In this issue: The Critical Hit Crew were at Nerdtacular 2011 and had a chance to see the Green Lantern movie.
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I probably should have waited until after I saw the movie to listen to this, but I needed my MSP fix, I am a junky after all.
There is no excuse why on Gods green earth CCH Pounder wasn’t used as Amanda Waller. She IS Amanda Waller.
Hey Guys, nice impromptu show! I enjoyed your GL review. I have been hearing quite a bit of the crossfire of critical disapproval for the debut of GL on the silver screen. As one who works in the world of animation, I am more than a bit familiar with the slings and arrows of critical and nerd rage alike…but at the end of the day my review of the GL film is easy to sum up:
My eight year old son, who had only a passing awareness of the property, just saw the film with me. On the short trip home he told me he wanted to be a Green Lantern and he nodded off to sleep wearing with his nerdy dad’s GL ring. So in the words of the Immortal Rodrigo: “…and he liked it!”
Were I one of the execs responsible for the future of GL and his ilk, I would be happier if a passel of eight year olds were stoked than a passel of old school (ie, middle aged) GL devotees. More shelf life for the property with those eight year olds. That being said, I AM ones of those old school devotees….and I thought it was cool enough. It was an intro movie. I would be very excited to see what comes were there a sequel and no need to restate the basics. I am never a big fan of Origin films, but I realize that most folks know nothing about the GL corps so what can you do?
Me, I give it 3.5 slices of meatloaf.
THANK YOU! My friends and I felt Green Lantern had gotten the crap kicked out of it by the critics and media. Friday night I got the chance to check it out and 20 minutes into the movie, I realized I was grinning from ear to ear. I had a great time watching this movie. Could they have done things differently? Sure, they could have done a story similar to First Flight if they wanted, but that’s already been done. The movie was fun and reminded me of a cross between The Rocketeer, Last Starfighter with some Star Wars sprinkled in for good mix. Better than I expected and I felt that Ryan Reynolds owned it as Hal Jordan, which is the biggest sticking point of the movie. I was worried that he would ham it up or be typical Ryan Reynolds, but half way through the movie I caught myself actually saying “holy crap… that’s Hal Jordan!” Great fun and I plan to see it again before it leaves theaters, definitely buying it when it comes out on DVD. Thank you for not being like everyone else and actually ENJOYING it!
I did think that the scene where Hal as GL comes flying down to Carol Ferris’s office reminded me a lot of Superman (the original) up until the point where she recognizes him which was a great bit that I was actually about to say something to my wife like “really, she can’t tell it him?” and I audibly said something after she figured it out. It’s the thing with Superman that always bugged me and I’m glad they had her figure it out.