So, I saw this over the weekend, and I'll say that I don't think it's as bad as most of the critics made it out to be... Maybe that's the reason I enjoyed the movie? All those horrible reviews got my expectations lowers... or maybe it just simply wasn't as bad as most had suggested in general. Not to say that the movie was perfect. This is no Dark Knight or Iron Man. Not even close.
Firstly, I think the casting in this film was really good. Ryan Reynolds was perfect as Hal Jordan, Mark Strong was amazing as always as Sinestro, and I didn't think Blake Lively was that bad as the love interest. Peter Sarsgaard was also great, I just thought his character Hector Hammond was a bit too weird for my tastes... but I guess that was the point?
The story was pretty much your simple superhero origin story, which is not a bad thing, considering this is Green Lantern. I can see future sequels going to the next level if this film does well in the box-office. It seemed the writers wanted to make a simple story for the first film to get the origin out of the way, so it would give them more freedom on where to take the character in other films.
the SFX were top notch. I know many people that complained about the suit being in CGI, but I thought it was an interesting idea from the beginning. It gave the suit an "aline-ish" feel to it, which is what the suit was supposed to be, right?
The movie did have it's problems though. The pacing of the film could be much better and score wasn't memorable like John Williams Superman score or badass like Hans Zimmer's The Dark Knight. It's very forgettable. I also thought the two main villains were pretty weak and not as interesting as villains like The Joker, Lex Luthor, Doc Ock, Magneto, etc.
Again, hopefully the problems in this film, will help improve the quality of the next Green Lantern film, if there is one. I hope so. Though, for Green Lantern, i'd have to admit it's only worth renting.... unless you're a crazed superhero fan such as myself!
We're rooting for you DC! It would be nice to get more DC superheroes other then Batman or Superman!
Firstly, I think the casting in this film was really good. Ryan Reynolds was perfect as Hal Jordan, Mark Strong was amazing as always as Sinestro, and I didn't think Blake Lively was that bad as the love interest. Peter Sarsgaard was also great, I just thought his character Hector Hammond was a bit too weird for my tastes... but I guess that was the point?
The story was pretty much your simple superhero origin story, which is not a bad thing, considering this is Green Lantern. I can see future sequels going to the next level if this film does well in the box-office. It seemed the writers wanted to make a simple story for the first film to get the origin out of the way, so it would give them more freedom on where to take the character in other films.
the SFX were top notch. I know many people that complained about the suit being in CGI, but I thought it was an interesting idea from the beginning. It gave the suit an "aline-ish" feel to it, which is what the suit was supposed to be, right?
The movie did have it's problems though. The pacing of the film could be much better and score wasn't memorable like John Williams Superman score or badass like Hans Zimmer's The Dark Knight. It's very forgettable. I also thought the two main villains were pretty weak and not as interesting as villains like The Joker, Lex Luthor, Doc Ock, Magneto, etc.
Again, hopefully the problems in this film, will help improve the quality of the next Green Lantern film, if there is one. I hope so. Though, for Green Lantern, i'd have to admit it's only worth renting.... unless you're a crazed superhero fan such as myself!
We're rooting for you DC! It would be nice to get more DC superheroes other then Batman or Superman!
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