Green Lantern SPOILER Discussion

POSTED BY: Zeek
UPDATED: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 23:04
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ZEEK

Friday, June 17, 2011 2:50 PM

SPOILERS SPOILER SPOILERS AND MORE SPOILERS BELOW!!!! you have been warned.

So, anybody else seen it yet? I don't know what the reviews are complaining about. I was able to follow it just fine. The only thing I was even slightly confused about was the history between the doctor and Carol. That portion of the story wasn't very well fleshed out, but it really wasn't difficult to understand. Unrequited obsession leads to angry jerkface. Got it.

I thought the special effects were good and the lantern powers they had Hal use were cool. They had plenty enough action for my taste. That's usually a complaint I have with super hero movies, but this one had quite a few action scenes.

I really liked that they didn't have people who knew Hal be baffled by the little mask. I mean they almost let it go on too long before Carol pointed out that she recognized him.

I wish Sinestro got some more time to show off that he's a super strict dude with the people he protects. He basically just comes off as a passionate perfectionist. I saw an interview where Ryan Reynolds talked about how the audience might even like Sinestro. Why wouldn't they? I mean he was sorta a dick to Hal at first but not overly so.

The bad guys were a little lame. I mean the doc I took as just an extension of parallax. Parallax himself seemed to just be consumed by evil. That's kind of boring. I think Sinestro will be much more interesting.

Anyway what did everyone else think?

CLJOHNSTON108

Saturday, June 18, 2011 1:18 PM

Yeah, we'd bought our tickets a couple of days early, so I was getting kinda nervous with all the scathing reviews.
Well, we liked it just fine! Dunno what everybody's problem was.

STEGASAURUS

Saturday, June 18, 2011 6:18 PM

It seemed like they all grew up together. Wasn't the senator or whatever Hal's uncle or something? I agree it wasn't fleshed out well, but I got the gist of it.

I really enjoyed learning more about how the rings and green power worked with the Lanterns (note: not the 'lanterns' that charged the rings, the actual 'space cops'). I read some of the comics as a kid, but didn't understand it as I did watching the movies. And I really liked the special effects in 3D. I jumped more than once.

I had a terrible morning yesterday, so going to see this movie helped lift some of the gloom of the morning. Green Lantern's Light did its job! :D

-Steg

STILLFLYIN2

Saturday, June 18, 2011 9:18 PM

It was fun. Not deeply intellectual or full of drama (thank goodness). Plenty of action and entertainment.

AURAPTOR

Monday, June 20, 2011 12:40 AM

I'm hearing good things about it. Might check it out, or might wait for the DVD. Not sure yet.

I didn't really follow GL as a kid. The character / story never really appealed to me.

One question I have, from looking at a poster for the movie...

How did a cave - troll end up in the movie ?

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

ZEEK

Monday, June 20, 2011 1:43 PM

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Originally posted by AURaptor:

How did a cave - troll end up in the movie ?

Hmmm no cave trolls that I remember. There's a bunch of alien green lanterns. One of them looks fairly troll like. There's also a human who gets sorta mutated. It happens.

AURAPTOR

Monday, June 20, 2011 7:51 PM

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Originally posted by Zeek:
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Originally posted by AURaptor:

How did a cave - troll end up in the movie ?

Hmmm no cave trolls that I remember. There's a bunch of alien green lanterns. One of them looks fairly troll like. There's also a human who gets sorta mutated. It happens.

Just me, being a bit tongue in cheek. But looking at the poster, first thing I thought of is , from LOTR... " they have a cave-troll! "

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

OLDGUY

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 1:33 PM

went to see the Lantern last night ...had worked a long hard weekend so the wife and I felt like some light duty entertainment last night.

it was fine..didn't come away feeling like I wasted 90 mins of my life. The 3D looked a bit cartoonish at times and much of the backgrounds looked very 1D painted.
It felt like if the movie had another 20 mins of footage it might have developed better character depth...as it was, I came away feeling like I watched a saturday matinee flick. Certainly not the feeling I got when I first saw Iron man.

But it was consistent enough throughout..not like the Hulk which looked to have some great moments earlier on, only to get way out of proportion during the last battle with a ridiculous monster.

all in all...if you've got the movie jangle in your pocket (not a cheap date these days)..then yeah...worth a view on a slow night.

ZEEK

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 2:45 PM

So I'm kinda doubting well get a sequel to this one now that the boxoffice numbers weren't as good as thor or first class. Sorta stinks because I thought it had some potential. Stupid critics killing a good franchise before it even got started.

SISTER

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 3:25 PM

We saw it at the local drive-in last weekend; not always the best place to watch a relatively dark (lighting-wise, not story-wise) film; but all four of us who went enjoyed it. Not, like several others here have said, a 'wow'...but good summer fun. Looking forward to "Cowboys and Aliens"...

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