GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE – I love what this film is not. It is not like any comic book or any studio blockbuster. I can’t promise you’ll like it, but whatever you’re expecting from a Neveldine/Taylor Ghost Rider movie, you’re correct. It only really Cranks out a few times, so maybe it’s not as extreme as you’re expecting. Nicolas Cage really brings it though and they give him an oddly mellow performance vehicle in which to tweak and freak out. He practically sings his lines in one scene. You definitely see Cage in the Ghost Rider scenes. Nobody else poses like he does. Nicolas Cage losing his sh** is exactly what I want to see at 6AM after an all-nighter, so I hope everyone can experience this the same way
It seems that the invitees were all general online filmic critic types. Reading around ther seem to be some negative views on the new film...shame Neveldine and Taylor did not extend that invite to the truly appreciative NIC fans here at CAGEalot!!!!!!
Apparently there was a Q&A panel after the preview, I don't think there is anything new here that we did not get from N and T at previous panels at the 2 comic cons, but thanks to Crave Online for the following:
Taylor said he and Mark Neveldine were given freedom to do their crazy sequel because Sony, even though they made a lot of money on Ghost Rider, nobody there liked it.
Nicolas Cage turns it up past 11.
Taylor said Cage actually had a knob for how big his acting would get. Taylor could ask for a 12 or 14 and Cage would modulate accordingly.
They know it makes no sense.
Neveldine and Taylor did a pass on the script and added a scene to acknowledge that the plot is ridiculous. A kid asks Johnny Blaze why the devil bothers to take human form and Blaze can’t explain it. That’s the filmmakers’ way of telling us to just go with it. They also edited in a shot of Jerry Springer in post as a comment on how ridiculous the idea is.
Spirit of Vengeance is low budget.
Taylor said the film itself was surprisingly low budget after above the line pay, meaning that even some folks involved with the first Ghost Rider got a fee. (Mark Steven Johnson and Avi Arad have producer credits.) But actual money spent on film? They shot in Eastern Europe for very little.
Behind the scenes with Cage was crazier than any stunt.
Neveldine and Taylor like to hang from wires and roller blade to get their shots, but Taylor said partying with Cage after shooting brought him “closer to death” than any shot or stunt in the film.
Making Ghost Rider cool.
Taylor had some issues with Ghost Rider’s wardrobe in the first one, so he changed it. “Why would Zarathos have any fashion sense,” Taylor said.
Neveldine and Taylor slow down.
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance doesn’t have as much wild Crankness because the use of CGI meant they had to plan more shots, rather than freeball it on the set like they were playing in a sandbox.
The Blu-ray will have a no CG cut of the whole film.
To get in character, Cage would wear Santeria makeup and black contact lenses in his Ghost Rider scenes. Taylor said he wants to include a full cut of the movie edited with Cage in makeup and no Ghost Rider CGI.
Lula Argante wrote:It seems that the invitees were all general online filmic critic types. Reading around ther seem to be some negative views on the new film...shame Neveldine and Taylor did not extend that invite to the truly appreciative NIC fans here at CAGEalot!!!!!!
I 100% agree with you Lula! Besides, 99% of the people seeing the movie will be fans and/or movie goers, not critics!
Lol! well we are the biggest committed Nic geeks and freaks ( i speak for myself with the latter so no offense to anyone ) in the whole wide movieverse! we simply deserve some kind of CAGEtastic preview or exclusive somethng or another! lol!!!
Cool to hear the postive buzz you picked up on twitter Lady T, lately i have been so busy battling with the demons of flu far far way from that strange but oft alluring place that is twitterland!
lol!!!
