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Looks awesome. Kilowog @ 26 seconds! This is going to rock so hard core. For the Corps!

Get the feeling I'll be alone in this, but...it looks terrible. The special effects are horrible (though they might not be done all the proper rendering and what not). And Reynolds looks like he's just playing the usual Reynolds stuff. Not a good sign.

Yeah, colour me still unsold by this.

I am sadly unawesomed by these clips.

Really, not impressed, but considering that it's still over 7 months until release I do expect much of this to be better by then.

:-/
Fan made Nathan Fillion trailer is 10x better...

As much as I love me some Ryan Reynolds he was not the right pick for this role.

lol. I think I'll wait till it's not super terrible pixelated web footage without ET! crap interspersed before making any real judgement. Which I know, I know, means I have to hand in my nerdrage card. Ugh. Here.

I'll wait for the real trailer, because that footage just looked blurry, and w/e else goes right or wrong with this film, it's probably not going to actually be blurry.

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As much as I love me some Ryan Reynolds he was not the right pick for this role.

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I agree. I think he would have made the perfect Guy Gardner. Hal? Not so much but hey, at least he's a comic fan and wants to try to stay true to the books. I forgive him for Deadpool since he really had no say so in that but I'm going to at least give him the benefit of the doubt for this role. I've enjoyed all his other movies, even the crappy romantic comedies, plus its the best super hero ever (imho).

So if what I'm hearing is right then it's that the cocky, built, handsome dude is the worst pick to play the cocky, built, handsome fighter pilot dude?

I don't get it really. There were really only two people I figured could do this role that had the attitude, the sense of humor, the "can sometimes be a douchebag"-ness and the force of character needed for Jordon: Fillion and Reynolds. Seems perfect to me.

The problem is that Reynolds has never grown out of the whole frat boy kind of cocky acting. It's too over the top for Hal. Fillon's style of cockiness would have been MUCH better suited, since it was more reserved. A quieter, almost smug kind of cockiness.

Reynolds is perfect for Deadpool (if done right, as we saw in the first half of Wolverine) with that kind of style. Not so much for Hal, especially the way he's doing it here.

I hope the one second jump cuts are not reflected in the film. I am damn near dizzy from watching that. I need to get home to hear what it sounds like.

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The problem is that Reynolds has never grown out of the whole frat boy kind of cocky acting. It's too over the top for Hal. Fillon's style of cockiness would have been MUCH better suited, since it was more reserved. A quieter, almost smug kind of cockiness.

Reynolds is perfect for Deadpool (if done right, as we saw in the first half of Wolverine) with that kind of style. Not so much for Hal, especially the way he's doing it here.

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You mean in the two scenes, roughly totaling about 1 second, where he speaks?

I swear, people are getting even quicker and quicker to judge these days.

*Edit: Sorry, three scenes. Probably about 2 seconds.

No, it's just that Reynolds doesn't seem to be able to break that character and it's not a fit for Hal. I got to agree, he's a better fit for Deadpool.

I'm glad I came in here. Not knowing much about Green Lantern but being a big fan of Reynolds, I probably would have been suckered in by the two or three seconds of him and gone to see this movie, like the millions of others just like me. Now I can skip the whole thing and not bother with Green Lantern at all.

The comics probably suck anyway.

Fun Size said:

I'm glad I came in here. Not knowing much about Green Lantern but being a big fan of Reynolds, I probably would have been suckered in by the two or three seconds of him and gone to see this movie, like the millions of others just like me. Now I can skip the whole thing and not bother with Green Lantern at all.

The comics probably suck anyway.

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You were almost suckered into seeing it! Oh snap!

I know, right? Then I would have invariably started reading the books and all that rot like I always do. Totally dodged a bullet that time.

And what if you had liked the movie??? I mean, that would have been embarrassing.

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I agree. I think he would have made the perfect Guy Gardner. Hal? Not so much but hey, at least he's a comic fan and wants to try to stay true to the books. I forgive him for Deadpool since he really had no say so in that but I'm going to at least give him the benefit of the doubt for this role. I've enjoyed all his other movies, even the crappy romantic comedies, plus its the best super hero ever (imho).[/QUOTE]

I keep hearing people saying he would make a good Guy Gardner, but I think Kyle Rayner would be a closer approximation of the typical Ryan Reynolds stereotypical acting ability.

Cocky, smart-mouthed artistic-type versus smug violent asshole.

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I have a bad feeling about this.

Ryan Reynolds is not Hal Jordan. I agree that the "frat boy" cockiness is completely wrong. Hal needs test pilot cockiness. Think of Yeager and the astronauts in The Right Stuff -- THAT is Hal Jordan.

Maybe they will surprise me and prove me wrong. I hope so. But that footage should be making my GL Fangirl self squee with glee, but it mostly makes me want to cry.

:sigh: At least we have the animated movie.

The official trailer.

I'm still not buying Ryan Reynolds as Hal in the trailer. But it looks like we'll get some GL Corps. I will deal with this portrayal of Hal Jordan if I get lots of Kilowog and Salaak. Major bonus points if I get Leezle Pon and Dkrtzy RRR!

There was enough in the trailer not to judge the whole move, but at least Reynolds basically doing the same thing he does in every movie. Basically, it's the whole "I KNOW, RIGHT!?" that bugs me.

Still, this is meant to be early Hal, who's a hotshot flyboy.

Most of my beef is how terrible the effects for the movie look. But as we've said, they might not be done yet. But if that's what we're getting, it's not looking good.

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I'm just not impressed with what they're showing. Doesn't help that there is only one construct shown in the trailer and thats a green fist/boxing glove (can't really tell another thing that makes me underwhelmed).

What is it with the 3-D spfx that they seem so dim in most movies. I think Avatar is the only one that had good looking "glow" effects. That fist looks like it came out of M. Night S********'s The Last Airbender.

He seems a lot more like Kyle than Hal in that trailer. The uncertainty of whether he is capable of living up the legacy was a far, far larger part of Kyle's character than Hal's. Hal's flaw was more about trying to balance the responsibilities of being a lantern with his own personal drive for glory, which is kind of the opposite. Hal ejecting when he has engine trouble in his bird seems a bit out of character.

Still not sold on the visuals so far. Seems very...toy-like.

Both could be the fault of the trailer, though. We still haven't seen very much.

I downloaded the 1080p version from Apple and threw it up on my HDTV and... it looks damn nice. The effects look WAY better on a bigger screen (as is very often the case). In fact when I first watched the trailer I went... meh, then after watching it on my TV I went... well alright! That looks more like it.

Personally the trailer is a little to... snappy and poppy, but it's for a broad audience so thats what you get. It was very Iron Man. Thats probably a smart thing.

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Ditto.

The effect are better then in the previous trailers... but they still could use more work.

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Yeah... meh.

What am I missing that I don't give a crap about Ryan Reynolds? He was pretty funny as Wade in Wolverine, but everything I've seen him in makes me think he's only alright. And from what very little I've seen here, this movie's not going to be an exception.

Hannibal King?

Jiarn said:

Hannibal King?

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Feces?

Really? I thought it was his best role to date.

Ryan Reynolds was quite good in Adventureland at playing a pretty low-key, unglamorous, bad person (not in a lovable scamp way really) role.

Having no knowledge of the Green Lantern other than it has a ring and is weak against the color yellow, I thought the trailer looked pretty slick/cool/good and I'm interested.

Hm, haven't seen Adventure Land.

http://io9.com/#!5788299/watch-the-green-lantern-footage-that-tore-the-roof-off-wondercon

New Green Lantern trailer and it looks great.

That looks much better.

What a shock! People hate a bit of unfinished footage they saw almost a year ago, then suddenly amazed by the real finished product!

-wink-

I stated when I saw the initial footage that I was "unimpressed" but expected it to be better when released. It's looking much better. I still have some doubts about Ryan Reynolds as Hal, but I'm more than willing to see the final product.

(yes, I know that you are poking fun at the "masses" that were all "Worst. Movie. Ever." But I'm just kinda tired and waiting on some warm water for my shower right now... )

Woaaaaaaaaaah...

It's on the list now.

I still think the CGI costume looks fake. The movie might be good despite that, though.

The costume looks terrible. Really, really terrible and that's not even taking into account the mask, which I hope we never see beyond that scene because, well, JESUS.

I find myself completely and utterly astounded by the amount of people who frequent this forum who know Test Pilots and the stereotypical personality they should have.

Docseverin said:

I find myself completely and utterly astounded by the amount of people who frequent this forum who know Test Pilots and the stereotypical personality they should have.

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We've all seen The Right Stuff. We are experts.

Frankie Williamson said:

The costume looks terrible. Really, really terrible and that's not even taking into account the mask, which I hope we never see beyond that scene because, well, JESUS.

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I find myself completely and utterly astounded by the amount of people who frequent this forum who know Test Pilots and the stereotypical personality they should have.

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I think it's more that we know what Hal Jordan is supposed to be like, and what we've seen so far in the trailers really isn't Hal, it's Kyle. They really should have gone with that guy whose name I forget who was a minor recurring character on Ryan Reynolds' old show and hasn't done anything of note, since.

As

SpecialKO said:

I think it's more that we know what Hal Jordan is supposed to be like, and what we've seen so far in the trailers really isn't Hal, it's Kyle. They really should have gone with that guy whose name I forget who was a minor recurring character on Ryan Reynolds' old show and hasn't done anything of note, since.

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As a ling time GL reader I don't understand the complaints. He seems pretty spot on Hal to me. Also I think the costume is looking better and better the more I see it in motion. All in all I'm really looking forward to this after the con footage.

Espy said:

As a ling time GL reader I don't understand the complaints. He seems pretty spot on Hal to me. Also I think the costume is looking better and better the more I see it in motion. All in all I'm really looking forward to this after the con footage.

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A huge part of Hal's character in comics has primarily been about hiding his insecurities by driving himself in public as far as possible. It's why he has a rep in the comics with crashing planes instead of ejecting from them. He's a hotshot pilot because he truly does not give a damn about something as mundane as his own personal safety in light of his internal demons that he doesn't tell anyone about. Becoming Green Lantern was about tempering his impulses to dive head first and ask questions later.

I just don't see any of that in the footage we've seen so far. This version of Hal seems to be practically crippled with self-doubt and tentativeness. The only time we ever saw Hal Jordan like that was after he
If they want to do a movie about Kyle Rayner as GL, that's cool. Kyle is awesome. He was my generation's GL. He was exactly the kind of self-doubting, emotionally-crippled, naive little twerp that Ryan Reynolds appears to be playing, and his GL story is about how he forced himself to grow up and step into the ring, so to speak. This just looks like they couldn't make up their minds.

It is interesting what people pull out of 2 or 3 minutes of footage isn't it?

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It is interesting what people pull out of 2 or 3 minutes of footage isn't it?

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Hey, if they want my $13, it's up to them to convince me.

Fair enough.

If you want comic book Hal, go read the comics. If you want to watch a movie based on the Green Lantern comics, then see this movie. It's not what Hal is supposed to be like, it's how the actors and directors hired to do this brought the characters to screen.

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If you want to watch a movie based on the Green Lantern comics, then see this movie.

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Again, that's their case to make.
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By that logic, Daredevil, the Last Airbender, Elektra, Catwoman, and Wanted were the best we could have gotten, and the complainers should have stopped complaining if they wanted to see them brought to screen.

Docseverin said:

If you want comic book Hal, go read the comics. If you want to watch a movie based on the Green Lantern comics, then see this movie. It's not what Hal is supposed to be like, it's how the actors and directors hired to do this brought the characters to screen.

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It's almost like this is an adaption of some source material interpreted in a different media... crazy!
But really, this is getting dumb now. If the couple of minutes of footage has someone convinced that Reynolds, Campball and some weird dude they have consulting with them (I mean, who the heck is "Geoff Johns"? Does this guy even know anything about Hal Jordan???) just don't see Hal the way they see Hal then don't go.
Me, I'm looking forward to it because so far, as a big GL nerd, it looks pretty spot on. Except for the mask which still looks weird and fakey.

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Again, that's their case to make.

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I dunno, it looks like a GL movie based on comic book source material. Pretty strong case that this is a GL movie based on the comic book. But is is only 3 or so minutes of footage, it could all be leading to a romcom with Reynolds playing a dude named Hal Jordan.

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I dunno, it looks like a GL movie based on comic book source material. Pretty strong case that this is a GL movie based on the comic book. But is is only 3 or so minutes of footage, it could all be leading to a romcom with Reynolds playing a dude named Hal Jordan.

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I hear that after he becomes GL the rest of the movie is him dealing with having fallen in love with his best friends girl.

Hey, it's your money. Go ahead and spend it.

This trailer has me interested in the movie again. Looks kinda sweet.

Baerdog said:

This trailer has me interested in the movie again. Looks kinda sweet.

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Yeah I just showed the con footage to my wife who didn't care for the first trailer, she thought it looked really good.

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Maybe it's just me, but I honestly think the movie's special effects looks horrible. Most of that thought is coming from Parallax, the evil cloud...thing; you know, like Galactus in the second Fantastic Four movie! That's not a good comparison they want going into this.

But yeah, I don't know. It's just way too much CGI for my liking. Too much uncanny valley going on.

To respond to the old discussion about Reynolds not acting like Hal Jordan? Well, they could've had the bland, boring, cardboard cutout personality that Jordan has in the comics.

The good folks at WB agree with you Nick, hence the 9 million they're pouring into the movie last minute to improve the CG.

If they make Parallax not look like movie Galactus, that'd be a big improvement.

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But yeah, I don't know. It's just way too much CGI for my liking. Too much uncanny valley going on.

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Personally the uncanny valley is what it needs to make it look like it's an actual RL comic book.

As for Paralax looking like Galactus? I have to disagree with that. All the trailers show Paralax having a face and appendages form in the "mass".

The reviews are rolling in...

and they are brutal.

Yeah, the best reviews I've read say that it spends far to much time focused on a laborious interpretation of the Hero's Journey rather than giving us Space Epic, which is often the case with first superhero films, you know, the whole reluctant hero thing blahblahblah.

Well, Ebert only gave it 2.5 stars and said it was better than Thor so... we shall see. Me and the wife already have plans to go see it tonight. I expect to enjoy a lot of it but that I'll agree with the majority on it, that it's not going to focus on the right places, ie, the action/epic GL.

So Rotten tomatoes has a 61 point differential between audience like and the tomato meter. Now I don't know what to think.

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So Rotten tomatoes has a 61 point differential between audience like and the tomato meter. Now I don't know what to think.

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I guess if you are a GL fan or a RR fan it's a check it out yourself situation. I always knew GL would be one of the hardest to sell to... well, anyone really, but it will be interesting to see Martin Campbells translation to the screen. I'm still excited because... well dammit, aside from Bats, this is the hero I've most wanted to see on the big screen. I guess I will report back tomorrow and let you know what a big GL fan thought.

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.

Sigh...

They screwed it up. They screwed it up majorly.

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.

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Sigh...

They screwed it up. They screwed it up majorly.

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You saw it?

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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.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/escape-to-the-movies/3557-Green-Lantern

"No, this is STEEL bad."

He compared it with Steel. STEEL!

Dear god, it's really that bad, isn't it?

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. All in all I was very very disappointed.

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http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/escape-to-the-movies/3557-Green-Lantern

"No, this is STEEL bad."

He compared it with Steel. STEEL!

Dear god, it's really that bad, isn't it?

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Steel didn't cost near $300M, so if it's bad, it doesn't necessarily have to be THAT bad.

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.

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.

I'm seeing it tonight with the Father in Law. If it's really that bad, I'll just take a nap.

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.

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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.

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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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.

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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.

Lantern fight!

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Lantern fight!

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I now have Mortal Kombat playing in my head.

Vast Sweeping Changes:

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

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.

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

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

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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

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.

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.

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

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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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.

Newsarama seems to think it's ok: http://www.newsarama.com/film/green-lantern-film-review-110616.html

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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.

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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.

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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).

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

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!!!!

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...

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

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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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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Who did you NSFW to get in for that?

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Who did you NSFW to get in for that?

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"bang for buck-off"?

I agree with Espy regarding superhero fatigue. Growing up with comic books even I'm getting tired of all the super hero movies. I don't plan on seeing Green Lantern in theaters (did catch Thor and XMen First Class) but if it were the only super hero movie coming out this summer I'd be in line. My problem with DC is their universe. Marvel's characters are rooted in our universe and I can connect with SpiderMan swinging through the streets of New York. With Superman and Batman I get knocked out of the movie when they mention Metropolis or Gotham. And Green Lantern just doesn't relate to me in the same sense that Iron Man did. Make mine Marvel.

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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.

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Well it's not even out here yet...

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Who did you NSFW to get in for that?

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There is a theater in McKinney that Matinee is $3.50 a flick (new stuff and $2 extra for 3D) and $5.00 for after 6pm. It is awesome.
They just refurnish the seat. It is very comfy kinda like those plush leather chair.

Such a terrible...terrible movie.

I do have to say:

I was entertained.

I did roll my eyes whenever the leader of a multi-billion dollar company wore a Target party dress, and wore her hair like a school girl...

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I do have to say:

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I actually preferred the Parallax origin from the movies to the one in the comics, IE, the "yellow imperfection". It kind of took the origin of the manhunters and the origin of Parallax and smooshed them together. Seeing as Parallax as an entity was only introduced to absolve Hal Jordan of his actions in Emerald Twilight, the creature's origins were always balls to begin with. I like the idea of it being a Frankenstien's monster coming back to haunt the guardians for their hubris (much like the manhunters).

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Bowielee said:

I do have to say:

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I actually preferred the Parallax origin from the movies to the one in the comics, IE, the "yellow imperfection". It kind of took the origin of the manhunters and the origin of Parallax and smooshed them together. Seeing as Parallax as an entity was only introduced to absolve Hal Jordan of his actions in Emerald Twilight, the creature's origins were always balls to begin with. I like the idea of it being a Frankenstien's monster coming back to haunt the guardians for their hubris (much like the manhunters).

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Me too. I thought it worked quite well.

It had too much going on with it, the effects were terrible, the characters bland, and the plots ridiculous. All in all...just a terrible movie.

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Yes?

Saw it!

LittleSin said:

Saw it!

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Nice review

Espy said:

Nice review

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Thanks. I decided I wanted to talk rather then type...so there we are.

It was a good review. You carry yourself well in it, intelligent and thoughtful.

I fucking HATED it. I can't think of anything I liked about it. Juuuuust guuuoah. It was TERRIBLE looking. Just awful.

I'm pretty sure he murdered someone by accident and got away with it scott free. Good hero.

I can't even put together how bad of a time I had watching it. Maybe I'll focus some thoughts and try to get together exactly why I hated it.

Frankie Williamson said:

I fucking HATED it. I can't think of anything I liked about it. Juuuuust guuuoah. It was TERRIBLE looking. Just awful.

I'm pretty sure he murdered someone by accident and got away with it scott free. Good hero.

I can't even put together how bad of a time I had watching it. Maybe I'll focus some thoughts and try to get together exactly why I hated it.

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No need. I know exactly what you are saying, and I agree. I am a big fan of GL, but this movie was complete shit.

LittleSin said:

Saw it!

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LittleSin, the only reason I want to see this movie is because of your review.

Steve said:

LittleSin, the only reason I want to see this movie is because of your review.

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Aw. That's sweet.

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LOL, awesome.

Sin, that hat is totally bitchin'.

One thing that has bothered me about a few comic inspired films lately...

sixpackshaker said:

One thing that has bothered me about a few comic inspired films lately...

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Is how the villains are a lot like the target audience. Megamind and Green Lantern fall into this. Both villains are shy awkward people that dote on the leading lady. That get superpowers then they get revenge on everyone because they were different little flowers...

Thanks for reinforcing the stereotype that the person without the best social skills is going to end up killing everyone around.

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I get what you're saying (although in Megamind that character really seemed like your average 4chan-dweller on the surface), but I don't think geeks are the target audience. They're going for mainstream, so they can make a lot of money.

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Sin, that hat is totally bitchin'.

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Fact: I put that hat on to cover up the fact that my roots were showing. I dyed my hair red in May.

Yet I've mentioned time and again it wasn't the comic tweaks or changes that truly made this a horrid film for most of the people I've spoken with.... seriously can anyone give any reason why he
Seriously that's just TERRIBLE scripting.

I'd also like to point out that my entire exposure to Green Lantern stuff has been the Justice League cartoon and the animated movies that have been made. I'm not a fan by any means.

This bugged the shit out of me:

Jiarn said:

Yet I've mentioned time and again it wasn't the comic tweaks or changes that truly made this a horrid film for most of the people I've spoken with.... seriously can anyone give any reason why he

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1. Had to go to Oa to ask the Guardians for permission to fight Paralaxx?
He was already going to do it, they were already not going to bother stopping him. It seemed like nothing but a platform for killing time and fitting in a speech they couldn't fit anywherelse.

2.He also called them all cowards and told them not to use the power of Fear, yet he had no idea that's what they were plotting as he was nowhere around when Sinestro made that decision and brought it up.
Did they completely miss/forget that during the writing?

3. Don't even get me started on the throw away character they created for no purpose other than to have GL knock him around and get knocked around by him for a bit.
Barely enough character development in this film and they spend HALF the film on that throwaway? Really?

Seriously that's just TERRIBLE scripting.

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So then I'm right, that's disappointing. (Though thank you for clearing it up) I really REALLY (as you can tell by my avatar) am loving the Green Lantern mythos. I'm just really disappointed in what could have continued the really great DC films that the new Batman sagas started.

I wouldn't count it out yet. I have recently discovered that only a very small percentage of box office comes
from North America.

Have you ever seen a terrible movie that, for some reason, a few years later got a sequel? The reason is because it did wonderfully in Europe and Asia, thus the production studio makes back more then it put into the movie. The result of this is a sequel that no one really expected or asked for.

In this case I hope that's what happens. Establishing films are always the hardest films to make.

Reading these posts, I'm sometimes glad that I watch all these things at home, where I can enjoy a Blu-Ray perhaps packed with the deleted stuff that they should have left in so we can know what the %#$* is going on.

Plus, I get to continue burning through trades to catch up on all this.

You may know him better as Pie

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Face... Pieface... at least get the racially demeaning epitaphs right.

I cant believe that they are trying to say that they are backing a sequal to this crap, especially after its tank at the box office.

And yes, there is over seas money, but this still wont make it up. it had a much too inflated budget, and an even larger advertising budget (talk of way over 300+ million)

And it was such a shitty move, to boot. And no, I do not mind the character changes from comics, that comes with the territory. I expect that, and I love the GL books and mythos. hen I cannot bring myse fo give a shit about the characters on the screen, then the movie fails at the most basic of levels...even more so when Iwent in caring about them!

Jiarn said:

Yet I've mentioned time and again it wasn't the comic tweaks or changes that truly made this a horrid film for most of the people I've spoken with.... seriously can anyone give any reason why he

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1. Had to go to Oa to ask the Guardians for permission to fight Paralaxx?
He was already going to do it, they were already not going to bother stopping him. It seemed like nothing but a platform for killing time and fitting in a speech they couldn't fit anywherelse.

2.He also called them all cowards and told them not to use the power of Fear, yet he had no idea that's what they were plotting as he was nowhere around when Sinestro made that decision and brought it up.
Did they completely miss/forget that during the writing?

3. Don't even get me started on the throw away character they created for no purpose other than to have GL knock him around and get knocked around by him for a bit.
Barely enough character development in this film and they spend HALF the film on that throwaway? Really?

Seriously that's just TERRIBLE scripting.

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Actually, for #1,

We saw it last night. I'm not a big GL comic book fan. I think I may have read two GL comic books ever. I had some problems with the story dealing mostly with Sinestro (and it's stuff that LittleSin pointed out in her review). It wasn't a terrible movie. I do think there have been better superhero flicks out there though.