tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post6681767971130650367..comments2024-02-12T15:32:07.208-05:00Comments on The Comic Book Catacombs: At the Movies: Green LanternChuck Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04529750105224374839noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post-86925267876300259172011-06-21T16:12:39.715-04:002011-06-21T16:12:39.715-04:00I thought it was cool. pretty much what I was exp...I thought it was cool. pretty much what I was expecting, really. it was nice to see a halfway decent DC film that isn't Batman. and I only EVER think of Green Lantern as the Broome/Kane Green Lantern.joe ackermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11654300765962440903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post-58938429723125894452011-06-21T13:53:01.765-04:002011-06-21T13:53:01.765-04:00I like/dislike the movie for the same reasons note...I like/dislike the movie for the same reasons noted in the review.<br />But here's my word of the day... Formulaic. After years of established formula for Superhero<br />movies where you "focus group" the movie and get everybody's opinion in advance of what they want and then settle on those items that got the most votes, then you get a movie like Green Lantern. Green Lantern is just like it's predecessors in that there are too many characters, too many subplots too many turds to polish. Everyone that loves Green Lantern will go see the movie and leave with the same feeling as me, that something was missing. I think that what's missing is a story focused on the character as envisioned within the context of the original material and those that created it. Modern interpretations take too much of the mealy-mouthed generalism of today - you've got to appeal to the broadest spectrum - and try to make a movie out of it. Watchmen was a great movie. The latest Batman movies have great character interpretations from great character actors. I could go on for ever...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post-88202987868830028922011-06-21T04:41:51.033-04:002011-06-21T04:41:51.033-04:00I've been specifically waiting for a review fr...I've been specifically waiting for a review from you, Mr Wells, before gambling on seeing this movie.<br /><br />No, I'm not going to hold it against you if I don't like it, but I wanted a review from someone who thinks of the Green Lantern of Gardner Fox, of Gil Kane, and of Murphy Anderson.Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post-8334903122590653712011-06-20T13:59:58.871-04:002011-06-20T13:59:58.871-04:00I'm with you on this one, Chuck. The film'...I'm with you on this one, Chuck. The film's not without it's flaws, but I loved it. They really brought the silver-age Green Lantern to life. My wife, a non-comic-geek normal person, liked it as well.<br /><br />James ChattertonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066888134509330432.post-21337987116968412852011-06-20T12:51:59.832-04:002011-06-20T12:51:59.832-04:00Green Lantern has been one of my favorites since c...Green Lantern has been one of my favorites since childhood, an i can't wait to see it.<br /><a href="http://thebrownfrowns.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">The Brownfrowns</a>Brownfrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05385299008044285058noreply@blogger.com