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sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

I still have some high hopes for the movie. It is a big, dumb, Hollywood, comic-book movie... There should not really be much for the critics to like.

Now I have to hope that the Green Arrow movie that is in production, does not totally suck. The notes I've read on it do not sound too promising.
 
KCWM

KCWM

I'm seeing this tonight with my wife. I'm neither a GL hater or fan, so I'm going in with an open mind. I'll post my thoughts when I get home around 10p CST.
 
filmfanatic

filmfanatic

Espy said:
You saw it?
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Midnight screening.

It was terrible. It went too quickly, the editing is chopping, characters were not fully-realized, you have BAD performances that crop in (I'm looking at you, Blake Lively as Carol Ferris). The one thing I could think of as good was Mark Strong as Sinestro, and even then I don't feel his character was written to his full potential (although his performance as Sinestro as great). It pains me more because I've read an early draft of the script for the film and that early draft would have been a better movie than this film.
 
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Jiarn

It really was terrible sadly. filmfanatic pretty much nailed it.

The script was just god awful. I can't put it into better words than that. There were entire scenes that made NO sense at ALL.
Hal's journey to Oa just to say he was going to take on Paralaxx alone? What was the point?
All in all I was very very disappointed.
 
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Jiarn

The effects were the "only" good thing about this film. I can't find any other redeeming qualities. This is coming from a non-comic fan's opinion as well. My wife pointed out how alot of the plot made no sense, entire scenes/characters were pointless and how it was boring in many parts.
 
filmfanatic

filmfanatic

If any of you want to check out that first draft script and see the Green Lantern film that could have been (and I think at least should have), PM me.
 
Norris

Norris

I liked it. Was it great? No. But it was a fine movie.*

*Note that this opinion is proffered by someone who has been reading all Green Lantern titles pretty much since Johns relaunched the book a few years back and therefore could give back-stories of even the unnamed background cameos. His enjoyment have been enhanced by that detailed knowledge of the source material.

filmfanatic said:
If any of you want to check out that first draft script and see the Green Lantern film that could have been (and I think at least should have), PM me.
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That draft, assuming we have access to the same one, wasn't that different from what we got. Like...at all, really. A few character changes, the ending was a bit different, but still pretty much what we got.

Unless you mean the Robert Smigel script, in which case....I wouldn't even have words.
 
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Jiarn

As a fan of the comics, I found it even more insulting actually.... they vast sweeping changes on just about every character. The negligible screen time of much more interesting characters to spend half the film on a character that didn't mean anything and the fact that almost all source material was thrown to the winds....
 
filmfanatic

filmfanatic

Norris said:
Unless you mean the Robert Smigel script, in which case....I wouldn't even have words.
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Trust me, NOT the Robert Smigel script. Avoid that script. Yes, the one I'm talking about is similar, but it did a better job in how it told the story and how the characters were. It just felt like better material that more strongly captured Green Lantern in my opinion.
 
Norris

Norris

Jiarn said:
As a fan of the comics, I found it even more insulting actually.... they vast sweeping changes on just about every character. The negligible screen time of much more interesting characters to spend half the film on a character that didn't mean anything and the fact that almost all source material was thrown to the winds....
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Saying almost all the source material was thrown out is overstating it. To the Nth degree. The Reb Brown Captain America movies threw out the source material. The Catwoman movie threw out the source material. Superman: Flyby would have thrown out the source material. This took liberties, as all comic flicks do.

The biggest change was Parallax. Less emotional entity of fear more corrupted Guardian turned into the bastard kid of Parallax and a sun eater. I will give you that, but it also kind of worked for the movie. I will agree that Hector Hammond was a little useless. I see what they were trying to do there, but it didn't come off nearly as well as it could have. They also changed up his origin and made him not confined to a chair, but I don't personally mind those changes.

Hal, Carol, and Killowog were pretty much bang on their modern characterizations, though Ryan Reynolds made Hal a bit more sarcastic than he's shown in the comics (though sarcasm and text media really don't compliment each other). Sinestro was PERFECT. True believer in the cause of the GLC, corrupted by taking it all too far. Loved the sequel hook.

Can you give me an example of the "vast sweeping changes" or "source material [being] thrown to the winds" besides Parallax/Hector Hammond (and Amanda Waller to an extent)?
 
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Jiarn

Vast Sweeping Changes:
This Hal Jordan was a scared of everything. Constantly in a state of fear wherever he went. Quite a bit off from the man "Who can overcome great fear" due to his childhood trauma.
Sinestro: A good guy through and through who wants to save his fellow lanterns harnessing the power of fear so the Guardians create a yellow ring. Then for no reason at all, after the evil has been conquered and stopped, grabs the Yellow Ring anyway after it's obviously the weaker of the two powers. Quite a bit off from the manical tyrant that enslaved his own sector and ruled it like a monster, who is captured and placed in confinement where he learns to harness the power of Fear on his own, getting a ring of power crafted in another planet by other aliens.

That's just the main two. I could go on and on about the "Lost Guardian" and the Guardians themselves.
 
LittleSin

LittleSin

Oh god guys..I'm hearing such bad things.

I am a huge Green Lantern fan I have been WAITING for this movie...and now I am terrified to go see it.

I have a feeling this is gonig to repeat the heartbreak that was Dragon Ball Evolution.
 
Espy

Espy

Just saw it. I don't know what the hell people are talking about. My wife loved it. I thought it was a hell of a lot of fun and a good intro movie. The changes they made, few as they were, fit the movie. It wasn't perfect but it was almost Iron Man good, in my opinion of course :p

Now I'm off to drinks and food! Go see it sin!
 
KCWM

KCWM

Espy said:
Just saw it. I don't know what the hell people are talking about. My wife loved it. I thought it was a hell of a lot of fun and a good intro movie. The changes they made, few as they were, fit the movie. It wasn't perfect but it was almost Iron Man good, in my opinion of course :p

Now I'm off to drinks and food! Go see it sin!
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I'm in the same spot as Espy. It was a fun movie and takes liberties like any comic movie does. It has hype that Superman and Batman don't because we haven't had, for better or worse, Green Lanterns movies popping up periodically over the last two decades. There are a lot of expectations going into this movie. I'm not a Ryan Reynolds fan at all...really can't stand the guy in any movie I've seen, except for this one. I thought he played the part well. Is it groundbreaking? No. Is it the best comic movie this year? No. Is it worth the price of admission and fun to just relax and watch? Hell yes.

I've watched True Grit on Tuesday and this on Friday. I'd watch Green Latern over True Grit any day of the week...in an instant.
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

I loved the film, personally. I thought the changes were appropriate for film adaptation, though I do agree that Hector Hammond could have been left out entirely. I honestly don't see how it was considered so bad.
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Also, If they make a sequel, I'd definitely love to see more Angela Bassett as Amanda Waller.
 
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Jiarn

Really wish I had seen the same film you guys did, even taking the comic to movie stuff out of it, I found it so badly done :(
 
sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

One thing I read was the SPFX team fell behind and they cut up the job to 3 other companies. That is one of the main reasons that it was so far over budget. Hopefully it will make enough money that they can make the Sinestro story with enough time and effort to make a superior product.
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

sixpackshaker said:
One thing I read was the SPFX team fell behind and they cut up the job to 3 other companies. That is one of the main reasons that it was so far over budget. Hopefully it will make enough money that they can make the Sinestro story with enough time and effort to make a superior product.
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As with most super hero series, if there's a second one, odds are it will be better than the first. As I've always said in the past, the second movie in a super hero series is usually the best because they already got all the exposition of the origin out of the way in the first film.
 
Espy

Espy

Bowielee said:
As with most super hero series, if there's a second one, odds are it will be better than the first. As I've always said in the past, the second movie in a super hero series is usually the best because they already got all the exposition of the origin out of the way in the first film.
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Yeah. Although I will say, I thought they did more exposition than I would prefer, but my wife thought the mythology was awesome and wanted more information and history of the GL's so maybe they made the right choice.
Overall my biggest complaint was we needed less time on earth and more time in space with the GL's. The film was to much Iron Man and not enough Star Wars. It was still an effective origin story though so... we are looking forward to the next one.
As for some of the nit picks people are having... I've been reading GL for over 20 years. I could have nit-picked the SHIT out of that movie. Why didn't I? Why did I just enjoy it instead? I don't know. Maybe in my old age I'm just not caring as much about things that don't make a big difference when they translate something. So I don't disagree with the things people who didn't like the changes from the comic but... I guess they just didn't matter to me as much.
Ebert gave it 2.5, I would have given it 3 stars but I understand why he did. Not only are the critics in superhero movie fatigue but it's a tough mythology to sell people on. He nails that though and the silliness of it but embraced the fact that they embraced that and didn't shy away from it but gave it their all.

sixpackshaker said:
One thing I read was the SPFX team fell behind and they cut up the job to 3 other companies.
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That happens on most big vfx films (Also, if I may nerd out: "special" Effects are practical. ie, real effects, what you and I are talking about are VFX,Visual Effects meaning CGI and compositing, etc).
 
sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

GL made $52.7 million was expected to make $55 million. Now this writer is deeming it a flop already... Sheesh that seems to be within statistical variances. The writer is even claiming that they have a long way to go to make up the budget... all with out stating the over seas take for the film.

It could only be 2-3 weeks from making the budget back and DVD/BluRay sales should easily push this past the investment.

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.reuters.com/green-lantern-falls-short-box-office-reuters
 
Covar

Covar

yes but the movie industry is stupid in that way. If it doesn't make ZOMG money in the first weekend it's doomed. DOOMED!!!!
 
Espy

Espy

Of course it will make it's money back, and it's barely shy of XMen's opening weekend I believe. The biggest problem is that it's gonna drop hard the next few weeks since there are some HUGE films coming out every weekend coming up. I honestly, as someone who finds himself in general consensus with the critics, cannot understand the response to this film. I have a feeling it might have to do with superhero movie fatigue though...
 
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Chibibar

Wife and I saw it. It wasn't too bad, but it wasn't great either :(

But it was a good popcorn flick and didn't mind paying $3.50 a person to go see it :)
 
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Jiarn

I think I made some pretty solid points on why there's so much negative backlash on the film. I made an effort to point out the non "comicbook to movie" flaws as well. It just wasn't that good as a film and it's getting panned for it. I for one am kind of hoping there isn't a GL 2 and it goes the way of Daredevil, Elektra etc.

That coming from a new GL fan that's been reading as much as he can about the mythos for the past few months. I'd have loved to have seen an amazing GL film become a series, but with what's been set up in this first film, I don't want sequels based on this.
 
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