The Official Green Lantern Review Thread - Part 4

[C. Lee]

I dont see why the fact that a person is older needed to be brought up in this conversation

It was brought up because I was making a statement about years of observation on a subject. Someone who is in thier 50's has more years of observation than someone in thier teens.

 

[C. Lee]

I can count by twos

Glad to see college is paying off for you.....

 

[Tony Stark]

C. I respect your opinion, but I don't see how age has anything to do with liking the movie. I'll be 40 in August, and I didn't like the movie.

I understand your point that these movies just weren't made years ago. I grew up with the Superman movies, and Batman came out my senior year in Highschool.

Are some people jumping on the bandwagon? I'm sure some are. I went in with very low expectations hoping I'd enjoy the movie, but to me it was pretty much a disaster. Even my son, who is a huge GL fan, was let down.

 

[KalMart]

I can count by twos

I held the state record for high score in Asteroids for two years!

 

[JediJones]

I don't see the Sinestro teaser as being any different than seeing Thor's hammer in Iron Man 2. We could be seeing something that happens in the middle of the next movie so there could be a lot more build up to it. Just like any teaser trailer, it could be showing us stuff from any part of the next movie.

Or there are other explanations. I don't know the origins of Sinestro or how many different origins he's had. But I thought I heard one was that he was secretly a dictator on his planet. So we could find out he just used Parallax as a scheme to get the yellow ring made and always intended to steal it so he could use it at home to rule with an iron...ring.

Also, if you weren't already expecting a guy with such a "sinister" name and a pencil mustache to turn evil at some point, well. C'mon, it was inevitable. Maybe the next superhero parody movie should have a hero named Sinister Doom and he has to spend half the movie explaining that he's really the good guy and can't help what his parents named him. t:

 

[C. Lee]

C. I respect your opinion, but I don't see how age has anything to do with liking the movie. I'll be 40 in August, and I didn't like the movie.

I understand your point that these movies just weren't made years ago. I grew up with the Superman movies, and Batman came out my senior year in Highschool.

Are some people jumping on the bandwagon? I'm sure some are. I went in with very low expectations hoping I'd enjoy the movie, but to me it was pretty much a disaster. Even my son, who is a huge GL fan, was let down.

I don't remember saying anything about how someone's age has anything to do with enjoying the movie. Where did I say in this thread anything about that or anything about these movies weren't being made years ago?

My mentioning of age was talking anout how I have been observing for more years than most others on here the action of bandwagoning.

 

[MadVillainy]

C. I respect your opinion, but I don't see how age has anything to do with liking the movie. I'll be 40 in August, and I didn't like the movie.

I understand your point that these movies just weren't made years ago. I grew up with the Superman movies, and Batman came out my senior year in Highschool.

Are some people jumping on the bandwagon? I'm sure some are. I went in with very low expectations hoping I'd enjoy the movie, but to me it was pretty much a disaster. Even my son, who is a huge GL fan, was let down.

THat's basically what Im wondering

I held the state record for high score in Asteroids for two years!

Back in my day we didnt have Asteroids in arcades. We had Tekken Tag Tournament

 

[C. Lee]

THat's basically what Im wondering

And yet you ignored my explanation of it.....I know you had to have seen it since you quoted a post by KalMart that came after mine.

 

[moviedoors]

You see it as condescension...I saw it as explaining my years of experience in something that may be a tad bit longer than yours.

Yeah, you've been here for 9 years. I may be new to this particular board, but I've been visiting message boards for over 10 years now too. This is not new hat to me. The subjects change, but the patterns don't. Just the presumption that you must be more experienced at this is irksome. I also just don't care for it as argument from authority. You don't see me throwing around that because I was a film major, I must know more about this whole movie thing than other people. That's the first time I've ever brought it up here and it might be the last, since it has no place in most discussions, unless I'm telling people my opinion on film school. It doesn't actually strengthen an argument by throwing it out there as a bully technique.

So, sorry if I'm bothered when someone's presumptuous enough to pull the age/experience card on me.

 

[MadVillainy]

And yet you ignored my explanation of it.....I know you had to have seen it since you quoted a post by KalMart that came after mine.

But I still dont understand it. Im still wondering why it's brought up. I mean we've all seen people jump on the bandwagon to like or dislike something: 1) I dont see why the fact that youre older so youve seen it more had to be said 2) I dont see it that much with this movie or at least I dont see that much evidence of it
Ive seen people go overboard with their like or dislike about the movie, but not that much bandwagon hopping

 

[moviedoors]

Ive seen people go overboard with their like or dislike about the movie, but not that much bandwagon hopping

I can see that. There might be some hyperbole going on both for people that didn't like it and liked it, but bandwagon hoping? Give me a break. I won't be that presumptuous.

 

[C. Lee]

Yeah, you've been here for 9 years. I may be new to this particular board, but I've been visiting message boards for over 10 years now too. This is not new hat to me. The subjects change, but the patterns don't. Just the presumption that you must be more experienced at this is irksome. I also just don't care for it as argument from authority. You don't see me throwing around that because I was a film major, I must know more about this whole movie thing than other people. That's the first time I've ever brought it up here and it might be the last, since it has no place in most discussions, unless I'm telling people my opinion on film school. It doesn't actually strengthen an argument by throwing it out there as a bully technique.

So, sorry if I'm bothered when someone's presumptuous enough to pull the age/experience card on me.

I have no way of knowing if you have been on the internet for 10 years or ten days. You can however see how long I have been here. I deal daily with people who are brand spanking new to the internet. You are new to the site and obviously don't know me. My explaining that I am older with possibly more experiences on the net and life are not meant to be condescending...they are explaining to someone who doesn't know me, who I am.

But I still dont understand it. Im still wondering why it's brought up. I mean we've all seen people jump on the bandwagon to like or dislike something, . 1) I dont see why the fact that youre older so youve seen it more had to be said 2) I dont see it that much with this movie.
Ive seen people go overboard with their like or dislike about the movie, but not that much bandwagon hopping

Why is anything brought up in a discussion? I was talking about bandwagoning. When most people want to make a point about something, they put in as much info on it as they think is important to thier position. My point that I have seen bandwagoning of all kind of events not just movies from my more years of seeing it was something I considered important. It was not a putdown or condescending....it was simply me saying that I have more experience in something that others, so maybe my opinion should be taken into consideration.


It seems the people having trouble with age isn't the old man...but the young ones.

 

[KalMart]

I may not be as old as some here...but I have had to walk to school with no shoes in the snow...uphill both ways. I know people 20 years older than me that have never even seen snow. When they try to pull age-rank on me...I simply pull out my cooler, open the lid and say "Talk to the snow...".

 

[C. Lee]

Wow.....no one actually reads what a person writes anymore....just make up **** and run with it. Have fun folks....see ya when I see ya.

 

[KalMart]

You know I'm just messin', C.

But...I think if you typed in larger letters and brighter colors, it might register a bit better. t:

 

[Tacit Ronin]

It ain't the years, its the mileage.....

 

[Majik1387]

It's not the mileage, it's the journey!

 

[KalMart]

It's not the journey, it's the souvenirs.

 

[SuperDaniel]

Just saw the movie again. I stand by my rating. 8 out of 10. This movie is effing great. As good as Spider-man, Iron Man or Batman Begins, imo, as introduction movies. It's a great Hal Jordan movie and probably better than Secret Origins and any of his origins i've read. The first hour is one of the most fun I had in comic book movies EVER. It's just THAT GOOD. I understood a lot of things on second viewing. Things that weren't clear to me at first. Here's my main points:

1) Why the corps didnt help Hal Jordan on Earth. Because he said so. He said to the Guardians that he didnt want to see other Lanterns die and that he would risk his life and fight it, proving that will is stronger than fear. And that is a good enough explanation to me. It was clearly shown in the movie that the Lanterns were being overpowered by Parallax, being killed, hence why the yellow ring was forged.

2) The asteroid field isnt just outside Earth as some posters said. The planet shown behind Hal in one shot was probably Mars or Venus. It didnt look like Earth to me. It is possible that the asteroid field isnt the ASTEROID BELT between Mars and Jupiter and just some asteroids on the way to the Sun or something as many of those asteroids werent Larger than Hal. But, i personally didnt care for this science error or not because it looked effing COOL, especially in 3D. And suspension of beliefs comes with these movies.

All in all, A GREAT MOVIE and it baffles me that people think otherwise.

It had great lines one of them being:

Hal: Let me fight for my world and I`ll show you that WILL is stronger than fear!

* camera awesomely pans to Sinestro*

Sinestro: There's no way you can succeed. You'll die, Hal Jordan.

Hal: Then I`ll die trying!

 

[Flare]

I've never been a big GL fan, but I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. I too feared for the worst after hearing of all the bad reviews and looking at some pretty unimpressive trailers. But it was a ton of fun for me. I thought Reynolds did well in the more serious scenes and was good with his usual comedic quips. I really enjoyed the final fight with Parallax as well, and watching GL "defy the odds" to win. Overall, I was also impressed with the CGI in the film.

I hope we get a sequel. I'd be disappointed if the bad response meant that it doesn't happen. Kind of like when my favorite TV show gets canceled because of bad ratings. I usually just find myself confused that so many people have such a vastly different opinion than myself. Almost as if we've watched a completely different show/movie.

 

[WormyT]

RT
Batman Begins 84%
Green Lantern 26%

A very badly made film.Bad editing especially. An example of that bad editing is definitely the Asteroid field scene. It was one of many. My first reaction was "wow there's an asteroid fields right outside Earth?" And then moments later he was next to the SUN! There were a lot of WTF moments like this that took the audience out of the film. And these were just the surface complaints of the film. The race track he made was a poor choice of construct. Confusing. Also the fact that his constructs made real fire and water was a poor choice. Its not magic, he cant just make any element on the periodic table. That just makes it even more whacky than it already is. I mean, why shoot at the flying gas tank when he could have just made an enormous Flame thrower instead?

And the Easter Egg ending....what a waste. Kind of reminds me of the ending of Flash Gordan and Masters of the Universe. They never got sequels.

 

[SuperDaniel]

There's so many scenes in Batman Begins that are bad or as cheesy as GL, imo, like the "leverage" one. The costume looks terrible in it and it awfully edited too. Its just bad. Also, the "I wont kill you but i dont have to save you" makes no goddamn sense, imo.

So yeah, I thought this was as good as a GL movie as Batman Begins was for Batman or Spider-man 1 was for Spider-man.

 

[SuperDaniel]

RT
Batman Begins 84%
Green Lantern 26%

A very badly made film.Bad editing especially. An example of that bad editing is definitely the Asteroid field scene. It was one of many. My first reaction was "wow there's an asteroid fields right outside Earth?" And then moments later he was next to the SUN! There were a lot of WTF moments like this that took the audience out of the film. And these were just the surface complaints of the film. The race track he made was a poor choice of construct. Confusing. Also the fact that his constructs made real fire and water was a poor choice. Its not magic, he cant just make any element on the periodic table. That just makes it even more whacky than it already is. I mean, why shoot at the flying gas tank when he could have just made an enormous Flame thrower instead?

And the Easter Egg ending....what a waste. Kind of reminds me of the ending of Flash Gordan and Masters of the Universe. They never got sequels.

Confusing to you, maybe but definitely not to me.

Who gives a *** about RT. What I care only is MY ENJOYMENT of the movie.

 

[bullets]

I usually just find myself confused that so many people have such a vastly different opinion than myself. Almost as if we've watched a completely different show/movie.

I think people notice or take issue with different things. That's why the negative reviews of GL were all pointing to different problems they had with it.
A bad film will have so many faults that people will collectively have an issue with it. I'm not saying this is bad , I really enjoyed it. Maybe it wasn't great though and because of that people highlighted the flaws and make this film seem worse than it is.

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

I usually just find myself confused that so many people have such a vastly different opinion than myself. Almost as if we've watched a completely different show/movie.

That's the point and great thing of film, its art, its subjective.
This is why I will never argue about what films are better,
because no one can be right.