Escape to the Movies: Green Lantern

[NinjaDeathSlap]

Oh... well that sucks.

I was hoping that with the evidence of the new Batman movies that Warner Bros. and DC kinda new the formula for this sort of thing.

 

[honestdiscussioner]

Strangely enough, while it's gotten shit reviews on rotten tomatoes from critics (21%), the audience has an 80%+ rating on it.

Since I almost never don't enjoy a movie, I'll probably want to see it.

Harry Potter comes first though.

 

[Falcon123]

Yeah, I saw the rottentomatoes score and was hoping it was just a whole bunch of critics being to smug for their own good, so I waited to hear from you before I got tickets. Glad I missed out on this obviously shit movie. Sorry you had to sit through it

 

[MatParker116]

Outside of anything Chris Nolan directs Warner sucks at making Superhero movies. Mainly due to the fact that the DC Universe outside of Gotham City does not translate well into other forms of media.

 

[nekoali]

Soooo... What are you trying to say here Bob? I'm not quite clear on your stance on this movie...

Okay, I am disappointed. I like Green Lantern. I love the concept behind the Green Lantern mythos. I can even accept the retconned reason why he had that silly weakness to yellow. So this was a movie I was really hoping would be good and looking forward to, despite my reservations. So I am sad that it lived down to the crapfest everyone feared it could be.

Ah well. I'll probably go see it anyway. Hell, if I deliberately went to see Elektra after suffering through Daredevil, I must be some kind of masochist...

 

[Monty McDougal]

hopefully this will scare Reynolds back to deadpool

 

[Midnight Crossroads]

I know that feel, Bob, when a movie made from a source material you love turns out to be shit. I'm dreading the release of the next Silent Hill movie based on Silent Hill 3.

 

[TheEnglishman]

Oh, well, of all the super hero movies that were allowed to be bad this year, I think GL was one of them. Maybe it soaked up all the badness energy to save Captain America in a heroic sacrifice.

I might watch it eventually but it's low on my list.

 

[V TheSystem V]

I liked the look of this film, but I have heard from other people that they would have rather had cheese graters along their testicles than see this. Waiting for Captain America now!

 

[Jungy 365]

And after Ryan took the green lantern oath too...

 

[Lizardon]

It's as bad as Steel?!

Now Bob, lets not say things we can't back.

 

[That's Funny]

Well damn, I was looking forward to seeing a good Green Lantern movie, being a fan of the character myself.

It seems I'll just have to wait a while then.

 

[MortisLegio]

Damn! I was kinda looking forward to this movie

 

[Geek_DR]

I just think it's funny how surprised MovieBob seemed. I was perplexed with all his supporting big picture lead-up. I (as well as all my friends) knew this was going to suck the moment the first frame was released.

It's a bad sign when they release the costume and it is universally mocked, then release a new one to apologize for the shitty first one, and it's just as bad.

Not to mention every clip I saw looked horrible from acting to CG. Remember, they put the best parts in the trailers.

 

[Casual Shinji]

From the moment I saw the CGI costume, which looked like green licorice, I kinda had a feeling this wouldn't turn out too well.

btw. The new Superman is also going to use full CGI for the outfit... Way to go, Warner.

 

[PrinceofPersia]

Oh boy...I just hope Captain America's movie doesn't suck....*kneeling in prayer to the geek gods*

 

[Shoggoth2588]

This may be a bit off-topic but I totally called it on Tuesday after watching Going Green part 2

on topic though...damn. I had to go back to the Revenge of the Fallen review (which was what, Moviebob's 3rd review here?) to even get close to the amount of hatred, venom and, contempt heard here in this review. The thing is, aren't the WB planning to focus on superhero movies after Deathly Hallows part 2 has come and gone? It sure as hell doesn't look like their taking it seriously.

Last night I was going to see this film at midnight but I ended up staying home due to some minor food-poisoning. It's said that all things happen for a reason and I'm glad I was able to spend nothing at home with stomach problems than going out and dealing with that kind of shit.

 

[Rorschach II]

Well, thats depressing?.

 

[Not-here-anymore]

Noooooo! I wanted it to be good. I really did. And whilst you should usually take 'Bob pans a movie' with a grain of salt, that was pretty damn brutal.

As a lantern fan, this is upsetting. Ah well. It's not like I have anything better to do this Wednesday (Orange give half price cinema tickets to the entire UK. I could probably work an orange lantern/avarice joke in there somewhere, but I'm too upset to do so right now.)

 

[unacomn]

But, it's got the Muppet trailer at the start, right? At least that's good.