Green Lantern Script Review

[Keyser Soze]

Awesome bit of news.

They better cast Danny Trejo as Kilowog's voice.

RAY WINSTONE DAMNIT!

 

[Keyser Soze]

I'm betting it's a mentor role. As Earth's other Green Lantern, he will probably be Hal Jordan's first mentor figure, teaching him about the Corps, etc. Then they'll segueway into Kilowog, The Guardians, etc. Using Alan first will be a way to "escalate" the situation.

I dunno...

I could be wrong, I hope I am, but I have a sinking feeling that Alan Scott won't be a Green Lantern in this film. I think he could end up being an Earth-based mentor figure for Hal, a General Stone type character.

 

[Kevin Smith]

not my manip but still cool:

 

[Keyser Soze]

Why did you post this in every GL thread?

 

[SuperDaniel]

But hey, how cool would be to see Hal going to Oa and show all the Green Lantern corps? I can't waaaaaaaaaait to see that.

 

[Dark Knight]

But hey, how cool would be to see Hal going to Oa and show all the Green Lantern corps? I can't waaaaaaaaaait to see that.

Yeah, that should be visually great! I hope they put the film on IMAX screens!

 

[Kevin Smith]

Why did you post this in every GL thread?

I couldn't find the "Official GL Movie thread". Ah! So I will start one! back in a moment...

 

[Katsuro]

I dunno...

I could be wrong, I hope I am, but I have a sinking feeling that Alan Scott won't be a Green Lantern in this film. I think he could end up being an Earth-based mentor figure for Hal, a General Stone type character.

Well the script reviews have mentioned that the movie not only leaves itself open to possible sequels, but prequels as well. And the only thing I could imagine as a prequel to a Hal Jordan GL origin story is an Alan Scott movie.

Alan Scott would certainly be interesting to see in a movie. Hopefully they keep what's unique about him, instead of turning into just another member of the Corps. I want a flame-like construct, and that awesome/silly costume of his.

 

[SPIDERMAN117]

Any rumors so far for Green Lantern?

 

[protocida]

Any rumors so far for Green Lantern?

There were rumors about David Boreanaz.

 

[Kevin Smith]

I couldn't find the "Official GL Movie thread". Ah! So I will start one! back in a moment...

did it.

 

[alexdunn]

not my manip but still cool:

That is pretty bad ass.

 

[The Major]

Kevin:

That GL pic you got is fantastic.

Who made it?

 

[Kevin Smith]

Kevin:

That GL pic you got is fantastic.

Who made it?

Thanks, bud. I'm not sure who made it tho lol. I found it on Blue Tights.net a couple weeks ago, don't know why I didn't post it sooner. Sorry if that didn't help much...

 

[JokerLedger]

Here's a new piece from firstshowing.net

Our local script expert is back again with a look at one of the most highly anticipated adaptations - Green Lantern. Superhero films always have a handful of those "badass" moments that make your jaw drop and make the film memorable. Whether it be Batman flipping Joker's semi in The Dark Knight or Tony Stark's first path of destruction in his Mark III armor, these moments will forever make moviegoers wish that they were the ones with the superpowers. Well, after taking a look at a draft of the upcoming Green Lantern script written by Greg Berlanti, Michael Green, and Marc Guggenheim, here is my list of five badass reasons why fans will love the Green Lantern movie when it hits theaters in 2010.

#5 - Respect for the Fans

It's hard to make a film adaptation when there is almost seventy years of source material to choose from. We all know that certain compromises have to be made because certain things don't translate well from the comic book to the screen, but the writers of the Green Lantern did a damn good job of respecting their source material. The film centers around Hal Jordan, the best-known Green Lantern, and his origin story stays respectfully accurate to the comics. Hal is a test pilot, which is a huge part of the entire script, and his willpower is the driving force of the entire movie. The writers also managed to craft a great story where other key characters in the Green Lantern universe have great roles. Abin-Sur is a big part of the film's first act, Thaal Sinestro, Tomar-re and Kilowog get good screen time as well.

When it comes to villains, well, I'll get to that later. But don't worry, the fans will be happy. There are also great cameos that will be nods for the fans including a quick glimpse of a football coach with the name "Gardner" on his back, and a mother of a reveal at the end of the film that I wouldn't dream of spoiling. It always makes me happy when writers include things in the script that only the fans will understand. There are plenty of badass moments in this film that will only be amazing to a smaller audience who has the knowledge of years of comic books. So if you were one of those people who got chills during Iron Man when Col. Rhodes saw the Mark II armor and muttered, "Next time baby" get ready for some spine tingling chills during Green Lantern. These writers have done a damn good job staying close to the heart of the Green Lantern universe. Don't be worried about "organic webshooter-like" departures from the comics in this.

#4 - A Killer Dogfight

Look, airplanes fighting other airplanes is badass. Dogfights just look cool. And in this movie, damn do we get a cool one. Hal Jordan's a test pilot and we all know he's supposed to be a damn good one. In this movie we're going to get plenty of flying goodness. So get ready for a scene in the first act of the film where Hal goes head to head with three other fully automated and unmanned "Sabre-Jets." It's like a chess match between a grandmaster and three super-computers at Mach 1 with missiles and bullets instead of bishops and pawns. Hopefully the filmmakers will be able to pull off the same level of excitement on screen that there is in the script. I'm trying to think of dogfights that aren't awesome. Sure, Stealth wasn't Oscar material, but when they were in the sky, everything was just so damn cool. So get ready to add Green Lantern to the list of movies that have a sweet arial showdown between billion dollar hunks of metal.

#3 - Power Rings

Of course this was going to contain power rings! It wouldn't be a Green Lantern movie without them. But after reading the script, DAMN, the things that the power rings do are awesome. While we still have a long time until that glorious moment when we see a trailer and see what they actually look like, I can assure you that the the things the rings DO are amazing. And yes, I said rings, plural. Start drooling now.

Hal will be summoning plenty of badass things from his ring including the classic green fist. But we also see nets, and tons of different weapons. Not to mention plenty of sheer blasts of energy, and one point in the script when Hal creates an entire city from the ring. It's a ring of seemingly limitless power, and we get to see tons of examples of it right from the beginning of the movie. Within the first fifteen minutes of the movie, we get to witness a battle between Abin-Sur and the most bad ass character in the whole script (I'll get to that next). The fight is going to be amazing. Ring blasts, shields, grabbing asteroids with the ring and slamming it around are all part of it, and as far as this movie goes, it's a mini-fight. The rings are the coolest things in this movie, as they certainly should be.

#2 - Legion

So let me get this straight. Legion is essentially the polar opposite of everything that is the Green Lantern Corps wrapped up in one golden yellow monster? Sign me up. Legion is so badass in this that my mind has a hard time wrapping itself around it. Imagine if you took every scary bad guy and combined them into one terrifying mother****er covered in armor. He's Predator, Jaws, Alien, Mordred (from Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series), and an octopus all rolled into one. He's described as the size of a whale with the grin of a shark and tentacles of an octopus. Sounds a little cheesier than scary. Until I think back to any video I've ever seen of an angry octopus that kills everything - then give it a shark mouth and lethal blasts of yellow energy. When you see the concept art of this guy you're going to wet your bed for a week.

Legion spends all of his time on-screen killing. That's all he does. At one point you think he might take a break, but after lulling his prey into a false sense of security, he lashes out and destroys everyone. Legion is such a badass, that a splinter of his armor that gets separated from him creates the Earth-based villain. So if a splinter of this thing is capable of creating an evil telekinetic madman, I can't even imagine the level of evil that Legion is capable of. He is the reason that grown men might need to wear diapers to this movie.

#1 - Epic Battles

After reading this script, I can't stress enough how magnificently HUGE it is. Green Lantern comics have always dealt with far more than just our measly little "Earth problems." So why limit our fights between on super powered good guy and one super powered bad guy? So the writers went with the approach of including epic battles that could cause a popcorn shortage when this movie comes out. The best part is the scale of these fights. Hal Jordan isn't the only one fighting in this movie. The entire Green Lantern Corps joins in to fight Legion. So everything you imagined Hal Jordan doing as a Green Lantern is actually multiplied exponentially when you seen hundreds of Green Lanterns fighting at the same time.

The battles in this movie are going to be what you would get if you took the entire Roman Army from the opening battle in Gladiator and gave each of them a ring of limitless power, then took every member of the Barbarians they fought against and wrapped them into one huge and terrifying mother****er (see above), and decided to have a half hour battle. Green Lantern deserves a galactic canvas on which to paint his badass-ness, and this script definitely delivers one. 2010 needs to get here. NOW!

 

[The Guard]

It sounds cool. But again, nothing about what's actually in the script beyond the very basics. "Badass" does not an appropriate script review make.

 

[Ronny Shade]

As usual, the guard is right.

 

[protocida]

If they revealed all the movie details on a script review, there would't be much to see on the big screen. I loved the reviews so far. They provided good details about the movie without spoiling it too much.

 

[Keyser Soze]

While more positive buzz is nice - and exciting - after reading that, I feel like I'd rather they went into a little more depth on, say, Sinestro's characterisation, rather than 2 paragraphs on why Legion is badass, and several variations on why big fights are badass.

 

[protocida]

I'm really interested on the plot twist commented by all the reviews so far... My two cents are:

Sinestro corps and/or Parallax awakening.

What do you think?

By the way, Sinestro won't be in the movie that much. He'll have just a minor participation foreshadowing the second movie, where he'll problably be the main villain.

 

[Keyser Soze]

By the way, Sinestro won't be in the movie that much. He'll have just a minor participation foreshadowing the second movie, where he'll problably be the main villain.

I dunno. The latest review says that Sinestro gets a good amount of screen-time. While I think it's unlikely he'll go full-fledged evil in the first film, I do think we're going to get a lot of development of the Hal/Sinestro relationship, as well as some foreshadowing of the future darkness.

 

[protocida]

Maybe whe'll get introduced to Sinestro and his background, but i doubt he'll become Hal Jordans mentor on the first movie. And how about the plot twist? Any theories?

 

[Keyser Soze]

Maybe whe'll get introduced to Sinestro and his background, but i doubt he'll become Hal Jordans mentor on the first movie. And how about the plot twist? Any theories?

I think he'll become Hal's mentor in this film, with a set-up for him to become his nemesis in the sequel.

As for the plot twist, it seems to revolve around the surprise appearance of a character. But I don't see any GL characters creating a "WOW!" finale for the general moviegoing audience. So I'm not sure where they could be going with it.

 

[X-Maniac]

While more positive buzz is nice - and exciting - after reading that, I feel like I'd rather they went into a little more depth on, say, Sinestro's characterisation, rather than 2 paragraphs on why Legion is badass, and several variations on why big fights are badass.

Hmm, yes. I'm always amused when people on here cry out for depth and heart and then descriptions of scrips omit all that and just go for badass coolness!

 

[protocida]

I think he'll become Hal's mentor in this film, with a set-up for him to become his nemesis in the sequel.

As for the plot twist, it seems to revolve around the surprise appearance of a character. But I don't see any GL characters creating a "WOW!" finale for the general moviegoing audience. So I'm not sure where they could be going with it.

That's why i'm thinking about Sinestro corps! t:

Hmm, yes. I'm always amused when people on here cry out for depth and heart and then descriptions of scrips omit all that and just go for badass coolness!

Because baddas coolness is badass and cool!