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Post by humanbelly on Jun 20, 2011 7:34:27 GMT -5
Not much chat 'round here about this film. 'Course it's somewhat outside of our core mission statement. . .
HBSon & HBDaught took me to see it yesterday (11:45 matinee; $8 each in 3D-- bonus!). And again, it definitely benefited from the unnecessarily lowered expectations generated by the mediocre reviews. It really was a fine, engaging, entertaining superhero film-- again, formulaic- but there is NO WAY to avoid that in this genre and remain remotely true to the (relentlessly, fanatically) formulaic source material. On the whole, I think it was probably a better movie than THOR, even, but I'm not sure it will be perceived as such, because the individual performances in Thor were generally much more striking and often simply superior. And oddly enough, the movie was better than its own previews led me to expect. Ryan Reynolds was fine. I wish he had a bit more substantial of a voice-- but that's the way it goes (lord, they shouldn't have let him sing along w/ a jukebox-!). HBDaught was the more caught-up in it, and turned to me immediately as the credits started and said "there's going to be one more piece"---- regarding an important unresolved subplot. She completely gets it. *sniff*- she's her daddy's girl, she is--!
They both expressed an interest in having me pull out Emerald Dawn & Emerald Dawn II--- so maybe mission accomplished on the movie's part, eh?
HB
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Post by Shiryu on Jun 20, 2011 14:35:08 GMT -5
I haven't watched it yet, but it's got the most terrible reviews, unlike First Class and Thor which were quite favourably received. I'll probably pass on it until the DVD is out, as I'm not a big Green Lantern fan.
I've seen both Emerald Knights though, the first one is good, the second is more like an anthology of stories.
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Post by humanbelly on Jun 20, 2011 15:54:52 GMT -5
I haven't watched it yet, but it's got the most terrible reviews, unlike First Class and Thor which were quite favourably received. I'll probably pass on it until the DVD is out, as I'm not a big Green Lantern fan. I've seen both Emerald Knights though, the first one is good, the second is more like an anthology of stories. Now, I don't want to pressure you, but one critical thought I did have while watching was that I didn't see this film transitioning well to the small screen. The size and scope of the "big" space scenes definitely rely on the bigger-than-you-are feeling created in a theater. I have a hunch the final battle w/ Parallax may come off as vaguely comic when pared down. . . HB
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Post by badgermaniac on Jul 24, 2011 21:22:22 GMT -5
It was bad. I love super hero movies...nearly all of them. Yes, I liked Daredevil. I was ok with X-Men 3. Green Lantern was NOT good at all.
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