Green Lantern

[Candy Kappa]

love that trailer, this looks so freaking sweet

[Raph's Girl]

New trailer's up. This one explains the plot of the movie and shows some more Oans....

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stori...eenlantern.htm

[ToTheNines]

Anyone gonna see it this weekend? All the advance reviews idicate that it's a great big turd.

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

Anyone gonna see it this weekend? All the advance reviews idicate that it's a great big turd.

Im seeing it on Friday. Thankfully morning showings here are only $5. it's showing in regular format and 3D here. Im not about to fork over an extra $3.50 to see it in 3D tho.

[Ninjinister]

Flick's been getting s**t on by the critics, but those that I know that have seen it say it's decent-to-pretty good. Nobody's calling it the second coming of superhero movie Christ, but from what I've seen from previews and heard from other GL fans that have seen it, it might be worth watching.

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by The Ninjinister

Flick's been getting s**t on by the critics, but those that I know that have seen it say it's decent-to-pretty good. Nobody's calling it the second coming of superhero movie Christ, but from what I've seen from previews and heard from other GL fans that have seen it, it might be worth watching.

I can second this post. Definitely not DC's "Star Wars" from what I hear, but a cool movie either way, according to a few friends.

Was gonna see it this weekend, but you know how plans go.

[Raph's Girl]

Just got back from seeing Green Lantern. It was a pretty ok film. The CGI was slightly better than what was shown in the trailers and it was cool to see Killowog, Bzz'd and Tomar Re (he's a fish...huh...always thought he was a bird) on the big screen.

Also they got Clancy Brown to voice Paralax!

Oh and Amanda Waller's not in it much but we did get kinda a look into her background.

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

Also they got Clancy Brown to voice Paralax!

Win.

Oh and Amanda Waller's not in it much but we did get kinda a look into her background.

They had her background in the Abin Sur prequel.

[Andrew NDB]

Yeah, this movie sounds pretty embarassingly horrific. I've heard it being compared to Wolverine and even Catwoman. Yikes.

[Cure]

Who listens to critics, anyway? According to them A Goofy Movie isn't great, which we all know is a lie.

[ToTheNines]

Ended up being able to go and just got back, and I definitely liked it.

Ryan Reynolds was a pretty good Hal. He was really funny, which was good and bad because a lot of people in the theatre were laughing at parts that I felt weren't meant to be laughed at. Sinestro was really cool and Paralax was neat.

Peter Sarsgard as Hector Hammond was kind of a disaster, then again I've never liked that character. Me and my friends laughed pretty hard every time he was on screen, he wasn't so bad before his transformation but damn.... some of the screaming was way over the top.

BLAKE LIVELY IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!

[Slap-Happy]

Mark Strong was really great as Sinestro.

Spoiler:

But his using the Yellow ring Against the gaurdians wishes kind of comes out of nowhere. The film never mentions that Sinestro is going to far with his obsession with justice and order. But it was a little cool when he put the ring on and the costume changes.

That also reminds me, shouldn't the costume immediately go away once the ring is removed? When Abin gives the ring to Hal, the costume only goes away once he dies, but later, Hal takes off the ring, and the suit immediately disappears.

[KROW]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

Ryan Reynolds was a pretty good Hal. He was really funny, which was good and bad because a lot of people in the theatre were laughing at parts that I felt weren't meant to be laughed at. Sinestro was really cool and Paralax was neat.

Peter Sarsgard as Hector Hammond was kind of a disaster, then again I've never liked that character. Me and my friends laughed pretty hard every time he was on screen, he wasn't so bad before his transformation but damn.... some of the screaming was way over the top.

Originally Posted by Slap Happy

Mark Strong was really great as Sinestro.

Spoiler:

But his using the Yellow ring Against the gaurdians wishes kind of comes out of nowhere. The film never mentions that Sinestro is going to far with his obsession with justice and order. But it was a little cool when he put the ring on and the costume changes.

That also reminds me, shouldn't the costume immediately go away once the ring is removed? When Abin gives the ring to Hal, the costume only goes away once he dies, but later, Hal takes off the ring, and the suit immediately disappears.

I agree here, especially the points on Reynolds' humor. He's a funny guy but he can also convey seriousness. Some people in the audience laughed at everything that came out of his mouth, even his argument with Carol. Ugh.

As for the rest, it was classic summer movie stuff I've seen many times before. I knew it to be as much, so I didn't go in with high expectations or come out disappointed. It was fun.

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by Cure

Who listens to critics, anyway? According to them A Goofy Movie isn't great, which we all know is a lie.

I f**king love A Goofy Movie.

[Cure]

As well you should.

[ToTheNines]

I don't know why everyone's bullying this movie, it wasn't perfect but it was good. And I feel like it set up what could be a very awesome sequel. You can tell something's up with rotten tomatoes when this movie has a 15% and Spider-man 3 has a 40% from top critics. I was literally depressed when I left the theatres after that one.

I will admit that it was extremely pompous of the people behind this movie to declare that it was this generations Star Wars, cause it's not even close. However, comparing this movie to Catwoman is just plain wrong.

[Brodie]

I liked it. There was a lot that wasn't great, but it was entertaining.

Was it as good a movie as Dark knight? No. But it was way more ****ing fun to watch than that movie.

And considering this, how it left off? I'd be more interested in seeing GL2 than a new Superman, or what have you.

It was a fun movie to watch, not much more, but it didn't need to be.

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

BLAKE LIVELY IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!

I haven't seen a lot of her in more provocative dress but she doesn't seem to have the body for Carrol. Especially if a sequel takes her in the direction her character is in now....

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by The Ninjinister

I haven't seen a lot of her in more provocative dress but she doesn't seem to have the body for Carrol. Especially if a sequel takes her in the direction her character is in now....

I would certainly hope they don't make her Star Sapphire, they have plenty on their plate with the impending formation of the Sinestro Corps. Plus there's bigger fish to fry: The Weaponers, The Manhunters, Kanjar Ro, adding John, Guy or Kyle to the Corps, etc. etc.

[Fugitoid Jones]

I wasn't really thrilled with this movie. I'm not saying it's as bad as Catwoman or Elektra or Batman Forever, but I def wouldn't rank it with the best either. Some of the plot holes bugged me, I didn't like the romance between Hal and Carol (I know it's in the comics, I just didn't like the way it came off on screen), I felt like we didn't see enough of the Corps, and overall alot of the time I just felt like I didn't care. The climax action scene was pretty weak too.

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

I would certainly hope they don't make her Star Sapphire, they have plenty on their plate with the impending formation of the Sinestro Corps. Plus there's bigger fish to fry: The Weaponers, The Manhunters, Kanjar Ro, adding John, Guy or Kyle to the Corps, etc. etc.

Well from what I've read, we probably won't have to worry about a sequel. With the reviews being as bad as they are and the movie only making around $53 million in the US this weekend, they probably will just reboot the series in another couple of years.