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Advantages: The theme music and some decent special effects
Disadvantages: The plot, script and general all round storyline

...only if he becomes the Ghost Rider and stops his evil son Blackheart from destroying the world. The transformation of Ghost Rider to the big screen is the latest in a long list of Marvel comics to be made into a Hollywood blockbuster. Just like the majority of those films it also finds itself added to the list of rather poor comic book to movie conversions. While that is not totally fair it is quite true. The film itself had a bit of potential and ...
...good and the graphics for Ghost Rider really work quite well. In fact from a directorial point of view this is a much better film than Daredevil could ever have hoped to have been. Like his previous film the main problem with Ghost Rider is the script. While it is important to build up a bit of characterisation and let you know a bit about the characters I felt that Johnson went too far with some characters and seemingly ignored others. The end ... Read review

Advantages: Good story, Ghost Rider fans will enjoy
Disadvantages: not enough Blackheart in the story

Based on Marvel's Ghost Rider character, a young Johnny Blaze is a stunt motorcycle rider who, along with his father, performs in a carnival. After finding a letter addressed to his dad that says the cancer has spread, Blaze sells his soul to Satan who is called Mephistopheles (Peter Fonda) (also known as Mephisto in the comic books) in return for curing his father's cancer. But he didn't sign the contract, instead, a drop of his blood falls onto ...
...he is to become the Ghost Rider, his own personal bounty hunter. After explaining to his childhood love Roxanne (played by Eva Mendez) what has become of him, she does not believe him, until she sees him taking care of Blackhearts followers. Once he takes care of his minions, it's time to track down and take care of Blackheart As I am a massive geek I like anything that Marvel Studios releases so I am a fan of Ghost Rider, even though I havn't read ... Read review

Advantages: The best movie of 2008...... So far
Disadvantages: It needed to be longer, if thats a flaw

...now find myself having watched Hancock awarding the movie the highest accolade I can by stating that of the movies so far, Hancock is the best movie of 2008. I avoided everything I possibly could to do with Hancock because to be honest the trailer failed to impress me. To my surprise I laughed, enjoyed the action, and was almost caused to shed a tear watching this very different superhero movie. In the past superhero movies characters are for the ...
..."Super Heroes". Hancock's superhero John Hancock (Will Smith) is not the traditional form of hero, he is an alcoholic, is verbally abusive, and has an appetite for destruction. While he wants to do good, nothing is ever quite thought through enough, while he might stop a group of armed thieves he may very well destroy half the city doing so. And this creates Hancock with a problem, he is not a superhero in the eyes of the public, he is a menace. ... Read review

Advantages: Better acting than Batman Forever and Batman and Robin, better costuming
Disadvantages: none that I can see

...the terrible mistakes which were Batman and Robin and Batman Forever. This time the costumes were good, the acting was good, and I actually enjoyed Katie Holmes in it even though for some reason I have been a bit prejudiced to her since Dawson's Creek and several other teenage movies she starred in in that era. As for the plot of the show, it's exactly like what the name suggests. It's about how Batman was made. I say buy it ;) ... Read review

Advantages: Will smith, good film all together
Disadvantages: Not brilliant.

...So when I heard about Hancock and the brief plot, I was intrigued to say the least. Here is what Hancock is about. Plot John Hancock is a miserable, alcoholic superhero who attempts to save lives at his own choice but due to the fact he's flying whilst drunk, he's caused the city millions and millions of dollars in damage. One day Hancock saves a guy called Ray, who has a dream to save the world, and sees something in Hancock that no one else sees. ...
...for the better. Is it any good? I went in expecting not a lot, and about ten minutes in I turned to my mum and pretty much told her exactly what the twist was and how it was going to end. About half way through I got slapped, due to the fact I had managed to pretty much describe the whole thing. In my eyes' it's very predictable, however I really enjoyed it. Yes it's another of Will Smith's 'save the world' films, but he does them so well, however ... Read review