Biggest Worries About the Film?

[MadVillainy]

Even though all of here are really excited about the GL film I'm sure almost all of us has at least one worry. SO I wanted to ask what is your worry

Mine is that the GL film will be no more than a popcorn action flick

 

[Webhead2006]

Well i do hope it doesnt turn out to be a silly popcorn flick and has a heart/soul to it. But right now only worry i have is casting. They need to have a solid cast if they want to get the general audience behind the character.

 

[Steyin]

My only concern at this point is the CGI. If we are going to see space battles, Oa, power ring attacks, aliens, etc.., then this film should have Star Wars quality CGI; it has to be one of the main selling points of the film IMO.

 

[Webhead2006]

well if they go with ILM or WETA i dont think we would have to worry about the SFX.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Right now, my biggest worry is casting. Having read the script (well, the first draft) it's solid blockbuster fare, but hardly pushes the boundaries. It'll need a strong cast to lift the material and inject some spark into it. Most importantly, they need the right guy playing Hal, someone who can bring the equivalent of what Robert Downey Jr brought to the role of Tony Stark. I believe that ultimately, Green Lantern will soar or bomb on the back of who they choose to play Hal.

 

[Lobo]

I'd simply like to echo Keyser's sentiment. Te cast is my biggest worry. especially Hal.

 

[rdh007]

The cast. I haven't read the script, but the above statements seem accurate.

I want something close to Iron Man with a little more heart/soul/character development. But if they have to err on a side, I'd prefer they err toward Iron Man and away from Superman Returns.

 

[Drakon]

The cast. I haven't read the script, but the above statements seem accurate.

I want something close to Iron Man with a little more heart/soul/character development. But if they have to err on a side, I'd prefer they err toward Iron Man and away from Superman Returns.

I'm worried about tone, to be honest. Like, I want something that feels as epic as Star Wars, but is easy to get into.

 

[MadVillainy]

The thing is I dont want Iron Man except with GL. I loved Iron Man. But I go to Marvel for poporn entertainment(in their comics and movies) and I go to DC for deeper but still entertaining films

 

[terry78]

Well, you have to find a balance between finding someone that plays GL as too bland and playing him too tongue-in-cheek.

 

[Motown Marvel]

i worry about it being all style and no substance. i just want the story to be solid and the characters true. i havent read the first draft, but i heard people comparing it to transformers and iron man....both of which felt like cheap hollow films to me.

 

[[A]]

Biggest Worries About the Film?

that it turns out too kiddie

 

[djkris]

that it turns out too kiddie

That and going the FF4 route: cheesy one-liners and jokes, changing the source material a bit too much and fear of having an epic scale because it's just a "comic book movie"

 

[TheComicbookKid]

I'm worried the movie just does ok. 180 million domestically and scares the WB again (Watchmen/SR) because they had such unrealistically high expectations because Iron Man did so well.

IT"S NOT THE SAME THING!

That also goes for fans unrealistic/overhype/extreme excitement creating mountains out of mole hills if it doesn't do Iron Man numbers.

 

[Mutagen]

If they screw up the "In brightest day..." speech I'll be so disappointed. It's a special part of the Green Lantern, for me, I would just hate to have an audience laugh or even cringe at it.

 

[[A]]

also, if they go with the Star Trek guy, it might attrack a lot of teenage girls, Twilight-like effect

If they screw up the "In brightest day..." speech I'll be so disappointed

with that username and avvy, you should say If they screw up the "In brightest day..." speech I'll be so angry, I'll smash the theater to pieces and then the entire city will feel my angst and fury *shakes fist*

 

[djkris]

I want the GL movie to do well, because I believe that, as a concept, the whole GL lore, the mythology behind it, is one of the most original and, why not, fun concepts. The comics are fun, well-written, with interesting characters and I found myself rooting for the GLs in every major DC team-up. "Rebirth" is cinematic in almost every way. The "Sinestro Corps" arc is great, epic fun.

I still find it strange that Green Lantern is not that popular as his "colleagues", be it DC or Marvel. Green Lantern, be it Alan Scott, Hal, Kyle, John, Guy, name it, is still considered a B-lister. I hope the movie changes this a bit.

 

[Mutagen]

also, if they go with the Star Trek guy, it might attrack a lot of teenage girls, Twilight-like effect

with that username and avvy, you should say If they screw up the "In brightest day..." speech I'll be so angry, I'll smash the theater to pieces and then the entire city will feel my angst and fury *shakes fist*

That's right, I'll always planned to say that, you just ruined the surprise, that's all. Doom is always prepared.

 

[Drakon]

If they screw up the "In brightest day..." speech I'll be so disappointed. It's a special part of the Green Lantern, for me, I would just hate to have an audience laugh or even cringe at it.

Well, I don't mind certain liberties being taken, since the mantra has been changed many time here and there, not to mention it's different for some people anyway. But yeah, if they flub it, I'll be sad.

 

[Octoberist]

The thing is I dont want Iron Man except with GL. I loved Iron Man. But I go to Marvel for poporn entertainment(in their comics and movies) and I go to DC for deeper but still entertaining films

I think that's what this movie needs. It needs add something to the genre, and be relevant. And being relevant doesn't mean 'Super Serious' or 'Oscar Bait' but Green Lantern has to use what Iron Man and Dark Knight did well without copying them.

 

[mad-sci]

(1) Casting. You need the right people to play Hal, Sinestro, Carol etc. They need to FIT the role, not the other way around.

(2) Originality. The script is good - but there's a big risk of 'seen that in IM, that happened in SM1. That bit's from BB...' OTOH, there's some GREAT ideas and scenes that separate GL from other comic-book films - the idea of the Corp, Oa, the history of the GL. As long as THIS is emphasised, the other stuff won't matter as much.

 

[chiefchirpa]

Costume. Robin-like eye mask screams cheese to many non-comic reading audiences.

 

[Webhead2006]

well the whole face mask could be done realistically and not look cheesy.

 

[terry78]

I need to see the CG production company they choose do an animation test of a figure making a green construct from the ring to determine how it's gonna look. It shouldn't look all liquid-like, but it shouldn't look too stiff.

 

[Doctor Jones]

The jokes. The goddamn jokes.