Hooo...leee...crap.
Ah...no, no they didn't. Not surprisingly, the elements that were drawn from GL Vol. 1, Emerald Dawn, Secret Origin, etc..were the ones that worked. It was the new elements (the screwed-up Parallax, the screwed-up Hector with his ridiculous daddy issues, and Hal wussing out after fighting Sinestro) that hampered the movie's progression. When Hal quits the Corps, you can almost see the WB execs stepping in to meddle for the sake of the GA sheeple. That's always a mistake.
Tru dat ! Movies don't always have to religiously follow comic books (in fact often its best when they don't, well not religiously anyway). But, when you substitute solid stuff from the comic, for, well crap, you get crappy results. And Hal wussing out, um......no, nuh-uh, if there's one thing Hal Jordan never does, it's wuss out, he'll do stubborn, jackass, hot-headed
stuff, but he doesn't give up or quit. (Best part of JL origins is when Darkseid breaks his arm and Batman has to talk him out of getting himself killed).
BTW does anyone think GL would have been a better film if all they did was change the casting of Ryan Reynolds, and Blake Lively ?
I think that it would have still been a mediocre film but that's still better than the delusions-of-mediocrity film that it was.
Reynolds was sooo unlikeable as Jordan, and Lively was terrible as Carol
Ferris. Yeah, the story wasn't great, and the Hammond stuff was rubbish (worst DC villain on screen yet !), but casting can make up for a lot.
Just a thought.
Also, they should have dropped out a lot of that other stuff,
in fact, if they'd had the first movie be just, Hal joins corps, trained by Sinestro, Sinestro turns evil, grabs yellow ring, Hal has to take him down,
that would have been awesome - simple stories work the best.
Anyway, with the Rock as John Stewart (well it looks that way) that's at least a casting choice that's going to help. The Rock has been in some pretty average films (e.g. the Tooth Fairy) but he's always fun in them, the guy's got a lot of presence and charm.
Also, I'm still backing Karl Urban as Hal Jordan ! He and the Rock were in that terrible Doom movie together, and were still pretty good.
But yeah, Cooper could pull of Either Jordan, or Gardner !
Although Sean William Scott would be great as Guy, he does the annoying ******* thing brilliantly.
Given that Scar Predator is on Team Cooper, what about Cooper as the Flash ? I reckon he would be perfect as Barry Allen, he would carry off Barry's sense of humour, quick-wittedness, and honest charm brilliantly.
Although, given that he's Rocket Raccoon, he could also play Chp'
although personally I'd prefer Chris Pine, as Flash, but that's just me.
again, just IMO.
Oh yeah, and the next GL film, I reckon should feature Stel, with the right
voice he'd be awesome.
Seriously, Dwayne would knock this out of the park as John Stewart.
