danielerusha
Joined Jan 2009
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First, I will point out that I am a big comic book fan, especially Green Lantern and JLA. I really, really wanted to love this movie. My own expectations may have shaded my viewing of the film.
The movie was true to a lot of the things fans loved about GL in the comic world. Ryan Reynolds was a little miscast, but he does a good job with what he has. And Mark Strong is great as Sinestro. I would actually go watch him play Sinestro in a stand alone title the way he plays the character.
The scenes with the GL Corps were great. There was better chemistry with the Corps (CGI characters exclusively) and Hal Jordan than the actual human actors.
The GL movie had the same problem a lot of comics have - they hold back the action too long and then the final conflict cannot possibly live up to all of the build up. I cannot even say the build up to the final battle was worth watching. Nor the final battle.
I really hope they make GL 2, although I fear that the first movie may do enough damage to prevent the creation of any franchise. The potential plot points look good, but it will be hard to get mainstream audiences back after the tragedy that is the first movie.
Finally, and saddest of all, I most likely will not bring my 8-year old nephew to this movie because the lack of action is so severe. He loves comics and can be patient to wait for a great final battle, but even that is not here.
My best advice - go out and buy some GL comics, even some Justice League of America, and read those for an hour and a half.
The movie was true to a lot of the things fans loved about GL in the comic world. Ryan Reynolds was a little miscast, but he does a good job with what he has. And Mark Strong is great as Sinestro. I would actually go watch him play Sinestro in a stand alone title the way he plays the character.
The scenes with the GL Corps were great. There was better chemistry with the Corps (CGI characters exclusively) and Hal Jordan than the actual human actors.
The GL movie had the same problem a lot of comics have - they hold back the action too long and then the final conflict cannot possibly live up to all of the build up. I cannot even say the build up to the final battle was worth watching. Nor the final battle.
I really hope they make GL 2, although I fear that the first movie may do enough damage to prevent the creation of any franchise. The potential plot points look good, but it will be hard to get mainstream audiences back after the tragedy that is the first movie.
Finally, and saddest of all, I most likely will not bring my 8-year old nephew to this movie because the lack of action is so severe. He loves comics and can be patient to wait for a great final battle, but even that is not here.
My best advice - go out and buy some GL comics, even some Justice League of America, and read those for an hour and a half.
Anytime you watch a movie like this, you have either seriously forgive its flaws, in this case an ultra low budget and some serious borrowing from Blair Witch Project, and suspend your disbelief, or you just simply pick it apart. In this case, I chose the former and really enjoyed it. It did have some serious flaws and you have to REALLY give yourself over to the whole "conspiracy theory" ideology to make the movie work. In its favor it has great pacing and, unlike some commenter, the second act was fairly strong with a 100-yard dash like pace and great tension build up.
Overall, though, this movie did keep me on edge and my heart rate accelerated. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would recommend it to people who enjoy the US Government/Alien conspiracy genre.
Overall, though, this movie did keep me on edge and my heart rate accelerated. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would recommend it to people who enjoy the US Government/Alien conspiracy genre.