![]() ![]() The filmmakers also did not learn from the mistakes of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, which came under criticism for depicting Galactus as a giant cloud. With Green Lantern, the filmmakers have Hal Jordan face off against Hector Hammond first and then jump straight to the biggest villain Green Lantern has ever faced in the comics in the context of the movie, he's only been Green Lantern for a few days. Even the Tim Story Fantastic Fourmovies at Fox waited until their sequel ( Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer) to introduce Galactus. Parallax is one of those grand villains that is built up to in the comic book source material, much like Galactus in Marvel Comics. ![]() ![]() Squaring off against evil Guardian Parallax was the primary villain chosen for Green Lantern, but the decision hurt the movie rather than helping it. Whether this is bad writing or bad direction or a combination is hard to determine. Aside from a few early, flirtatious scenes with future-wife Blake Lively (herself playing the role of Carol Ferris so straight that she comes off as wooden), Hal Jordan loses much of his spark as Green Lantern moves along. The knowledge of his talent in front of the camera makes his final performance disappointing, as Hal Jordan ends up coming off bland and lifeless. picked him over the other contenders for the role of Hal Jordan (rumored to be the likes of Bradley Cooper, Jared Leto and Justin Timberlake). Reynolds is able to flip-flop between comedy and drama with ease (see also: Smokin' Aces, Deadpool 2, etc.) and it's likely for this talent that Warner Bros. The latter even ended up on the IMDb list of Ryan Reynolds' best films. Ryan Reynolds was fresh off of making $317 million in box office receipts opposite Sandra Bullock in The Proposal, and had made a critically-lauded turn in 2010 thriller Buried, playing a man kidnapped in Iraq and buried underground for ransom. On paper, Green Lantern had an impressive cast. How human." Unimaginative constructs combined with bad CGI make Green Lantern feel like a waste of potential, and ensure it will always be remembered as an expensive film with bad CGI. At one point he conjures up a sword with the ring whilst training with Sinestro, which even Sinestro isn't impressed by "Swords. Jordan at different points employs a minigun, a drill, a chainsaw, a pair of fighter jets and finally a giant fist to knock villainous cloud Parallax into the sun. Instead, audiences receive a smattering of yawn-inducing weapons used by Green Lantern, which is a problem that originates from the screenplay. Green Lantern should have been one of the most inventive superhero films ever made, considering the fact that lead hero Hal Jordan has a magic ring which allows him to conjure any shape he can think of, formed out of hard green light. A quick glance on IMDb reveals that the visual effects were deployed by roughly 30 different companies, which may account for why the CGI is so drab and muddled in the finished film. In comparison to the lush, realistic, computer-generated world of Pandora, the Green Lantern Corps homeworld, Oa looks as if it had either a fraction of the budget necessary to pull it off ( Avatar 's budget was $37 million more than Green Lantern's) or no clear sense of direction from the visual effects house. The argument doesn't hold water, however, as James Cameron was making $2.8 billion dollars worldwide just two years earlier with the groundbreaking CGI of Avatar. Given that Green Lantern is now nine years old, it would be easy to look back on the movie and argue that the special effects - some of the worst on screen - wasn't up to par in 2011, giving the movie a grainy, lifeless 'cut and paste' feel. ![]()
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