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I wonder if I would have liked green lantern had the movie not been so ugly.
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sgt.pepper's lonely hearts club band is overrated.Know it was a joke, but just throwing it out there:
I don't think art criticism can ever be objective. Everyone has different tastes.
If only the Hammond stuff was cut and the focus was solely on Parallax, we would have had much better movie. I enjoy GL, but there were some missed opportunities. The movie started really well.
In what way did it start well?
"Millions of years ago there was a great evil fart cloud in the universe that was locked up and left unguarded for some miners to discover".
Babylon 5 had more convincing sets and CGI.ЯɘvlveR;28631427 said:i would have preferred if gl took place entirely in space/other planets. as soon as hal got the the ring he should have been off planet.
ЯɘvlveR;28631427 said:i would have preferred if gl took place entirely in space/other planets. as soon as hal got the the ring he should have been off planet.
I wonder if I would have liked green lantern had the movie not been so ugly.
Campbell was just a face. He didn't know what he was doing and i don't think he cared either. His name was just picked out of a hat and the film wasn't really his i don't think. It shows.
It should have been a cosmic buddie cop movie. Focus more on Hal and Sinestro's relationship. From resentment, to begrudging respect, to full on friendship by films end. We learn the GL mythos as Hal does... instead of some ill conceived opening montage that the viewer has no emotional attachment to.
The whole thing was just unimaginative and lazy. It's like the studio just wanted the origin out of the way so they could kick on with this big new franchise. Problem is, you gotta make a decent first movie for a franchise to be viable.
Seems they learn a lot of lessons from the GL debacle. So it's a blessing in disguise really.
In what way did it start well?
"Millions of years ago there was a great evil fart cloud in the universe that was locked up and left unguarded for some miners to discover".
Eh, I still think they should avoid the GL name until after they've built up some good will with Justice League. It's not the same situation as the Hulk in The Avengers. The two Hulk films weren't as big as Marvel wanted them to be but they also weren't seen as massive financial and critical failures. It was just more of a case of "How do we get this right? Still needs some tweaking."
I don't see it going down any other way if I'm honest. They decided on no Hulk 2 before Avengers was released, post Avengers Fiege seems more open to the idea. I think it'll be the same here. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if any eventual Green Lantern, Flash or Wonder Woman films were marketed as Justice League- Origins: [insert name].
People always say this but there are two problems with that logic:
1 - An entire movie set in space takes a huge budget and special effects wizards who really know what they are doing. People complained about the effects in GL, even though a large portion of it is earth-based. I can't even imagine how poorly it might have looked had the entire movie been off-planet.
2 - Trying to figure out what appeals to the GA is a tricky thing and the majority of superhero films have been earth-based. And even with a property like GL, that can make sense since he's assigned to protect Earth and even in the comics, he spends at least a good portion of his time in Coast City with Carol and his friends there.
Now granted, GL failed to connect with the GA. But I don't think that's entirely because the film took place mostly on Earth.
Narrative? He promises to use his influence in the council to casus belli and add the Spartan army to the 300.