Green Lantern 2

[the last son]

Which one is worse? Again I said the ones I've seen. I haven't seen like FF(94) or Batman 1966.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

Batman 66 is awesome, you've been fed lies my friend.

 

[the last son]

But I forgot about Batman and Robin. That and Green Lantern are both as bad in different ways. I'd rather watch B and R just for the laughter. GL is just painful to even watch. Just watching the clips are painful. I wanted to like it because I've liked Reynolds since Van Wilder but between that and Blade I lost faith in him.

 

[Human Torch]

Catwoman,the Spirit,Howard the Duck.......

 

[dude stannis]

Then they must have hacked up the entire Movie, should that be the case. Because beyond a few scenes here and there, that were actually good, the rest is just forgetful.

I think it might've been the script which was hacked up. Wasn't it getting good buzz?

Possibly when Geoff Johns got brought on it all went to pot. That terrible, terrible man.

 

[BH/HHH]

They changed far too much in the script from what I can remember.

I think one of the mistakes was rushing to explain why Hal Jordan's the greatest Green Lantern of them all. The film really should've been about Hal Jordan's training and having him team up with the virus to defeat a great threat, then the second film should have been Sinestro's descent and Hal having to defeat the man who trained him. The third film could've involved the man hunters. I just felt like everything was rushed.

It's a real shame cause I really do believe Green Lantern had the chance to be the best comic book film yet.

 

[Project862006]

secret origins shouldn't of been that hard to adapt what the heck went wrong is what i want to know

 

[BH/HHH]

secret origins shouldn't of been that hard to adapt what the heck went wrong is what i want to know

I know it's such a fantastic book aswell if they'd have just adapted that they'd have been fine. Like I said above they were in too much of a rush with the film.

 

[Airwings]

Honestly, I think Kevin Zegers could work for Green Lantern

 

[BH/HHH]

You know I'm watching Green Lantern right now and the first half of the movie is good it's after that it starts to slip. It's a real Shane they didn't make the right movie, I really wish WBs would not be so interfering in their movies. Because they were so idiotic now I may never see a Green Lantern solo film again, this honestly had the potential to be the greatest comic book film of them all. Infact I'd say it arguably could have been the greatest trilogy ever.

 

[Smallville13]

I know it's such a fantastic book aswell if they'd have just adapted that they'd have been fine. Like I said above they were in too much of a rush with the film.

I think they should have kept the first one more Earth-bound and have Hal come to grips with the ring in a more rural setting. Plus it allows for them to go for more practical effects. Then if it was a success they would have a bigger budget for the sequel and be able to give justice to Oa.

There was so much wrong with this film though. Even the effects of Hal's fathers death looked cheap. Blake Lively was horrible. The suit just looked so fake. The mask being the worst. There was parts like where he's talking to Lively on her balcony where it looks like a CW show. Oa was just muddy and without life. All the aliens looked cheap and fake. Ugh. I could go on and on.

 

[Lantern Venom]

Batman 66 is awesome, you've been fed lies my friend.

Uh, NO. The Batman '66 movie & entire TV series & Batman Forever & Batman & Robin combined > The Green Lantern film.

 

[the last son]

I'd rather watch both ghost rider than Green Lantern. Actually Spirit of vengeance is pretty much on the same level. Wow. You know those two are the worst I've seen and will simply not watch. Catwoman, Spirit Of Vengance and Green Lantern all tie.

 

[BH/HHH]

Green Lantern s not as ad as the two Ghost Rider movies and it doesn't deserve to be put with pure garbage like Batman & Robin. I swear if this had come out like 10 years go it would've been better received.

 

[Chris B]

I think it might've been the script which was hacked up. Wasn't it getting good buzz?

Possibly when Geoff Johns got brought on it all went to pot. That terrible, terrible man.

I think bringing in Martin Campbell was probably a mistake. He's had some successes, but I don't think he had the right sensibilities.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Campbell is one of those people who can do amazing things when the people ahead of him in the food chain (producers) have a strong vision in place like Casino Royale. But when the producers are confused, like they so evidently were in this, he makes lesser films.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

Uh, NO. The Batman '66 movie & entire TV series & Batman Forever & Batman & Robin combined > The Green Lantern film.

I'm confused...are u agreeing with me? Lol

 

[Doc Ock]

I know it's such a fantastic book aswell if they'd have just adapted that they'd have been fine. Like I said above they were in too much of a rush with the film.

Secret Origin is such a great read its ridiculous how this wasn't adapted correctly. It practically could of made the films story for itself!

 

[BH/HHH]

Secret Origin is such a great read its ridiculous how this wasn't adapted correctly. It practically could of made the films story for itself!

I know that book is unbelievably good, why didn't they just adapt it?

 

[flickchick85]

Campbell is one of those people who can do amazing things when the people ahead of him in the food chain (producers) have a strong vision in place like Casino Royale. But when the producers are confused, like they so evidently were in this, he makes lesser films.

I agree, and I think this being a CGI-heavy project didn't help matters either, as that's not his forte. He's a wonderful action director in the old school sense (that is, for movies involving regular ol' fashioned stunt work), but he's never done anything with so much CGI before. I think his inexperience in that arena not only stifled his creativity on the action set-pieces, but is also largely to blame for allowing the budget to get out of control.

Speaking of Secret Origin, I think the heart of the problem with the GL movie lies with one seemingly minor, but actually very major change from that comic: When Abin Sur is dying and asks Hal Jordan if he accepts this duty, in Secret Origin, Hal's answer is, "If I'm not dreaming...Absolutely." In the movie, when faced with the same question, Hal spends the entire movie basically saying "No, you've got the wrong guy!" His journey is about deciding to accept it. And with that "little" change, the writers completely missed what makes Hal Jordan who he is and turned him into Superhero-By-Numbers Guy ("the hero has to resist his true calling at first and learn that he's really a hero!"), thus, getting his entire character arc all wrong and making it as generic as possible. That's what really killed the movie for me.

Well that, the dodgy CGI, the flying turd they called "Parallax," and the fact that it was so much more interested in the Earthbound antics than in the intergalactic aspect that makes GL so fun.

 

[ThePhantasm]

I know that book is unbelievably good, why didn't they just adapt it?

I wondered the same. I think they probably didn't want all the Atrocitus and Blackest Night stuff in it. But they could have easily swapped Atrocitus out with some other superpowered convict.

 

[BH/HHH]

I wondered the same. I think they probably didn't want all the Atrocitus and Blackest Night stuff in it. But they could have easily swapped Atrocitus out with some other superpowered convict.

Yeah definitely

 

[craigdbfan]

I agree, and I think this being a CGI-heavy project didn't help matters either, as that's not his forte. He's a wonderful action director in the old school sense (that is, for movies involving regular ol' fashioned stunt work), but he's never done anything with so much CGI before. I think his inexperience in that arena not only stifled his creativity on the action set-pieces, but is also largely to blame for allowing the budget to get out of control.

Speaking of Secret Origin, I think the heart of the problem with the GL movie lies with one seemingly minor, but actually very major change from that comic: When Abin Sur is dying and asks Hal Jordan if he accepts this duty, in Secret Origin, Hal's answer is, "If I'm not dreaming...Absolutely." In the movie, when faced with the same question, Hal spends the entire movie basically saying "No, you've got the wrong guy!" His journey is about deciding to accept it. And with that "little" change, the writers completely missed what makes Hal Jordan who he is and turned him into Superhero-By-Numbers Guy ("the hero has to resist his true calling at first and learn that he's really a hero!"), thus, getting his entire character arc all wrong and making it as generic as possible. That's what really killed the movie for me.

Well that, the dodgy CGI, the flying turd they called "Parallax," and the fact that it was so much more interested in the Earthbound antics than in the intergalactic aspect that makes GL so fun.

I agree with every single word in this post.

 

[FeedOnATreeFrog]

If you've watched the behind the scenes of Green Lantern you can see how unfamilar Campbell is with the green screen sets etc.

Not that it excuses the rest of the films' flaws.

 

[BlackMagicWolf]

I know I'll get slammed for this but I like Green Lantern a lot. The only thing I hated was what they did with Parallax. Everything else was fine and Ryan Reynolds was great as Hal Jordan in my opinion.