Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Ghost Rider (the film, that is)

[antonye]

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/ghostrider/

(requires Apple Quicktime *spit*)

Starring Nicholas Cage with a wig recycled from Sean Connery's wardrobe from You Only Live Twice, and lots of special effects.

Looks like that's another decent comic book ruined then.

[moto748]

Did you actually like V for Vendetta, then, antonye? I don't recall you ever saying so.

I liked it a lot, apart from the first five minutes. Much more than I expected to, in fact.

Best comic adaptation I've seen's gotta be Ghost World, though.

[antonye]

I loved the book, read it many years ago and again recently before the film came out. I guess the whole Guy Fawkes thing had to be explained to the wider audience when it went from British comic to international film - I doubt many "foreigners" would have a clue who he was.

The film was disappointing though and I understand why Alan Moore chooses not to put his name to any adaptations. His books are usually crammed with characters, plots and sub-plots that indeed make it almost impossible to adapt to film. A Catch 22 situation.

On the subject of Moore's books turned into films, Hellboy was a great film, but I've not read any of the comics so can't say how they translated. League of Extraordinary Gentleman was ok, again I haven't read the books. I love Watchmen but I think the (upcoming) film will be terrible!

From Hell was a good film too, probably the best adaptation of his work to date. I caught Constantine on Sky the other night and watched it again - that's a pretty good film in it's own right but lacks the depth of the books; understandable though when going from page to screen as there's only so much intro you can do.

Moore's works have influenced so much in going from camp comics to film noir adaptations, one of the best being the influence of Batman: Killing Joke on Tim Burton's (first) screen adaptation of Batman.

/history lesson