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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:12 am    Post subject:

Idc Blake Lively is in it
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:50 am    Post subject:

Movie's going to bomb pretty hard I think.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:12 am    Post subject:

From the trailers, it really didn't look all that great, so I guess this really isn't all that surprising.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:22 am    Post subject:

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/Wolvie09/news/?a=39343

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WB trying to put an embargo on Green Lantern movie reviews until June 16

I bet you've been wondering why we haven't seen a lot of reviews for Warner Bros. and Martin Campbell's upcoming comic book adaptation Green Lantern starring Ryan Reynolds, Mark Strong and Blake Lively.

That's because all reviews are embargoed until June 16. Yes, no reviews until only one day before the film is released.

In many cases this is definitely not a good sign and who knows what are the reasons for doing that. This could change, but it won't matter that much since the film is coming out this week.


This was the total opposite that Fox did with X-Men 1st Class, and Marvel Studios did with Thor... both those had early reviews released a week before the film came out, and both had positive receptions.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:41 am    Post subject:

Laker_Dynasty wrote:
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blake lively is a pretty girl next door, but dont act like she has a smokin hot bod or something


I hope that was sarcasm

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-M0lDtwdUAlY/TWaUkbr2YFI/AAAAAAAAAJs/-IU1B5J6xc4/s640/blake_lively_versace.jpg
That looks like a pretty damn smokin' hot bod to me. And there are other pics out there that are even better, but not safe for a family forum...


I thought it was stupidity.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:43 am    Post subject:

And here's another "Not so Good" review of GL (read it now before WB takes it away)!

http://allhiphop.com/stories/reviewsmusic/archive/2011/06/08/22784487.aspx

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The majority of the movie is spent telling the story of Hal Jordan feeling unworthy of new responsibility, the love tension between him and Carol Ferris and the creepy evil transformation of Dr. Hector Hammond who is infected by the Parallox. Even the action pay-off at the end isn't enough to satisfy. If an action hero movie is going to commit so heavily to story-telling, it has to have the kind of acting that can carry the movie on its shoulders such as The Dark Knight. Even with experienced veterans like Tim Robbins and Angela Bassett, The Green Lantern doesn't have that Dark Knight acting which is why it should've delivered a lot more action and the pay-off at the end should've been more satisfying. Like all things in Hollywood, expect a few more Green Lantern movies. Maybe with the origin out of the way, the next one can concentrate on more action.


And another...

http://www.villagevoice.com/2011-06-15/film/green-lantern-does-not-light-up-the-screen/

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Green Lantern Does Not Light Up the Screen

It’s 10 minutes before a human character appears on-screen in Green Lantern, a personality-free franchise-launcher that builds toward a quaint, if explosive, argument in favor of the nebulous quality of “humanity.”

Via a heavily CGI'd prologue, we learn that The Universe is patrolled by a group of fearless, multi-species warriors called The Green Lantern Corps––and, yes, each member is issued an actual old-school camping lantern, which they use to recharge the clunky rings that allow them to harness “the emerald energy of willpower” to “create what you see in your mind.” A new threat known as the Parallax—illustrated as a constantly morphing mass of something like flesh blended with rock, almost an Anselm Kiefer construction anthropomorphized—has managed to kill four members of the Corps, including an arrogant purple humanoid alien who crashes on Earth and uses his last breaths to command that his ring seek out his replacement.

The ring ropes in Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds), a bad-boy but regular-old-human pilot given to a specific brand of cockiness that manifests itself via conspicuous self-deprecation. “I may be a total screw-up in every other part of life, but the one thing I do know how to do is fly,” he says, after nearly dying in a test-flight exercise when he’s suddenly distracted by an attack of convenient exposition––er, that is, an uncontrollable flashback to the plane-crash death of his own dad. Hal doesn’t give himself enough credit: He also knows how to flirt, often via terrible double entendre, with Carol (Blake Lively), a former girlfriend now in line to run her father’s aircraft company.

Shortly after the ring finds him, Hal is transported via a green energy bubble into space, where he meets Lantern leader Sinestro (Mark Strong), an alien who is skeptical that a human could have the skill and intelligence to make it in the Corps. Hal, ever the self-saboteur, is also sure there must have been some kind of mistake, and he takes the first opportunity to escape this new assignment. But then the Parallax gets its hooks into Hector (Peter Sarsgaard), a scientist creepily obsessed with Carol, and from there somehow it becomes apparent that the future of the Earth is in danger, so, you know. . . .

I could easily fill pages running down the plot obstacles that Lantern director Martin Campbell soullessly cycles through; identifying all the characters introduced by the film's four screenwriters, only to be easily disposed of; and "explaining" the complete hodgepodge of psychological cause-and-effects, from the pervasive daddy issues and complete absence of mothers, to the arbitrary, less-than-convincing confidence issues that Hal is able to surmount as soon as it becomes clear that Carol really wants to kiss him. But the movie never bothers to suggest that any of that really matters: Campbell’s ADD style privileges spectacle over story—so much so that the film never rewards the viewer for even trying to keep track of what is going on.

So you give up, and instead try to grab on to the small pleasures, which momentarily distract from the fact that the narrative is nonsensical, the characters so boilerplate that their every action seem preordained from the earliest frames, even as the action on-screen is often incoherent. Sarsgaard, with a major latex assist, gives a grand camp performance only rivaled in the last 12 months by Michael Sheen in Tron: Legacy. While hardly even registering as a villain, the Parallax is a breathtaking visual idea––roasting its victims alive while simultaneously slurping up their flesh, the entire maneuver rendered as a lacy spray of golden fire and charcoal ash.

This is pure cinematic magic, but the motives of the menace are muddled if not completely opaque. And while Reynolds isn’t a sharp enough actor to really find the crackle in his standard-issue superhero wisecracks, his body is a marvel of precision sculpting. As he breathes in and out in the skin-tight, digitally enhanced Lantern suit, each abdominal muscle seems to pulse independently. It's transfixing––and the closest Green Lantern gets to character detail.

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 6:20 pm    Post subject:

from the trailers alone this looked so stupid. I'll gladly wait for this to come on Starz on Demand
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 6:46 pm    Post subject:

I'll get the boot-leg at the flea market. DC movies (excluding Dark Knight) are generally bad.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 7:18 pm    Post subject:

And the avalanche hasn't stop!

Here's a lot more negative reviews including 2 from Rotten Tomato approved critics:

http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/green-lantern

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Ryan Reynolds won't light up your life

2 out of 5 stars

“Are you ready to have your mind blown?” asks Ryan Reynolds in Green Lantern.

It’s a leading question that lays down the gauntlet for Martin Campbell’s belated intro to one of DC Comics’ second-tier crime-fighters. Put a line like that in your script and it practically requires you to be mind-blowing. Unfortunately, Lantern isn’t.

It’s instructional to compare and contrast with Kenneth Branagh’s Thor, the last attempt to alchemise a lesser-known property into box-office gold. That movie, you’ll remember, started off on Planet Earth, putting down roots before flashing back to fantastical Asgard.

Thor, you’ll recall, was also a swaggering upstart brought low by hubris. Over the course of Branagh’s film, however, he learned enough maturity to re-acquire his powers.

Jordan, alas, is a bit of a tool who – bar an unlikely third-act conversion to noble warrior – stays a bit of a tool. He is, in short, a hard guy to root for, even when having his clock cleaned back on Oa by a rhino-like alien with the unfortunate name of Kilowog.

Oa, incidentally, is a deeply unimpressive realm: a vast CG screensaver that feels as false and phoney as Reynolds’ CG super-suit.

Parallax, too, fails to cut the mustard, even when made flesh in the form of a bulbous-headed Peter Sarsgaard.

The result is a film that’s all set-up and no pay-off: an origin story for a hero we don’t much care for with an elaborate lore we have zero interest in, toplined by a star who’s little more than a torso and a smirk.

Verdict:

In a summer stuffed with superheroes, this underwhelming offering will likely leave you jaded. How it could have used some of Thor’s charm and The Green Hornet’s chutzpah.

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http://movies.sky.com/green-lantern/review

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Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan is a pale imitation of Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark

After protecting the cosmos for over 70 years, you’d think that someone might have given the Green Lantern brigade some on-screen credit before now.

Amazingly, while the movie universe is littered with lesser comic book heroes, this is the first outing for one of the genre’s most enduring creations.

Perhaps, as the film’s miss-it-and-you’re-stuffed prologue explains, it’s because there isn’t just one Green Lantern, but thousands of them. So choosing one over the others would be unfair.

After all, each is responsible for maintaining order in their own vast sector of the universe, which was divided up gazillions of years ago by immortal ‘Guardians’ who now just sit around on the planet Oa looking grumpy when things go wrong.

And things couldn’t currently go much wronger. See, the rogue guardian called Parallax has just re-appeared as an evil, nebulous mass that feeds on fear. Parallax has already killed three Lanterns and, having mortally wounded the legendary Abin Sur (Temuera Morrison), is about to make it four.

But not before the stricken warrior has flown to the nearest inhabited planet where his willpower-channelling ring might seek out a worthy successor. No green trinkets and Spandex leotards for guessing where and who that might be.

Thus fearless aviator Hal Jordan (Reynolds) finds himself the first human to reach Green Lanternhood.

Naturally, before Hal can go thwarting mad geniuses, getting the girl, and saving the fearful souls of everyone on Earth, he must learn how to be Lantern.

So it’s off to Oa for stern lessons in willpower and responsibility from a fishy alien bearing an uncanny resemblance to the one from Hellboy (voiced by Geoffrey Rush), a combat coach with a cosmically un-PC name (Michael Clarke Duncan), and the Lanterns’ devilish-looking leader, Sinestro (Strong).

Good and evil. Green and yellow. Signed, sealed and delivered. No doubt about it, as director of the best two Bond films of the last 20 years - GoldenEye and Casino Royale - Martin Campbell knows how to get on with it.

Unfortunately he’s underserved by some ordinary visuals (emphasised in 3D, most noticeably in a particularly shonky helicopter stunt) and a po-faced script that takes itself way too seriously and delivers no surprises.

Led by the ever-watchable Reynolds, the performances are fine. But as written, Hal is a pale imitation of Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark, while we've seen the Sarsgaard, Robbins and Lively characters a dozen times before.

Three parts Superman to one part Iron Man and a dash of Top Gun: it’s a comic-book cocktail for happy hour, a shot of quick-release gratification designed to give you a buzz from a top shelf of generic brands.

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http://allhiphop.com/stories/reviews.../22784487.aspx

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Ryan Reynolds comes off as Van Wilder on Steroids

The film opens and spends quite a considerable amount of time on establishing Hal Jordan as an irresponsible, wild and undisciplined hot-shot haunted by the death of his pilot-father who died in a jet crash. Blake Lively, looking lovely as a brunette, stars as Carol Ferris who is running her father's company “Ferris Aerospace” - the employer of our soon-to-be superhero. Even though she is Hal's boss, it's not difficult to detect that these two have previously had a romantic relationship that's causing a lot of difficulty in their employer/employee relationship. Hal being the hot-shot that he is, gets himself in trouble by breaking the rules of a test combat situation and is on the verge of losing his job and alienating his family when redemption comes in the form of a dying alien who is on the search for replacement bearer of his super-power ring. The universe as it turns out is protected by an army of Green Lanterns, made up of species in all shapes and forms, who are protect their own sectors of the universe against evil. The rings which give them power uses the “will” of all living things to form a powerful force of energy that takes the shape of whatever its bearer desires.

The villain in this movie is an ancient being that is empowered by the fear in all living beings. This being known as the Parallox, is on the loose after being imprisoned and quickly starts to kill off the Green Lanterns and destroy entire civilizations of planets. Early on you can see that this is going to be a courage vs. fear contest with a message that you can conquer your fears by not being afraid. And of course the ring chooses a very flawed and unlikely individual to be the succeeding Green Lantern because movie heroes have to be of the redeemed type.

The problem is that Reynolds comes off as Van Wilder on steroids who fails to reach his potential until he has that Neo-in-the-Matrix type transformation where he realizes self confidence. The saving grace of the movie is the special effects. In this case it's good that a Green Lantern movie has lagged behind all of the Superman, Batman and countless other hero movies. Without today's technology and special effects, a Green Lantern movie would be a complete dud. Imagine if this came out in the early 80's or 90's? Something else that really puzzled me was that with all of the effects the movie failed to dazzle in 3-D. There isn't anything that shoots or charges out to you, which to me is a complete waste of 3-D because all it does is just make some of the objects and people stand out. Unless you really love all things 3-D, you are better off watching this in 2-D.

As for action, you aren't going to get much until the end. The majority of the movie is spent telling the story of Hal Jordan feeling unworthy of new responsibility, the love tension between him and Carol Ferris and the creepy evil transformation of Dr. Hector Hammond who is infected by the Parallox. Even the action pay-off at the end isn't enough to satisfy. If an action hero movie is going to commit so heavily to story-telling, it has to have the kind of acting that can carry the movie on its shoulders such as The Dark Knight. Even with experienced veterans like Tim Robbins and Angela Bassett, The Green Lantern doesn't have that Dark Knight acting which is why it should've delivered a lot more action and the pay-off at the end should've been more satisfying. Like all things in Hollywood, expect a few more Green Lantern movies. Maybe with the origin out of the way, the next one can concentrate on more action.


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http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/895/

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Green Lantern Review

2 out of 5 stars

Enter square-jawed daredevil Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds), he of the Ken doll physique and perfunctorily addressed daddy issues. The guy needs a calling, dammit! And boy, does he get one after being summoned to the side of a fallen Lantern, who gifts him his laser-lightshow ring and cosmos-protecting powers. Time to kick it into high gear, right? Uh, sure, just after we attend to Hal’s nonstarter romance with plastic girl Carol Ferris (Blake Lively, who isn’t). Oh, and there’s this other supervillain we gotta deal with – Hector Hammond (Peter Sarsgaard, made up with a hilarious John Carpenter-esque bald pate).

Hal eventually travels to the mystical corps-HQ planet of Oa for some sequel-ready one-upmanship with baddie-in-training Sinestro (Mark Strong), and the film’s very talented director, Martin Campbell (‘Casino Royale’), handles these otherworld scenes, as well as the finale’s tentacle-tastic Parallax fight, with expected aplomb. But whenever this Lantern returns to terra firma (too often), its imaginative flights are ground beneath the DC overlords’ demographic-pandering heels.

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 8:38 pm    Post subject:

Blake lively has some loooong nice legs
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 10:31 am    Post subject:

audioaxes wrote:
from the trailers alone this looked so stupid. I'll gladly wait for this to come on Starz on Demand


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:17 am    Post subject:

Remember the news about Warner Bros placing an Embargo for movie reviews for the Green Lantern?

This one:

http://slumz.boxden.com/f218/green-lantern-tracking-60m-opening-weeken d-reviews-embargoed-until-june-16-a-1561428/

Well, apparently not only is it because the reviews were bad...

But also because WB is already in development for the Green Lantern sequel. In other words, they could stand to lose MORE than the $300 million they put into the 1st movie if it doesn't do well, and halts production of the sequel already in development!

That's Hollywood for you, but apparently WB counted their chickens before the eggs even hatched.

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Warner Bros. was already in development for a Green Lantern sequel

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1665719/green-lantern-sequel-ryan-reynolds.jhtml

Ryan Reynolds was still busy in a blue-screen studio bringing the starry magic of "Green Lantern" to life when Warner Bros. started moving ahead with plans for a sequel.

But with the first flick not hitting theaters until this Friday, the actor isn't going to spill all the details.

"I'm not throwing that out there at all," he said.

He did, nonetheless, toss us a few clues — most tantalizingly about what's in store for Jordan and Sinestro, an ally who eventually becomes one of Jordan's greatest enemies. "There's such a rich history with this character, so you get really excited about the possibility," Reynolds explained. "The inevitable war between Hal and Sinestro is something that will have to be dealt with in the second movie for sure, but there's always subplots and a lot of other interesting things going on that are setting up a possible third film."


Apparently a 3rd film too!
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:32 am    Post subject:

Bleh! I got to see it for free at en employee showing, but still felt I got ripped off. Too much hype and so much promises. I'm not happy with this DC.

The movie I thought was below average. Maybe it's because I was expecting a lot as comic fanboy, but wow was I disappointed last night.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:38 am    Post subject:

Jordan-esque wrote:
Remember the news about Warner Bros placing an Embargo for movie reviews for the Green Lantern?

This one:

http://slumz.boxden.com/f218/green-lantern-tracking-60m-opening-weeken d-reviews-embargoed-until-june-16-a-1561428/

Well, apparently not only is it because the reviews were bad...

But also because WB is already in development for the Green Lantern sequel. In other words, they could stand to lose MORE than the $300 million they put into the 1st movie if it doesn't do well, and halts production of the sequel already in development!

That's Hollywood for you, but apparently WB counted their chickens before the eggs even hatched.

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Warner Bros. was already in development for a Green Lantern sequel

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1665719/green-lantern-sequel-ryan-reynolds.jhtml

Ryan Reynolds was still busy in a blue-screen studio bringing the starry magic of "Green Lantern" to life when Warner Bros. started moving ahead with plans for a sequel.

But with the first flick not hitting theaters until this Friday, the actor isn't going to spill all the details.

"I'm not throwing that out there at all," he said.

He did, nonetheless, toss us a few clues — most tantalizingly about what's in store for Jordan and Sinestro, an ally who eventually becomes one of Jordan's greatest enemies. "There's such a rich history with this character, so you get really excited about the possibility," Reynolds explained. "The inevitable war between Hal and Sinestro is something that will have to be dealt with in the second movie for sure, but there's always subplots and a lot of other interesting things going on that are setting up a possible third film."


Apparently a 3rd film too!

Hell no! A sequels' not going to work no matter what the credits say. They have to do almost a near 180 to make anyone interested in seeing another GL movie.

WB fail.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:47 am    Post subject:

Another DC Fail.

Looking at their list of comic movies, they haven't had much success outside of the Batman franchise. V for Vendetta and the The Watchmen were pretty good and the first Superman is something of a classic but other than those, they've really put out a bunch of stinkers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_DC_Comics

and there's the Wonder Woman TV series that was stillborn.

I want to see The Flash get his own movie.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 12:03 pm    Post subject:

numero-ocho wrote:
Another DC Fail.

Looking at their list of comic movies, they haven't had much success outside of the Batman franchise. V for Vendetta and the The Watchmen were pretty good and the first Superman is something of a classic but other than those, they've really put out a bunch of stinkers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_DC_Comics

and there's the Wonder Woman TV series that was stillborn.

I want to see The Flash get his own movie.


Road to Perdition was a pretty solid movie.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 6:12 pm    Post subject:

Not even the "Geek Sites" aka comic book fanboys can save the movie:

"Superhero Hype"

http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/167577-review-green-lantern

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Green Lantern one of the bigger disappointments of the summer

As a life-long comic book fanboy and a more recent Martin Campbell apologist, there was a strong chance my expectations and hope "Green Lantern" would do for DC Entertainment what Marvel Studios has done for Marvel Comics characters could very well have superseded my critical judgment.

Unfortunately, the idea that Geoff Johns' "Secret Origins" would be used as a template are dashed fairly early in favor of a blueprint that comes from previous comic book hits "Iron Man" and "Spider-Man."

There's sure to be someone out there in the cosmos who enjoys this take on Green Lantern -- small children and those without overly-critical tastes in entertainment -- but it just fails on so many levels, both as a movie and as a comics adaptation, that it's easily one of the bigger disappointments of the summer.


"Comic Vine"

http://www.comicvine.com/news/movie-review-green-lantern-fails-to-shine-brightly/143225/

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Green Lantern Fails to Shine Brightly

If you're looking for the big summer blockbuster movie, sadly, it will not be Green Lantern. There's no question that everyone should be aware of this movie. You can't walk the city streets without seeing bus posters, billboards or ads on the sides of busses for the movie. Commercials have flooded television with images of what Warner Bros. hopes is their next big movie franchise.

I won't say it was a horrible movie. There were moments I did enjoy. Unfortunately they were overshadowed by the bad parts. I think the movie is worth watching for comic fans, as long as you can watch without getting angry.


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http://movies.ign.com/articles/117/1175316p1.html

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DC's latest superhero is a Cosmic Fail

Last summer gave us the DC bomb that was Jonah Hex and this summer offers the colossal disappointment that is Green Lantern. The epitome of spectacle over substance, Green Lantern is a cosmic mess and a huge letdown given the source material it had to draw from. Indeed, X-Men: The Last Stand and Wolverine are better than Green Lantern. This was DC and Warner Bros.' best bet yet at establishing a deeper bullpen of big screen superheroes beyond Batman and Superman, but the film is bad enough to possibly kill any hope for ever seeing The Flash or Justice League.

I can't stress enough what a setback the creative failure of Green Lantern is for DC and Warners' plans for a broader DC cinematic universe akin to Marvel's. Even if the movie makes money (I'm sure it will open strongly and probably do well overseas), it's not a film that DC or Warners can honestly say they're happy with. If DC and Warners had hoped this would be their Star Wars (a comparison the filmmakers have been all too happy to make for months now) then Green Lantern only offers fans the wonder of the creature-filled cantina scene, but none of the thrill of the Death Star run or the emotional resonance of any of its iconic characters. No, this isn't DC's Star Wars. It's not even their Last Starfighter; it's their Flash Gordon, but without the cool tunes or self-aware cheesiness. It's a frustrating, deeply flawed film rife with missed story opportunities and squandered potential. Green Lantern deserved better.


"Bleeding Cool"

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/06/15/review-green-lantern/

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Green Lantern is a kid's movie, fanboys can enjoy

What are we doing for the original comic book audience? My 8-year-old wouldn’t enjoy a Nolanverse movie, even if I let her watch one. Green Lantern is crafted from the ground up as a daft, entertaining romp that’s a hell of a lot closer to Rise of the Silver Surfer than The Dark Knight Rises. You can get a sense of the demographic the studio might be after when the first trailer before Green Lantern is Happy Feet 2.

Green Lantern is a kid's movie. It's a kids movie that fanboys can enjoy. If they can just lighten up a little.


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http://www.aintitcool.com/node/50046

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A lifeless superhero film

There are moments when GREEN LANTERN comes to life - the first 20 minutes and the last 20 minutes the film rouses itself enough for the audience to begin to care what they are seeing - but there's so much fat, so much wasted time that it doesn't earn those moments at the end that want to be triumphant. It shouldn't have been this way.

GREEN LANTERN needed to embrace the wacky, weird, silly nature of the comic, and not waste so much time getting to the point. You could feel the audience wanting the film to take them to those places, but it refuses, insisting on going the cliched superhero origin route. Martin Campbell never really lets the film go where it and the audience want it to go, except in brief moments. The film strains to be let free to soar, but the terrible script, the direction, and the editing keep this bird grounded. It's a real wasted opportunity. If a sequel does happen, Warner Brothers needs to find a way to let the movie go as big as it wants, and as silly as it wants. Otherwise, it's just another bland, lifeless superhero film.


"Crave Online"

http://www.craveonline.com/film/reviews/169451-review-the-green-lantern

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Green Lantern is not the start of a blockbuster franchise

There are two kinds of people I pity this weekend: the people who are already Green Lantern fans and the people who aren’t. People who love the comics are going to be mighty disappointed by this movie’s mish-mash of disparate plot points, clunky action sequences and rushed storytelling. People who wouldn’t know a Green Lantern from a beige flashlight probably won’t know what the Sam Hell is going on.

Green Lantern doesn’t tell a story. It gives you the gist of it. What’s more, it changes just enough elements of the original story that worked that it makes you lose interest in learning more. It flies along at quick enough pace to keep you distracted for a couple hours but it doesn’t do its job. This is not the start of a great new blockbuster franchise. It may have already put an end to it.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:27 pm    Post subject:

LOL. Horrible...
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:40 pm    Post subject:

UscAllDay16 wrote:
Idc Blake Lively is in it


Her brother was Russ Griswold in European Vacation. Have you heard this? That's two great actors in the Lively family.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:51 pm    Post subject:

The only good D.C. series out there is Batman. Damn Wonder Woman couldn't even get it's Pilot episode on the air. Marvel is kicking ass: X-Men was good, Thor was really cool, and Captain America looks pretty awesome.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:07 pm    Post subject:

mike_dee23 wrote:
The only good D.C. series out there is Batman. Damn Wonder Woman couldn't even get it's Pilot episode on the air. Marvel is kicking ass: X-Men was good, Thor was really cool, and Captain America looks pretty awesome.


I think Marvel is more about quantity. Plus, they have a lot more recognizable characters.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:48 pm    Post subject:

rchanou wrote:
mike_dee23 wrote:
The only good D.C. series out there is Batman. Damn Wonder Woman couldn't even get it's Pilot episode on the air. Marvel is kicking ass: X-Men was good, Thor was really cool, and Captain America looks pretty awesome.


I think Marvel is more about quantity. Plus, they have a lot more recognizable characters.


Batman, Superman, The Flash, Incredible Hulk, Green Lantern... All big time characters.
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:52 pm    Post subject:

The movie would probably do better if they had done better casting...
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 12:37 am    Post subject:

numero-ocho wrote:

I want to see The Flash get his own movie.


That's the role Reynolds should have gotten.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 7:48 am    Post subject:

Jeffs wrote:
numero-ocho wrote:

I want to see The Flash get his own movie.


That's the role Reynolds should have gotten.


Wally West Flash, correct? Barry Allen was more serious...
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