The Official Green Lantern Review Thread - Part 4

[WormyT]

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.

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The very clever Batman Begins plot was so dense and cleverly constructed, flipping threw the past and present until they merged near the end of Act2.

Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson Gary Oldman. Great acting overall by oscar winners adding so much weight to the source material.

Nothing in the very sloppy GL can hold a candle to a movie like BB. Its actually a simple unwavering scientific 'fact'.

People refer to BB when referring to a successful reboot.Perhaps boring next to TDK, perhaps the fighting should have been less shakeycam, but ultimately a very competent origin story of Batman.
The audience was sucked into BB the moment Liam Neeson stepped out of the shadow in the prison scene. The music provided great atmosphere and emotion to all the scenes. I have more soundtracks in my collection than other music,and my pianist friend has told me many times I can remember a tune better than him, but the Green Lantern soundtrack was extremely forgetful. Where was the score?
This movie should have been Superman the movie quality.

RT is a collection of minds that vary from snobby to popcorn loving. Though I don't always agree with them, they get the general result.

 

[CelticPredator]

They can, actually.

Goodfellas is a better movie then Green Lantern. That's a fact.

Alien is a better movie then One Missed Call. That's a fact.

 

[WormyT]

What I care only is MY ENJOYMENT of the movie.

I agree.

 

[SuperDaniel]

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The very clever Batman Begins plot was so dense and cleverly constructed, flipping threw the past and present until they merged near the end of Act2.

Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson Gary Oldman. Great acting overall by oscar winners adding so much weight to the source material.

Nothing in GL can hold a candel to a movie like BB. Its a simple unwavering scientific fact. People refer to BB when referring to a successful reboot.Perhaps boring next to TD, perhaps the fighting should have been less shakeycam, but ultimately a very competent origin story of Batman.
The audience was sucked into BB the moment Liam Neeson stepped out of the shadow in the prison scene. The music provided great atmosphere and emotion to all the scenes. I have more soundtracks in my collection than other music,and my pianist friend has told me many times I can remember a tune better than him, abut the Green Lantern soundtrack was extremely forgetful. Where was the score?

I'm a musician, do this for a living, and I thought the music for BB was TERRIBLE. The Batman theme is forgettable in the movie and has about 2 notes, which is a minor third interval played over and over. It sucks. It does not service the movie and one of the scenes that it doesnt work is the scene in the court where Chill is talking. That music does NOT reflect what Wayne is thinking. Wayne clearly just want to kill the guy and is feeling nothing but hate. And yet, the music reflects redemption. The music should always reflect the main character and what he is thinking.

However, they improved this on DK. The music for DK is amazing and one of the best scores of recent years. But BB? Nah.

GL does have a theme. It plays over the GL tittle, plays when Hal is flying many times. Its not memorable but it does service the movie, imo. The music when Hal is flying through OA, for example is great. Same with the the Jet fights.

 

[Flare]

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.

I suppose so. It's just that I am used to being the guy who is overly harsh on these superhero movies. I've actually made bashing X3 and SM3 a sport. t:

I wasn't expecting to enjoy GL when so many seemed to hate it. I guess I need to read some more of these reviews, since I'm still unclear regarding the major gripes about the film. If I am to be denied a sequel, I at least gotta know why!

 

[bullets]

Every hype thread will eventually lead to a discussion about The Dark Knight . Fact.

 

[CelticPredator]

Me taking a dump is more entertaining then The Hangover 2. Fact.

 

[marcvader]

There's a lot of movies that I love but ill be the first to admit that its crappy or cheesy to most. The key is to recognize it and not try to convince others that they're wrong in not enjoying it the way I do or be baffled because others don't see it the way I do.

 

[SuperDaniel]

Every hype thread will eventually lead to a discussion about The Dark Knight . Fact.

Well, it is the new standard, right? Every movie has to be that good, dark, complex from now on or it will suck.

 

[KalMart]

Every hype thread will eventually lead to a discussion about The Dark Knight . Fact.

"All paths lead to God."

 

[KalMart]

Well, it is the new standard, right? Every movie has to be that good, dark, complex from now on or it will suck.

More like the new exception....or at least 'gold standard'.

 

[CelticPredator]

Only reason I enjoyed GL was that it wasnt dark.

 

[SuperDaniel]

There's a lot of movies that I love but ill be the first to admit that its crappy or cheesy to most. The key is to recognize it and not try to convince others that they're wrong in not enjoying it the way I do or be baffled because others don't see it the way I do.

I personally like The Phantom, for example, which many consider a crappy movie.

 

[SuperDaniel]

Only reason I enjoyed GL was that it wasnt dark.

Exactly. It was funny, cheesy, fun. Great GL movie, imo.

 

[WormyT]

I'm a musician, do this for a living, and I thought the music for BB was TERRIBLE. The Batman theme is forgettable in the movie and has about 2 notes, which is a minor third interval played over and over. It sucks. It does not service the movie and one of the scenes that it doesnt work is the scene in the court where Chill is talking. That music does NOT reflect what Wayne is thinking. Wayne clearly just want to kill the guy and is feeling nothing but hate. And yet, the music reflects redemption. The music should always reflect the main character and what he is thinking.

However, they improved this on DK. The music for DK is amazing and one of the best scores of recent years. But BB? Nah.

GL does have a theme. It plays over the GL tittle, plays when Hal is flying many times. Its not memorable but it does service the movie, imo. The music when Hal is flying through OA, for example is great. Same with the the Jet fights.

Yeah but its still memorable.
And the style has been reused so many times from Transformers to Tron since 2005 so yeah parts of it seem tired.
Its a nice soundtrack by its self too.

 

[CelticPredator]

But, It's not a good movie imo. Second time was pretty boring. It's not the cluster**** the critics say it is...but it's just not that good. IMO.

 

[bullets]

Only reason I enjoyed GL was that it wasnt dark.

Yeah I don't want to see these movies mimic each other. If they make The Flash I'm hoping it doesn't have to be 'dark'.

 

[SuperDaniel]

Yeah but its still memorable.
And the style has been reused so many times from Transformers to Tron since 2005 so yeah parts of it seem tired.
Its a nice soundtrack by its self too.

IYO. In mine, it sucks and it is one of the bad things about the movie, imo.

DK, B89, Batman Returns, STM... even The Phantom. Now those are great scores.

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

They can, actually.

Goodfellas is a better movie then Green Lantern. That's a fact.

Alien is a better movie then One Missed Call. That's a fact.

Bet there are people who are out there who think GL is better than Goodfellas and Alien.

Most people would think those people are insane, but film is art and art is subjective.

 

[HaloCod27]

Only reason I enjoyed GL was that it wasnt dark.

But Green Lantern still isn't an enjoyable movie.

Iron Man isn't dark. But it's gots great action, music, characters, dialogue, and actually can get serious and dramatic. That's why I enjoyed Iron Man.

IMO

 

[WormyT]

I certainly don't want a dark GL movie. I feel like the movie was a missed opportunity. I feel like it didn't portray the story or character the way it should have. Perhaps they should have gone the First Flight route and given it a Training day feel. That way there's more Alien interaction, more Sinestro who was the best thing about this.. Plus rethink the whole construct execution. Maybe just have Hal doing shields and energy bolts until half way through where hes finally able to will a 3 dimensional contraption.

 

[Paladin-Hoss]

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!

Psssst...that's not exactly helping your case.If those lines can be anymore cheezier,you can grab a glass of wine and eat it

 

[CelticPredator]

Bet there are people who are out there who think GL is better than Goodfellas and Alien.

Most people would think those people are insane, but film is art and art is subjective.

Then they are wrong....it's subjective how much you enjoy it...not how good it is.

 

[CelticPredator]

But Green Lantern still isn't an enjoyable movie.

Iron Man isn't dark. But it's gots great action, music, characters, dialogue, and actually can get serious and dramatic. That's why I enjoyed Iron Man.

IMO

Ok...? But I didnt say "This is what made GL a good movie" I just said its why I enjoyed it.

I never said it was good.

 

[SuperDaniel]

Psssst...that's not exactly helping your case.If those lines can be anymore cheezier,you can grab a glass of wine and eat it

whatever! To me is awesome!