Green Lantern: The Motion Picture

[CelticPredator]

Not when it's done right. End of Story.

 

[Hulksmashed]

Not when it's done right. End of Story.

Even if its done right, however the biggest problem is that no one even wants to do it right. They just want to reap the benefits of some extra cash without putting anything extra into it.

 

[CelticPredator]

Resident Evil wants to do it right.

If they film it with a 3D camera, they've done it right.

 

[Hulksmashed]

Resident Evil wants to do it right.

If they film it with a 3D camera, they've done it right.

I understand. I still have absolutely 0 interest in seeing anything in 3-D. I would much prefer a stellar story and weak visuals, then eye popping 3-D and a lacking story *cough Avatar cough*.

 

[The Mike]

3D GL will only be good if it was FILMED in 3D. If it was converted, you need to skip it.

Maybe not. IF they are smart and keep the 3D to the constructs for example which aren't supposed to look realistic and a bit cartoony especially Hal's it might work regardless.

 

[FQRizzo]

Remember, you always have a choice not to go to a 3D showing....





Everybody Wins!

 

[Hulksmashed]

I for one hope its filmed in 2D and then converted to 3D. Things that are filmed in 3D tend not to look quite right in 2D in my opinion.

 

[IrishJedi]

2D, 3D... I just hope the movie's good. And I came away from SDCC with higher expectations than I did going in, which is a good sign.

 

[The Mike]

Seeing and hearing what I have so far for this flick, I think it'll easily be DC Comics/Warner Bros' Iron Man and hope its a franchise that continues long into the future.

 

[IrishJedi]

Well, it certainly has a chance. And since this is really a set-up film (Hal doesn't become a full-fledged GL until pretty much the end of the movie) I hope it's solid and does well so we get the trilogy (and eventual shot at a JUSTICE LEAGUE flick).

On a side note...

After talking with some WB/DC folks, I got the distinct feeling that BATMAN 3 will be it with Nolan, because there is no way to make his Batman work within the same universe as these other DC films in the pipeline. And they want to go the Marvel route with shared universe films. So the Batman after Nolan's next will be another reboot. Incidentally, it seems as if the SUPERMAN film Nolan is "shepherding" actually might fit into this new DC shared movie universe, even though his Batflicks won't. That's kinda odd.

 

[The Mike]

Nolan being out after the third was a given, he has been saying it for a while. I'm surprised to hear about his Superman though, just recently in an interview he talked about Superman standing alone like Batman stood alone and moving away from the Marvel model. I wonder if the WB brass "changed" his mind.

 

[IrishJedi]

Either that or they hope to change his mind or his Superman might be one and done, too. The days of ad-hoc hero films are over. Especially since, unlike Marvel, DC owns the rights to ALL of their major comic franchises under their parent Warner Brothers banner.

Of course, it's hard to argue with Nolan now. Especially after INCEPTION. But I believe he's wrong about this and actually over-thinks the whole superhero thing at times. You can go overboard in trying to set these things in "the real world". For instance, the character of Bruce Wayne simply could not exist in our world. He'd be a completely dysfunctional psychopath. Nolan needs to learn that it's okay to let these guys remain symbolic icons with a bit of the fantasy element. And Warner/DC need to keep pushing that if they're to have any shot of having a solid, cohesive film universe like the one Marvel is putting together.

 

[The Mike]

I agree with you 110% but here is the thing. Nolan was quoted in saying that Bruce Wayne/Batman that he created could not exist with other DC heroes. He was asked to even have the civilian versions of the heroes, a scene with a man in a bomber jacket with the Jordan tag or even having Clark Kent covering a Wayne event. He said no, blantantly refused and WB caved. After TDK I don't see them pushing him for anything. Then when he came to Superman he said two things: 1- That there would be no DC heroes interacting not even Batman he wanted a world alone with just Superman. 2 - That he would look to Action Comics, the original Golden Age stuff, which means that Superman was really different, no flights, just long jumping and running. There were very few powers actually and Superman was treated as a solitary hero. If Nolan is serious then his Superman will be unique and alone....I don't really see WB messing with him.

 

[tomandshell]

Remember, you always have a choice not to go to a 3D showing....

My kids wanted to see Last Airbender and the theater was only showing it in 3D, so I went ahead and took them. The person ahead of me in line asked for a ticket to a regular showing, and when they told him it was only showing in 3D, he said no and walked back to the parking lot. So I guess some people do simply refuse to watch a film in 3D.

Unfortunately, not every theater offers a movie in both 3D and 2D, and if you want to see a movie in the theater you sometimes have no choice but to pay extra for those glasses or go home.

 

[The Mike]

That's actually very true. My theater didn't show the 2D version of Toy Story 3 until a month after release...

 

[Hulksmashed]

I agree with you 110% but here is the thing. Nolan was quoted in saying that Bruce Wayne/Batman that he created could not exist with other DC heroes. He was asked to even have the civilian versions of the heroes, a scene with a man in a bomber jacket with the Jordan tag or even having Clark Kent covering a Wayne event. He said no, blantantly refused and WB caved. After TDK I don't see them pushing him for anything. Then when he came to Superman he said two things: 1- That there would be no DC heroes interacting not even Batman he wanted a world alone with just Superman. 2 - That he would look to Action Comics, the original Golden Age stuff, which means that Superman was really different, no flights, just long jumping and running. There were very few powers actually and Superman was treated as a solitary hero. If Nolan is serious then his Superman will be unique and alone....I don't really see WB messing with him.

I think that's a very bad idea. Superman has evolved into what he is. You can't devolve him with one solitary movie. Doubt I would even go to the theater to see a guy jumping around and out running locomotives....

 

[CelticPredator]

I understand. I still have absolutely 0 interest in seeing anything in 3-D. I would much prefer a stellar story and weak visuals, then eye popping 3-D and a lacking story *cough Avatar cough*.

Cant always have a New York Strip steak....gotta have a gross cheap nasty burger every once in a while.

 

[IrishJedi]

I agree with you 110% but here is the thing. Nolan was quoted in saying that Bruce Wayne/Batman that he created could not exist with other DC heroes. He was asked to even have the civilian versions of the heroes, a scene with a man in a bomber jacket with the Jordan tag or even having Clark Kent covering a Wayne event. He said no, blantantly refused and WB caved. After TDK I don't see them pushing him for anything. Then when he came to Superman he said two things: 1- That there would be no DC heroes interacting not even Batman he wanted a world alone with just Superman. 2 - That he would look to Action Comics, the original Golden Age stuff, which means that Superman was really different, no flights, just long jumping and running. There were very few powers actually and Superman was treated as a solitary hero. If Nolan is serious then his Superman will be unique and alone....I don't really see WB messing with him.

That's all solved with one simple conclusion: Nolan seriously overvalues the "realism" of his Batman films. And it will probably be the same with Superman. Unless he takes the Fleischer approach, which could work.

Nolan is an amazing filmmaker, no doubt. But I'm really beginning to think he's not entirely cut out for the superhero genre.

 

[YoNoSe]

Nolan is an amazing filmmaker, no doubt. But I'm really beginning to think he's not entirely cut out for the superhero genre.

That's what I've been saying since the day I saw TDK. I understand why people like it but it is so divorced from it's comic roots that I don't even consider it a "comic book" movie.

And I think that opinion has gone over really well on this board!

 

[intothevoid]

That's what I've been saying since the day I saw TDK. I understand why people like it but it is so divorced from it's comic roots that I don't even consider it a "comic book" movie.

And I think that opinion has gone over really well on this board!

Well, the thing is this - The Nolan Batman movies have understood the Batman character (and actually many of the support characters and villains) FAR FAR better than any interpretation in cartoon or film. Just because Batman is comic book character doesn't mean any movies based on him should have a comic book tone - batman comics rarely deal with supernatural / superhuman elements, the best batman comic stories have a definite real world feel to them (year one, the long halloween, for example).