I know it's going to be pretty awful. Still, I have a free movie ticket in my back pocket ready to burn on this film.
Going to see it Sat morning...
I'll be taking my dad to see it Sunday evening - will share my impressions at that point
I'm trying to gear myself up in the same way I geared myself up for the G.I. Joe movie - expect a 2 hour long cartoon that occasionally has real peoples' faces in it.
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I'll be taking my dad to see it Sunday evening - will share my impressions at that point
I'm trying to gear myself up in the same way I geared myself up for the G.I. Joe movie - expect a 2 hour long cartoon that occasionally has real peoples' faces in it.
I think that Nathan Fillian looks more like Hal Jordan. Which is funny because he is the voice of Hal Jordan in the new DC cartoon which might be better.
I think that Nathan Fillian looks more like Hal Jordan. Which is funny because he is the voice of Hal Jordan in the new DC cartoon which might be better.
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I have been saying that Nathan Fillion would be a perfect Hal since I saw the pilot episode of Firefly. And then I found that fan-made GL trailer on YouTube that I can't get to at work and realized just how sweet that idea actually was.But you're right. At least he's in Green Lantern: Emerald Knights. I am eagerly anticipating its eventual arrival via Netflix.
I am a HUGE Nathan Fillion fan. Loved Firefly. Needed to get that out of the way.
I am a little amused about how many people sound off about how he should be playing pretty much all of the sci-fi/fanboy roles out there, the 2 big ones currently being Green Lantern and Nathan Drake from the Uncharted games(soon to be a movie). And because of this, people invariably get all high and mighty about the people chosen to play movie rolls and how they're awful choices or are expecting them to suck.
I would just say that people should give the guy a chance. I happen to be a Ryan Reynolds fan as well and think he'll do a fine job. Is he the best person they could have got for the role? I don't know, but I'll at least give him a shot.
When Heath Ledger was originally announced to play the Joker way back when, there was a lot of skepticism and people crabbing about it. We all saw how that turned out. On the opposite side, Ben Affleck as Daredevil? Ugh.
My point is give the guy a chance, see the movie, and if you then hate it, fine it's your opinion. But don't start saying how awful you think it is and how they chose the wrong person and stuff and you haven't actually seen the movie yet.
I'll be seeing it tonight, I'm hoping and expecting to love it, but regardless of if I do or don't, I'm gonna reserve judgement till I've actually seen it.
Finally I just want to apologize if people read this as a hostile post. I'm a bit of a film nut and wish people would enjoy films for what they are, not what they could have been. This post is fueled by that, not by any hostility to the original posters, everyone is allowed their own oppinion.
Well I've seen it...
It's not the greatest movie ever but then I din't expect it to be. I thought it was a competent origin story that like others of it's ilk had to put a lot of exposition in for the non comics fans.
Ryan Reynolds was ok..(but then I like him a lot more since Scarlett ditched him and made herself available again)
Special effects were fairly sudued but Hal is still learning to use his powers to maximum effectiveness.the Gaurdians were suitably remote and spooky and Mark Strong as Sinestro delivers a workmanlike performance.
I loved it. More importantly, my wife and kids loved it.
I liked Reynolds as Hal Jordan. I thought Strong as Sinestro was perfect.
This movie, unlike many other comic book characters had a whole lot of ground to cover -- and I felt it delivered.
1. The Energy Sources at play - Will vs. Fear.
2. The Green Lantern Core
3. Oa and the Guardians
4. The threat of Parallax
5. The Hal Jordan origin story
6. Establishing the villains (and setting up future villains)
Your average superhero movie only has to handle the latter two -- the framework is much less involved. Batman's origin is more accessible to the casual movie-goer, and let's face it, Superman's can be done in the first 10 or 15 minutes of a movie if they rush it.
The special effects didn't blow me away (although I liked them), but I felt that they were on par with Thor and other movies this year.
Now, if Captain America (and this is the one I've been waiting for) can deliver a super-hero hat trick for 2011, I'll be one happy comic fan!!!
It was good but not amazing. 3/5 stars. On par with Thor, not even close to X-Men: First Class. I felt like it was in the second act for far too long, but my complaints are minor. I do recommend it, though, especially if you are enough of a fan as to not be confused (and not so much that you'll nitpick every tiny difference to Emerald Dawn.)
Sinestro was great, and I do hope they make a sequel. I'll gladly go see it.
Saw it tonight...I liked it. Though I am not a big fan of DC comics so I have only a passing knowledge of the character....but I iked it.
I liked it a lot, I don't know what movie the critics saw, because once again they don't know what the hell they are talking about. Yes it has it's flaws but so does everything else ever thought of and created my humanity.
Seen it last night... And I'm with the posters above saying that it was a pretty good movie. Way better than I expected (I was almost expecting it to suck big time with all the negative reviews I read).
It's a great introduction to the Green Lantern mythos for those who don't know who or what are the Green Lanterns, and a fun movie for those who do.
I liked it.
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I thought it was decent and certainly entertaining. I'd give it a C, at the same level as X-Men: First Class.
Thor I liked a lot better and would give a B.
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I liked it when I saw it today. I thought it was accessible to people like my brother who have almost zero knowledge of the character and yet had a lot of stuff for us fans too. Things like Carol Ferris using the call sign "Sapphire" when she is flying were just the right touch for me. The bad reviews almost come with the territory for super hero movies.
Personally, I thought it was awesome. But, my knowledge of Green Lantern pretty much is Hal was the first of the "modern" earthling lanterns, Hal was a test pilot, there are several different colors of rings that have different emotions they are powered by, Sinestro eventually takes up the yellow ring and turns bad, and for some reason everyone loves Killowog. Were there any glaring differences from the comics?
I generally liked it, my wife really liked it. I am a bit tired of Ryan Reynolds being Ryan Reynolds as *insert comic-book character*. Also I thought the whole relationship with Carol Ferris just dragged on a little too much. By the third, "I really cared about you but ..." episode in the movie I was just tapping my fingers thinking alright we get it already. I think that Mark Strong really stole the show as Sinestro. Of course I think he always does well when he plays a guy that is bad but not irrationally so (he did a good job in Stardust as this as well).
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I was pretty stoked about the Green Lantern movie but every review so far has had mostly negative (or at best, neutral) things to say about the film.
So, who has actually seen it? What did you think?
Saw it, enjoyed it. Felt a little uneven but the GL mythos is complex, especially to non-comic book folks (like my spouse). Kinda reminded me of the first X-Men movie: large cast of characters, unusual premise, etc., first movie is a set-up. Look forward to the sequel. (Kyle...er...Hal versus Sinestro!)
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Well I've seen it...
It's not the greatest movie ever but then I din't expect it to be. I thought it was a competent origin story that like others of it's ilk had to put a lot of exposition in for the non comics fans.
Ryan Reynolds was ok..(but then I like him a lot more since Scarlett ditched him and made herself available again)
Special effects were fairly sudued but Hal is still learning to use his powers to maximum effectiveness.the Gaurdians were suitably remote and spooky and Mark Strong as Sinestro delivers a workmanlike performance.
Pretty much agree on all counts. Saw it this afternoon, and it was decent, not great.
I was surprised at how little Kilowog and Tomar-Re ended up in the movie. They each got one training/exposition sequence with Hal and then reappeared at the end. I wonder if they had other scenes that got cut. I liked Sinestro, and I liked Hector Hammond more than I thought I would. I was surprised to see Amanda Waller - I hadn't read any spoiler sites so I didn't know she'd be in it (much less be Angela Bassett).
Overall, though, fairly good.
P.S. Whomever it was that played Carol was hawt! :)
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The highlight of the movie was when the girl hung a lampshade on just how ineffective domino masks are at actually hiding someone's identity.
Yeah, kinda sad. THAT was the highlight of the entire film for me. One part of his training is so randomly they might as well have flashed "THIS IS HOW HE WILL DEFEAT PARALLAX" on the screen during the sequence.
I saw it and thought it ok; give it 3 out of 5. Worth seeing; definately a big screen film, just didnt make of an inmpact and didnt give me any buzz or feelgood afterwards.
I went to see it with my wife last night. She was not overly impressed with it (compared to Thor, which she loved and has seen twice now), but I had a great time with it.
About the only thing that I'm on the fence about with it is the easter egg during the end credits.
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I generally rank comicbook movies on a 1-4 scale, being somewhere along the lines of Really Good-Good-Pretty Bad-Horrible.
Im ranking this one as a 'good' comicbook movie, personally. It wasnt fantastic, but definitely worth buying after its released.
1. Paralax's real origin isnt that he used to be a Guardian, is it? Accoring to the comics, I mean.
2. Does anyone else think he probably isnt actually dead?
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I went to see it with my wife last night. She was not overly impressed with it (compared to Thor, which she loved and has seen twice now), but I had a great time with it.
About the only thing that I'm on the fence about with it is the easter egg during the end credits.
** spoiler omitted **
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"Bringing Big D**n Justice to the Bad Guys Since 1369 DR"
Alas, not having read any spoiler sites, I didn't know there WAS an Easter egg during the credits. Mind sharing (spoilerized of course)?
Alas, not having read any spoiler sites, I didn't know there WAS an Easter egg during the credits. Mind sharing (spoilerized of course)?I went to see it with my wife last night. She was not overly impressed with it (compared to Thor, which she loved and has seen twice now), but I had a great time with it.
About the only thing that I'm on the fence about with it is the easter egg during the end credits.
** spoiler omitted **
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"Bringing Big D**n Justice to the Bad Guys Since 1369 DR"
Absolutely :)
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"Bringing Big D**n Justice to the Bad Guys Since 1369 DR"
I definitely enjoyed the movie much more than I was expecting, but it still fairly average. They did do an excellent job of showing why Hal has the stuff to become the greatest of the lanterns.
I did like how Carol's call sign was "Sapphire" - a nice bit of foreshadowing there if they elect to run with this franchise any further.
Mark Strong stole the show, in my opinion. That guy nailed it.
spoilered question regarding the origins of mythic beings of immense power
As an aside, Kyle Rayner became my favorite GL when he fused with Ion. That was just so flippin' sweet.
I liked it.
It was worth the price of admission, and I'm actually looking forward to the sequel.
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I saw GL in 3D yesterday and while the movie got totally dissed by the critics (as expected), to me it seemed very faithful to my memory of the Green Lantern character, at least as presented in the old Challenge of the Superfriends type cartoons (I haven't read the comics). I thought it was very well done visually. I thought the acting was ok for a comic book movie. I thought the casting of Sinestro was great with a nice setup for a sequel. It had a good amount of action. Sure GL made campy things using the ring, but didn’t GL always make green baseball gloves to catch missiles or the like? I think some people want the world from these movies and unfortunately a few shining stars like the Dark Knight have raised the bar and given the critics room to complain about comic book popcorn flicks like this one. Sounds like it was the number one movie for the weekend so hopefully it'll be profitable and I look forward to a sequel. It's nice to see a DC super hero movie that isn't Batman or Superman (though I love those too) given how many different Marvel titles we've seen (I saw Thor and liked that too).
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Green Lantern's budget (and I'm not even sure if it includes it's advertising in that) was $200 million. EDIT: the word going around is that after adding the advertising it's budget is closer to 300 million...
Pulled in 52.7 million over the weekend and had a steep drop off between Friday and Saturday (22%!!). Unless the movie has really good staying power (and with Pixar's Cars 2 coming next week and Transformers 3 coming less than a week after that) It's not looking good for a Green Lantern sequel. At least not for one with a decent budget...
Worldwide grosses were $17 Million so it had a total of about 70 million, but for a big summer tentpole feature? It really kind of underperformed.
Compare it to X-Men First Class, which opened on fewer screens and has a smaller budget (@160 million dollars) and has better word of mouth. It has a better chance of getting a sequel green lit (no pun intended).
I know people are going to talk about DVD/BluRay sales and cable rights making up the difference in the budget. Youre probably right but unless the DVD/BluRay sales do gang busters WarnerBros is probably not going to be looking at dumping another 200Mil into a project that just squeaked out a profit. A 22% DROP between Friday and Saturday? That doesnt bode well at all...
The bad reviews almost come with the territory for super hero movies.
I think youre right, If they are bad movies.
Rotten Tomatoes, just for the superhero movies that came out this summer so far:
Thor 77%
X-men First class 87%
Green Lantern 26%
The Green Lantern reviews break down as out of 175 reviews 130 were negative and 45 were positive.
The audience reviews were cetainly more positive (which is reflected by the posts in this thread) @61% but that's from 72,965 user reviews.
As for Parallax's origins
Also since everyone pretty much in existence whos seen it felt Mark Strong stole the show that makes a possible sequal look amazing with him as a major focus.
It will be interesting to see what Warner Brothers does with the Green Lantern franchise now. It's a critical and financial flop at this point, but they had already started work on a sequel and had plans for an animated series spinning off of the movie. I guess the big hope for fans would have to be that the merchandising proves lucrative so those other plans don't get scrapped.
Green Lantern is not bad... Not really good either... My main problem with the movie is the uniform. Ugly so of a... didn't they learn anything from Superman or Batman? If the hero has a cool looking uniform, like Batman and Spiderman and the recent Marvel movies, it has a better chance to be accepted by the larger public. If the movie design for the suit looks stupid, like in the last Superman and the proposed Wonder Woman show, the geeks will complain and the non-geeks will think the film looks stupid and neither will want to watch it. When they showed the first images and showed that veiny thing where you could see his toes, I knew the film would flop.
Green Lantern is not bad... Not really good either... My main problem with the movie is the uniform. Ugly so of a... didn't they learn anything from Superman or Batman? If the hero has a cool looking uniform, like Batman and Spiderman and the recent Marvel movies, it has a better chance to be accepted by the larger public. If the movie design for the suit looks stupid, like in the last Superman and the proposed Wonder Woman show, the geeks will complain and the non-geeks will think the film looks stupid and neither will want to watch it. When they showed the first images and showed that veiny thing where you could see his toes, I knew the film would flop.
Actually, I quite liked the uniform. I'll admit I thought it was ugly when the first images of it came out, then I saw it in action. It looks great on screen in my opinion. I also love the subtle differances between each lantern's uniform. Hal's looked almost like muscles, Tomar-Re's looked scaly, and Kilowog's looked like hide. The only thing is, why did Sinestro's have what looked almost like Spider-Man style webbing?
Anything would be better than First Class. But dealing with the other "Cosmic Super Hero" of the year, Thor, gives it a rather tough act to follow. I look forward to seeing it. Always thought Green Lantern was one of the more interesting DC characters.
Anything would be better than First Class. But dealing with the other "Cosmic Super Hero" of the year, Thor, gives it a rather tough act to follow. I look forward to seeing it. Always thought Green Lantern was one of the more interesting DC characters.
wow, harsh ruling on first class there! Me, I liked the movie and thought thor was a well disguised chick flick.
Green Lantern's budget (and I'm not even sure if it includes it's advertising in that) was $200 million. EDIT: the word going around is that after adding the advertising it's budget is closer to 300 million...
Pulled in 52.7 million over the weekend and had a steep drop off between Friday and Saturday (22%!!). Unless the movie has really good staying power (and with Pixar's Cars 2 coming next week and Transformers 3 coming less than a week after that) It's not looking good for a Green Lantern sequel. At least not for one with a decent budget...
Worldwide grosses were $17 Million so it had a total of about 70 million, but for a big summer tentpole feature? It really kind of underperformed.
Compare it to X-Men First Class, which opened on fewer screens and has a smaller budget (@160 million dollars) and has better word of mouth. It has a better chance of getting a sequel green lit (no pun intended).
I know people are going to talk about DVD/BluRay sales and cable rights making up the difference in the budget. Youre probably right but unless the DVD/BluRay sales do gang busters WarnerBros is probably not going to be looking at dumping another 200Mil into a project that just squeaked out a profit. A 22% DROP between Friday and Saturday? That doesnt bode well at all...
Hey when I'm wrong, I'm wrong. Still I dont see the point in a sequel with a 66% drop between the first weekend and the second but hey..
Since when have decisions made by movie producers had to make sense?
Since when have decisions made by movie producers had to make sense?I completely agree. I mean they still made another X-Men movie after the travesties that were X-Men and Wolverine.
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I enjoyed the direct to DVD animated GL movie Emerald Knights far better than the live action one.
Then again, I've always been a big believer that the best GL books were always about the GLC rather than the Lanterns themselves.
Cop show in space and all that.
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I completely agree. I mean they still made another X-Men movie after the travesties that were X-Men 3 and Wolverine.
I was just pleased that they made a film that wasn't primarily focused on Wolverine. They might as well have titled the first three "Wolverine...and those x-guys he lets hang around with him occassionally"
Just got Green Lantern Extended Cut last night. It was a much better movie than the one in the theater. The added scenes showed the parallels in both Hal's and Hector's lives and why it was inevitable they faced off in their final showdown. It is a pity they didn't show it instead of the edited one as the extra material really told the complete story.
Hahahahahahahaha.
I sat down with a friend and we watched it. We had a great time.
That said, we did totally rip it to pieces MST3K style.
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