Green Lantern SPOILER Discussion

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

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 4:24 PM

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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.

The general audience doesn't pay attention to critics by and large. Terribly reviewed films are often hits, and lauded films often bomb.

Blaming Green Lantern's failure on them is a bit fallacious.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

ZEEK

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 4:42 PM

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Originally posted by Zeek:
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.

The general audience doesn't pay attention to critics by and large. Terribly reviewed films are often hits, and lauded films often bomb.

Blaming Green Lantern's failure on them is a bit fallacious.

I'd say they're still a factor. I mean Green Lantern still won the weekend box office, but it didn't crush it. So, I'm pretty much saying that their impact took enough wind out of the sails that we probably won't get a sequel. I'm guessing it will barely be profitable for the studio with the international box office and dvd/blu-ray sales. Unless things suddenly pick up for some reason.

STORYMARK

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 5:21 PM

"So, I'm pretty much saying that their impact took enough wind out of the sails that we probably won't get a sequel."

Based upon?

General wisdom is that opening weekend results reflect marketing - which is what really motivates the masses one way or the other. And the ads were not well received (as evidenced by just about any comment section on any site that ran them, particularly first one - which prompted WB to shift the focus of their marketing.

Critics matter on smaller films, but they're pretty irrelevant to the box-office take on big popcorn movies. The reviews were far, FAR more harsh towards stuff like Transformers 2, and it didn't effect it one little bit - no wind taking.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

ZEEK

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 5:48 PM

Based upon just about everyone I talk to mentioning the rotten tomatoes score.

Besides I'm sure it has more of an impact on brand new franchises than on sequels. No one really knows what to expect with the Green Lantern. With Transformers it has a fairly popular cartoon to give a basic understanding and they had the first movie to know what to expect. Green Lantern doesn't have any of that. They have a small following of comic book readers. So, it seems at least among the people I know that they're pretty interested in the reviews.

STORYMARK

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 11:04 PM

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Based upon just about everyone I talk to mentioning the rotten tomatoes score.

Me too. But that's what they call anecdotal evidence. We're on a movie/TV based website - likely not the only ones we go to either. We're not the general audience. We have a higher interest than the general masses, and tend to speak with others. A lot of people just don't care as much, have never gone to9 a movie news site, don't read reviews, and don't know what rotten tomatoes is.

Hell, the people I know who pay attention to reviews - they still went and saw it anyway. It's not like it's a huge bomb or anything, it just isn't going to end up justifying what they spent to make it.

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Besides I'm sure it has more of an impact on brand new franchises than on sequels. No one really knows what to expect with the Green Lantern. With Transformers it has a fairly popular cartoon to give a basic understanding and they had the first movie to know what to expect. Green Lantern doesn't have any of that. They have a small following of comic book readers. So, it seems at least among the people I know that they're pretty interested in the reviews.

Uh... right. The character's been around what, 60 years? He's also been in many, many cartoons, over 3 to 4 decades. It's arguable that the character was as well known before his movie as the Transformers were before theirs.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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