When a studio decides to hide away their movies from critics, it’s never a good sign. All it tells me as a movie fan is… that they think their movie is SO bad, it’s going to get butchered by the critics so no press is better than bad press.
It’s rare however that a really big budget blockbuster doesn’t get screened for critics. Yes, Snakes on a Plane had tons of hype going into it, but it wasn’t a huge $100million+ budgeted Hollywood movie like Ghost Rider is.
Cinema Blend report that some critics are being invited to late night screenings with obviously no chance of them being able to write up a review for the next day’s papers. Very sneaky move indeed, and one that allows them to avoid the “didn’t screen for critics” stigma.
Because after all audiences aren’t dumb (well maybe they are with Epic Movie topping the charts the other week). We know that if a movie doesn’t get screened for critics, it means they are hiding something. It’s like going on a date with someone from a date agency website but deciding not to send them a picture of yourself until you meet them in person….your obviously hiding something from them!
Still I’m hoping Ghost Rider won’t suck, although everything points towards it doing so…. No screenings, strange release date of February for a superhero blockbuster, Nicolas Cage (although he kinda fits this character) and long delays in production.
source – cinema blend
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Not that I had really planned on seeing it anyway, but this news has firmly cemented that now.
There is already a review over at super hero hype, also I think it was good that they delayed the production because MSJ said they needed time to perfect the ghost rider flames.
Im staying optimistic about this movie, but I do feel that the director made it mostly with the fans in mind rather than the general audience which could cost it some dinero.