The Official Green Lantern Review Thread - Part 1

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RoughNTumble said:
How do you know it doesn't deserve it if you haven't seen it?
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Did you miss the part where it's getting panned by every critic?

If the film was getting mixed reviews, sure, I'd go out and judge for myself. But times are hard, and I don't have much to spend. I'm not going to shell out $15+ for a movie that is almost unanimously getting ripped to shreds.
 
Rock Sexton said:
Furious 5 already has an established cinematic fan base.
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Agreed, but with the money they spent for GL on marketing/production and the current appetite for superhero movies, I think its fair to compare these 2 movies.
I NEVER would have imagined in April that Fast5 would make more money opening weekend than Thor or GL but it has.....and it will.
 
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S.A.A.D said:
I hate how it takes forever for a positive review to trickle in.
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LOLOL! I love how you basically just said "I hate that there are barely any positive reviews for this movie and that most critics agree that this isn't a good movie." You basically just validated 2 things you've been raving against: validating opinion based on critical analysis...and the fact that GL is, via the consensus, is not a very good movie.

I'd say "time to get real" if your irrational posts weren't so entertaining.
 
WormyT said:
Agreed, but with the money they spent on marketing/production and the current appetite for superhero movies, I think its fair to compare these 2 movies.
I NEVER would have imagined in April that Fast5 would make more money opening weekend than Thor or GL but it has.....and it will.
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I actually think that was always going to happen, excuse the pun but F5 stole some of Thor's thunder.
 
WormyT said:
Agreed, but with the money they spent for GL on marketing/production and the current appetite for superhero movies, I think its fair to compare these 2 movies.
I NEVER would have imagined in April that Fast5 would make more money opening weekend than Thor or GL but it has.....and it will.
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It's not "fair" .... it's a fail .....

It's naive to even compared the two. They've conditioned fans over five films. I personally don't like the franchise, but people like cool cars. Right now, the only support GL is getting is from hardcore comic enthusiasts.
 
WormyT said:
Agreed, but with the money they spent for GL on marketing/production and the current appetite for superhero movies, I think its fair to compare these 2 movies.
I NEVER would have imagined in April that Fast5 would make more money opening weekend than Thor or GL but it has.....and it will.
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Even with the appetite for superhero movies, Thor only opened around 70 mil and FC with 55 mil. GL isn't that well-known to non-comic book readers either, unlike a Superman and Batman, and this will be his first featured film. If Iron Man didn't have RDJ and great reviews, it would've been in the same jam that GL has right now.
 
It blows my mind about how incompetent DC/WB are at making superhero movies that don't involve Batman. I think Watchmen being good was a miracle.

This pisses me off. Not only because Green Lantern's first big-screen outing is apparently crappy, but because DC/WB will go back to hiding behind Batman. The chances of a Flash movie are slim to none now.
 
Spider-Vader said:
It blows my mind about how incompetent DC/WB are at making superhero movies that don't involve Batman. I think Watchmen being good was a miracle.

This pisses me off. Not only because Green Lantern's first big-screen outing is apparently crappy, but because DC/WB will go back to hiding behind Batman. The chances of a Flash movie are slim to none now.
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.... and I still can't believe how slept on Watchmen was .... I guess because the movie wasn't shallow and substance-less .....
 
Spider-X said:
LOLOL! I love how you basically just said "I hate that there are barely any positive reviews for this movie and that most critics agree that this isn't a good movie." You basically just validated 2 things you've been raving against: validating opinion based on critical analysis...and the fact that GL is, via the consensus, is not a very good movie.

I'd say "time to get real" if your irrational posts weren't so entertaining.
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Look here, I only ready reviews out of curiosity. Reviews never ever determine wether I am going to see a movie or not. Good, bad, or mixed, reviews like that won't stop me. I didn't ask for some type of mentor, so keep your preachy statements to yourself. If I wanted your advice I would have asked for it.
 
WormyT said:
Agreed, but with the money they spent for GL on marketing/production and the current appetite for superhero movies, I think its fair to compare these 2 movies.
I NEVER would have imagined in April that Fast5 would make more money opening weekend than Thor or GL but it has.....and it will.
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Here's the difference:

Fast and the Furious has an established franchise that's been mostly successful because people know what to expect, and even with bad reviews, this franchise has give the masses what they want from them: awesome action with awesome cars. So when the 5th in the franchise comes out and actually has good reviews, that's an even greater push for people to see it. So it makes even more money than you'd expect from a seemingly shallow and stupid franchise. But the movies know what they are and don't aspire to been anything more...so the 5th comes out and embraces that and bam.

Now we have GL...no franchise, only the reputation that superhero comic book movies have to help back it.

I just don't see much of a comparison here.
 
S.A.A.D said:
Look here, I only ready reviews out of curiosity. Reviews never ever determine wether I am going to see a movie or not. Good, bad, or mixed, reviews like that won't stop me. I didn't ask for some type of mentor, so keep your preachy statements to yourself. If I wanted your advice I would have asked for it.
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lol...I don't care what you think either, so we share a mutual feeling.

Regardless of what anyone wants to believe in their blind haze of wanting this movie to be something it clearly isn't (a fantastic movie), when you take the critical analysis from several career critics and put it into a ratio of good vs. bad (via Rotten Tomatoes)...it's generally a good indication of the overall quality of a film.

Like many others, it doesn't determine whether or not I will personally enjoy a movie...but it gives me an idea of what to expect. Example: I love Punisher (2004) and enjoy Punisher War Zone, but neither was well received by critics. And you know what...I even acknowledge that they really aren't that great of movies...but I have the capacity to overlook their flaws because I personally find redeeming value.

Here's the thing...it's one thing to acknowledge that you enjoy something even though it's flawed...it's another to just kid yourselves, which there's plenty of going on in here (and you'll find with any comic book movie or movie in general where people were expecting a movie to be amazing and it ends up being less than mediocre).
 
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The movie being R definitely led to it's box office failure. But I see many people say it's one of the best superhero movies now.
 
That IGN review highlights my biggest fear about the movie since the first trailer. 'all cantina sequence, no death star. we don't get the see the GL corps in action, and parallax looks like a diarrhea cloud.'

What happened to that parallax concept art the leaked early on? That looked perfect.
 
From the Bleeding Cool review:

Green Lantern is a kids movie. But, like Star Wars, like Superman, like the Tim Burton Batman films, it’s a kid’s movie that fanboys can enjoy. If they can just lighten up a little.
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I love it. So anyone who's familiar with the comic book but doesn't like the movie is apparently a cynic according this guy. Could it be that maybe fans of the comic book just wanted something better than the shallow tripe they're apparently being offered here instead?

And I'm sorry, but the original Trilogy, Batman '89, and Donner's Superman were not kids movies. They appealed to kids, yes, but they were deeper films than just "kids movies," definitely marketed towards people of all ages.
 
And as for the responses to critics and the score on Rotten Tomatoes: If the score were sitting at 80% right now, everybody in this thread--haters and apologists alike--would be saying what a great sign that is. People only dismiss critical reviews when they bash something they love or prop up something they hate.
 
RoughNTumble said:
That IGN review highlights my biggest fear about the movie since the first trailer. 'all cantina sequence, no death star. we don't get the see the GL corps in action, and parallax looks like a diarrhea cloud.'

What happened to that parallax concept art the leaked early on? That looked perfect.
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seems kinda unfair. I mean given there is a big sequence at the end.
People let their expectation define their objectivity. There was no "Death Star" sequence in either of the Batman movies either just a big action scene.(if even that).

that being said this sucks to hear.
 
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