The visual FX shown in the first trailer for GREEN LANTERN didn't do much to knock any socks off. The WonderCon footage, released after a few more months of post-production work, was vastly improved but still had some issues, specifically the goofy look of Green Lantern's facemask on Ryan Reynolds. Warner Bros., sensing that there was still some work to be done before the June 17th release, has granted the production an additional $9 million to beef up the VFX team with hopes of getting everything perfect.
No talk yet about WB pouring another $9 Million into the SFX??
OK, why does Sinestro and Kilowog's suit looks more like a suit and not some stupid second skin that's basically Hal naked?
Good to know they're investing more in the SFX - they need to.
Those posters look awesome!
“The interesting part of all this is to take a hero and take an adventure and then go out there,” the filmmaker said pointing to the ceiling and beyond. “That’s something you haven’t really seen.”
“This was a chance to do some things I’ve never done before,” Campbell said between takes on a scene near the end of the film, which arrives in theaters on June 17. “We have a story that is very human and very much about human emotions but what’s within that story takes us off-world and into some alien settings that are extraordinary.”
“I wandered through the art department and that’s what sold me, seeing this universe that’s created and the scale of it all,” Reynolds said. Our goal is to make the first superhero who really goes on a ‘Star Wars‘ kind of epic journey and this mythology goes back a lot further than ‘Star Wars.’”
“Tone was the biggest concern going in and then it almost became a contagion and it became the concern of everyone and with me just harping on it,” Reynolds said. “And now I feel that it’s the most exciting discovery as we kept going. No it’s not dark like Christopher Nolan’s Batman movies but it isn’t very light like you saw some of the [1980s] Superman movies get. The character is somewhere in the middle. He’s a classic male. Han Solo, who was witty but not really funny, was one of the touchstones.”
“It’s about courage versus fearlessness and the power of will power and the need for sacrifice and service. This is not a comedy film but like Han Solo or an Indiana Jones, there are moments where you smile and the hero can trades lines with anybody.”
“Look, to me, Spider-Man, Batman and those movies, I don’t know where you go with those other than plugging in another bad guy. They did an amazing job with those last two Batman movies but really [visually] where do you go with those characters? You’re still in New York or in Gotham. With this you go on and on. The characters, the planets, the reach…this is the hero who takes it the next level and beyond.”
"This is not a comedy film but like Han Solo or an Indiana Jones, there are moments where you smile and the hero can trades lines with anybody.”