Green Lantern (2011)
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Do you really think someone is going to throw a massive budget at Black Panther, Luke Cage or the Falcon? Those are some of the most prominent black superheroes, yet they are all still largely unknown to the world at large. A modestly budgeted film is most likely the best they can hope for. Budgets in the hundreds of millions of dollars are usually reserved for already proven characters, or characters (like Iron Man, for instance) that have enough mass appeal. I'm sorry, but the king of a fictional jungle nation, a blaxploitation leftover, and Captain America's sidekick just don't.
Here's the thing to consider. Most of the comic book characters that the general populace is familiar with can trace their roots at least as far back as the sixties. In the case of many of DC's characters, they've been around since the 30s or 40s. This was a less enlightened time. There were very few, if any major black superheroes during this time. The ones we have today were created in a market already saturated with superheroes, and as comic books become less and less relevant outside of fans, it becomes much harder for new ones to reach the level of Superman and Batman in the public consciousness. I would probably go so far to say that no other comic book character will ever reach such a height again. There will never be a black character as big as Superman, Batman, Spider-Man and the Hulk, just as there will never be another white character as big as them. The comic book medium is sadly dying.
None of those films need massive budgets
I want to see the Black Panther movie where he refuses to cure the white man's cancer.
Nah, seriously, a T'Challa movie could be pretty great.
Nah, seriously, a T'Challa movie could be pretty great.
Holy Crap! I didn't even know the movie came out already. I thought it was next week. I think I'll pass on seeing this in theaters. I'll wait until it comes out on DVD.
DVD sales and rentals are good. 
GL picked up 3.35 mill domestic on its midnights, slightly more than Thor and slightly less than First Class.
GL picked up 3.35 mill domestic on its midnights, slightly more than Thor and slightly less than First Class.
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Hell, yes. I would go to see this movie if Reddick was the star.
There you have it. Evidently marketing got to see the finished movie very late in the game and wasn't real happy with it; it all falls on the director as, of course, do general matters of tone.
Okay. Since it's Friday now and the movie is out...there is no longer a need for this thread to be open. It's served it's purpose fairly well. Mods, please lock it.
Cynically, no, I don't expect a Hollywood studio to back a big budget superhero movie with a black actor as the lead (unless it's Will Smith; I had forgotten about Hancock, which was a hit).
As for the nature of the comic characters, well, you know more about them then me. My extent of superhero comic knowledge is limited to a handful of graphic novels, a few brief visits to Wikipedia, and whatever I've seen of them on film and television.
I do have to draw exception to the idea that anyone thought Iron Man had "mass appeal" until the movie came out. Before that, I don't think the character had a lot of name recognition.
Why am I not surprised
. Honestly Harry sold out years ago. Give him a tub of KFC and he'll sell you his soul. Now if Moriarty likes it then I'm going have to watch the damn movie myself to see what I'm missing.
You have to thank Robert Downey Jr. Many people were interested in Iron Man just to see what he would do, phone it in or run around in a Coke induced frenzy. Strangely enough he delivered an amazing performance.
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Your best response is CHRIS PINE one of the least talented actors since Shia LeBeouf. Honestly his protrayal of Kirk was so bad it almost ruined the movie (the God Awful plot did all the work).
Honestly you could have picked some one who actually has talent like Christian Bale or Eric Bana.
The Comic book writers in the 60's. especially those who did GL/GA
Square also means conformist which in the 60's means being a bland and generic white guy.
Ridiculous, his performance was one of the MOST convincing things about the movie...think how often you've seen imitations of Kirk...well his acting mimicked some inflections and mannerisms but never devolved into an imitation. I believe most critics agree on this point...and Hollywood seems to think so too.
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A little surprising, it looked as if the pre-release buzz was pretty decent. It certainly looks as if they got the look right. I suppose I'll find out. What i find to be hilarious is all these posters saying, "oh well I thought it was going to be good, but now the critics hate it, so I won't see it."
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A little surprising, it looked as if the pre-release buzz was pretty decent. It certainly looks as if they got the look right. I suppose I'll find out. What i find to be hilarious is all these posters saying, "oh well I thought it was going to be good, but now the critics hate it, so I won't see it."
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Yea, very surprising. I thought the rule of thumb was generally, if the critics universally ban it, it must be good, or if they all gush, it suck rotten tomatoes.
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