Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Less critical; more opinion

I love movies. Let's start with that. I really can't be ask cruel or unforgiving about the movies that I watch. That goes for the games I play and books I read as well. I understand that everyone tells stories in different ways with different production budgets and different visions. I appreciate the differences between movies, and unlike critics I don't put them down for trying something new or being unique. However, not all movies are safe from a poor review from me. Recently I saw Ghostrider on DVD. This was a bad movie. In fact there is little redeeming about the movie. Here are some quick things I didn't like about the movie:
For starters, the story was cheesy. I usually like superhero movies, and I can watch a man turn into a skeleton with a flaming skull and say "Yep, nothing strange about that at all." So it's not that the story is about a man who is enslaved to the Devil, the problem is that there is nothing in this movie that ties it to any reality. The acting is terrible, so I don't believe in the characters, and the CGI was even worse. Like I said, a man can be consumed by hellfire, but if he swings a chain around i expect it to act according to earthly physical laws unless it is clearly stated that his supernatural powers include bending such laws. These are only superficial inconsistencies that are the anti-cherry on top of this disgusting excuse for a movie.
Again, I usually like movies and I hope to publish some more quick opinions about movies and possibly games. I didn't set out to post a review of Ghostrider, my point here was to illustrate from the beginning that I don't love all movies, even though most of my opinions are usually positively biased. I just want to post my thoughts and keep a record of my opinion as a kind of exercise in writing and reviewing, and as a way to share my excitement or vent my disappointment for the things I love and hate, respectively.

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