"Green Lantern" movie news... (1 Viewer)

[Jose Martinez]

It does indeed. Cannot wait.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

The CG blue eyes when Hal has the mask on is really creepy. There's no life to them.

 

[Mikel_Cooperman]

Saw the preview at Wondercon and loved it. It looks epic and really fun but with a brain unlike Transformers 2.

 

[expressmart]

it sounds good ,

 

[Jose Martinez]

New Trailer. As much as I am looking forward to this movie (and my favorite DC superhero),but is it me or do the special f/x look, well, like special f/x? It could be just the quality of looking at it on a computer screen and it'll look better on a big screen. Anyway, 2D only for me.

http://www.ign.com/videos/2011/05/25/new-green-lantern-trailer?show=HD

 

[Patrick Sun]

I think I may do the GL movie in 3D.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I haven't been impressed by the trailers and might bypass this film.







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[Cassy_w]

Is this a converted 3D film or a real shot in 3D film? I am reading conflicting info.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Originally Posted by Cassy_w
Is this a converted 3D film or a real shot in 3D film? I am reading conflicting info.

It's a conversion. (Principal photography was done using Super 35, rather than the Pace/Cameron Fusion digital system that's been used for all of the "shot in 3D" movies that have come out since Avatar.) So was the other "green" superhero movie from earlier this year, "Green Hornet". And both "Captain America" and "Thor" were conversions as well (although, at least, with Thor, the effects were done natively in 3D). Not a good summer for action heroes who should have been shot in 3D.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Originally Posted by Jose Martinez
As much as I am looking forward to this movie (and my favorite DC superhero), but is it me or do the special f/x look, well, like special f/x? It could be just the quality of looking at it on a computer screen and it'll look better on a big screen.

It's not just you. On one hand, I hate to judge the look of films from trailers because sometimes they're released with effects that haven't been completely finalized and may be better in the finished film. On the other hand, I saw the trailer for this in theaters (both in 3D and 2D, actually) and the effects had the same "obvious" quality you described even on the big screen. His costume is a CG effect rather than being a practical outfit - not sure who came up with that idea, but I'm not sure that I'm a fan of that. Enhancing the costume with CG is one thing, doing it entirely that way - not my cup of tea.

 

[Brandon Conway]

It's Green Lantern, probably the most ridiculous looking comic hero in respect to "real world" practicality, considering all the other worlds, aliens, ring projections, etc. And it looks like Green Lantern comics. I don't see the problem here, personally.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I admit I know nothing of Green Lantern - I'll probably see it cause, hey, in the middle of the summer with 100 degree weather, an air conditioned theater is usually the place to be, but I'm not expecting Citizen Kane here either

 

[Cassy_w]

I will seek it out in 2D. The trailers are filled with dark scenes, shots at night and no way will I risk seeing a mudhole of an image. Were it being shown in IMAX theaters, I'd risk it, but I do not see it on the schedule. Transformers 2 has it sewn up for all of August, which means Captain America is also out.

 

[Ruz-El]

2D only for me too. As far as the special effects looking like special effects, I don't think it would be possible to make this film with out that happening. Green Lantern is so fantastic and other world compared to Batman and (most) Superman stories that it's never going to look "real" to a large extent.

I was cool on the film until the later trailers, I'm looking forward to it now.

 

[Sam Favate]

As I said in another thread, having seen Thor in 3D, I will be seeking out the rest of the summer films I want to see in 2D.

 

[Chuck Anstey]

First and foremost I hope this movie is excellent because he was my favorite superhero growing up. Secondly though I hope this is the first superhero movie where he actually spends most of his time as the superhero instead of his normal person alter ego. In comic books or animated shows, superheros spend 90% of the time as the hero and only on occasion be Clark Kent or Bruce Wayne as needed to interact with other civilian characters. In the movies it is the exact opposite. Hell, even Thor wasn't Thor for most of the movie and he didn't even really use his mortal alter-ego. Green Lantern seems promising given how much time it appears Hal Jordan spends on OA.

 

[Steve Christou]

Green Lantern was reviewed by Variety, here are a few spoiler-free excerpts -

An attempt to infuse an earnest piece of comicbook lore with an irreverent, tongue-in-cheek sensibility yields decidedly mixed results in "Green Lantern." Starring a ripped, wisecracking Ryan Reynolds as the greenest member of a mighty intergalactic league of superheroes, helmer Martin Campbell's visually lavish sci-fi adventure is a highly unstable alloy of the serious, the goofy and the downright derivative. Sans Batman/Superman-level name recognition, this risky DC Comics franchise launcher will rep a real test of Warners' marketing muscle, though it functions well enough as eye-popping spectacle to appeal to summer moviegoers beyond its core constituency of salivating fanboys.
More than usual for this type of megabudget fare, the studio will rely on favorable reviews and word of mouth to counteract negative buzz that has persisted since the release of the film's first trailer in November. With four credited writers onboard (including producer Greg Berlanti, once slated to direct), the picture has been conceived as a present-day origin story for Hal Jordan, the most popular of the six human protagonists who have wielded the green power ring since the creation of the enduring comicbook series in 1940.
Even the casting of Reynolds, arguably the film's biggest gamble, soon reveals its calculation; the amusingly glib, too-smart-for-the-galaxy actor seems to have been chosen primarily to inoculate the film against its own encroaching cheesiness. As Hal learns to fly, conjure weapons with his mind and charm the socks off childhood sweetheart Carol Ferris (an underserved Blake Lively), Reynolds looks alternately flabbergasted and self-satisfied, providing little emotional bandwidth for a hero whose sense of wonder the viewer is never allowed to access. It's especially disappointing given the rich psychological dimensions Campbell brought to a very different origin story in 2006's "Casino Royale."
If it offers little worth listening to in terms of dialogue or music, "Green Lantern" does provide consistent visual diversions in Grant Major's production design, whose otherworldly cityscapes bear some resemblance to the all-digital backgrounds in the most recent "Star Wars" pictures. Even when its fantastical effects look blatantly artificial, the cleanly edited film has an elegance and overall design coherence that bespeak an able craftsman at the helm.
While hardly essential to the viewing experience, the application of 3D is well judged in its occasional isolation of foreground elements, and image brightness was at acceptable levels at the screening caught.

MPAA Rating: PG-13. Running time: 114 MIN.

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117945442?refcatid=31

Looking forward to seeing Green Lantern in 3D some time next week.

 

[Sam Favate]

Hmmm... "Wise-cracking" and "glib" are not words I'd associate with the character of Green Lantern. Hoping to see this (in 2D) to see for myself.

 

[mike caronia]

Being one of very few who did not like First Class all that much, I am looking forward to the GL flick...and will probably be one of very few liking this one! ha

Take a look at the Onion's take...funny stuff:

http://www.theonion.com/video/green-lantern-a-superhero-we-all-know-and-love-say,20741/

 

[Chad R]

The growing consensus is that the movie is uneven and pretty silly. It really makes me sad because I've always loved the character and have been looking forward to this for a year. Although I think Reynolds would have made a better Flash, I was willing to go with him as Hal Jordan. At this point, I might try to see this sometime this weekend, but won't be brokenhearted if I don't.