So it appears that you will either enjoy the film or be bored with it. Shag being bored was no surprise as he finds Hal to be boring in general. That wasn't a dig. Just an observation.
And I politely disagree with Ed. I am glad the ending worked out the way it did. On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > 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. 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