It’s 2011, Marvel’s cinematic universe is finding its footing and is
approaching an Avengers movie, so it’s finally time for DC Comics to bring one
of its most beloved characters to the big screen.
No, not that
one (again), we’re working on one for next year though
No, not that
one either, it’ll be 2 years before we see him again
A girl as a
star of a superhero movie? Please… She’ll have to wait 5 years before she even
gets a supporting role in a superhero movie.
Oh no…
DC’s
reputation with comic book movies had suddenly rocketed back with the release
of the Dark Knight, the best Batman movie and one of my personal favourite
movies. So maybe now’s the time to try and make a movie with another character.
Unfortunately they picked this one
That’s not
to say I dislike Green Lantern in the comics but Green Lantern is a sci-fi series with a lot
of lore and backstory
I mean let’s
try and sum up Batman’s origin in a single sentence
His parents
were killed so he gets trained up and fights crime wearing a ‘terrifying’
bat-suit
Superman?
His planet was destroyed so he grew up in Kansas, learning American values; he gains powers from the sun and fights crime.
Wonder
Woman?
She’s the
son of Ares, or maybe Zeus and she was modelled from clay and erm… OK, bad
example
But Hal
Jordan
He’s a pilot
who’s kind of a jerk who receives a ring from a dying alien named Abin Sur; he
takes the ring, which is fuelled by his willpower and becomes a space-cop of
his sector 2814 under the watching of the guardians of the universe; he’s
trained by Sinestro and Kilowog and then starts fighting crime.
See my
point? Green Lantern is far better suited for something that can reveal it’s
lore and back story a bit more slowly, such as an animated series (a live action series could be costly given the amount of CGI required for it)
Oh you have
got to be… Yes, for those who don’t know, the exceptionally good Green Lantern:
The Animated series met it’s end not because of low viewership or bad writing,
no, it met it’s end because this movie was so bad kids wouldn’t buy Green Lantern toys,
making toy stores lose any confidence in buying Green Lantern animated series
toys. Well done movie, when your sh*t sinks, it drowns others in its wake.
Made with a
$200m production budget, the movie barely made that making $220m at the box
office, considering another $100m went into advertising this stinker, that’s a
pretty bad performance.
The movie
wasn’t greatly received gaining 26% rotten tomatoes and 39/100 on Metacritic.
And it totally deserves that rating.
I know what
you’re thinking, this is an a**-numbingly long opening to a review, can you
just get on with it? Well let’s dive in
