The Official Green Lantern Review Thread - Part 2

[flickchick85]

I just wish First Class had nailed the last 12 minutes. The more and more I get away from that film, the more I hate those last 12 minutes.

Are you talking about the beach? Because that was my favorite part of the whole film!

 

[Marvin]

This really should have been the DC independence day, minus all that president stuff and the jews lol.

I'm talking fighter pilot in space with trumpets blasting and ryan reynolds taking will smiths crown.

eh maybe not.

 

[Chewy]

Don't know dnno1. Should the DC avatar be a clue?

Basically just realize that dnno1 is probably the most frustrating poster on the Hype. Even though I'm pretty sure it's a joke account.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

These bad reviews are making me sad. I'm still seeing the movie on saturday morning though. The tickets will only be 5.00 and I have a 3.00 off coupon so I'll only be spending 2.00. If I dislike I won't be pissed off about the money thing.

And see First Class. It's a great movie and I agree with you FlickChick, I loved the beach scene but thats just me. Super 8 has tons of flaws but I think that the direction and the kids performances make it worth a look if you have the cash.

 

[Crimson King]

Are you talking about the beach? Because that was my favorite part of the whole film!

I had big problems with that beach scene, namely

Spoiler

the paralyzing of Charles. Why...WHY...is Magneto suddenly deflecting bullets instead of stopping them? It just seemed so horribly forced.

 

[CaptainCraig]

I attended an advance screener last night. Results are.....

This will contain spoilers, like all our review threads, If you don't want to be spoiled skip this post but do know this: THERE IS NO POST CREDIT SCENE IF YOUR CURIOUS---HOWEVER, THERE IS A SCENE ABOUT 45 SECONDS INTO THE CREDITS.


Grade: C

The movie opens with a narration about what the GLC is, what it's comprised of, how many sectors it covers and just what it is they fear: Parallax. How a noble Lantern managed to trap and entomb this entity in a far off sector of space :cut to our first scene:

At this point we open on a small moon where a crash landed alien ship is and 3 survivors are walking the surface. Their weight causes a hole to open in the surface and they fall through, down into the moon itself. As they stumble up they realize they are in a cavern and come face to face with the just described Paralax. Parallax is able to abosorb their fear and break free of his prison :Six Months Later:

We jump to OA, meet Sinestro, see a brief shot of the planet. He contacts Abin Sur whose on a rescue mission to help vicitims of Parallax whose been roaming the galaxy amassing power and destroying civilizations. Parallax finds Sur, attacks, mortally wounding him and he takes off for "the nearest inhabited world" :cut to Hal Jordan waking up next to a babe:

We meet Hal, he goes to Ferris, we meet Carol and are shown a scene of why Hal is fearless, brave, couragous, stupid or all of the above.

I really don't intend to do a full play-by-play, my feelings are that the movie is choppy, uneven and at times unsure of what it's trying to be. Is it taking the material serious and giving us a movie that is intense and serious OR is it going to be a rom/com/action campy flick? There are times when I felt it was working then abruptly shifted gears in tone.

I know on this site and a few others the Thor comparisons were made early based just on the plot synopsis and having seen the movie I think they are there in a few other areas. Sadly, they didn't put it together as well as Thor(and Thor wasn't perfect per se) but Thor did do it better.

Hector's Father, a senator=Odin
Hector=Loki
Hal and Thor are opposites: Earthman to Alien world, Godly alien to Earth

The movie needed more character development, badly imo. I don't buy Hal's friend in the movie as someone that would be close pals with Hal. No chemistry.

The one area of the film I was surprised about was Blake Lively as Carol honestly. She didn't look like Carol but I bought her hard nosed, steel reserve attitude that Blake brought to her. I did feel like Carol and Hal had a past.

Hammond has one really big action sequence near the end but I never fully bought into him as "evil" per se. Again, were they going for the sympathetic tragedy angle with him?

The movie kept telling me Hal was irresponsible, reckless and a possible aloof player but I never SAW those things. One chick in bed doesn't make you a player. Being late to work the one time we saw isn't irresponsible. He wasn't reckless in the faux dog fight, it's his job, like he said to "push the limits and test the prototype".

The screener was in 3-D and it was fairly effective for at least half the movie.

How was the CGI? He worked in more places than it didn't, I'll say that. They did manage to clean up a lot of it as most of us suspected but sadly with that much really alien landscaping and creatures when it's all there in a clump it shows in this case.

My girl-friend that I saw it with made the comment about Parallax at the end that she's seen that affect before, in FFour2. Which didn't cross my mind but really she's right. A giant malevolent force destroying civilizations as it absorbs them in it's mass to gain power & strength. It's seen doing this in the trailer so it's not a spoiler imo.

Summary: Forced, Uneven, Lacks Good Flow, Disjointed but good action scenes, some good 3-D for a change(cough Pirates,Priest).

 

[MOVIELORD101]

A message to WB in response to these negative reviews:

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I honestly don't expect to feel much different about this film than I did Thor. Expect maybe this film will have some decent action scenes.

 

[J.Howlett]

I didn't like the fact that they broke the relationship apart at the end of First Class. Because of the chemistry of the group, especially Fassbender and McAvoy, we could've easily had another film before they eventually became enemies.

Plus, none of the action sequences, save one, were on par with X2.

 

[RoughNTumble]

I honestly don't expect to feel much different about this film than I did Thor. Expect maybe this film will have some decent action scenes.

I feel the same way. thor just didn't do anything for me. I wasn't interested in any of the characters.

 

[Hulk1968]

Screw the negative reviews, I'm seeing it tomorrow at noon.
Won't even bother going to the midnight (12:01) screening,
as most of them in my area are either too far, or will be sold out.

I saw Thor in 3D and it was entertaining, not perfect, a little predictable, but it was entertaining...same goes for Super 8...minus the 3D

 

[Marvin]

I didn't like the fact that they broke the relationship apart at the end of First Class. Because of the chemistry of the group, especially Fassbender and McAvoy, we could've easily had another film before they eventually became enemies.

Plus, none of the action sequences, save one, were on par with X2.

yea, it would have been a super solid film if they ended it on the same side. the trailer for the sequel could have been dark knight caliber. Instead they are doing the singer films all over again.

 

[flickchick85]

I had big problems with that beach scene, namely

Spoiler

the paralyzing of Charles. Why...WHY...is Magneto suddenly deflecting bullets instead of stopping them? It just seemed so horribly forced.

Simple:

Spoiler

He didn't stop the bullets because he wasn't planning to do anything with them. He only stopped the missiles because he wanted to hurl them back at the humans. He never had any ill-will toward Moira (he even used her as his example of "goodness" in the "you think they're all like Moira" conversation) even as she was understandably shooting at him...until Charles was hit, of course.

That was honestly my favorite moment of the movie, as it somehow managed to surprise me, even though I'd been waiting to see how it would happen the whole film. I actually said "Wow" aloud when it happened.

As for them being enemies: [blackout]They didn't part as enemies at all, imo. They just parted as two separate teams with different ideals, but still on friendly terms. If there is a sequel, I fully expect them to have scenes together where they aren't in combat. And maybe even still work together in different situations.[/blackout]

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

It would have been better to keep Prof X and Mags as friends for longer in the X-Universe but I disagree whole heartedly about X2 having better action scenes. This is the first X-film that has had interesting action scenes IMHO. Then again I'm firmly on the side of thinking that Singer can't direct action to save his life.

 

[KalMart]

It would have been better to keep Prof X and Mags as friends for longer in the X-Universe but I disagree whole heartedly about X2 having better action scenes. This is the first X-film that has had interesting action scenes IMHO. Then again I'm firmly on the side of thinking that Singer can't direct action to save his life.

Yeah, Vaughn has shown considerably more flair for action than Singer from day one in his other movies, so I would think that he'd be able to get more from the Xmen in that category at least.

 

[flickchick85]

The Nightcrawler White House attack is still one of my favorite action sequences in any superhero movie, but other than that, I agree about Singer's action scenes.

 

[jmc]

Go to sleep for a few hours and wake up to see things haven't improved.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

You have to see it when it comes out in your neck of the woods JMC, I like reading your reviews and seeing if I agree or disagree.

 

[jmc]

I'll see it this weekend, don't you worry about it.

 

[Boom]

As someone who was casually looking forward to this, I am genuinely shocked that the critical reception has been this bad. I figured it would've gotten a 60% at least. But damn. Twenty one percent? It's almost funny to me (Sorry GL fans ).

 

[DACrowe]

I haven't seen GL, but just based on the reviews it got and having seen the other two, I'd say both are worth seeing first. XM:FC should be priority #1, imo.

Indeed. XFC was more breezy fun, but I think Super 8 may be the better movie. It's hard to gauge. But they're both two truly good movies released as summer blockbusters. So refreshing.

 

[dnno1]

Did anybody put up Poni's review? He sums it up by saying that the acting was great, but it didn't deliver all that he expected. I am not sure if he is just following the crowd whit his negative review (he seems disappointed with the bad reviews on his twitter page) or if he actually didn't like the film.

 

[jmc]

As someone who was casually looking forward to this, I am genuinely shocked that the critical reception has been this bad. I figured it wouldn't gotten a 60% at least. But damn. Twenty one percent? It's almost funny to me (Sorry GL fans ).

I'm genuinely shocked that they apparently made a character what should have had the most cinematic potential of the superhero films this year a dud. You are correct, it is borderline comical.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I'll see it this weekend, don't you worry about it.

Cool.

I'm genuinely shocked that they apparently made a character what should have had the most cinematic potential of the superhero films this year a dud. You are correct, it is borderline comical.

Without judging the film I'm surprised that it doesn't sound like LOTR (in scope) mixed with Iron Man in space because thats honestly what I figured we'd get. Instead even the positive reviews are saying that it's a little too close to other superhero flicks and is more Fantastic Four-ish than anything else.

My sister doesn't want to see it so I'm going alone unless my mother decides to tag along.

 

[J.Howlett]

jmc,

Judge for yourself.