I understand many of your points, but I was no where near bored. I, too, thought Hammond was a lame character and would have liked to see more of the Corps. But Sinestro was perfect.
I just posted my review ... http://girls-gone-geek.com/2011/06/20/g3-review-green-lantern/ And Shag ... it's POOZER ... poozer. On Jun 20, 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.
