Oops. I just realized, too late, this was supposed to be a "no spoilers" thread. It seems I gave some spoilers. My sincere apologies.
---------------------------------------- Have a Better One, Edward Crosby http://about.me/edwardcrosby On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: > As I stated before in my previous thread, I am of a unified agreement that > the movie was sort of boring. Again, the writers should have been a little > tighter in their story telling. I honestly think it would have been a much > better movie to have seen more of the Green Lantern Corp, especially in the > final battle scene (I call bullshit on the fact that Hal could have defeated > Parallax all by himself). I think if they had shortened the whole Hal Jordan > "have my fears because of my dead father" stuff and had lengthened the > Parallax entity attack on Earth and included the Corp in a longer battle > scene the movie would have been total kick ass. > I believe it was Shag who had stated that there was really no point to the > Hector Hammond character. I sort of agree. Taking out that part of the movie > also may have made a tighter, not so boring, story. > To sum up, more GL Corp assistance in the final battle and a long battle > scene would have made a better movie. > > ---------------------------------------- > Have a Better One, > Edward Crosby > http://about.me/edwardcrosby > > > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 7:48 AM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Saw it with a bevy of other nerds (in our Lantern Corps shirts... I >> was Orange, big shock) on Saturday. I really dug it. There was a few >> problems with the pacing on the Earth scenes but the movie just popped >> for me and each setpiece was satisfying. I thought the effects were >> top notch as well and the aliens well realized. Sinestro was >> awesome! >> >> This will probably be the only movie I see this summer and I for one >> was not disappointed. >> >> On Jun 20, 7:30 am, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I was bored. I was shifting in my seat, begging for the story to JUST >> F-ING >> > MOVE! The pace of the movie made turtles look like super-sonic jets. >> When i >> > walked out of the theater i expected the movie to have been 2.5-3 hours >> > (despite how my mind and body assumed it would be 4 hours later) and i >> was >> > frightened to see it had been only 2 hours. Hey Warner Bros, before this >> the >> > only experience that could make time slow down so succinctly was high >> > school. >> > >> > I went into GL knowing the least about the character (Never read the >> comics) >> > and to be brutally honest. I somehow care less about GL now. >> > >> > On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Michael Bailey < >> [email protected]>wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > > I liked it quite a bit. More than I thought I would actually. It had >> some >> > > problems but at the same time it was a lot of fun. I appreciated that >> it >> > > had a good, old fashioned disaster to bring out the hero moment for >> GL's >> > > first public appearance. That was cool. >> > >> > > I am up for a sequel. And I appreciated the fact that they added a >> tag at >> > > the end of the credits to read the comics. Would have been nicer >> earlier in >> > > the credits but still. >> > >> > > On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 6:17 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> I didn't hate it, but I felt kinda bored. The movie never seemed to >> get >> > >> going. Maybe I'm too close to the source material, or maybe I'm too >> > >> enamored with X-Men: First Class. >> > >> > >> It wasn't a bad film. It wasn't a bad Green Lantern film. It just >> wasn't >> > >> a GREAT movie. I'd rather see X-Men: First Class or Thor again >> before >> > >> watching Green Lantern again. >> > >> > >> There were certainly nerd moments for me when I was thrilled. >> Hearing >> > >> Kilowog saying "Pozher", or seeing certain obscure Green Lanterns, >> etc. >> > >> Still, those didn't wow me enough to make it a great movie. >> > >> > >> I will say the Green Lantern mask on Hal looked absolutely terrible. >> I >> > >> can't see how anyone in Hollywood allowed that mask to move forward. >> > >> > >> The Irredeemable Shag >> > >>http://firestormfan.com >> > >>http://onceuponageek.com >> > >>http://twitter.com/onceuponageek >> > >> > >> -------- Original Message -------- >> > >> Subject: [The Unique Geek] Re: Green Lantern (no spoilers) >> > >> From: Vanessa Gabriel <[email protected]> >> > >> Date: Sun, June 19, 2011 2:10 pm >> > >> To: The Unique Geek <[email protected]> >> > >> > >> I concur! I had SO MUCH fun at Green Lantern. Review to follow on G3. >> > >> > >> On Jun 17, 10:32 pm, Van Plexico <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Just finished seeing GL. >> > >> > >> > Spent the first hour waiting to hate it. >> > >> > >> > Never did. >> > >> > >> > A few parts were slow, but in all honesty, I have a hard time >> > >> understanding why it could be seen as that much worse than Thor, with >> its >> > >> 80% positive reviews. >> > >> > >> > Loved Thor, really enjoyed GL. >> > >> > >> > I give it an 8/10. >> > >> > And very pleasantly surprised. >> > >> > >> > --Van >> > >> > >> > Sent from my iPhone >> > >> > >> -- >> > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > >> [email protected]. >> > >> For more options, visit this group at >> > >>http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> > >> > >> -- >> > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > >> [email protected]. >> > >> For more options, visit this group at >> > >>http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> > >> > > -- >> > > This post/e-mail was written by Michael Bailey, Superman Apologist >> > >> > > -- >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups >> > > "The Unique Geek" group. >> > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > > [email protected]. >> > > For more options, visit this group at >> > >http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.- Hide quoted text >> - >> > >> > - Show quoted text - >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. 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