The Official Green Lantern Review Thread - Part 4

[The Morningstar]

Geoff Johns retcons his own retcons.

 

[solidsnake86]

They filmed a **** ton of solid scenes with Hal, Sinestro and Parallax. They just ran out of money to finish the effects on them; hence, they were cut from the theatrical release.

No way in hell they'll pour money into finishing the effects now just for home release.

I think its pretty obvious this is what happened, because the film feels like its missing scenes. Maybe this film was just to ambitious with money and FX, but don't they usually have to price this stuff out from the beginning?

 

[S.A.A.D.]

Wrong thread.

 

[Kirmit]

I've just seen the film and honestly thought it was pretty good, obviously with it's fault though. The main gripe for me was Hector, he just wasn't needed and they spent way too much time focused on him when they could've been developing Hal, the Corps and even Parallax more. I thought all the actors did a good job, Reynolds did act like himself at times but did show a serious character, close to comic Hal, I think a sequel would help him get there 100%. Like many others I felt the amount of time on OA and the Corps wasn't enough, I was looking forward to a friendship being developed between the corps members. All said and done, despite these flaws I still enjoyed the movie and am hoping for a sequel in the future. Also, none of the CGI bothered me at all, I know alot of people were worried about the amount but all looked good to me.

 

[S.A.A.D.]

One thing that I don't get it is why Hal didn't know where he was (when he was on Oa). And why he wasn't aware of the Guardians of the Universe?! I mean his power ring doe's have the galactic encyclopedia in it so he shouldn't have been clueless. Secondly, I thought that Hal's victory was a little weak because of how Kilowog told him how to defeat Parallax. How can Parallax have been a new threat when the Corps seemingly had an encounter with it before? Am I missing something? I really dug Hal's semi fake voice when he was making fun of Bale's Batman. He sounded good imo.

 

[Llama_Shepherd]

Okay, I've now seen the movie and prepare for the view of an open minded person, who took heed of the critics, but still wanted to enjoy the film.



The film is somewhat enjoyable, however, it is let down by a terrible script. It had a very poor characterisation of Hal, the way he acts towards Jack is not Hal at all, when it comes to family, he just wants to slide under the radar, his little brother cares, but otherwise that part of the film was bad to me. But largely the pre-ring scenes were good. It was in character for Hal to push the planes to the limit, and to see it as a good thing, now they can be improved. I thought the oath scene was good too, some humor, but nothing *****ey, like the "Up, up and away web!" scene from Spider-Man. With all that behind us, for me, the best part of the film was without doubt, the Oa sequence, which is a shame as up until the Ringslinging 101 was focusing on the Corps and not Hal. Being on Oa is all good, but it needed more time (scenes missing?) and should've made us invest more in Sinestro's and become emotionally attached, making his fall from grace all the more powerful.

Overall, the film is decent. The film has good acting and ok directing, but ultimately suffers from a very bad script that misjudges the characters and has no real developed villain (IMO). Should a sequel be commissioned, there should be a writing team that truly understands the main character and a director who doesn't see this as just another job. Like I said in the Superman boards, it felt like a cartoon trying to be serious, rather than a serious film that is lighthearted enough to be suitable for children. But this is just my humble opinion.

 

[spider-neil]

Did you miss a large part of the movie? He didn't change at the drop of a hat. He was berated and banished by his father, told that he pretty much killed him, was no longer going to be a king, isloated from Asgard, and was humiliated when he couldn't even make the hammer budge. He also had plenty of character development scenes with Jane and Selvig. Characters he actually had great chemistry with unlike what we saw in Green Lantern. Both great actors too. Blake Lively is pretty much Jessica Alba, Kate Bosworth and Jennifer Garner--a flavors of the month with questionable acting skills put into a superhero flick to draw in more people.

I hate how people try to bring Thor down to defend other movies. Thor was ten times better than X-Men First Class (can't understand it's BB-esque reviews) and better than any other comic book movie aside from TDK, BB, and Iron Man. There is a reason it did well at the box office and with audiences.

Each to their own but I think Thor is no where near as good as x-men first class

 

[BooJay]

I REALLY hope they greenlight the sequel because I thought this was a fun movie. Unlike X-Men: First Class, it wasn't pretending to be serious and didn't jerk us back and forth with so many characters that it was dizzying to follow. It also didn't have as weak of an ending as Thor. I have no idea why GL is getting so many bad reviews from critics because it truly was an enjoyable film and I've seen much MUCH worse movies with better reviews.

 

[The Morningstar]

I disagree. Thor's ending, with Thor and Loki arguing, was brilliant. Emotional stuff. There was more emotion and tension in that final fight between Thor and Loki than there was in the whole of this film in my opinion.

 

[Raiden]

I REALLY hope they greenlight the sequel because I thought this was a fun movie. Unlike X-Men: First Class, it wasn't pretending to be serious and didn't jerk us back and forth with so many characters that it was dizzying to follow. It also didn't have as weak of an ending as Thor. I have no idea why GL is getting so many bad reviews from critics because it truly was an enjoyable film and I've seen much MUCH worse movies with better reviews.

Thor's ending is terrific because of the performance of Hemsworth & Middleton, and because it carried alot of emotional weight between two brothers and not just between a guy in CGI suit and a CGI creature, like GL does.

 

[Weadazoid]

yeah......the entire end of Thor is pretty emotional stuff, very well done, you truelly get the insanity of Loki, even if he is a little tragic, he is more classic evil then most comic book movie characters...


But despite EVERYTHING he did, Thor still didn't want to let him go.....


It will be very interesting to see how that plays out in the Avengers, Loki, was as powerful a villain as the Joker, in terms of menace IMO, he just hasn't fully blossomed.....



I still have not seen GL..... admitedly I didn't see Thor until Sunday either.... I's don't like the crowds of Sat, or Friday.

 

[The Morningstar]

Yea that was the kicker for me. Loki screwed around with Thor's life, threatened to pay Jane a "visit". But he still tried to save him.

 

[Mysteryman]

I loved it When Thor asked "Can I come home?"
VERY emotional film.

 

[The Morningstar]

I think the scene where Loki confronts Odin was magnificant. That scene was just so powerful and heartbreaking.

"TELL MEEEEEE!"

 

[KalMart]

I REALLY hope they greenlight the sequel because I thought this was a fun movie. Unlike X-Men: First Class, it wasn't pretending to be serious and didn't jerk us back and forth with so many characters that it was dizzying to follow. It also didn't have as weak of an ending as Thor. I have no idea why GL is getting so many bad reviews from critics because it truly was an enjoyable film and I've seen much MUCH worse movies with better reviews.

I think that when you have one of the highest budgets ever, and you put out a film that's clearly intended/marketed to compete as a big-scale, box-office leading extravaganza...you're automatically open to harsher criticism when you don't deliver.

 

[dark_b]

GL has in NO way one of the highest budgets ever.

 

[The Morningstar]

It cost at least 200 million to produce. Maybe more. That puts it right up there.

 

[Llama_Shepherd]

300 million? Not many movies over that bar.

 

[ElMariachi]

Each to their own but I think Thor is no where near as good as x-men first class

I enjoyed X-Men First Class but I am not seeing what was so great about that movie that had people and critics raving. Thor, to me, was the complete package. There was something missing from XFC for me. January Jones awful acting sure didn't help.

 

[dark_b]

It cost at least 200 million to produce. Maybe more. That puts it right up there.

spiderman 2 was over 200 in 2004. GI JOE was around 200. Benjamin Button was around 200.

Avatar was in NOOOOOOOOOOO way under 300.if you look at the detailed amount of CGI compared to Gl.

let me make as this clear as possible on june 19 2011. GL has in NO way a huge budget compared to other movies in the last 5-8 years.

 

[ElMariachi]

I REALLY hope they greenlight the sequel because I thought this was a fun movie. Unlike X-Men: First Class, it wasn't pretending to be serious and didn't jerk us back and forth with so many characters that it was dizzying to follow. It also didn't have as weak of an ending as Thor. I have no idea why GL is getting so many bad reviews from critics because it truly was an enjoyable film and I've seen much MUCH worse movies with better reviews.

I completely disagree about the ending to Thor. It was a perfect cliffhanger. There was chemistry between Thor, Loki, and Odin--which made the movie great.

 

[S.A.A.D.]

Awesome. Armond White didn't like the movie!

"The F/X of Hal creating objects out of his ring's green light are successfully, modestly fantastic. Such professionalism needn't resort to dumb stereotyping."

 

[KalMart]

spiderman 2 was over 200 in 2004. GI JOE was around 200. Benjamin Button was around 200.

Avatar was in NOOOOOOOOOOO way under 300.if you look at the detailed amount of CGI compared to Gl.

let me make as this clear as possible on june 19 2011. GL has in NO way a huge budget compared to other movies in the last 5-8 years.

True...it just couldn't deliver as much with it, apparently, while others deliver much more with less.

Hence, the harsh criticism.

 

[Metropolis_Man]

I REALLY hope they greenlight the sequel because I thought this was a fun movie. Unlike X-Men: First Class, it wasn't pretending to be serious and didn't jerk us back and forth with so many characters that it was dizzying to follow. It also didn't have as weak of an ending as Thor. I have no idea why GL is getting so many bad reviews from critics because it truly was an enjoyable film and I've seen much MUCH worse movies with better reviews.

I agree with this.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Since when has it become fashionable to include marketing costs with the production budget, making it look worse than it is?