2. Ghost Rider (2007)
The Movie: Look! Nicolas Cage! Doing something in that way that he does!
Ghost Rider, one of the movies from Nic Cage's "I better pay my tax debts before I go to prison" period (I think that's still going on, to be fair), tells the story of a flaming skeleton man who drives a motorcycle and sends people to hell. If that
shouldn't have been badass, then you and I have a completely different definition of "badass," my friend. Unfortunately it was the guy behind Ben Affleck's
Daredevil who got OK'd to "direct" this movie, too. Look at how I've put that word in quotation marks. It means I'm not sincere.
Overlooked Positive: It's funny. Like, really funny. And not in a way that pays compliment to the filmmakers or anything: it's funny because it's just totally uncompromising in its corniness. I mean, the idea that Nic Cage is supposed to be in his 30s in this movie is dumb as hell, but it also makes the whole "watching
Ghost Rider experience" goofy and ridiculous - so much so, that I can put
Ghost Rider on when I'm feeling sad, and when I've finished watching it, I still feel sad, but maybe, you know, not enough to backflip out of a window or burn ants with a magnifying glass. If that's not a positive, I really don't know what is. Point is, this movie features one of Nic Cage's most downright unhinged performances, and if you like watching Nic Cage go insane (who doesn't like that?
Tell mewho doesn't like that), then you most definitely can't miss out on
Ghost Rider. It's a beer and pizza movie designed for you and your friends to make fun of/talk over at the same time. In which stuff like this happens: Yeah, that's a flaming skull dude on an awesome set of wheels taking to the water and using the same set of wheels as a jet-ski substitute. Why?
Why not? Later he drives straight up the side of a skyscraper. And you wonder why this movie got a sequel.