The Official Green Lantern Review Thread - Part 4

[I SEE SPIDEY]

He was in no way copying Bale's lazy Batman performances.

Yeah I said it. Despite my love for TDK I was not impressed by Bale's performance and I wasn't in love with him in Batman Begins either.

The GL movie was pointless but Reynolds was the highlight of the film. IMHO.

 

[Liam_H]

I honestly don't see what anyone saw in Reynolds at all. He was acting like a wannabe Bale Batman complete with the lame voice(albeit, his was better)

I'm pretty sure that 'Bale Batman' voice was a joke as shown by how it was played out in the movie. So Reynolds wasn't imitating Bale just poking fun; not sure if it was his or Campbell's idea but still amusing. If they continued to show Ferris being ignorant to the fact, then yeah that would've been lame.

 

[Liam_H]

He was in no way copying Bale's lazy Batman performances.

Yeah I said it. Despite my love for TDK I was not impressed by Bale's performance and I wasn't in love with him in Batman Begins either.

The GL movie was pointless but Reynolds was the highlight of the film. IMHO.

I don't believe anyone will disagree with you much on Bale's Bruce Wayne...at least I don't.... because for most of the two movies he's just brooding. Nothing spectacular about that.

But I do enjoy his delivery when he has to to put on the a**hole/richboy face for the public when trying to fool people, during the party scene in Begins and the car accident in TDK.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I don't believe anyone will disagree with you much on Bale's Bruce Wayne...at least I don't.... because for most of the two movies he's just brooding. Nothing spectacular about that.

But I do enjoy his delivery when he has to to put on the a**hole/richboy face for the public when trying to fool people, during the party scene in Begins and the car accident in TDK.

Actually, I think that alot of people will disagree with me but thats fine with me. I know that my opinion of Bale's performances in the films (I loved him in The Fighter and I've liked other performances of his so I'm no hater at all) is the minority one.

He's not bad or anything but when I go see TDKR I'm going to be focusing on the other actors far more. Thats just me though.

Basically I was just trying to say that RR was in no way copying Bale's performance. Love or hate either of the actors performances there was no copying going on.

 

[jacobed]

If he was copying anyone it would be Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark but there was definitely no copying in the movie. It was just Ryan Reynolds being Ryan Reynolds.

 

[Liam_H]

Actually, I think that alot of people will disagree with me but thats fine with me. I know that my opinion of Bale's performances in the films (I loved him in The Fighter and I've liked other performances of his so I'm no hater at all) is the minority one.

He's not bad or anything but when I go see TDKR I'm going to be focusing on the other actors far more. Thats just me though.

Basically I was just trying to say that RR was in no way copying Bale's performance. Love or hate either of the actors performances there was no copying going on.

Well I'm hoping in TDKR the story focuses more on Bruce Wayne considering we've been told he's still grieving for Rachel.

In the TDK his material just wasn't as interesting because most of his character moments is in regards to Rachel Dawes, who is very under written. Not much to latch onto.

 

[Miranda Fox]

Redundant news of the day:

- Casey Anthony trail is still ongoing

- Lindsey Lohan is still breaking her probation

- Kim Kardashian still has a big ass

- Green Lantern is still a crappy movie

 

[Mysteryman]

He was in no way copying Bale's lazy Batman performances.

Yeah I said it. Despite my love for TDK I was not impressed by Bale's performance and I wasn't in love with him in Batman Begins either.

The GL movie was pointless but Reynolds was the highlight of the film. IMHO.

we agree on Both Bale and Reynolds.

 

[rnewbz]

Got back from seeing this last night and I expected to be dissapointed but man I was even more dissapointed that I thought I would be. The movie's biggest fault for me was that it was just boring, but there was no reason for it to be boring. It's a movie about the power of will and imagination and yet it lacks imagination from the writing, directing and the score. It's one of the most generic cookie-cutter films I've seen. Certainly not the worst comic book-movie but definatley one of the most dissapointing considering the source material and the fact that Geoff Johns was inolved. I just can't even understand how DC entertainment and WB let this happen, but they need to get it together.

 

[rogue trooper]

Don't know if this has been posted, but Leonard Maltin liked it:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/leonardmaltin/archives/movie_review_green_lantern/

 

[EliteF50]

I honestly don't see what anyone saw in Reynolds at all. He was acting like a wannabe Bale Batman complete with the lame voice(albeit, his was better)

WAT.

No, seriously... WAT.

 

[rogue trooper]

WAT.

No, seriously... WAT.

Indeed!!

 

[Fanticon]

Well I finally checked it out and it I didn't like it. I appreciate all comic book movies, it's just part of me and my childhood. And seeing this one come to life filled me with joy but the movie itself leaves you empty. It had great potential but followed a by-the-numbers origin story and they candy coated a lot of it. Sometimes it was dark and creepy and other times it was Fantastic Four-ish. No real balance to the tone.

I just kept getting tired of Reynolds staring doe-eyed into the distance, and there just wasn't enough interaction with the other lantern corps members. The story was weak and the parts that were corny were making me sink in my seat. The racetrack save almost made me walk out. Rich with potential but I just don't think they really hammered out the best way to introduce this character to the public as they focused on too many other things in the production. Hector should have been spared. And Sinestro (who was probably one of the few highlights of the movie) as the villain would have made for a better a story for this movie. 5.5/10

 

[SuperDaniel]

Redemptive in the Chill courtroom scene? What the hell are you talking about? The minor third interval theme (which I love) isn't present at all in the courtroom scene, it's a forlorn, sad, mezzo-piano level strings and drones. In fact, the Batman minor third interval makes no appearances post court room scene until after Bruce has his meeting with Flacone and then gives his wallet to the bum. As he's running away to his destiny, we get the theme. Motivated by a character action and themetically resonant. Perfect.

Be sure you know what the hell you're talking about next time Mr. Musician Man.

Maybe you didnt read my post. Go back and read again.

I said that the Batman theme, the minor third interval, SUCKS!!! ITS generic and uninspired. So, whoever complains about the lack of a GL theme, which there is a theme every time he shows up or flies, should look at movies like Iron Man AND Batman Begins too because they ALSO lack any good theme, IMO. Hey, I love BB but the score IS NOT one of its strenghts, imo. It is in no way comparable to B89, Batman Returns or Dark Knight.

Spider-man is the only origin superhero movie I`ve seen recently with a defined theme. But hey, its Danny Elfman and he is a master.

My complaint about the court scene is that the music, the slow somber, piano thing, EVOKED REDEMPTION for Chill but THAT WAS NOT what BRUCE was feeling at the moment. He was feeling nothing but anger and the music SHOULD ALWAYS reflect what the main character is thinking or feeling.

Anyways, nice try, musician man!

 

[KalMart]

Maybe you didnt read my post. Go back and read again.

I said that the Batman theme, the minor third interval, SUCKS!!! ITS generic and uninspired. So, whoever complains about the lack of a GL theme, which there is a theme every time he shows up or flies, should look at movies like Iron Man AND Batman Begins too because they ALSO lack any good theme, IMO. Hey, I love BB but the score IS NOT one of its strenghts, imo. It is in no way comparable to B89, Batman Returns or Dark Knight.

Spider-man is the only origin superhero movie I`ve seen recently with a defined theme. But hey, its Danny Elfman and he is a master.

My complaint about the court scene is that the music, the slow somber, piano thing, EVOKED REDEMPTION for Chill but THAT WAS NOT what BRUCE was feeling at the moment. He was feeling nothing but anger and the music SHOULD ALWAYS reflect what the main character is thinking or feeling.

Anyways, nice try, musician man!

Elfman is the master of making all his scores sound identically generic. Well...most of them. To me, his only really good scores were Midnight Run and Dead Presidents. And the score for Wanted was okay.

 

[SuperDaniel]

Also, Im getting tired of people complaining about editing in this movie. Maybe the only scene that people could complain is the last battle in space because it was not clear as to where they were, etc, but i blame the special effects people or simply the lack of money to create a huge space battle like people were expecting. Or even Campbell`s lack of ability to pull off a nice space action scene. The scene still looked cool to me and was good enough. Just a taste of things to come.

Back to editing, the are many examples in which the editing is great, one of them being during the moment Hal recites the Oath for the first time. As he says "no evil shall escape my sight" the movie parallels Hector`s transformation into the villain. It's done really well without never losing momentum of both scenes.

Maybe people are just getting dumber and dumber and can`t follow a movie that is adventurous and jumps between clearly defined scenarios. They only like the boring realistic way of making movies.

 

[SuperDaniel]

Elfman is the master of making all his scores sound identically generic. Well...most of them. To me, his only really good scores were Midnight Run and Dead Presidents. And the score for Wanted was okay.

I would say he is a proven musician with many great scores under his belt so i`d take that over your judgment and opinion. And what you call identically generic is what I call a style. John Williams Star Wars and Superman scores are really similar if you analyze it well.

Anyways, one of the greatest strengths of the Burton Batman movies over the Nolan ones are their scores and set designs. Burton is an artist with many Oscars so he has a proven record.

 

[ohmshalone]

Hi guys, here's my review (coming from an unapologetic DC fan):

The way the reviews are going, I was going in thinking the movie was gonna be REAL bad (maybe 2 or 3 out of 10). I watched it in 3d since there was no other option, and funnily enough, it made me *okay* with 3d, though I never liked it before.

The movie started off VERY PROMISING (kudos to Abin Sur's spaceship design), but as it went on, I came to find two things I didn't like:

1) The movie went too deep into the mythos of Green Lantern. I think a more Earth-ly threat for the finale would've been easier for Joe Public to relate to. Parallax is too much a convoluted nemesis (needs a lot of explaining). I would've preferred Hal go to Oa, meet a couple of aliens in a less organic, less dreamy, less purple cloudy, more sci-fi, more real-world setting (ala Star Wars' cantina scene), and then spend the rest of the movie fighthing earth baddies until the final clash with Hammond.

I've been reading comics for a while and get enough of my Green Lantern fix from his comics alone. The Corps was IMHO too much for the first movie. That and the yellow light...UGH. The movie would've done better had it foregone so much history that the public don't care about. I don't even think they should've saved that stuff for sequels.

2) The execution just wasn't done right. As much as I like Casino Royale, I don't think Campbell was fit to direct the major action scenes of this one. Nowadays, with so much info and behind the scenes footage, you just *know* when a director is spending his money right (and can handle epic sequences) and when an action scene looks like they just cordoned off a street for a few days.

That and the fact that the action editing wasn't very engaging ALL THE TIME.

Don't get me wrong, I liked (and even loved) parts of this movie, especially during the first half. It just withered towards the end - due to GL's history and Campbell's epic blockbuster movie-making inexperience. (And I say that knowing how old Campbell is).

Green Lantern (2011):7 out of 10. Not as bad as they say, but not memorable.

 

[The Sage]

Hi guys, here's my review (coming from an unapologetic DC fan):

The way the reviews are going, I was going in thinking the movie was gonna be REAL bad (maybe 2 or 3 out of 10). I watched it in 3d since there was no other option, and funnily enough, it made me *okay* with 3d, though I never liked it before.

The movie started off VERY PROMISING (kudos to Abin Sur's spaceship design), but as it went on, I came to find two things I didn't like:

1) The movie went too deep into the mythos of Green Lantern. I think a more Earth-ly threat for the finale would've been easier for Joe Public to relate to. Parallax is too much a convoluted nemesis (needs a lot of explaining). I would've preferred Hal go to Oa, meet a couple of aliens in a less organic, less dreamy, less purple cloudy, more sci-fi, more real-world setting (ala Star Wars' cantina scene), and then spend the rest of the movie fighthing earth baddies until the final clash with Hammond.

I've been reading comics for a while and get enough of my Green Lantern fix from his comics alone. The Corps was IMHO too much for the first movie. That and the yellow light...UGH. The movie would've done better had it foregone so much history that the public don't care about. I don't even think they should've saved that stuff for sequels.

2) The execution just wasn't done right. As much as I like Casino Royale, I don't think Campbell was fit to direct the major action scenes of this one. Nowadays, with so much info and behind the scenes footage, you just *know* when a director is spending his money right (and can handle epic sequences) and when an action scene looks like they just cordoned off a street for a few days.

That and the fact that the action editing wasn't very engaging ALL THE TIME.

Don't get me wrong, I liked (and even loved) parts of this movie, especially during the first half. It just withered towards the end - due to GL's history and Campbell's epic blockbuster movie-making inexperience. (And I say that knowing how old Campbell is).

Green Lantern (2011):7 out of 10. Not as bad as they say, but not memorable.

The movie went too deep into the Green Lantern mythos? I think that's the first time I've heard that criticism. Most people--including myself who liked the movie--didn't think it went far enough, or at least didn't spend as much as time on them.

 

[SuperDaniel]

Sorry but point one is one of the most ridiculous thins i`ve ever read in this thread. The GL mythos is part of the character and you go watch a GL movie expecting that.

 

[Liam_H]

The failure of this movie was not embracing the sci-fi aspect enough. We need to learn the history of lanterns in this movie so we can see who Hal has become and what he's doing is so important. But the movie just made Oa and everything with it seem irrelevant.

I agree that a threat to Earth was needed to keep it grounded for the first movie but it also needed to connect back to the Corps to make them seem important.

 

[SuperDaniel]

People just need to be patient and now that we got the origin story out of the way, the franchise can have fun with GL and its mythos.

 

[ohmshalone]

Sorry but point one is one of the most ridiculous thins i`ve ever read in this thread. The GL mythos is part of the character and you go watch a GL movie expecting that.

My friends, my friends, I said I think it went TOO DEEP into the mythos, not that a GL movie should have no GL mythos in it.

I would've preferred a more streamlined, quicker explanation with less time on Oa, but I suppose it was necessary since Parallax was the main villain. Maybe I just wanted it to be more like Green Lantern stories during the early years. Fighting aliens on earth is okay, but the design for Oa just took me out of it. Maybe coz it felt like fantasy and less Sci-fi.

Anyway, I don't know how much I care to defend my arguments on these boards nowadays. Just letting you know how the movie felt to me. Might come back tomorrow.

 

[Poni_Boy]

The movie went too deep into the Green Lantern mythos? I think that's the first time I've heard that criticism. Most people--including myself who liked the movie--didn't think it went far enough, or at least didn't spend as much as time on them.

I can understand where he's going with that mentality. They could have taken two stances for the first film:

1) Grounded it more on Earth (maybe not even gone to Oa) like the original GL comics were and left the ending as the big reveal/cliffhanger teasing the scope of Oa and the entire GL Corps for the sequel

2) Gone total ape **** crazy and embraced the uber sci-fi theme; hardly spending any time on Earth after Hal's intro.

They straddled the fence too much with the film and it appears they didn't really know where they wanted it to focus; Earth or space.

 

[Liam_H]

1) Grounded it more on Earth (maybe not even gone to Oa) like the original GL comics were and left the ending as the big reveal/cliffhanger teasing the scope of Oa and the entire GL Corps for the sequel

I'm not entirely familiar with the original GL comics but how would've it have gone if he gets the ring but does not go to Oa? I mean does someone from Oa come down and explain whats happening to him?