Green Lantern (2011)
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Ok fine, How about Storm? She was certainly one of the most prominent characters in the X-Men films.
Blade is still considered Marvel Studios first film and was a commercial success that generated three major motion pictures and yes a poor television spin off series. As for GL rebooting if it's a flop...whose to say that there aren't future plans to include John Stewart in a sequel? Don't have to wait for a reboot to have the possibility of seeing John.
Too bad. Judging from the reviews, this seems to be a poor year for comic book movies that have the word "Green" in the title.
^I thought Green Hornet was under rated. It worked quite well for me as a bit of dumb fun for two hours.
Nothing hinted that budget was part of your criteria. Major Motion Pictures have various budgets.
I'd love to see Black Panther or maybe Night Thrasher show up somewhere.
So we're writing off movies based on reviews now and not based on how we ourselves feel about them?
Variety is reporting WBs is expecting a 55-60 million dollar opening.
Even with these reviews, I bet it'll do that.
Even with these reviews, I bet it'll do that.
Yeah I think it'll get around 60 million.
This actually is something that's always bugged me about the entire Green Lantern mythos. It winds up addressed, but only in a "Okay, I'll trust you again" fashion. But after so many screw-ups, you get the feeling that Superman or somebody responsible for Earth should be, like, fuck you, Smurfs.
He brought serious gravitas in The Amityville Horror.
Of course, he was also Van Wilder. So it's a wash.
Have you gone to see every single film released this year?
Sure, there are some films I may actually go to see in theatres almost regardless of what reviews say. Star Trek 2, probably.
But a comic book franchise I'd never heard of before it entered movie speculation ain't it. My euros at the cinema are better spent watching movies I have a hunch I'll actually like, and part of how one informs that hunch is reviews.
Those of us who were already highly dubious about it based on the footage shown are, yes.
No of course I've not seen every film released this year, but I also don't judge movies based on reviews. Sure if there is a positive review for a movie that I am interested in seeing that's great but it isn't going to make or break me seeing it, or my potential enjoyment or dislike of it. It seems in this instant knowledge age we're in we're quick to judge stuff because of reviews now. That's fine if you do base going on seeing films on reviews i'm not attempting to judge you. I'm just curious to see that it seems to be more rampant now. Perhaps this is an entirely different subject altogether.
Then how do you decide which ones are the ones you're going to see?
I went to see Adjustment Bureau, Source Code, Black Swan, True Grit, King's Speech and 13 Assassins this year, for example. All got good reviews that I read. They were also all good films and I enjoyed the time spent at the multiplex.
Only one - True Grit - would have been possibly 'review-proof' for me, because I am a Coen Brothers fan. Reviews drew me attention to Adjustment Bureau and 13 Assassins, which I may not have heard of otherwise. Reviews sold me on King's Speech and Black Swan, which I heard of but would not have bothered with if they were badly reviewed.
I'd rather see a film which doesn't have a ton of TV spots but did get stellar reviews - and sounds interesting - simply because that's likely a better investment of my money and a more fun way to waste my time.
That's sort of what critics are here for, bless 'em, and I appreciate that.
Oh it definitely is. RottenTomatoes changed a lot for me, and generally I rely less on local critics then I used too, although I do still read the Irish Times reviews.
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With aggregate sites like rottentomates, I think it's become easier to judge things based on reviews. Sure, I don't agree with them all the time. There are movies they liked (like the last Indiana Jones movie) that I hated. There are movies they hated (like Secret Window) that I liked. But I don't have the time or money to see every movie out there so it helps focus my viewing choices. And when a movie has a 25% rating, it's kind of difficult to justify seeing it unless I really like superheroes.
I see films based on their concept during announcement of the project...or baring that I will wait until the trailer. Most of those films you mention Kegg I anticipated from the start process of their development. I'm sort of nerdy about that type of thing.
That's sort of how I feel.
If I'm interested in a movie, I'll go to see it despite bad reviews. If I'm not, I won't, no matter how much the critics praise it.
The Tomatometer helps me make up my mind when I'm on the fence. I probably would have gone to see Green Lantern if the reviews had been good, the way I did with Thor. But now--no. I already gave the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie a miss for the same reason.
Campbell making noises about not returning for the second one during promotion for this one makes a bit more sense now - as the movie came together late in post he probably realized in his interactions with management that he was not going to be asked back.
Just bought four tickets for tomorrow evening.
Estimates are running from 60 as a high to 50 as a low. Apparently most movies this season other than Super 8 have somewhat underperformed their tracking projections on opening weekend; if GL opens below 50 mill that "greenlighted" sequel is probably in doubt.
God bless Roger Ebert, who knows movies and knows his own mind. He surprises me again:
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At two and half stars I don't suppose that's a "fresh" on the Tomatometer, but it cheers me greatly and I'll take it.
Now quick, someone sneer about Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls - don't disappoint.
Just bought four tickets for tomorrow evening.
Estimates are running from 60 as a high to 50 as a low. Apparently most movies this season other than Super 8 have somewhat underperformed their tracking projections on opening weekend; if GL opens below 50 mill that "greenlighted" sequel is probably in doubt.
God bless Roger Ebert, who knows movies and knows his own mind. He surprises me again:
Link
At two and half stars I don't suppose that's a "fresh" on the Tomatometer, but it cheers me greatly and I'll take it.
Now quick, someone sneer about Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls - don't disappoint.
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Green Lantern NEEDS to open in the $60m range.
To stay with it's peers that is.
THOR, also with 3-D, opened with $65m
XM:FC, just in 2-D, opened with $55m
The drill down analysis I read was that both sold about the same amount of tickets and the variance was due to the 3-D surcharge.
So, the standard opening for a comic film this summer with 3-D seems to be $65m. For people who like these films they turned out in nearly identical numbers attendance wise. If GL opens to less than $60 they can claim some fatigue with the genre being the 3rd film and save face. If GL opens to less than $50m the write ups are going to be harsh.
I like Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. It's the perfect movie to watch when it's so late you're not entirely sure you didn't hallucinate the whole thing.
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