The Official Green Lantern Review Thread - Part 5

[KalMart]

Here's an idea, get Bryan Singer as producer and JJ Abrams as director for GL sequel, people will be interested. (or some other talented big name producer - director.)

Not quite sure how Singer's standing with WB is after Superman Returns. With X-men/Marvel and/or Fox...maybe a different story.

 

[protocida]

Bryan Singer is with Fox/Marvel now, and J.J. Abrams has the Star Trek franchise to deal with.

 

[Micromind]

Bryan Singer is directing Jack The Giant Killer for WB.

http://www.slashfilm.com/bryan-singer-talks-jack-giant-killer/

As many of us watch Nicholas Hoult as Hank McCoy, aka, The Beast, in X-Men First Class this weekend, the actor himself is off in London shooting his next film with Bryan Singer, X-Men’s producer. Hoult is the star of Jack the Giant Killer, a 3D fantasy fairy-tale loosely inspired by Jack and the Beanstalk and Singer’s first directorial effort since 2008′s Valkyrie. Singer recently spoke to the Los Angeles Times about how this film, scheduled for release next year, is a wholly new experience for him.
In the LA Times interview, Singer begins by talking about how Jack the Giant Killer is totally different from his last film:

I think this is the antidote to Valkyrie. With that movie, I was so obsessed with the accuracy and the history and the detail, and this film is a fantastical time in England. It’s not pegged to a particular time in history, and it deals with fun and broad characters.

So, yeah Singer as a producer on a DC Comics movie is still a possibility.

 

[protocida]

Hardly. Jack, the Giant-Killer is unrelated to DC and/or Marvel. But Green Lantern? It'd be Superman Returns all over again, and I doubt Bryan Singer would make the same mistake twice.

 

[Poni_Boy]

Hardly. Jack, the Giant-Killer is unrelated to DC and/or Marvel. But Green Lantern? It'd be Superman Returns all over again, and I doubt Bryan Singer would make the same mistake twice.

Singer doesn't care about Green Lantern. He ditched X3 a few weeks before production start because WB waved Superman in front of his face (what he says is his be-all-end-all favorite comic character thanks to Donner's films). It's not like he's just dying to jump back in the WB superhero saddle for any old franchise.

After this whole GL debacle I don't know any "name" director that would gladly take on a sequel or reboot. At least not for 3 or 4 years.

 

[protocida]

^ That's not really how Hollywood works. As long as there is money involved, there will be "name" directors that'd gladly take the franchise and lift it from the ground. Warner's choice is apparently Matt Reeves, and I'd be completelly feasible to see him doing it.

 

[HighFivingMF]

Warner's choice is apparently Matt Reeves,

REALLY!?!?

 

[protocida]

^ According to the latest rumors, yes.

 

[HighFivingMF]

That would be amazing.

 

[protocida]

Yeah, he's a pretty good director.

Also, if Green Lantern: Rise of Fear really is a reality, I expect the budget to be severely reduced, which would probably mean no overwhelmingly CGI, but also, not many scenes set in the more expensive Space settings, which would be a shame.

 

[Chewy]

lol. C'mon, do you honestly believe that Green Lantern: Rise of Fear stuff?

Honestly?

 

[protocida]

^ Stranger things have happened.

 

[KalMart]

lol. C'mon, do you honestly believe that Green Lantern: Rise of Fear stuff?

Honestly?

Fear, Fear, Fear , Fear, Fear, Fear, Fear , Fear,

 

[Rock Sexton]

Fear, Fear, Fear , Fear, Fear, Fear, Fear , Fear,

 

[protocida]

What's up with that?

 

[rogue trooper]

Man, I just do not understand the negativity this movie's been getting. My brother and I saw it and both loved it, and he's never read a comic book in his life and doesn't know squat about Green Lantern history. I'd give it a 7-8/10.

It's very baffling, I know.

 

[KalMart]

fear: hello im fear



(resurrecting some TDKR forum tom foolery)

 

[War Party]

I'd give it a 3.5/5. I was entertained for the most part, which is exactly why I go to the movies. But I thought there was way too much of will he/won't he with Hal trying to figure out if he should be a lantern. And I obviously thought there was a way more interesting story involving the lanterns themselves and everything on Oa. I was disappointed with the lack of Sinestro and the other two guys. I did like that ending during the credits and that seems to be the movie I really want to see. But I did like Ryan Reynolds, Hector Hammond was a fun character, and the main villain was pretty awesome. And just to note, I know nothing about Green Lantern.

 

[Rock Sexton]

It's very baffling, I know.

I'd say it's much more baffling watching you guys be baffled.

 

[Flint Marko]

I'm primarily a marvel guy, but I've read my fair share of green lantern comics and was familiar enough with the character to get excited about the movie. I had the upmost faith in it and was thoroughly expecting a good film based on WB's track record. Saw the midnight showing, and man was I disappointed. I heavily considered walking out.
It was a mess. Yes the special effects were overall pretty cool, the film did have a good amount of eye candy; that's the one positive thing I can salvage from it, but even then, there were plenty of moments where things didn't look quite right (the end scene of him flying especially). But the rest was almost unbearable. The pacing was off, plenty of characters were miscast or underused, and nothing about it interested me or held my attention in the slightest. Overall it was just off. It wasn't just shoddily made, it was also the least entertaining blockbuster I've seen in a while.
I was genuinely pulling for DC. Yes I'm a marvel fan but I don't really concern myself with the whole 'DC vs Marvel' thing; I support them both, because one companies success is good for the market as a whole. Make a crappy superhero movie and regardless of what company it comes from, the whole image of superheroes suffers, both Marvel and DC alike. So it's a shame that this movie was as bad as it was. I've only heard one or two good things about it, but most people I've talked to agree it was pretty rough.
And yeah, I know some people might get mad at me here, what with me being the marvel guy coming to these boards just to rip the movie a new one, but I'm not trying to be confrontational in the slightest, just wanna share my two cents on the film t:

 

[Poni_Boy]

lol. C'mon, do you honestly believe that Green Lantern: Rise of Fear stuff?

Honestly?

Of course it's legit you fool. It's coming out the same summer as the 1940s-based detective-thriller Martin Manhunter: Not Really a Man and the Sex and the City-themed Wonder Woman: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

 

[Liam_H]

I'm primarily a marvel guy, but I've read my fair share of green lantern comics and was familiar enough with the character to get excited about the movie. I had the upmost faith in it and was thoroughly expecting a good film based on WB's track record. Saw the midnight showing, and man was I disappointed. I heavily considered walking out.
It was a mess. Yes the special effects were overall pretty cool, the film did have a good amount of eye candy; that's the one positive thing I can salvage from it, but even then, there were plenty of moments where things didn't look quite right (the end scene of him flying especially). But the rest was almost unbearable. The pacing was off, plenty of characters were miscast or underused, and nothing about it interested me or held my attention in the slightest. Overall it was just off. It wasn't just shoddily made, it was also the least entertaining blockbuster I've seen in a while.
I was genuinely pulling for DC. Yes I'm a marvel fan but I don't really concern myself with the whole 'DC vs Marvel' thing; I support them both, because one companies success is good for the market as a whole. Make a crappy superhero movie and regardless of what company it comes from, the whole image of superheroes suffers, both Marvel and DC alike. So it's a shame that this movie was as bad as it was. I've only heard one or two good things about it, but most people I've talked to agree it was pretty rough.
And yeah, I know some people might get mad at me here, what with me being the marvel guy coming to these boards just to rip the movie a new one, but I'm not trying to be confrontational in the slightest, just wanna share my two cents on the film t:

There's nothing wrong with what your saying...being Marvel guy has nothing do to with it either. You stated what worked and didn't work for you in the film which is pretty much what everyone here agrees on is wrong with the movie.

We just wished that the streak of CBM this summer could've continue with Thor and First Class being so enjoyable.

 

[Downhere]

Finally caught this one and it wasn't as bad as the reviews made it out to be, I actually really enjoyed it.

7.5/10

 

[Captain Marvel]

Bad movies turn people off. Accept it. It's clear based on your trivial excuses, that you're one of life's excuse makers. Have fun with that.

That's hardly a measure of anything. Plenty of great movies tank at the box office while plenty of terrible movies rake in massive amount of change. That's the reality. The amount of money a film makes is hardly an indicator of quality.

 

[KalMart]

That's hardly a measure of anything. Plenty of great movies tank at the box office while plenty of terrible movies rake in massive amount of change. That's the reality. The amount of money a film makes is hardly an indicator of quality.

In this case, it may be in reaction to that quality, unfortunately.