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DONOVAN KURTWOOD -> RE: Green Lantern (4/5/2011 8:06:21 PM)

looks great! i want the blu ray now!



darth silas -> RE: Green Lantern (4/5/2011 8:15:45 PM)

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ORIGINAL: DONOVAN KURTWOOD

looks great! i want the blu ray now!



Donavan,when it comes to films,is whether the film looks great or not all that matters to you? Do little things like good storytelling,acting,dialogue and such not really matter to you? No offense intended,you are entitled to like what you like but to say you want the blu ray before youve even seen if the film is any good...



DONOVAN KURTWOOD -> RE: Green Lantern (4/5/2011 8:29:03 PM)

well i like movies filled with lots of action, based on the trailers i dont think anyone can deny that Green Lantern is a contender! I won't be seeing it at the cinema so it'll be a blind buy.



darth silas -> RE: Green Lantern (4/5/2011 11:55:03 PM)


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ORIGINAL: DONOVAN KURTWOOD

well i like movies filled with lots of action, based on the trailers i dont think anyone can deny that Green Lantern is a contender! I won't be seeing it at the cinema so it'll be a blind buy.


Why not go see it at the cinema? It looks like your kinda thing so may as well see it on the big screen where it's intended to be seen.



DONOVAN KURTWOOD -> RE: Green Lantern (5/5/2011 12:44:02 AM)

no i prefer to watch movies at home where i have full control over the conditions and company.



Marwood -> RE: Green Lantern (5/5/2011 8:44:30 AM)


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ORIGINAL: DONOVAN KURTWOOD

no i prefer to watch movies at home where i have full control over the conditions and company.


How about a rental? If it turns out to be dreck then at least you won't have lost as much as you would on a blind buy.

Unfortunately the more I see of the film the more I'm thinking it's going to suck, even the effects aren't impressing. I'd like it to succeed because it looks like a departure from the standard superhero model (even though it is an origin story) and like Thor opens up the cosmic side of what these films can explore. Thor is great and for the same reasons I hope it does really well at the box office but both it and GL are hardly slam dunks, GL doesn't look like a bigger risk as such but the footage/trailers imo has ranged from so-so to just plain bad. Still, Mark Strong as Sinestro should make up for any shortcomings.



Rob -> RE: Green Lantern (5/5/2011 9:49:56 AM)

I think whatever happens it's going to be a really interesting year for comic-book movies. There seems to be a real divide in what people are excited about. I love Captain America and have read the comics for over 20 years and yet nothing I've seen from the trailers so far has impressed me that much at all. Green Lantern however, looks fantastic as far as I'm concerned. I appreciate that it's an effects heavy film with lots of green screen work which isn't ideal but they seem to have stayed really close to the books for the feel of Kilowog, Sinestro and other core members. I think Reynolds is perfect for the role so I couldn't be more excited about this one.



DONOVAN KURTWOOD -> RE: Green Lantern (5/5/2011 11:38:56 AM)


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ORIGINAL: Marwood


quote:

ORIGINAL: DONOVAN KURTWOOD

no i prefer to watch movies at home where i have full control over the conditions and company.


How about a rental? If it turns out to be dreck then at least you won't have lost as much as you would on a blind buy.



Why is everyone so concerned about how i choose to watch this film? I'll be buying it straight out and that's that!

I don't rent movies



Marwood -> RE: Green Lantern (5/5/2011 11:44:31 AM)


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ORIGINAL: Rob

I think whatever happens it's going to be a really interesting year for comic-book movies. There seems to be a real divide in what people are excited about. I love Captain America and have read the comics for over 20 years and yet nothing I've seen from the trailers so far has impressed me that much at all. Green Lantern however, looks fantastic as far as I'm concerned. I appreciate that it's an effects heavy film with lots of green screen work which isn't ideal but they seem to have stayed really close to the books for the feel of Kilowog, Sinestro and other core members. I think Reynolds is perfect for the role so I couldn't be more excited about this one.


I've kind of been getting that with Cap too, the trailer highpoints really have just been the look of the period settings (very Indy/Rocketeer) whereas the action has been very brief and quick cut so there's not really been much of a sense of how these sequences play out. I know trailers are by their nature only there for glimpses of the film but the Cap one has been a bit more disjointed than the Thor or GL ones.

You're definitely right about it being an interesting year for them, I don't think of the big four over the summer any are the sort of mold we've come to expect and there is a divide. Personally of them I've only been looking forward to Thor and Cap, GL so far hasn't really caught my imagination and any Fox X-Men film these days tends to look good but be a complete mess. I want them all to succeed but I do get the feeling that at least one of them could underperform or outright bomb, if I was a betting man I'd say that Cap will be a big earner in the US territories but will do average at best overseas, Thor and GL will both likely open in the middle ground and live or die on word of mouth and First Class will open big (the X-Men brand still seems to be quite massive to the average joe) but drop quite quickly unless word of mouth is great.



Wild about Wilder -> RE: Green Lantern (7/5/2011 1:56:20 PM)

I fear for G.L as it seems to be coming out in probably the busiest part of the summer where there's 1 blockbuster a week so if you don't hit your target on the opening weekend your basicly "FUCKED!"



Marwood -> RE: Green Lantern (9/5/2011 3:20:41 PM)


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ORIGINAL: Wild about Wilder

I fear for G.L as it seems to be coming out in probably the busiest part of the summer where there's 1 blockbuster a week so if you don't hit your target on the opening weekend your basicly "FUCKED!"


True, Thor has opened quite big in the US and doing ok worldwide but I think it could have been a different story if it had opened later. To be honest I was wondering if it would actually beat Fast 5 seeing as that's been doing ridiculously well, although Thor has also been getting mostly good or great reviews so that must have helped. Put it this way, my Mum has no interest in superhero films (and only vaguely remembers Thor from my comics days) but having seen a couple of trailers/reviews and seen Kenneth Branagh/Anthony Hopkins' inclusion she's looking forward to seeing it.

The fact it's doing so well shows I hope that general audiences are up for some more fantasy/sci-fi elements in their superhero cheese at the moment but whether GL repeats or betters that success is still debatable, a better indicator I guess is whether it has legs or suffers a massive drop off in the US next weekend.

I think GL will probably open well with Thor numbers or above but then take a big hit when Transformers 3 is released tbh.



darth silas -> RE: Green Lantern (9/5/2011 5:27:35 PM)

Just watched the second official trailer and im still not sold.It looks fairly naff to be honest and the cgi looks very poor and cartoony to me.That suit on GL just doesnt look right and im not really a fan of Reynolds.

Will give it a miss methinks unless the reviews are outstandingly good.



musht -> RE: Green Lantern (11/5/2011 7:38:07 PM)

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=77444

I like Sarsgaard but actually are Hammond's powers, please tell me he's not just super intelligent or something



Rob -> RE: Green Lantern (12/5/2011 9:41:41 AM)

Well in the comics:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_Hammond#Powers_and_abilities

Basically he gets a massive heed and has telepathic / telekinetic powers.

Possible Spoilers







However, in the movie I think he becomes infected by Parallax which I'm guessing is where he'll get his powers from.

If you haven't read GL Secret Origin you should because it's brilliant and by all accounts the movie is based on it to some degree. Might be worth waiting until you;ve seen it though!



Rob -> RE: Green Lantern (9/6/2011 11:03:48 AM)

Is it odd that you can't book tickets for this yet? I would have thought it would have been in the Imax in London but whilst the box office for Transformers is open there is no mention of Green Lantern.

I could be worrying about nothing but seeing as it's out next week I want to get booking!



BatFan -> RE: Green Lantern (9/6/2011 12:25:53 PM)

It's not showing in Imax in London, I don't know why, same thing happened with Thor, released in Imax in America but here it's just regular cinemas.
I'm guessing because there's only 1 Imax screen in London they cant show as many films as they do in Imax cinemas in America where (presumably) there's more screens.

I'm just hoping my local cineworld does a digital screening that isn't in 3D. If not i'll just be seeing it on a regular screen, fuck post conversion.

The thing we should worry about is the fact there's been no reviews yet. It's been shown to critics this week but we haven't seen any reviews from them yet. The only reviews i've seen are some twitter reactions from regular people who must have seen a preview screening or something. While they were overwhelmingly positive, they sound like they were written by retards so i'm not totally convinced yet. I really want this film to be great and to succeed at the box office, I could deal with every single other film this summer being rubbish if it meant Green Lantern being good, because it has so much potential.



Rob -> RE: Green Lantern (9/6/2011 2:41:51 PM)

Apparently there's a review embargo until 12th June. I think that's pretty normal for films like this though isn't it. I really want this to be good but I'm a bit worried to be honest.



doubtlesswonder -> RE: Green Lantern (9/6/2011 5:43:57 PM)

I'm not as worried now as I was when the very first trailer came out. They've really improved the effects and I think it looks really great now.

I'me just trying to decide whether or not to see it in 3D. Was it converted to 3D afterwards, rather than being filmed in 3D then?



DONOVAN KURTWOOD -> RE: Green Lantern (9/6/2011 6:18:17 PM)

still looks amazing! I'll say it again, can't wait for the (2D) Blu Ray! [:)]



BatFan -> RE: Green Lantern (9/6/2011 7:08:50 PM)


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ORIGINAL: doubtlesswonder

I'm not as worried now as I was when the very first trailer came out. They've really improved the effects and I think it looks really great now.

I'me just trying to decide whether or not to see it in 3D. Was it converted to 3D afterwards, rather than being filmed in 3D then?



Converted to 3D afterwards.

When I watched the first trailer I got a very saturday morning cartoon vibe like it was a DC animated universe film in live action so i'm gonna watch it like that. I don't know if people will be able to accept a superhero film like that though. It's supposed to be tracking really well with general audiences though in Amerca. So hopefully if it's good enough, a lot of people will go see it. Apparently staying midway through the credits is advised as there's an extra scene which sets up something for future films. Not sure what though



JIm R -> RE: Green Lantern (9/6/2011 7:10:19 PM)



Link to article about future DC films inc. talk of JLA


http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JakeLester/news/?a=39106



Marwood -> RE: Green Lantern (9/6/2011 10:07:38 PM)


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ORIGINAL: BatFan


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ORIGINAL: doubtlesswonder

I'm not as worried now as I was when the very first trailer came out. They've really improved the effects and I think it looks really great now.

I'me just trying to decide whether or not to see it in 3D. Was it converted to 3D afterwards, rather than being filmed in 3D then?



Converted to 3D afterwards.

When I watched the first trailer I got a very saturday morning cartoon vibe like it was a DC animated universe film in live action so i'm gonna watch it like that. I don't know if people will be able to accept a superhero film like that though. It's supposed to be tracking really well with general audiences though in Amerca. So hopefully if it's good enough, a lot of people will go see it. Apparently staying midway through the credits is advised as there's an extra scene which sets up something for future films. Not sure what though


Yeah well so did Wolverine and look how well that turned out - profitable but utter shit.

Having watched the clips I still have a lot of misgivings but I think you're right that it's probably best viewed as a fun sci-fi summer flick, very much like Marvel's Thor.



darth silas -> RE: Green Lantern (9/6/2011 10:15:14 PM)

I think it still looks like shit.



Wild about Wilder -> RE: Green Lantern (10/6/2011 9:32:45 AM)

I didn't realise Super 8 was getting a June 10th release in the US if it's as good as what's been reported could seriously affect G.L's opening box-office next week.



BatFan -> RE: Green Lantern (11/6/2011 9:46:04 PM)

So the review embargo ends tomorrow so reviews should be online by monday morning.



Rob -> RE: Green Lantern (13/6/2011 9:49:02 AM)

Still nothing and I still can't book tickets!



BatFan -> RE: Green Lantern (13/6/2011 11:10:23 AM)

Went on to a Green Lantern message board and apparently the embargo's been pushed back til Wednesday. This doesn't sound too good.



Rob -> RE: Green Lantern (13/6/2011 1:34:32 PM)

Yikes. Still I'm sure it will do OK at the box office as there's enough of an audience for it. I expect similar or better numbers than Thor given that Reynolds probably has a bit more pulling power.



BelfastBoy -> RE: Green Lantern (14/6/2011 10:17:29 AM)

So the film's released in a few days time and still no reviews? Talk of an embargo is not a good sign for its prospects, it implies two things to me:

- The producers / studio know that it's dire and are trying to limit the damage from bad press.
- The journalists who've seen the film can't wait to tell the world just how bad it is.

Sorry for the negativity. I hope I'm wrong, because I like Ryan Reynolds as an actor. I've just got a bad feeling that he's gonna carry the can for an absolute turkey. There's big films coming out every week now so if Green Lantern doesn't make a good start at the box office, it's not going to get the chance to recover and would just fall by the wayside. Transformers, Harry Potter, Cars 2 etc are all on the way and I can't see those sorts of known quantities flopping.



porntrooper -> RE: Green Lantern (14/6/2011 10:51:36 AM)

I don't think the embargo means this is a definate shitpile.

Super 8 had an embargo until the week before its States release, and that was preventing almost universal praise being published, so it shouldn't be a seen as an automatic cause for concern. I genuinely think it will be a 3 star, average movie from most reviews....it has 3 star written all over it. And that is no bad thing I guess. I'm going into Green Lantern expecting a couple of hours of fun, nothing more. But then, I'm not a huge Green Lantern fan, I know fuck all about the characters history so I wont know if the movie is doing the source material justice.

The problem I think Green Lantern will have is getting to Average Joe, I mean, it just looks so out there it may have trouble catching the eye of people not in the know. But then, I said the same about Thor, and that seemed to do okay. All initial promo's sucked ass, but the latest stuff I've seen have really sold it to me. However, The Missus (who is used as my gauge of public acceptance with shit like this - her and her team mates at work all have cinema cards and go regularly, but have no real knowledge of movies beyond ads on tv and in Look magazine, on E4 etc) thinks it looks fucking stupid and said, in her own words: "Ryan Reynolds looks like a chipmunk, but with better abs. You can go and watch it with your mates, your not dragging me to that shit.". She was quite happy to watch Wolverine and First Class, she enjoyed Star Trek and Avatar, and she loves Nolan's Batman movies, so it isnt like she is closed off to the idea of sci fi or comic book movies or fantasy. For some reason, this is just too much for her. I reckon a lot of Average Joe's will feel the same. I reckon US gross will be far more impressive than international.



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