Green Lantern (2011)
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To each their own...but I'm curious to the people who aren't on board with this or are hesitant, what exactly turns you off about this? Is it just Ryan? Or is something else?
To each their own...but I'm curious to the people who aren't on board with this or are hesitant, what exactly turns you off about this? Is it just Ryan? Or is something else?
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I personally just don't get the concept of 'prepping' for a movie. Buying the tickets and turning up to the cinema with my eyes and ears in working order seems entirely sufficient for my purposes.
I personally just don't get the concept of 'prepping' for a movie. Buying the tickets and turning up to the cinema with my eyes and ears in working order seems entirely sufficient for my purposes.
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Fair enough.
Fair enough.
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I'll grant that there are literally on seconds of footage here but my immediate impression is that this movie is being played for laughs rather than the potential epic it could be. I haven't read comics regularly for about 15 years but I DID read them for about 25 years solid before they, frankly, got too damned expensive to buy. As I said in my first post, the personality presented here doesn't remotely resonate as "Hal Jordan" to me. Hal was a serious guy. Yes, he was something of a thrill-junkie but he was also intense, almost to the point of being grim. I can't see him bubbling, "I know, right?" with the enthusiasm of a 10 year old who just got a new bike. "What happens now?" asks his buddy with the suspect "do". "We go look for trouble," says the new protector of Sector 2814. These are the words of someone wanting to take a joy-ride rather than of a man who recognizes that he has suddenly been handed one of the most powerful weapons in the universe and is now responsible for the protection of likely hundreds of BILLIONS of lives on many planets. The moment comes off like a Matt Stone/Trey Parker comedy.
I can't comment as to whether the actor is part of the problem or not because clearly he's delivering the lines that were written. I just really don't want to see a movie where a couple frat-boy type loser wanna-bees finally find a way to have some fun because they got this "kewl" new power ring toy. Hal Jordan in the comics was an established, experienced and well-respected test pilot. Abin Sur's power ring searched him out as a WORTHY SUCCESSOR to wield the ring; not because he was some rough-around-the-edges guy with potential if he grows up a little and starts taking himself seriously.
Now, like I said, this footage IS only a few seconds long and I may have (I HOPE I have) a totally wrong impression of how this is all going to come off. Robert Downey's Tony Stark in "Iron Man" worked fine because he largely came off pretty much like Tony Stark appears in the comics. That's good for that. We don't need a clown here. More, if this is Hal Jordan from the comics--at least the ones I read back in the day--Hal Jordan was NEVER a clown. This guy here comes off more like Guy Gardner than Hal Jordan.
I hope I'm wrong but this looks to be a lame-chuckle fest relying on Gee-whiz special effects and lazy one-liners aimed at a bunch of 14 year olds rather than the potential epic feature I'd hoped it could be. I'll go see it, regardless as to whether it continues to look like it's going to suck or not because I want to give it a fair shot. But, tone-wise, this looks bad right now. ALL wrong for a Hal Jordan/Green Lantern depiction.
I'll grant that there are literally on seconds of footage here but my immediate impression is that this movie is being played for laughs rather than the potential epic it could be. I haven't read comics regularly for about 15 years but I DID read them for about 25 years solid before they, frankly, got too damned expensive to buy. As I said in my first post, the personality presented here doesn't remotely resonate as "Hal Jordan" to me. Hal was a serious guy. Yes, he was something of a thrill-junkie but he was also intense, almost to the point of being grim. I can't see him bubbling, "I know, right?" with the enthusiasm of a 10 year old who just got a new bike. "What happens now?" asks his buddy with the suspect "do". "We go look for trouble," says the new protector of Sector 2814. These are the words of someone wanting to take a joy-ride rather than of a man who recognizes that he has suddenly been handed one of the most powerful weapons in the universe and is now responsible for the protection of likely hundreds of BILLIONS of lives on many planets. The moment comes off like a Matt Stone/Trey Parker comedy.
I can't comment as to whether the actor is part of the problem or not because clearly he's delivering the lines that were written. I just really don't want to see a movie where a couple frat-boy type loser wanna-bees finally find a way to have some fun because they got this "kewl" new power ring toy. Hal Jordan in the comics was an established, experienced and well-respected test pilot. Abin Sur's power ring searched him out as a WORTHY SUCCESSOR to wield the ring; not because he was some rough-around-the-edges guy with potential if he grows up a little and starts taking himself seriously.
Now, like I said, this footage IS only a few seconds long and I may have (I HOPE I have) a totally wrong impression of how this is all going to come off. Robert Downey's Tony Stark in "Iron Man" worked fine because he largely came off pretty much like Tony Stark appears in the comics. That's good for that. We don't need a clown here. More, if this is Hal Jordan from the comics--at least the ones I read back in the day--Hal Jordan was NEVER a clown. This guy here comes off more like Guy Gardner than Hal Jordan.
I hope I'm wrong but this looks to be a lame-chuckle fest relying on Gee-whiz special effects and lazy one-liners aimed at a bunch of 14 year olds rather than the potential epic feature I'd hoped it could be. I'll go see it, regardless as to whether it continues to look like it's going to suck or not because I want to give it a fair shot. But, tone-wise, this looks bad right now. ALL wrong for a Hal Jordan/Green Lantern depiction.
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Right now I'm on the fence about the movie. Nothing I've seen or heard impresses me, I'm not a big fan of Green Lantern to begin with and some of the antics in the snippets in the link(s) above didn't really impress. Mostly Reynolds' douchiness turned me a bit off.
But, at the end of the day, I'm still on the fence on this movie and will wait for fuller trailers and more video to come out before I let my opinions sway. These clips nudged things to the "ugh" side but, still, I'm on the fence.
Right now I'm on the fence about the movie. Nothing I've seen or heard impresses me, I'm not a big fan of Green Lantern to begin with and some of the antics in the snippets in the link(s) above didn't really impress. Mostly Reynolds' douchiness turned me a bit off.
But, at the end of the day, I'm still on the fence on this movie and will wait for fuller trailers and more video to come out before I let my opinions sway. These clips nudged things to the "ugh" side but, still, I'm on the fence.
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Remember though that this is Hal at the start of his career, he's a young, cocky and dashing ace pilot who thinks he owns the damn world. I think Ryan is playing off of that aspect of Hal's character. This isn't a seasoned Corps veteran.
Remember though that this is Hal at the start of his career, he's a young, cocky and dashing ace pilot who thinks he owns the damn world. I think Ryan is playing off of that aspect of Hal's character. This isn't a seasoned Corps veteran.
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Especially after seeing about 20 seconds of quickly cut single scenes that are not even a proper trailer let alone full scenes or god forbid the entire movie.
It amuses me to no end how people can get up in arms after seeing this and proclaiming it will suck.
Especially after seeing about 20 seconds of quickly cut single scenes that are not even a proper trailer let alone full scenes or god forbid the entire movie.
It amuses me to no end how people can get up in arms after seeing this and proclaiming it will suck.
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This, as opposed to what? Some people seeing a few seconds of flashy lights and bright color and then screaming in an orgasmic squeal that it's "soOooOOoo AMAZING!!!!"?
I qualified my response with recognition of the fact that I saw only a few seconds here. It gave me more to worry about than cheer. The film may YET prove to (and I hope it WILL) be great. This footage didn't fill me with confidence though.
As to this being the "young" Hal at the start of his career--either this is the guy worthy to wield the ring or he isn't. If they follow the comic origin, as I recall, Abin Sur did not urgently request in his dying moments for his ring to find someone who would SOME DAY make a great Green Lantern. Rationalize it however you want, but the footage shown in this clip does NOT show, at least in these few seconds, anyone resembling the personality of Hal Jordan as depicted in comics for the last 40 years plus. This character seems a paint-by-numbers cypher designed to appeal to little boys creaming at the thought of finally getting behind the wheel of something with power and putting the pedal to the floor. It looks to be from this footage that it's going to be a cheesy kiddie-movie.
This, as opposed to what? Some people seeing a few seconds of flashy lights and bright color and then screaming in an orgasmic squeal that it's "soOooOOoo AMAZING!!!!"?
I qualified my response with recognition of the fact that I saw only a few seconds here. It gave me more to worry about than cheer. The film may YET prove to (and I hope it WILL) be great. This footage didn't fill me with confidence though.
As to this being the "young" Hal at the start of his career--either this is the guy worthy to wield the ring or he isn't. If they follow the comic origin, as I recall, Abin Sur did not urgently request in his dying moments for his ring to find someone who would SOME DAY make a great Green Lantern. Rationalize it however you want, but the footage shown in this clip does NOT show, at least in these few seconds, anyone resembling the personality of Hal Jordan as depicted in comics for the last 40 years plus. This character seems a paint-by-numbers cypher designed to appeal to little boys creaming at the thought of finally getting behind the wheel of something with power and putting the pedal to the floor. It looks to be from this footage that it's going to be a cheesy kiddie-movie.
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I knew I was gonna regret asking.
I knew I was gonna regret asking.
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"If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions." ~ Samuel L. Jackson as "Jules"--the film "Pulp Fiction", 1994
"If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions." ~ Samuel L. Jackson as "Jules"--the film "Pulp Fiction", 1994
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This looks great.
This looks great.
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Fake, but this has the EPIC sort of vibe that the real film should have.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD7fxU2EHks&feature=related
Fake, but this has the EPIC sort of vibe that the real film should have.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD7fxU2EHks&feature=related
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Does the face mask look especially fake and CG'd on to anyone else? So does the suit itself. It looks too cartoony
Does the face mask look especially fake and CG'd on to anyone else? So does the suit itself. It looks too cartoony
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^ You're not the only one who has felt that way, it's been probably most people's on this board's feeling on the costume. I think it looks fine. I saw that fan trailer and thought it was pretty cool.
^ You're not the only one who has felt that way, it's been probably most people's on this board's feeling on the costume. I think it looks fine. I saw that fan trailer and thought it was pretty cool.
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I think the problem is that it doesn't look like it's there physically(which it isn't)
The more I look at it, it looks like someone sprayed green paint across Reynolds face.
I think the problem is that it doesn't look like it's there physically(which it isn't)
The more I look at it, it looks like someone sprayed green paint across Reynolds face.
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It's gonna be in 3D. Don't know how many times I have to repeat myself about this. It looks spray painted on most likely because it will be part of the 3D costume, which is why the costume design looks like the way it does.
It's gonna be in 3D. Don't know how many times I have to repeat myself about this. It looks spray painted on most likely because it will be part of the 3D costume, which is why the costume design looks like the way it does.
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