The Official Green Lantern Review Thread - Part 1

[Marvin]

I don't think you'll find one kid under 14 that won't love this movie to death.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

No but production will be slowed down on those properties.

The brakes are gonna be put on for sure. Anything outside Bats and Big Blue is immediately going to be re-looked at.

That isn't necessarily a bad thing. In fact, maybe taking a closer look at what works and what doesn't is exactly what WB needs to do at this point.

 

[S.A.A.D.]

The consensus on GL at rottentomatoes.com:

"Noisy, overproduced, and thinly written, Green Lantern squanders an impressive budget and decades of comics mythology."

Yes, decades of comics mythology are squandered yet elements that are from the GL mythology are in the movie. There is only so much that can be squeezed into a movie.

 

[rogue trooper]

I really like this review

Same here.

 

[cronosred]

The consensus on GL at rottentomatoes.com:

"Noisy, overproduced, and thinly written, Green Lantern squanders an impressive budget and decades of comics mythology."

Sounds like Transformers but I think it will be better then Transformers 3, unfortunately it probably won't do as well at the box office since it seems their fans can forgive anything and everything unlike Green Lantern fans who seem to already hate this film before they see it because of others opinions.

 

[Son of Coul]

The consensus on GL at rottentomatoes.com:

"Noisy, overproduced, and thinly written, Green Lantern squanders an impressive budget and decades of comics mythology."

Yes, decades of comics mythology are squandered yet elements from the GL mythology are in the movie. There is only so much that can be squeezed into a movie.

squan·der   
[skwon-der]
–verb (used with object)
1. to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully.

Basically, the elements of mythology are used the movie, but are wasted by being worked into an overall crappy movie is what I think the consensus is saying.

 

[Raiden]

The feeling that I have regarding GL from what I've read is that WB has put too many eggs into one basket, thanks to the 300 mil production & marketing tab this movie has accumulated, and given WB's lack of superhero movies beyond Superman and Batman the perception is that GL is their testing subject, to see if it can validate the potential of other superheroes. If it bombs or perform below expectation, fans then have the right to be concerned about future movies features superheroes that don't involved DC's Big Two.

The problem is, when you spent 300 mil on a movie, it'll have to be more than a success, but a runaway hit, in order for the movie studio to be in the black and be profitable. Bad reviews on RT will make this task enormously difficult to achieve.

That isn't necessarily a bad thing. In fact, maybe taking a closer look at what works and what doesn't is exactly what WB needs to do at this point.

Well, given WB's tendency for inaction, "taking a closer look" may mean these movies will never see the light of day.

 

[HaloCod27]

Sorry, but S.A.A.D., you sound like an obnoxious fanboy. I mean, you don't have to deliver an attitude every time something negative is said.

 

[RoughNTumble]

What I find most disturbing about how this movie is being received, is that there's no glaring thing that WB did wrong. It's just a series of things that didn't go as well as they should have. Just bad luck. No mojo.

It might make WB a lot more nervous about taking chances on their other heroes.

 

[S.A.A.D.]

For the last time. The movie is basically critic proof, this isn't rocket science.

 

[Man of Tomorrow]

I'm starting to think even Tim Burton would have been a better director choice for this. He could really capture the strange absurd alien feel of Oa using more practical effects, and Johnny Depp as Sinestro.

 

[terry78]

I want to see what the midnight showing takes in tomorrow night. That will give an indication.

 

[S.A.A.D.]

Sorry, but S.A.A.D., you sound like an obnoxious fanboy. I mean, you don't have to deliver an attitude every time something negative is said.

I'll call people out whenever I think that it's necessary. So step aside.

 

[jmc]

The consensus on GL at rottentomatoes.com:

"Noisy, overproduced, and thinly written, Green Lantern squanders an impressive budget and decades of comics mythology."

Yes, decades of comics mythology are squandered yet elements that are from the GL mythology are in the movie. There is only so much that can be squeezed into a movie.

I've seen some serious fanboy denial over the years but you sir are in a league of your own.

 

[SatEL]

I'm starting to think even Tim Burton would have been a better director choice for this. He could really capture the strange absurd alien feel of Oa using more practical effects, and Johnny Depp as Sinestro.

Gothic GL? No thank you.

 

[cronosred]

Bad reviews on RT will make this task enormously difficult to achieve.

I never understood the whole rotten tomatoe thing, it's a website I have never went to and would never let it determine what movie I would go to or how to feel about a movie. It's almost like some people are sheep who need to follow someone else's opinion because they can't make up their own mind.

 

[Angelus_Darko]

Look at it this way, if you download it you won't feel as guilty.

Hahaha, you're totally right. I even bought a t-shirt for the midnight showing and everything. Even if I download it, I'll definitely watch it when they release it here. Here they're all like "Please, don't download movies/buy them on the streets" but sometimes they leave us no other choice. It's a poor decision to not release it the same day as the US.

 

[RoughNTumble]

I wouldn't mind seeing early 90's tim burton doing any superhero.

 

[Infinity9999x]

For the last time. The movie is basically critic proof, this isn't rocket science.

Why do you think that exactly? I mean, I agree that critics don't necessarily effect a movie's moneymaking potential (Transformers 2). But I think it's a bit foolish to say that critics have no effect. People do pay attention to reviews. And bad reviews can make the decision from someone who's trying to decide if they're going to wait for DVD or pirate the movie as opposed to seeing it in theaters.

 

[S.A.A.D.]

I never understood the whole rotten tomatoe thing, it's a website I have never went to and would never let it determine what movie I would go to or how to feel about a movie. It's almost like some people are sheep who need to follow someone else's opinion because they can't make up their own mind.

Watch out, the people who truly do take movie critics' reviews on movies seriously might attack you.

 

[Raiden]

I never understood the whole rotten tomatoe thing, it's a website I have never went to and would never let it determine what movie I would go to or how to feel about a movie. It's almost like some people are sheep who need to follow someone else's opinion because they can't make up their own mind.

Alot of people (ie casual moviegoers) are lazy and don't want to read reviews before checking out a movie, and they'd just check the score on RT to help them make up their mind (unless it's a movie like Pirates 4, where they'd make up their own mind beforehand). Yes, people are sheep, but this is why ads have proven to be very influential and companies are willing to pay millions for a 30-second commercial during Superbowl.

Watch out, the people who truly do take movie critics' reviews on movies seriously might attack you.

Since GL has a huge production & marketing cost, it needs to make alot of money like SR did to at least break even. Having bad reviews will just make undecided moviegoers less likely to check it out. And given the speed of which DVD/Blu-ray come out nowadays, and online downloading, these factors could proved to be costly for WB.

 

[S.A.A.D.]

Why do you think that exactly? I mean, I agree that critics don't necessarily effect a movie's moneymaking potential (Transformers 2). But I think it's a bit foolish to say that critics have no effect. People do pay attention to reviews. And bad reviews can make the decision from someone who's trying to decide if they're going to wait for DVD or pirate the movie as opposed to seeing it in theaters.

Dude, I said 'BASICALLY'. I hinted at the fact that some people do determine wether they are going to see a movie or not based on reviews from movie critics.

 

[RoughNTumble]

Almost everyone I know pays attention to rottentomatoes when deciding what movie to see. I won't be touting GL's score this weekend.

 

[Angelus_Darko]

Gothic GL? No thank you.

Gothic GL with Johnny Depp as Hal Jordan or Sinestro, Helena Bonham Carter as Tomar Re and Deep Roy as the Squirrel Lantern (sorry, don't now his name).

 

[craigdbfan]

I've seen some serious fanboy denial over the years but you sir are in a league of your own.

Seriously.