The Official Green Lantern Review Thread - Part 1

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My problem starts and ends with Ryan Reynolds. I've never been a fan of his and everytime I see him in a movie, I see the same character going back to that bad last Blade movie. So I was definitely on the fence about it. In any case, my wife and I will be seeing it Friday. The comic book loving kid in me wants all these movies to succeed.
I grew up reading Marvel but my top two super hero movies are TDK & BB.
 
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jmc said:
The one constant I've noticed with the reviews is that people are complaining about different things.
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Me too actually, and I think that's a bad thing considering with one major consistent complaint harping on one factor like "Reynolds sucks" or "the dialogue is lame" or something can usually be followed by "but you can appreciate the acting/effects/score/cinematography/etc!" And this doesn't seem to totally have that element which sucks to hear.
 
S.A.A.D said:
Don't mind him, he is probably still butt hurt over how the movie turned out in his case.
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Not really.. I already read the script. I figured at best it would be a decent movie, nothing groundbreaking. I'm just kinda shocked at the horrible reviews it's getting.
 
HighFivingMF said:
Did you see John? I didn't.
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I didn't notice him at all either. I will be checking it out again on Saturday and I'll try to spot him then. Off topic here but my favorite part of the movie was maybe the beginning with Abin Sur. Also anytime spent on Oa was fantastic. If we get a sequel I am hoping for a lot of time in space and on Oa.
 
HappyPalooza said:
Me too actually, and I think that's a bad thing considering with one major consistent complaint harping on one factor like "Reynolds sucks" or "the dialogue is lame" or something can usually be followed by "but you can appreciate the acting/effects/score/cinematography/etc!" And this doesn't seem to totally have that element which sucks to hear.
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Yeah, it's not a good sign if there's not a collective reason for what went wrong, it means a lot went wrong.
 
Metropolis_Man said:
I didn't notice him at all either. I will be checking it out again on Saturday and I'll try to spot him then. Off topic here but my favorite part of the movie was maybe the beginning with Abin Sur. Also anytime spent on Oa was fantastic. If we get a sequel I am hoping for a lot of time in space and on Oa.
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Maybe his scene was deleted. Because G'Hu also had a voice actor hired, but had no lines.

My favorite part was-

Obviously, the post-credits scene. But I also liked all of the training and Hal's driving scene, not sure why, but it felt like a great introduction to the character.

There was a little kid a few rows back at my screening that was OBSESSED with Hector. He understood everything, but whenever Hector did something he'd ask his Mom "Does he have to see what's wrong with him?" "He gets to look inside the alien?" "Can that really happen?" I thought it was cute.
 
Mr.T said:
My problem starts and ends with Ryan Reynolds. I've never been a fan of his and everytime I see him in a movie, I see the same character going back to that bad last Blade movie. So I was definitely on the fence about it. In any case, my wife and I will be seeing it Friday. The comic book loving kid in me wants all these movies to succeed.
I grew up reading Marvel but my top two super hero movies are TDK & BB.
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I'm a Ryan Reynolds fan but I agree. I was worried as soon as they cast him. I just didn't see him as Hal. Not that its his fault if its a bad movie, but it didn't bode well to me.


I will definitely see it this weekend and see for myself. I see ALL comic book movies when they come out. Hopefully the bad reviews are overstated. I was hoping for this to do well. GL is arguably DC's most marketable, big name character next to Bats and Supes. If it falls flat it makes you wonder if they might drop some of the B list projects.
 
I think kids will really like this, just a feeling.
 
Mr.T said:
My problem starts and ends with Ryan Reynolds. I've never been a fan of his and everytime I see him in a movie, I see the same character going back to that bad last Blade movie. So I was definitely on the fence about it.
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Yup. Van Wilder with a power ring. I hope they drop him from Deadpool and go with someone like Seann William Scott.
 
HighFivingMF said:
Maybe his scene was deleted. Because G'Hu also had a voice actor hired, but had no lines.

My favorite part was-

Obviously, the post-credits scene. But I also liked all of the training and Hal's driving scene, not sure why, but it felt like a great introduction to the character.

There was a little kid a few rows back at my screening that was OBSESSED with Hector. He understood everything, but whenever Hector did something he'd ask his Mom "Does he have to see what's wrong with him?" "He gets to look inside the alien?" "Can that really happen?" I thought it was cute.
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Haha, nice. That is tolerable discussion. I had to shush the people beside of me as the movie first came on. They were talking about fried chicken that they brought with them at a very unreasonable level. I showed them my GL ring and somewhat politely said "Shh".
 
Blackman said:
OT: SO Mr Popper's PEnguins has a 73%....no just no. Not even in relation to GL. But that had the worst f***ing trailer Ive ever seen. It just cant be accepted as good. It cant
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I really think critics are losing their touch. Sometimes, they are dead right about a film and sometimes they're not. It's all a matter of opinion, which everyone has.

DACrowe said:
I know this is about to turn into a bash the critics and their "elitist snobbery" thread, but I will point out that they gave Thor, X-Men: First Class and even Fast Five high marks and good reviews.

Maybe GL isn't as bad as they're saying, but I imagine if you really want to like a movie, you're going to like it. I should know, I use to defend Spider-Man 3, after all.
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It's like I said: it's all a matter of opinion. If people go into GL wanting to hate it, they'll hate it even if it's a decent film.

And Rotten Tomatoes and MetaCritic aren't always a good indication of good movies. I mean, I enjoyed POTC 4 (which got a 33% "rotten" rating at RT) but didn't really care for an Oscar bait film like The King's Speech (which got a 95 "fresh"). I liked the latter, but didn't get the huge hoopla and Oscar campaign.
 
mclay18 said:
I really think critics are losing their touch. Sometimes, they are dead right about a film and sometimes they're not. It's all a matter of opinion, which everyone has.



It's like I said: it's all a matter of opinion. If people go into GL wanting to hate it, they'll hate it even if it's a decent film.

And Rotten Tomatoes and MetaCritic aren't always a good indication of good movies. I mean, I enjoyed POTC 4 (which got a 33% "rotten" rating at RT) but didn't really care for an Oscar bait film like The King's Speech (which got a 95 "fresh"). I liked the latter, but didn't get the huge hoopla and Oscar campaign.
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How can critics as a whole "lose their touch"? Do they gather together and connect their minds psychically and pass judgement on a film? WTF, dude? They're different individuals of varying ages, backgrounds, etc. How can they all "lose their touch"? Maybe it's just that the movie you were looking forward to so much, the one thing you had to look forward to in your crappy life is being universally slammed because IT'S A TERRIBLE MOVIE.
 
Penguins are the new monkeys. They are automatically funny and endearing.
 
Penguins ARE funny and endearing!

Have you ever met one?
 
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