Green Lantern (2011)

[I Grok Spock]

I just caught Buried, a Ryan Reynolds film from last year. I had not planned on watching it, but after seeing a few minutes I was hooked enough to stay through to the end. Reynolds gave a pretty good dramatic performance in a film in which he's the only on-screen performer. I think he'll be great in this.

I used to watch and enjoy the show Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place. Reynolds was very entertaining on that, and it's nice to see him having success. Even niftier is that Nathan Fillion also featured on that show, and is portraying Green Lantern in a current animated release. I guess there is life after half-hour sitcoms. Whither Richard Ruccolo?

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DMzWpZxXdI[/yt]

Awesomeness. Reynolds is just fine as Jordan.

 

[A beaker full of death]

I must say, it does look like they got it right.


And now for something completely different...

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[davejames]

I don't necessarily disagree, but I think the charm of non-CGI fantasy worlds, and even special effects in general (prior to CGI), has to do with marveling, not only at what is created, but how a compelling fantasy world is created using models, sets, sleight-of-hand, optical illusion, etc.

With CGI effects that sense of amazement can be lost, due to the fact that the audience knows it is just a green screen situation where everything is done with computers after filming.

Yeah, to me it just doesn't get better than the simple but incredibly evocative worlds we saw in the original SW movies. No CG world I've seen since then comes even close to feeling as real and tangible as those.

As for Green Lantern, while I can see the CGI is clearly pretty exceptional, I have to agree the overall effect I'm getting from the trailers is of a very green and animated cartoon.

But then again, I got the same impression from the cartoony-looking Avatar trailers, and the actual experience felt much more believable. Here's hoping the same thing happens with GL...

 

[Shazam!]

Because if there's one thing all these movies need, it's to take place in the same continuity.

Well, it would be kinda rad. However, I'm fairly sure any DCU shout-outs would be more sophistacted than the 'first alien' example.

 

[Shazam!]

Well, it would be kinda rad. However, I'm fairly sure any DCU shout-outs would be more sophistacted than the 'first alien' example.

That's right, sophistacted.

 

[Goliath]

My personal favourite:

"The first alien" Wow, what a missed opportunity. Should have mentioned Superman there dummies
by the green gargantua

Yes... yesssss... let the nerd rage flow through you....

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

Yep. Who says Superman exists in the GL movie universe? Heck, if he does, maybe he comes later - he's probably going to turn out to be a bit younger, after all.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

The New York Times:

Two weeks out “Green Lantern” was showing strong interest from men of all ages and solid interest among young women, leading to rough predictions of an opening weekend in the $50 million range, a robust result for a nonsequel. (If reviews are positive, older women may decide to come along for the ride.)

 

[Admiral_Young]

It should be noted that in early drafts of the script there was a Clark Kent cameo at the end of the movie when reporters are questioning Alan Scott who was a government representative. The cameo was removed in later drafts when it was announced Warner Bros was moving forward with a new Superman movie. No idea if Alan is still included.

 

[StarTrek1701]

The New York Times:

Two weeks out “Green Lantern” was showing strong interest from men of all ages and solid interest among young women, leading to rough predictions of an opening weekend in the $50 million range, a robust result for a nonsequel. (If reviews are positive, older women may decide to come along for the ride.)

I'd say it does more than 50 million, though am cautiously optimistic. The trailers look great and gives a good vibe overall, but we all know how we got burnt by those before!

 

[Thestral]

It'd be pretty sweet if Alan Scott cameod. Just a smile and nod or something towards Hal.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

It's not a spoiler to say that something which has never been announced to be in the movie isn't in the movie, is it?

No Alan Scott. His part would have been essentially Waller's.

 

[Captaindemotion]

It should be noted that in early drafts of the script there was a Clark Kent cameo at the end of the movie when reporters are questioning Alan Scott who was a government representative. The cameo was removed in later drafts when it was announced Warner Bros was moving forward with a new Superman movie. No idea if Alan is still included.

I thought I read somewhere that the Clark Kent cameo was that when the GLs were looking for potential new recruits, they looked at his picture or name or something. The reporter one sounds like a better idea, mind you.

 

[Admiral_Young]

^^ Yeah I figured his part had been given to Waller in the redrafts. That's kind of disappointing.

@Captaindemotion...I don't know about the picture cameo, think that might have just been a rumor online. It's been such a long time since I read that draft of the script (it was I believe the first or second draft really before it was rewritten to reflect Green Lantern: Secret Origin) that I even forgot what Clark's line was.

There doesn't seem to be any need or effort on DC's part to combine their universe right now and frankly that's fine with me. I know some fans want to see DC ENT do what Marvel Studios has done but I just don't think there is any interest in that from them right now. They've had such a shoddy record with their previous films they just want to hit one out of the ball park before having a shared continuity.

 

[Dream]

Looks like the first review has been posted online.

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.

He gave the movie a 2/5.

http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/89557/green-lantern.html

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

That sounds a lot like Thor. Maybe these movies should stay off Earth.

Although, honestly, the earthbound bits were my favorite part of Thor - they were relief from the confused and overblown bombast of the Nine Realms. And they had that assistant chick with the taser.

I gather that Uhlich is not a Nolan fan:

Hope springs eternal for the modern Hollywood superhero movie: someday, somehow, someone is going to make a real stunner. (Law of averages, right?)

 

[Dream]

http://twitter.com/#!/ccronlife/statuses/80645316096954368
Early movie review: LeBron James says he didn't like The Green Lantern, too many characters with rings in the plot.

 

[davejames]

Although, honestly, the earthbound bits were my favorite part of Thor - they were relief from the confused and overblown bombast of the Nine Realms. And they had that assistant chick with the taser.

Same here. As cheesy as some of that Earth stuff was, it was still FAR more fun and enjoyable than the dull and overly-serious Asgard scenes I thought.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

http://twitter.com/#!/ccronlife/statuses/80645316096954368
Early movie review: LeBron James says he didn't like The Green Lantern, too many characters with rings in the plot.

Well, he could have used one and maybe the will to power it.