Author Topic: Green Latern: It's actually really good! lol not really (Read 4690 times)

Great Rumbler · « **on:** June 15, 2011, 04:14:53 PM »

Quote from: New York Observer

Even in the brainless world of cinematic comic books gone bad, it's as bad as it gets -- a dumb, pointless, ugly, moronic and incomprehensible jumble of botched effects, technical blunders, and cluttered chaos.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/green_lantern/

22%, 4.6/10 average. Only 27 reviews so far, but it's not like the movie's going to pull some huge turnaround when more reviews come in.

Mupepe · « **Reply #1 on:** June 15, 2011, 04:17:05 PM »

The trailer is so fucking boring and as a Ryan Reynolds fanboy, he looks terrible in this role. I asked my wife if we're just getting older because the trailer does absolutely nothing for me and it seems like something only a 12 year old could find interesting.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #2 on:** June 15, 2011, 06:07:08 PM »

Is this the shitty looking movie with Seth Rogen in it?

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #3 on:** June 15, 2011, 07:34:46 PM »

Quote from: The Experiment on June 15, 2011, 06:07:08 PM

Is this the shitty looking movie with Seth Rogen in it?

No you're thinking about that Green Bee movie.

Stoney Mason · « **Reply #4 on:** June 15, 2011, 08:27:59 PM »

Quote from: Mupepe on June 15, 2011, 04:17:05 PM

I asked my wife if we're just getting older because the trailer does absolutely nothing for me and it seems like something only a 12 year old could find interesting.

Outside of maybe half a dozen superhero movies ever that's my take on the entire genre.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #5 on:** June 15, 2011, 09:05:49 PM »

I'll just re-read Blackest Night instead.

Diunx · « **Reply #6 on:** June 15, 2011, 09:15:23 PM »

I knew this was gonna be crap as soon as they casted shit reynolds.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #7 on:** June 15, 2011, 09:34:03 PM »

there sure have been a lot of posts about this movie, despite no-one professing to give a shit about it

The Sceneman · « **Reply #8 on:** June 15, 2011, 09:34:35 PM »

yeah, just another mess of incomprehensible CGI and bullshit. Who keeps paying to go see these garbage films? What happened to good movies? I remember moviegoing in the 90's so fondly. You'd go to a film, and it would be awesome. You'd see shit like Johnny Mnemonic and Broken Arrow and stuff. Shit films still came out of course but action flicks were generally a safe bet.

fistfulofmetal · « **Reply #9 on:** June 15, 2011, 09:55:05 PM »

i think i'm gonna spent my 6 bucks and rent Trollhunter on demand this weekend

tiesto · « **Reply #10 on:** June 15, 2011, 10:09:43 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on June 15, 2011, 09:34:35 PM

yeah, just another mess of incomprehensible CGI and bullshit. Who keeps paying to go see these garbage films? What happened to good movies? I remember moviegoing in the 90's so fondly. You'd go to a film, and it would be awesome. You'd see shit like Johnny Mnemonic and Broken Arrow and stuff. Shit films still came out of course but action flicks were generally a safe bet.

Broken Arrow

pilonv1 · « **Reply #11 on:** June 15, 2011, 10:41:15 PM »

shocking news

cool breeze · « **Reply #12 on:** June 15, 2011, 10:53:18 PM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on June 15, 2011, 09:34:03 PM

there sure have been a lot of posts about this movie, despite no-one professing to give a shit about it

http://www.theonion.com/video/green-lantern-to-fulfill-americas-wish-to-see-lant,20741/

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13 on:** June 15, 2011, 11:18:35 PM »

It's just amazing how much money is being spent on movies that are filled with incomprehensible action scenes, shaky CG, flat acting, and awful dialog/plot.

cool breeze · « **Reply #14 on:** June 15, 2011, 11:24:18 PM »

for a second there I thought I was in a Tron Legacy thread

The Sceneman · « **Reply #15 on:** June 15, 2011, 11:26:29 PM »

I mean how hard is it to storyboard comprehensible action sequences? I'm talking coherency in the characters movements, a gauge of distance between them and their obstacles and opponents. Basic stuff which was in every fucking action film last century. Now it's all just close ups on shit, you can never figure out wtf is going on.

Very few CGI-athons have had well laid out action sequences. They were done well in Speed Racer and GI Joe, so I know it can be done. I guess it just comes down to ineptitude, and the fact that movie productions have SFX staff numbers in the multiple hundreds, thus "too many cooks in the kitchen"

The Sceneman · « **Reply #16 on:** June 15, 2011, 11:27:19 PM »

Quote from: Linkzg on June 15, 2011, 11:24:18 PM

for a second there I thought I was in a Tron Legacy thread

hmmm. Tron was actually quite good visually, I thought. I'll add that to my list. That makes 3 WHOLE MOVIES

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #17 on:** June 15, 2011, 11:35:28 PM »

Quote from: The Sceneman on June 15, 2011, 11:27:19 PM

Quote from: Linkzg on June 15, 2011, 11:24:18 PM
for a second there I thought I was in a Tron Legacy thread

hmmm. Tron was actually quite good visually, I thought. I'll add that to my list. That makes 3 WHOLE MOVIES

Avatar. Not ENOUGH action scenes, frankly, but those few were actually really good and really well laid out.

ManaByte · « **Reply #18 on:** June 16, 2011, 12:42:06 PM »

http://us.wwe.com/inside/wwefeaturepage/wwe-lanterns

Diunx · « **Reply #19 on:** June 16, 2011, 03:29:01 PM »

Solo annihilated.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #20 on:** June 16, 2011, 06:12:29 PM »

Quote from: Peter Travers

Green Lantern is a new primer on how not to make a comicbook movie unless you want to screw shit up. Flat FX, smirky acting, clunky writing and clueless direction. WTF?

Quote from: NPR

Gleefully pulpy dialogue that evaporates on the comics page -- lines like, "You can't give in to fear! I know what it's like to be afraid to be afraid!" -- land with a series of heavy wet thuds on the cement floor of the cineplex.

Quote from: New York Daily News

More "Daredevil" than "Dark Knight."

Quote from: Roger Ebert

"Green Lantern" does not intend to be plausible. It intends to be a sound-and-light show, assaulting the audience with sensational special effects. If that's what you want, that's what you get.

Quote from: Minneapolis Star Tribune

A mind-numbing, misguided pandemonium that ranks as the biggest comic book misfire since "Batman & Robin" battled Poison Ivy.

Quote from: New York Times

"Green Lantern" is bad.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #21 on:** June 16, 2011, 07:23:16 PM »

Ouch

ManaByte · « **Reply #22 on:** June 16, 2011, 07:32:53 PM »

Quote

"Green Lantern" does not intend to be plausible.

No shit.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #23 on:** June 16, 2011, 07:44:32 PM »

So what's going on with Warner Bros. and DC? I mean, do they LIKE not being able to make an even half-way decent comicbook movie that doesn't star Batman?

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #24 on:** June 16, 2011, 09:45:30 PM »

Sounds to me like this is a very 'DC' project i.e. a kitchen-sink fanservice project that blindly assumes that what makes for a moderately successful comic will appeal to the masses. From what I've seen of it, it is probably impossible for Joe Sixpack to give a reasonable synopsis of this movie to his buddy and make is sound appealing. So, fail.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #25 on:** June 16, 2011, 10:20:56 PM »

"Okay, like, there's this GUY and he gets thing RING and becomes a superhero, or whatever, and he has to go into SPACE and there's these ALIENS but then he has to come back to Earth because there's this guy with a huge FOREHEAD and some kind of weird GOO is attacking a city."

Bebpo · « **Reply #26 on:** June 16, 2011, 11:44:24 PM »

The Onion video was hilarious.

ManaByte · « **Reply #27 on:** June 17, 2011, 11:32:43 AM »

Quote from: Cormacaroni on June 16, 2011, 09:45:30 PM

Sounds to me like this is a very 'DC' project i.e. a kitchen-sink fanservice project that blindly assumes that what makes for a moderately successful comic will appeal to the masses. From what I've seen of it, it is probably impossible for Joe Sixpack to give a reasonable synopsis of this movie to his buddy and make is sound appealing. So, fail.

It's basically just Geoff John's Secret Origin. So much so that there's an ad for the graphic novel after the credits.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #28 on:** June 17, 2011, 11:48:15 AM »

It's definitely not a good thing to be compared to Batman & Robin.

ManaByte · « **Reply #29 on:** June 17, 2011, 11:52:43 AM »

Anyone who thinks it's as bad as Batman & Robin, Ghost Rider, Catwoman, Daredevil, Wolverine, X-Men 3, or Scott Pilgrim doesn't know what they're talking about.

GL fans will faint from 90% of what they put on screen. General public will wonder where the dick and fart jokes are.

Diunx · « **Reply #30 on:** June 17, 2011, 12:21:30 PM »

I'm a gl fan and think this looks like diarrhea you simply have shit taste mana.

Barry Egan · « **Reply #31 on:** June 17, 2011, 12:24:46 PM »

My dads favorite comic book hero as a kid was green lantern and he thinks this looks incredibad. It's probably because he doesn't equate "volume of references to things I have read once" with quality of film.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #32 on:** June 17, 2011, 12:44:37 PM »

it's certainly possible to make a good Green Lantern movie but you'd have to make a few changes first

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Robo · « **Reply #33 on:** June 17, 2011, 12:47:47 PM »

yes, michael jai white as the green lantern

cool breeze · « **Reply #34 on:** June 17, 2011, 12:59:15 PM »

apparently 90% of the film is on Earth, so I'm supposed to faint at that 90%? because as a green lantern fan, I don't think so

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #35 on:** June 17, 2011, 12:59:49 PM »

i know two kids who are nearly shitting in their pants in excitement over going to see this, and to be honest were i between the ages of 13-15 i probably would too

personally, i would have loved to see a guy gardner green lantern movie - two hours of a fucking asshole with a moe haircut and a white turtleneck bearing nearly unlimited power, then at the very end an unexplained cameo where batman steps into frame and knocks him out while blue beetle and booster gold "bwahaha" in the background, and the words "FUCK EVERYONE, READ COMICS" appear on the screen

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #36 on:** June 17, 2011, 01:03:09 PM »

Quote from: Dr. Feelbad on June 17, 2011, 12:59:49 PM

i know two kids who are nearly shitting in their pants in excitement over going to see this, and to be honest were i between the ages of 13-15 i probably would too

personally, i would have loved to see a guy gardner green lantern movie - two hours of a fucking asshole with a moe haircut and a white turtleneck bearing nearly unlimited power, then at the very end an unexplained cameo where batman steps into frame and knocks him out while blue beetle and booster gold "bwahaha" in the background, and the words "FUCK EVERYONE, READ COMICS" appear on the screen

It's clear from this post that comicbook movies would be infinitely better if written by Dr. Feelbad.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #37 on:** June 17, 2011, 01:03:32 PM »

Quote from: Dr. Feelbad on June 17, 2011, 12:59:49 PM

personally, i would have loved to see a guy gardner green lantern movie - two hours of a fucking asshole with a moe haircut and a white turtleneck bearing nearly unlimited power, then at the very end an unexplained cameo where batman steps into frame and knocks him out while blue beetle and booster gold "bwahaha" in the background, and the words "FUCK EVERYONE, READ COMICS" appear on the screen

spoiler (click to show/hide)

also this is pretty much the plot of Jumper

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Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #38 on:** June 17, 2011, 01:09:32 PM »

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #39 on:** June 17, 2011, 01:12:02 PM »

i also want a superman movie where he gets exposed to all the different kryptonite from the 50s-era comics and shit happens like him turning into a neanderthal or growing insect antennae, while i am wishing for shit that would amuse me and bankrupt movie studios

final scene of the movie

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #40 on:** June 17, 2011, 01:13:27 PM »

Manabyte is an odd fellow. I can't tell if he is defending this movie or shitting all over it.

Eel O'Brian · « **Reply #41 on:** June 17, 2011, 01:15:27 PM »

he's from the year 100,000

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #42 on:** June 17, 2011, 02:49:01 PM »

The porno version will be better, where Hal Jordan uses his power ring to make a giant green wang and has sex with Carol Farris, weird alien girls, and in the climatic finale...Sinestro!

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #43 on:** June 17, 2011, 10:28:09 PM »

Sort of liked it but I'm finding that these movies are giving way too much to the personality of the high profile actors they've chose for the main role. They really need to stop that shit. Wait, lets go further, Hollywood needs to stop devoting 1/4 of a given movie to Ryan Reynolds shtick. Really hurts the movie.

I have to say though, the scene where Hal stops in front of the Sun was sick. The pose, the imaginary space wind thats supposed to be the Sun gravity tugging at his costume and hair.

Bebpo · « **Reply #44 on:** June 18, 2011, 02:36:03 AM »

I was at the movies and people were like "didn't Green Lantern come out last year with Seth Rogan" lolol, that Onion video is so true. No one knows or cares about the Green Lantern. This movie is going to booomb

The Sceneman · « **Reply #45 on:** June 18, 2011, 04:11:52 AM »

haha, I had the same thing happen to me today. My mum had just seen Super 8 so we were discussing current films. I mentioned that Green Lantern has had really bad reviews and most likely blows. And she was like "isn't that film supposed to be OK?". Turns out she was thinking of Green Hornet of course.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #46 on:** June 18, 2011, 04:29:09 AM »

Gotta admit, when I saw The Sceneman had the latest post in this thread, I half-expected it to be a few sentences of him praising the film

Nintendosbooger · « **Reply #47 on:** June 18, 2011, 11:25:03 AM »

Knew this flick would be horrible.

What do you expect when a movie studio gets its hands on one of the dumbest comic book characters of all time? It failed the same reason every Superman movie and every Hulk movie failed: overpowered super heroes without any clearly defined limitations to their abilities. Superman - unstoppable unless you're one of the very rare few who managed to smuggle rare kryptonite through customs. Hulk - invincible, especially when he's pissed. Green Lantern - a corny looking weirdo whose ring can generate virtually anything from a mini-gun to a live action porn movie. Wolverine probably falls into the same trap, as we've witnessed his inability to carry an entire movie alone.

Sorry, DC Comics fan, because as far as Hollywood is concerned, you only have one character worth banking on at the box office.

ManaByte · « **Reply #48 on:** June 18, 2011, 11:36:42 AM »

Quote from: Nintendosbooger on June 18, 2011, 11:25:03 AM

Knew this flick would be horrible.

What do you expect when a movie studio gets its hands on one of the dumbest comic book characters of all time? It failed the same reason every Superman movie and every Hulk movie failed: overpowered super heroes without any clearly defined limitations to their abilities. Superman - unstoppable unless you're one of the very rare few who managed to smuggle rare kryptonite through customs. Hulk - invincible, especially when he's pissed. Green Lantern - a corny looking weirdo whose ring can generate virtually anything from a mini-gun to a live action porn movie. Wolverine probably falls into the same trap, as we've witnessed his inability to carry an entire movie alone.

Sorry, DC Comics fan, because as far as Hollywood is concerned, you only have one character worth banking on at the box office.

What cast member of Dark Knight Rises must die to ensure strong sympathy box office?

ManaByte · « **Reply #49 on:** June 18, 2011, 12:29:44 PM »

Did you seriously just say Superman 3?

ManaByte · « **Reply #50 on:** June 18, 2011, 12:34:47 PM »

Well if you like Superman 3, Green Lantern will look like TDK in comparison.

ManaByte · « **Reply #51 on:** June 18, 2011, 01:04:40 PM »

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Nintendosbooger · « **Reply #52 on:** June 18, 2011, 01:55:11 PM »

Quote from: Wrath2X on June 18, 2011, 12:21:12 PM

Quote from: Nintendosbooger on June 18, 2011, 11:25:03 AM
Knew this flick would be horrible.

What do you expect when a movie studio gets its hands on one of the dumbest comic book characters of all time? It failed the same reason every Superman movie and every Hulk movie failed: overpowered super heroes without any clearly defined limitations to their abilities. Superman - unstoppable unless you're one of the very rare few who managed to smuggle rare kryptonite through customs. Hulk - invincible, especially when he's pissed. Green Lantern - a corny looking weirdo whose ring can generate virtually anything from a mini-gun to a live action porn movie. Wolverine probably falls into the same trap, as we've witnessed his inability to carry an entire movie alone.

Sorry, DC Comics fan, because as far as Hollywood is concerned, you only have one character worth banking on at the box office.

Wow you are dumb

You do know that it is possible to make great movies out of those characters, comics have proven that time and time again. The only real problem is that Hollywood has its own by the numbers way of making superhero films that churns out mediocrity that only Batman truly avoided. The Spider-man movies suck beyond belief and I'm almost sure that the new one will suck too even if I'm looking forward to it, X-Men was meh and X2 was decent but otherwise Marvel has much worse movie offerings than DC. Superman 1, 2 and even 3 plus Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Begins and the Dark Knight are the best superhero movies out there and Watchmen is flawed but the ultimate cut is still pretty good.

Don't blame Marvel and DC for the shitty movies, blame hollywood.

Quote from: ManaByte on June 18, 2011, 11:36:42 AM
What cast member of Dark Knight Rises must die to ensure strong sympathy box office?

Sorry if you feel that butthurt, big guy, but it's difficult to create a wonderful movie from a comic book character as shitty as Green Lantern. He's corny from top to bottom, and there's no way Hollywood producers can convince the movie audience that there's anything interesting or redeeming about a third-tier superhero. As soon as I learned that they were making this movie - before the script, director, casting, and trailer were released - I knew it was going to be vomit-inducing bad. Batman is the only real Hollywood moneymaker DC owns, the rest are potential moneypits, and the reason for that is because - well, you've made me say it - DC Comics have a gayer cast of superheroes.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #53 on:** June 18, 2011, 04:07:44 PM »

Wow, I actually agree with Booger on something, although I do think Superman is a viable film property.

Oblivion · « **Reply #54 on:** June 18, 2011, 06:05:15 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on June 15, 2011, 04:14:53 PM

Quote from: New York Observer
Even in the brainless world of cinematic comic books gone bad, it's as bad as it gets -- a dumb, pointless, ugly, moronic and incomprehensible jumble of botched effects, technical blunders, and cluttered chaos.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/green_lantern/

22%, 4.6/10 average. Only 27 reviews so far, but it's not like the movie's going to pull some huge turnaround when more reviews come in.

Why is the movie reviewing so poorly? The billboards looked awesome. :'(

Mandark · « **Reply #55 on:** June 18, 2011, 06:14:59 PM »

Someone should have made a Booster Gold movie starring Bruce Campbell when he was young. Woulda been great!

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Probably would have been terrible, but that's still great casting, right?

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Oblivion · « **Reply #56 on:** June 18, 2011, 06:21:23 PM »

Quote from: ManaByte on June 17, 2011, 11:52:43 AM

Anyone who thinks it's as bad as Batman & Robin, Ghost Rider, Catwoman, Daredevil, Wolverine, X-Men 3, or Scott Pilgrim doesn't know what they're talking about.

Hey, fuck off, buddy!

The Sceneman · « **Reply #57 on:** June 18, 2011, 08:15:38 PM »

Quote from: Oblivion on June 18, 2011, 06:05:15 PM

Quote from: Great Rumbler on June 15, 2011, 04:14:53 PM
Quote from: New York Observer
Even in the brainless world of cinematic comic books gone bad, it's as bad as it gets -- a dumb, pointless, ugly, moronic and incomprehensible jumble of botched effects, technical blunders, and cluttered chaos.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/green_lantern/

22%, 4.6/10 average. Only 27 reviews so far, but it's not like the movie's going to pull some huge turnaround when more reviews come in.

Why is the movie reviewing so poorly? The billboards looked awesome. :'(

read the thread

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #58 on:** June 18, 2011, 08:41:26 PM »

Quote from: Mandark on June 18, 2011, 06:14:59 PM

Someone should have made a Booster Gold movie starring Bruce Campbell when he was young. Woulda been great!

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Probably would have been terrible, but that's still great casting, right?
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And Ted Raimi could have been Blue Beetle. Tom Cruise as Maxwell Lord? Damn it Sam Raimi, why did you waste your time doing Spider-Man instead of this?

Himu · « **Reply #59 on:** June 18, 2011, 09:24:11 PM »

Saw the movie with my dad today and it was okay. I didn't think it was awful but it wasn't good either.

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Author Topic: Green Latern: It's actually really good! lol not really (Read 4690 times)