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Mikezilla:
Anyone see it yet? I saw it the other day, and granted there were some REALLY cheesy parts, I thought it was enjoyable. I hate how movies keep trying to push some sort of romance to broaden the demographic. Im not a GL fanboy at all, so maybe the fanboys didnt like it, but I wouldnt have known because I just know the basics of the GL mythos. Critics are giving it abysmal reviews, saying its only saving grace is the effects, which were great. I personally enjoy Ryan Renolyds(sp), so that was neat too, seeing him as a super hero.

And Blake Lively looked AMAZING. Saw it with the GF so I couldnt gawk too hard.  ;D

Rando:

--- Quote from: Mikezilla on June 23, 2011, 12:30:28 pm ---Anyone see it yet? I saw it the other day, and granted there were some REALLY cheesy parts, I thought it was enjoyable. I hate how movies keep trying to push some sort of romance to broaden the demographic. Im not a GL fanboy at all, so maybe the fanboys didnt like it, but I wouldnt have known because I just know the basics of the GL mythos. Critics are giving it abysmal reviews, saying its only saving grace is the effects, which were great. I personally enjoy Ryan Renolyds(sp), so that was neat too, seeing him as a super hero.

And Blake Lively looked AMAZING. Saw it with the GF so I couldnt gawk too hard.  ;D

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Agree across the board.  I saw it at a dine-in theater, which I'm liking cause you can pre-order and select your seat before hand.  But on topic, movie was decent, bit silly in parts but enjoyable.

I am a comic fan, but don't follow Green Lantern, so only had a general knowledge of the character.  I thought some of the effects were good, some not so, but this was the first film I've seen in a while that was 3D, so that may have had something to do with it.

My wife liked it as much as Thor, I thought Thor was bit better but this was decent.  Kinda of part with Fantastic 4?

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Some things that I wasn't crazy about was that I thought they should have spent more time on the GL planet, he got like NO training and then was awesome, which I understand, but would have been good to see much more GL interaction.  Also, I was surprised to see who the main GL guy was, as I've always known him as a villain.  But if you stayed until after the credits, you'll see setup for next film.  I also don't like that EVERY comic hero needs to have a girl that he is going after at the same time he's learning his powers, but that's Hollywood, and she WAS smokin'.  :angel:

wp34:
I am a GL fanboy and I liked it a lot.  Not perfect but I'll buy the DVD when it comes out.  My wife liked it better than Super 8 for what that is worth.

I can't defend it to non GL fans though.  People I talked to at work didn't understand parts of it including the bit after the credits (which I thought was awesome).

Mikezilla:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on June 23, 2011, 02:10:34 pm ---I always thought it was kind of a boring comic book because they could do ANYTHING with the rings.

That being said, Iron Man 2 permanently turned me off the comic book movies.  I'm happy every time one of them bombs at the theater because it reduces the odds of more of them.  So far Thor, X-men, and Green Lantern have made me very happy this summer.

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Again, Thor would have been better without the stupid romance arc, or even natalie portmans character. Iron man 2 sucked royally. I was stoked too about war machine, and they just made the character out to be a joke. Even Iron Man/Tony Stark was a joke. I hated that movie. Xmen first class was lame too, the only cool part was when Magneto was in the bar.

 
--- Quote from: wp34 on June 23, 2011, 02:07:43 pm ---I am a GL fanboy and I liked it a lot.  Not perfect but I'll buy the DVD when it comes out.  My wife liked it better than Super 8 for what that is worth.

I can't defend it to non GL fans though.  People I talked to at work didn't understand parts of it including the bit after the credits (which I thought was awesome).

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How do you not understand parts of it?! Yeah, I knew enough about the comics to know the part after the credits was coming.

Doesnt Hal get possessed by Parallax and becomes a villian in the comics?

wp34:

--- Quote from: Mikezilla on June 23, 2011, 02:29:13 pm ---
How do you not understand parts of it?! Yeah, I knew enough about the comics to know the part after the credits was coming.


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Me too.  The people I'm talking about have no idea who GL is. 

Although I've got two kids who watched every episode of the new Justice League with me TWICE and they didn't remember Sinestro was a villain.  Just sad.   ;D

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