here. OK I’ll give you another: it’s too glossy. When I heard about the plans for a Ghost Rider movie, I hoped that it would be dark and gritty and R-18. The minute I found out that Johnson would be writing and directing it, I decided to pass on the theater release and just wait for the DVD, because I’m not watching this movie without watching some extras. And here we are.
The Story: I didn’t expect much in terms of the plot, but some of the lines dangerously come close to “Batman & Robin” sucktitude. I mean, come on! With great and “just OK” actors, they could have at least come up with more interesting dialogue and not just eye-roll-inducing puns. The only thing that attracted me was the mythology of the Ghost Rider and the concept of him being the Devil’s bounty hunter. The story within the story. After all, I am a comic book geek so I enjoy that kind of stuff. Other than that, it’s a formulaic Hollywood tale of redemption with bad puns and cookie cutter supporting characters.
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