Phixius

3rd Oct 2010

Ghost Rider (2007)

Corrected entry: After Johnny (in Ghost Rider form) breaks out of prison and causes havoc, the police are all after him. It would make sense that this would be a big case and he would be one of the most wanted. However, later he goes back to his home to find his girl, there are no police anywhere. The first place the police would search for him would be his home.

T.Rex.Sheffield.Can+Ash

Correction: The police didn't actually see him transform into Ghost Rider, so they would have no idea that Johnny is the same creature they faced. They would assume he simply escaped his cell the previous night when the flaming skeleton tore up the police station. They aren't there at his apartment waiting to arrest him again because, as you say, Ghost Rider's rampage is a pretty big deal and the authorities are tied up with that.

Phixius

When Johnny goes to see Caretaker, he says that everybody knows who he is. When Caretaker asked who, Johnny's response was, "Everybody. Don't you watch television?" This would imply that even the police know.

20th Sep 2010

Ghost Rider (2007)

Corrected entry: Near the end of the movie, Cage's skull turns into blue flame to signify it going out, but blue flames are hotter.

popple44090

Correction: Stifle a candle or match, and the last remaining flames are blue. It's lack of fuel, not low temperature that causes the flame to go out. In the case of the candle or match that fuel is Oxygen. In Ghost Rider's case that fuel is darkness and being in the presence of evil.

Phixius

1st Jul 2008

Ghost Rider (2007)

Corrected entry: Approx. 7 minutes into the movie, Johnny is talking to the devil getting ready to make his deal. The devil says, "The thing about cancer is the time it takes, the toll on the loved ones." Immediately after that, it goes to a shot of the devil walking left to right across the screen with the circus tent serving as background. Lightning flashes and you see the demonic shadow of the devil in vivid detail on the circus tent backdrop. For it to happen like that, the lightning would have to literally flash inside the tent. Lightning outside will not enhance the shadow inside the tent.

Correction: Mephistopholes used his demonic power to do that. It'll do what he wants it to do.

Phixius

26th Feb 2007

Ghost Rider (2007)

Corrected entry: The Caretaker suggests Johnny Blaze not leave the cemetery, saying he's safe as long as he's there, since the demons pursuing him can't come onto hallowed ground. However, Blackheart later confronts a priest in a church, which, presumably, is also hallowed ground. (The final confrontation between Ghost Rider and Blackheart also occurs in a church, but it could be argued that this ground has long since become unconsecrated.).

Correction: The caretaker was correct. The demons pursuing Blaze could not come onto hallowed ground. Which is why they waited outside the church while Blackheart spoke to the priest. Blackheart is a son of the devil, and the devil has been known to stand in the very presence of God Himself. So, it seems a fair enough assumption that the devil's offspring could enter mere hallowed ground while lesser demons could not.

Phixius

But then why wouldn't Blackheart just go to the caretaker himself to get the contract?

He tried to, but Caretaker wouldn't give up its location, so Blackheart decided to force Johnny to convince Caretaker to give him the contract by kidnapping Roxanne.

Phaneron

Correction: Blackheart had no idea where the contract was, so kidnapping Roxanne was the only way to get it.

28th Feb 2007

Ghost Rider (2007)

Corrected entry: At the start of the movie, it's said that every generation 1 person is picked to be the ghost rider, replacing the pre-existing one. In this case the older Rider disobeyed the devil and ran, which means Johnny Blaze shouldn't have been allowed to receive those powers, since they can only go to 1 person at a time and the cemetery guy was the other rider.

Correction: It does not say this. The narrator/caretaker says "every generation has one." Since two generations co-exist, it stands to reason there would be two riders. Either way, the film certainly never states that only one person can have the power at a time.

Phixius

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