The Green Lantern

I had a few hours to kill this afternoon so I took a chance & saw The Green Lantern. The reviews were bad but I was never one to listen to reviews anyhow

The last thing I saw with the word Green in it was The Green Hornet which was absolutely putrid. I am pleased to say I found Green Lantern really fun

Skip the 3 D as it does nothing for the film & save yourself the money. It is a great way to while away a few hours & not fell like you thrw your money down the sewer.

The backstory of The Green Lantern was good as was the special effects & Ryan Reynolds in the title role. The monster at the end was a bit overblown but that is the only problem I had with it.

A sequel would be great but I do not think the business it is generating will warrant it.

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besides Avatar... has any movie ever really worked with 3D??? such a waste

"besides Avatar... has any movie ever really worked with 3D??? such a waste"

Both Coraline and Up both benefited from 3D.

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I was going to see this but think I will wait for it come out on DVD. Way too many comic book movies coming out nowadays. I LOVED the new X-MEN movie and I think Captain America looks like it is gonna be real fun(I like the time periods of X-MEN and CAPTAIN AMERICA)

I'm with Jordan. I can sit through anything with Ryan Reynolds.

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Who cares? 'Buying the Cow' was my all time favorite!

http://greginhollywood.com/lunch-break-video-ryan-reynolds-makes-a-naked-escape-in-buying-the-cow-6774

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It slightly underperformed at the box office and considering it costs more than either Thor or X-Men, that is disappointing especially considering how aggressive Warner Bros. was with their marketing campaign. If it is as bad as people say it is (which will disappoint me), the sequel potential dies (and so does the more interesting Green Lantern storylines) and forget seeing a DC Comics second-tier superhero on screen for a while.

I hope it underperformed because reviews and word of mouth were bad (X-Men: First Class had 20th Century Fox royally screw them with their marketing choices) to save it. I am with romantico, Captain America looks fun in a pulpy, throwback way (it helps that the director had previously done The Rocketeer) that I am looking forward to it but I also want it to do well. Same with X-Men: First Class (I have seen it twice in theaters with a different set of friends and my sister is now warming up to see it in the theater) which will be lucky to match its budget in domestic box office.

EDIT: Supposedly Martin Campbell and the screenwriters got screwed by the Warner Bros. Campbell allegedly had a slow-burner origins story on hand but was forced to not even have 2 hours of runtime. Word is not just wait for the DVD, wait for the Directors Cut.

Updated On: 6/19/11 at 05:31 PM

I didn't think it was all that bad. And I want my body to look like Ryan's in the costume... even if it IS CGI.

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I thought some of the film was cool, but parts of it were too cheesy.

Saw the first 3 & I totally agree. The old 3D was much better than todays overblown 3D messes.

I still remember the paddle ball 3 D man to this day.

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Definitely not as mediocre as the box-office and reviews would suggest. Sure there were slow parts, and there was a little more alien and a little less superhero than I'd like, but overall I thought it was quite enjoyable. A pessimist is never disappointed, as they say. And I got to look at Ryan Reynolds for two hours, which in itself was worth the ticket-price.

SPOILER!
In that little scene that Eris mentioned, the leader guy who turned yellow...that was him becoming evil, right? Where did that come from?? I suppose it was to set up a sequel?

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Ah, I see. That sequel is looking somewhat unlikely now, I would say.

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I went to see the movie, despite the reviews, b/c as a kid I always liked GL, and as an adult I really like RR.
The movie is not perfect, and definitely pails in comparison to the two super hero movies- Thor and X-men First Class that preceded it. But GL is not nearly the mess reviewers have made it out to be. I really enjoyed it, and with some stronger writing the sequel could be great, it is a shame it looks like it wont happen.