Green Lantern: The Motion Picture

[Darkseed]

Gotta admit, though, it stings that poopy flicks like TRANSFORMERS 3 & CARS 2 are making tons of cash while this (which is absolutely no worse and at least much more original than those two) is getting pummeled.

Transformers is a sequel and Cars a kiddie flick. In addition, it is an average flick the third of its kind this summer (super hero). Therefore, its box office success is rather limited.

I imagine the same will hold true for Captain America regardless how good / bad it may be. The release date follows the last Potter film and it is the forth of its type this summer.

 

[hairlesswookiee]

Gotta admit, though, it stings that poopy flicks like TRANSFORMERS 3 & CARS 2 are making tons of cash while this (which is absolutely no worse and at least much more original than those two) is getting pummeled.

It doesn't really bother me because I actually expected it. Batman/ Iron Man are the only 2 comic book movies that IMO could've held their own against a Transformers and Cars sequel. Transformers (as much as it pains me to admit it) has a fan base that would choose Transformers over anything else in the theater 99% of the time. My boss said he was going to see Transformers this weekend, and he's not even a fan of the series...he's just going to see the 3D special effects.

 

[The Mike]

I imagine the same will hold true for Captain America regardless how good / bad it may be. The release date follows the last Potter film and it is the forth of its type this summer.

I don't think so. Marvel Studios has the benefit of putting out a few different types of movies not to mention that the general public and reviewers as well hold anything Marvel as if it's the same thing. So you've get more lighthearted pieces like Spider-Man, Iron Man and the more intense pieces like Blade or The Punisher and everything in-between. So Captain America gets more of a pass. DC films on the other hand in recent times have been solely defined by Nolan's Batman movies so that is the measure whether it is fair or not and so Superman Returns failed against it, Green Lantern failed against it and Snyder's Man of Steel will be held against it as well. DC needs to quickly diversify so that people treat the films individually instead of looking to Nolan as the measure of quality especially since although very good and really entertaining as far as comic book films could go they definitely aren't perfect.

 

[Darkseed]

I don't think so. Marvel Studios has the benefit of putting out a few different types of movies not to mention that the general public and reviewers as well hold anything Marvel as if it's the same thing. So you've get more lighthearted pieces like Spider-Man, Iron Man and the more intense pieces like Blade or The Punisher and everything in-between. So Captain America gets more of a pass. DC films on the other hand in recent times have been solely defined by Nolan's Batman movies so that is the measure whether it is fair or not and so Superman Returns failed against it, Green Lantern failed against it and Snyder's Man of Steel will be held against it as well. DC needs to quickly diversify so that people treat the films individually instead of looking to Nolan as the measure of quality especially since although very good and really entertaining as far as comic book films could go they definitely aren't perfect.

Perhaps, I was talking more that CA follows the last installment of a very successful franchise (Harry Potter). The Potter spill over will continue during Caps release week.

On the other side, the week after CA releases Smurfs and Cowboys and Aliens hit which will continue taking the steam from Caps box-off receipts. Fueling the talk these types of films are on the decline.

I am tired of reading articles saying the comic genre is faltering because no film this year pulled in the receipts of Spiderman, IM or TDK. Apparently GL was supposed to be "that film" this year. I want these type of films to continue for a good number of years with increasing quality as I love my comic films. Whether domestic, overseas, blu-ray etc. receipts make these successful, I don't care long as the studios continue making them

 

[Khev]

Transformers is a sequel and Cars a kiddie flick. In addition, it is an average flick the third of its kind this summer (super hero). Therefore, its box office success is rather limited.

I think the fact that there are so many superhero movies this summer and that the critics absolutely cruficied (completely unfairly IMO) GL is what killed its box office.

Sure TF has its rabid fanbase but imagine if it wasn't just Bay's Transformers this year. What if over the course of two months there were big budget adaptations of Gobots, Robotech, Voltron, AND Transformers, and TF was the only one raked across the coals by critics.

I think it would have suffered the same fate as GL. Too bad. If guys like Gruson and IrishJedi hadn't endorsed it here I probably would have skipped GL altogether, which obviously the majority of the movie going public has already done.

It was formulaic but lighthearted and wonderfully unique. Hopefully WB greenlights (no pun intended) a sequel with Reynolds back as Hal and the critics pull their collective heads out next time around.

 

[The Mike]

GL has it's problems, many of which the critics accurately pointed out but it definitely didn't deserve the slamming it got and interestingly enough how tons of people publically leapt onto that bandwagon in reviews and on Twitter. If another go is set up then there is the pieces needed to fix and make something special if it isn't I have a feeling you'll see a reboot announced not too far off.

 

[Khev]

I do think there could have been a little more justification for...

Spoiler

...Sinestro putting the ring on at the end. He literally watched with his own eyes how the will of one man could overcome the chaotic destruction of a being consumed by fear and then promptly decides to link up with said destructive power?

And people thought Anakin's turn was abrupt.

Did his character do the same thing in the comics?

 

[The Mike]

It was a fanboy wet dream nothing more. In the comics, he goes to harness the Fear power because it's a direct foil to the Will power after he is kicked out of the GLC. As the character progresses we learn that he is intent on outdoing the Guardians and master the power, own it and use it like they did Will because they couldn't. You could still get into that in the sequel but there does need to be a lot of groundwork filled in. There were a ton of fanboy scream scenes that were originally planned, that one was cut early supposedly, I was really surprised to see it back in and not more logical ones.

 

[Khev]

It was a fanboy wet dream nothing more.

I see. I've never read a GL comic (I literally didn't even know he had an actual lantern before this movie, thought it was just the ring) so pretty much all fanboy nods would have been lost on me. I feel like I might remember him using the giant fist in some old cartoon like Super Friends or something though.

 

[IrishJedi]

October 14th.

So, will Mike, Khev and I be the only ones who pick this up?

 

[The Josh]

Ordered my extended version earlier today actually.

 

[Agent0028]

I'll be getting it as well.

 

[Khev]

So, will Mike, Khev and I be the only ones who pick this up?

This movie was criminally savaged by critics. If you skipped this on the big screen you owe it to yourself to give it a chance on blu. If you like it, by all means BUY IT. I don't want a reboot, I want a sequel. Strong home video rentals/purchases are the only chance of that happening now.

If you don't like Reynolds, keep in mind that neither did I before I saw this. He really did a surprisingly good job in the title role.

 

[robbiethepainter]

Will own this the second its released. I really liked the movie.

Hopefully we will see some HT news around the release, doubtful but fingers crossed.

 

[DarthTrafford]

I hope the special features include a better movie!
J/K I'll pick it up with my birthday money,LOL!

 

[hunnipot85]

I hope the special features include a better movie!
J/K I'll pick it up with my birthday money,LOL!

I'll be picking it up. I liked it for what it was. Probably won't be in a rush to buy it though.

I just wish all these studios wouldn't put the 'extended cuts' on the blu-ray/dvd/digital bundles. I don't need all that crap.

 

[Biojex]

Will most certainly buy. Extended cut

 

[CelticPredator]

That's some awful cover art. Between the mash up of the colors, to the boring font....meh.

 

[jye4ever]

Instant Purchase

 

[Master Wayne]

I will be buying.