Green Lantern
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Re: Green Lantern
I was dissapointed with the film solely because all the sci-fi elements (one of the srongest parts of many of the comics) was used for about 10 minutes TOPS in the film. Makes you wonder where that 200 million budget went to...Ryan Reynolds excersise equipment?
As for a sequel..perhaps, but they'd have to recast the lead. All I know is this: the sequel would bomb since this one is getting horrible word of mouth from everyone I've talked to (Super 8, Harry Potter, Transformers and X-Men are actually the ones to beat around here) and they should probably just wait until they have a good stroy and reboot it.
As for a sequel..perhaps, but they'd have to recast the lead. All I know is this: the sequel would bomb since this one is getting horrible word of mouth from everyone I've talked to (Super 8, Harry Potter, Transformers and X-Men are actually the ones to beat around here) and they should probably just wait until they have a good stroy and reboot it.
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Re: Green Lantern
Nope...his "body" suit was CGI, which would explain where a lot of VFX dollars went.LotsoA113 wrote:Makes you wonder where that 200 million budget went to...Ryan Reynolds excersise equipment?
They're already talking about recasting Reynolds for a sequel, and making it more audience friendly/cheaper and more accessible. Kind of like Hulk/The Incredible Hulk. WB are not ready to lose a potentially massive superhero character franchise just yet, it seems...
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I saw it last night in psuedo-Imax 3D (Ultra AVX).
Not great, but enjoyable enough. It's main issue, I thought, was deciding on its tone. It was doing okay bringing in a serious emotional plot, but kept undermining it with goofy humor. Not tons, but just enough to keep the film from striving for being a better "serious" film. Consequently, the emotional stuff (Hal dealing with his fear) came off as forced.
There were a few other wonky script issues, too, of course. But I had no problem with Reynolds. He's capable of a great performance.
As a comic fan, I did thrill to seeing Oa and the Corps realized. Pretty cool.
Better luck with GL2!
Not great, but enjoyable enough. It's main issue, I thought, was deciding on its tone. It was doing okay bringing in a serious emotional plot, but kept undermining it with goofy humor. Not tons, but just enough to keep the film from striving for being a better "serious" film. Consequently, the emotional stuff (Hal dealing with his fear) came off as forced.
There were a few other wonky script issues, too, of course. But I had no problem with Reynolds. He's capable of a great performance.
As a comic fan, I did thrill to seeing Oa and the Corps realized. Pretty cool.
Better luck with GL2!
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Re: Green Lantern
Tone was certainly one of the big issues with it. It was like it couldn't decide if it wanted to be "Fantastic Four" funny, "Iron Man" smart alecky or "Dark Knight" serious. And the pacing of the film was very uneven sometimes.
Still, it's far from terrible. As a superhero movie fan, I did get a few kicks from it. I just left wishing that it could've been better.
Still, it's far from terrible. As a superhero movie fan, I did get a few kicks from it. I just left wishing that it could've been better.
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Re: Green Lantern
For those interested in a review of the Green Lantern animated series, here's a review of the recent Blu-ray release. Color me surpised, but I loved it.
http://animatedviews.com/2014/green-lan ... ed-series/
http://animatedviews.com/2014/green-lan ... ed-series/