Poll: Green Lantern could be the worst superhero/comic book movies of all time.
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I saw it, along with Thor and X-Men First Class, and both of those were indeed much better than Green Lantern. However, it was by no means a bad film. I really enjoyed Green Lantern, it just didn't quite match the other two, but as superhero movies go I have seen a lot worse (I'm going to risk the wrath of my fellow geek here and admit that I have never thought Superman was that good, films or comics - I just can't get interested in him at all). The reason people say Green Lantern was bad is because everyone has their own idea of what a superhero should be like in a film after reading his/her comics, and in this case a truly awesome film was sullied by the fact that people got pissed that it was a different idea of what they thought, plus we were denied the chance to see a literal army of Green Lanterns like the trailer suggested (which, to be fair, I am also miffed at).
That being said, I have always been a person who judges things on their merits alone and doesn't simply compare them to what they're based on. Comparing the Green Lantern film to the comics is unfair, because they are different mediums and you're trying to force the film to be better purely so you can justify it being based on the IP, when really it is a very good film on it's own terms. If it was the exact same film except the comics had never existed, people would have loved it a lot more and would be lauding it's praises in the street, much as they do with the Nolan Batman reboots and the latest Marvel films. For the same reason, I really like the Silent Hill film and Resident Evil films, specifically because I know that they are good (if unrealistic) films own their own merits, and the only reason they get any kind of hate is because people compare them to the rest of the IPs, which are a completely different medium (i.e. video games).
One day, people will learn to accept things as being good, or indeed bad, without having to compare them to everything else related to it, but sadly it seems that day is far off. Nevertheless, it doesn't diminish the indisputable fact that, franchise aside, the Green Lantern movie was indeed a great movie, on it's own terms that is in fact a movie, and NOT a comic.
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That being said, I have always been a person who judges things on their merits alone and doesn't simply compare them to what they're based on. Comparing the Green Lantern film to the comics is unfair, because they are different mediums and you're trying to force the film to be better purely so you can justify it being based on the IP, when really it is a very good film on it's own terms. If it was the exact same film except the comics had never existed, people would have loved it a lot more and would be lauding it's praises in the street, much as they do with the Nolan Batman reboots and the latest Marvel films. For the same reason, I really like the Silent Hill film and Resident Evil films, specifically because I know that they are good (if unrealistic) films own their own merits, and the only reason they get any kind of hate is because people compare them to the rest of the IPs, which are a completely different medium (i.e. video games).
One day, people will learn to accept things as being good, or indeed bad, without having to compare them to everything else related to it, but sadly it seems that day is far off. Nevertheless, it doesn't diminish the indisputable fact that, franchise aside, the Green Lantern movie was indeed a great movie, on it's own terms that is in fact a movie, and NOT a comic.
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I kind of want to watch it just because of all the terrible reviews.
Surely it can't be THAT terrible.
Surely it can't be THAT terrible.
Yeah...what went wrong with that?
Ok, you've got to have the whiny manchild hero, who is all sad and all, despite being a testpilot that everyone loves that can get away with being terribly irresponsible, just cause.
That's a given.
But, then you are supposed to have him do superhero stuff. What was the point of the Green Lantern Corp in the movie? There's some nice paning shots of them all standing round doing nothing...maybe 4 of them are characters, and only Sinestro gets more than one real scene.
If you're not going to have the Green Lanterns in your Green Lantern movie, something has gone wrong somewhere.
Ok, you've got to have the whiny manchild hero, who is all sad and all, despite being a testpilot that everyone loves that can get away with being terribly irresponsible, just cause.
That's a given.
But, then you are supposed to have him do superhero stuff. What was the point of the Green Lantern Corp in the movie? There's some nice paning shots of them all standing round doing nothing...maybe 4 of them are characters, and only Sinestro gets more than one real scene.
If you're not going to have the Green Lanterns in your Green Lantern movie, something has gone wrong somewhere.
Well, at least the OP bothered to see it. I don't care if you're a Green Lantern 'fan' or not, but unless you actually watch the film and then make up your mind your opinion is irrelevant. I've always said that anyone who doesn't bother to experience something first simply has no right whatsoever to have an opinion on it.putowtin said:
Someone can choose to not do something to savor the happy memories. If a movie is terrible and you choose not to watch it, you didn't miss much.Trivun said:
Yes I've seen the movie, yes I thought Thor was better (albeit by a small inch... ) but the Green Lantern.. WEll... I expected more or at least something different. It felt like it missed alot of content and material, plus it gives me the weird notion it was rushed out to meet a deadline. My bet is that there will be alot of super hero movies the coming year(s) in order to build up to a super-super hero movie. I.e. the Avengers or something along those lines.
Still a sloppy movie though.
They do have the right to have an opinion on it. Everyone always has (and should have) the right to have an opion. But you just have a valid reason to dismiss their opinion.Trivun said:
Anyway, don't have much of value to actually add here. I haven't seen the movie and I'm not planning on seeing it. I'm not that interested in Green Lantern as a superhero and the movie does not look interesting to me.
"Indisputable fact that it was a great movie"? Well, I'd dispute that.Trivun said:
You have a good point there, about movies being judged on their own merits. However, I hadn't been interested in the Green Lantern comics before seeing the movie (and, after looking them up, still aren't), and I still thought the movie sucked.
You had a noticeable lack of superheroing for a superhero movie, which doesn't help, and many elements were introduced and built up that were much more interesting than what was going on, only to be dropped again.
The Green Lantern Corp are lovingly rendered in CGI, but don't do anything. Sinestro gets the yellow ring of fear, and doesn't ever use it. A bunch of high-tech robot planes are developed and then forgotten about (I was sure they'd be used against the thing that fought by eating the souls of its victims). Sinestro and Kilowog turn up to train the hero, and forget about him after a few minutes.
Instead of all that, we get the main character sit around and whine about his life. Piling on angst for the hell of it is not how you make your superhero movie exciting.
Interestingly enough, all the bad reviews people have been giving it meant I ended up enjoying it more. I watched it knowing a little about the Green Lanterns (mainly just the 2 animated DC films) and fully expecting a train wreck of epic proportions. Instead I got a servicable and entertaining enough origin story and while there were some things that could have been skipped or expanded upon, its nowhere near as bad as all the fanboys have been saying.Colour-Scientist said:
Also, this. Seriously. Batman and Robin is the benchmark and this film is nowhere close.Bang Kaboom Ferrell said:
I'll expand on my original post, I saw the trailer for Green Lantern and was dubious at best, then a friend of mine (who reviews movies for the local paper) was offered the chance to see an advanced screening, his three word review was enough to make me avoid the thing like Ryan Reynold's had the black plague.Trivun said:
I saw the first Michael Bay Transformer Movie and that spoiled Tansformers for me (and as a child of the 80's it was one of my favourite cartoons) so have avoided big budget remakes of my childhood toys/comics/cartoons, It hurts too much!
I second Trivun's opinion. Yes, both Thor and First Class were better, but Green Lantern was still good in my book. When I went to the movies to see it I didn't expect the reinvention of cinema, I expected to be entertained for around two hours, and that's exactly what I got; it wasn't badly written, the actors did a good job, and the effects were far better than any piece of press has given the movie makers credit for.
What happened here was the combination of two unfortunate circumstances; first, the mainstream media is still trying to lambast superhero movies whenever it feels it can get away with it, and the hardcore comic book nerds were miffed that a two-hour feature didn't manage to cram in every single piece of characterization and background lore from a publication history of several decades. (And as much as I like his reviews, I disagree with MovieBob on so many occasions I don't take a word of his ranting as fact before I've actually gone and seen the movie in question.)
Personally, I really hope they go through with their plans of making more Green Lantern movies. Almost every franchise of superhero flics has seen a marked improvement from the first to the second film. (However, I do want Reynolds to take the time to shoot 'Deadpool' first.)
What happened here was the combination of two unfortunate circumstances; first, the mainstream media is still trying to lambast superhero movies whenever it feels it can get away with it, and the hardcore comic book nerds were miffed that a two-hour feature didn't manage to cram in every single piece of characterization and background lore from a publication history of several decades. (And as much as I like his reviews, I disagree with MovieBob on so many occasions I don't take a word of his ranting as fact before I've actually gone and seen the movie in question.)
Personally, I really hope they go through with their plans of making more Green Lantern movies. Almost every franchise of superhero flics has seen a marked improvement from the first to the second film. (However, I do want Reynolds to take the time to shoot 'Deadpool' first.)
