Ghost Rider

I just saw a profoundly inspiring and deeply touching movie entitled "Ghost Rider". For those of you unfamiliar with this hugely entertaining treatise on the sacred and the profane, Nicholas Cage stars as a carnival rider who comes of age following the death of his father in a mild motorcycle skidding accident at the hands of Mephistopheles. With a knowing tip of the hat to Ralph Macchio in Crossroads, the young rider sells his soul under terms so ill considered that the story also serves as a cautionary tale to anyone who has ever signed a lease agreement. To tell more would be an injustice to the reader; I will simply say that the terrifying special effects, the inaudible and marble-like quality of Sam Elliot, the earthy performance of Eva Mendes or Daisy Fuentes, and the many veiled & subtle references to Faust and "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir", make this a movie I will want to watch again and again. It goes best with a 2003 or 2004 Chateau Marvel Cage aux Folles, preferably the 1 liter.

Companion thinks that "Ghost Rider" would make a terrific comic book.