The Official Green Lantern Review Thread - Part 2

[Man of Tomorrow]

please lead me to the proof of that this is true and I'll stop right now, otherwise I'll talk it as more fan wank bs based on groundless disapproval and nothing more. real proof.

It was on Hollywood Reporter and similar blogs ages ago when Snyder was first announced as the chosen director from the list that got released prior.

Many in the Superman forum would remember that; Showtime, Jamie etc

Martin Campbell is in better alignment with nolan level quality than most other directors out there and look at what he's wrought. Snyder is colourful action packed spectacle that has only ever lacked in the scripting department. He's faithful to material however vintage or out there and he doesn't fancy himself about it, even to his detriment.

Campbells a great director, but he was clearly hampered by a bad script and bad approach by the studio for this. He didn't have full control here.

Snyder is a great choice and his casting choices are just the first sign of that, oh wait....nolan did that too I suppose.

Definitely Nolan casting choices for this. MoS has the advantage of having strong script writers, but a mediocre director...

The reverse Green Lantern formula.

 

[moviedoors]

I can't really comment until I see the movie. Let's just say at this point in time I'm going on interviews and trailers. And that's the impression I get. But I could be wrong.

Question for who has seen the movie:
Is Parallax a separate entity alltogether in this, and does that mean that these rings never had a yellow weakness? Now I know being vulnerable to yellow is something way to silly to even consider putting in the movie, but is the history of Parallax and Oa completely separate?

It's really kind of fuzzy. There appears to be a yellow battery somewhere on Oa, but why it's there at all is pretty convoluted, and I could've completely misinterpreted that whole section.

 

[kedrell]

I still say I wish they would've gone with Bradley Cooper.

 

[Man of Tomorrow]

I disagree the character was a joke and isn’t the badass maverick he is in the comics, also the first thing you apparently do when you wake up in a strange place dressed in a strange outfit is practice poses in the mirror........well according to this movie anyway.

Well he was playing typical Ryan Reynolds... he wasn't actually playing Hal Jordan.



But to be fair, it's not really his fault. Warner Bros wanted this type of goofy protagonist to somehow ape Robert Downey Jr's success with Ironman.

I still say I wish they would've gone with Bradley Cooper.

Wouldn't have made a difference. The fundamental approach to Hal was wrong. Cooper's Hal would have still been a total goof.

Van Wilder in Space VS Hangover in Space...

 

[Sith Scotti]

I love Nolan but how are you certain that Snyder has no say in the casting ? Once again specuation presented as facts ....

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I still say I wish they would've gone with Bradley Cooper.

I wouldn't have seen the movie if he were cast. Hated him in A-Team, most unconvincing action hero ever.

 

[moviedoors]

I disagree the character was a joke and isn’t the badass maverick he is in the comics, also the first thing you apparently do when you wake up in a strange place dressed in a strange outfit is practice poses in the mirror........well according to this movie anyway.

There was certainly a distinct lack of awe in realizing he was on an alien planet. What happened to that "holy *****." line from the Wondercon footage? Something to acknowledge that there's some crazy stuff going on. Instead it's *strike a pose and "Oh hey, fish man."

 

[The Morningstar]

He was probably playing himself because the script didn't give him **** all to work with.

 

[LadyVader]

There was certainly a distinct lack of awe in realizing he was on an alien planet. What happened to that "holy *****." line from the Wondercon footage? Something to acknowledge that there's some crazy stuff going on. Instead it's *strike a pose and "Oh hey, fish man."

That's exactly the same problem I had with Green Lantern First Flight. And that was an animated movie fer crying out loud.

 

[kedrell]

I wouldn't have seen the movie if he were cast. Hated him in A-Team, most unconvincing action hero ever.

I didn't see A-Team. I never liked the show when I was young so there was no draw for me to see it. But I really liked him in the 1st Hangover(I refuse to see a sequel to it) and Limitless. He can give that cocky guy thing a go without seeming like a comedian who's trying to do straight roles now(which is how I see Reynolds).

 

[Man of Tomorrow]

I love Nolan but how are you certain that Snyder has no say in the casting ? Once again specuation presented as facts ....

It's no coincidence many of the cast choices are Nolan favorites. Not saying I love all of them.

Nolan has always liked Amy Adams, but I'm apathetic about her being cast. Nolan rocks casting men, but he's uneven when it comes to casting female roles.

I'm certainly not seeing Nolan as flawless, if that's the impression you're getting... but he's clearly on this to run quality control and "godfather/mentor" Snyder, or at least WAS... I think he's completely the majority of his obligations (script, vision, approach, cast).

It was obvious the Studio would need a hands-on approach like this after Bryan Singer was given free reign on SR.

 

[The Morningstar]

Reynolds is actually pretty decent in straight roles. Like Amnityville Horror, Chaos Theory, The Nines, Buried. Especially Chaos Theory, Buried and The Nines.

 

[SatEL]

Wouldn't have made a difference. The fundamental approach to Hal was wrong. Cooper's Hal would have still been a total goof.

Van Wilder in Space VS Hangover in Space...

I agree sadly it seems like WB hasn’t learnt a thing from the success of TDK, after that movie my fate in them was renewed in regards to Superhero movies. Alas it seems their big Superhero movie after TDK is a giant piece of turd, as a Superman fan I am worried about MOS despite the team behind it.

 

[dnno1]

Here's a nice review by Pollmaster over at CBM.

 

[Man of Tomorrow]

That's exactly the same problem I had with Green Lantern First Flight. And that was an animated movie fer crying out loud.

I found it even stranger how the public first reacted to seeing Green Lantern in person.

They just seemed to accept a superpowered hero creating hard light constructs way too easily.

I agree sadly it seems like WB hasn’t learnt a thing from the success of TDK, after that movie my fate in them was renewed in regards to Superhero movies. Alas it seems their big Superhero movie after TDK is a giant piece of turd, as a Superman fan I am worried about MOS despite the team behind it.

I definitely agree with reviews that say this film majorly sets DC back, after masterpieces like the Nolan films.

Marvel has raised it's game up too.

 

[0neDisturbedSOB]

I disagree the character was a joke and isn’t the badass maverick he is in the comics, also the first thing you apparently do when you wake up in a strange place dressed in a strange outfit is practice poses in the mirror........well according to this movie anyway.

I'm not saying that it's not campy, because it definitely is. I like the fact that Jordan had these insecurities about his Dad, and almost had a death wish to follow in his footsteps. The hot-shot, bad ass, "I don't give a f**k" attitude never really flew with me. We're ALL afraid of something. Back in the day, the Green Lantern was supposed to be fearless - again, who is really fearless? I like that they've changed that into "the ability to overcome fear," which to me is more believable. Did he overcome his fear? Eh, sort of.

They did go a little too far with the humor. I mean, we'd all check ourselves out, but if any of us woke up on an alien planet, our reaction would be more in line with Hal's when he's initially chosen for the ring and transported to Abin Sur's location.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Reynolds is actually pretty decent in straight roles. Like Amnityville Horror, Chaos Theory, The Nines, Buried. Especially Chaos Theory, Buried and The Nines.

I flat out think that Reynolds is a talented actor. After seeing GL, my opinion of him stays the same. I liked him in the movie, it's the script that let him down.

 

[LadyVader]

I found it even stranger how the public first reacted to seeing Green Lantern in person.

They just seemed to accept a superpowered hero creating hard light constructs way too easily.

It falls under the umbrella of aliens. Aliens can do anything cause they're aliens. It's the new magic.

What would be disconcerting to me is if Hal Jordan doesn't demonstrate the qualities necessary to weild the ring. Then i would think the technology is just plain stupid. For instance I heard that Hal just gives up on the ring after he goes to Oa. That I would have a problem with. why would the ring pick somebody who would not want the responsability.

 

[SatEL]

I'm not saying that it's not campy, because it definitely is. I like the fact that Jordan had these insecurities about his Dad, and almost had a death wish to follow in his footsteps. The hot-shot, bad ass, "I don't give a f**k" attitude never really flew with me. We're ALL afraid of something. Back in the day, the Green Lantern was supposed to be fearless - again, who is really fearless? I like that they've changed that into "the ability to overcome fear," which to me is more believable. Did he overcome his fear? Eh, sort of.

They did go a little too far with the humor. I mean, we'd all check ourselves out, but if any of us woke up on an alien planet, our reaction would be more in line with Hal's when he's initially chosen for the ring and transported to Abin Sur's location.

We obviously picked up different things from that scene, I took it as him being frozen by fear due to his personal experience with his dad not because he had a death wish. I am of course referring to the plane scene, also I don’t have a problem with the overcome fear angle it just wasn’t don’t right.

 

[Man of Tomorrow]

I like the fact that Jordan had these insecurities about his Dad, and almost had a death wish to follow in his footsteps.

I loved that Hal had daddy issues about his dead father.


Because honestly...such a thing has never been done before!


Such a very original idea.

 

[StarkTheProdigy]

Green Lantern: "A movie one might possibly enjoy in the time watching it, but will completely forget about it within a week."

After this summer's promising blockbusters, my expectations for this were, well, not high, but, still hoping to be pleased, especially with the decent and exceptional previous comic book movies that released earlier this summer. With that said, then several negative reviews came in. One of my great abilities when viewing a movie, is keeping an open mind.

I left disappointed I guess is the word? I really wasn't expecting anything too "oomph" but I guess a little more big or epic? I had no problem with the casting, and the CGI was an improvement from the trailers, (except when he's flying for the first time in the suit, it looked like the artists just slammed his face on a floating object). Call it nit-picking, but for me, if a movie is going to use CGI, it needs too have outstanding visuals, and I can guarantee that 5 years from now, it will look extremely fake.

As a movie critic, the character development felt forced and rushed, and just didn't work for me. But still, this is a movie that doesn't take itself too seriously, so I didn't let that get in the way of watching it. The main problem for this movie for me was the story. One, it started out great, I loved the fact that it played Hal's transformation and Hector's transformation back to back. Great stuff. Then, the story started not running smoothly, and had several scenes that dragged and several scenes that were too short (ex: Hal training). I wish we as the audience could have seen the Green Lantern Corps universe more, along with the others such as Sinestro, Tomar-Re, and Kilowog. From the trailers, and talk, Green Lantern was supposed to be a big and epic movie, when really, it's just an average super hero origin move, and a hero that defeats the Earth threatening antagonist in a few minutes.

Green Lantern could have been great, and there's something to blame for it not being "outstanding." It's the reused in every possible way hero origin story formula. The origin movie worked for the first several superhero movies, but is quickly getting old as new movies use it. It's unfortunate that Green Lantern fell under the spell, and hopefully future superhero films learn from it, whether it be DC or Marvel, the time has come to create a new and unique way of introducing a character.

5/10

 

[kedrell]

Reynolds is actually pretty decent in straight roles. Like Amnityville Horror, Chaos Theory, The Nines, Buried. Especially Chaos Theory, Buried and The Nines.

It's just that whenever I see Ryan Reynolds on screen, he looks like it'd only take a slight prodding to get him to start giving you some jokes that are running through his head. He lacks the edge. The character needs to be cocky, sure. But serious cocky rather than smarmy cocky. Sort of like "I may be smiling and all but don't let that make you think I can't kick your ass" kind of cocky. John Wayne cocky.

 

[SatEL]

It falls under the umbrella of aliens. Aliens can do anything cause they're aliens. It's the new magic.

What would be disconcerting to me is if Hal Jordan doesn't demonstrate the qualities necessary to weild the ring. Then i would think the technology is just plain stupid. For instance I heard that Hal just gives up on the ring after he goes to Oa. That I would have a problem with. why would the ring pick somebody who would not want the responsability.

Hahahaha my gosh how could I forget to add that in my review, yeah that scene was pathetic, basically Sinestro trash talks Jordan while kicking his ass and then tells him to piss of (not literally) and what does our gallant hero do? He does just that with his tail between his legs and heads on home.

 

[moviedoors]

It's no coincidence many of the cast choices are Nolan favorites.

Really? I can't think of anyone he's worked with that's been cast already. Correct me if I'm wrong.

And I'm sure Nolan is involved in casting. He is the producer. But on the other hand, The Dark Knight Rises is officially shooting. I doubt he has the time to be deeply involved at this point.

And remember Michael Shannon's story? He mentioned Zakk Synder being there for his audition. I don't remember Nolan getting mentioned. He's the director and WB loves him. I'm sure he's plenty involved in who gets to be in the movie.

 

[LadyVader]

Hahahaha my gosh how could I forget to add that in my review, yeah that scene was pathetic, basically Sinestro trash talks Jordan while kicking his ass and then tells him to piss of (not literally) and what does our gallant hero do? He does just that with his tail between his legs and heads on home.

How does he get home without a ring?