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^^^^ Probably won't take long. Glad I bought a bootleg at the flea market and didn't contribute to the box office totals.
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If they take out all the Ryan Reynolds scenes...I'll but the DVD...
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Perhaps I was misinformed, but here's the story I read.
Do not be fooled by the Green Lantern Extended Cut
I would certainly hope there is more to it. Warner's has some making up to do...I almost had a psychic girlfriend but she dumped me before we met.
If anyone here believes in psychokinesis, please raise my hand.Comment
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Bought and watched it.
The added footage helps A LOT.
When I saw it in the theater, I liked the movie over all, but felt that Hector Hammond's connection to Hal and Carol was way too forced. Every time he showed up it seemed like we were going into another story without getting the beginning of it. The few minutes of flashback took care of that. They also provided us better motivation for Hal, and made him a more sympathetic and likable character.
The scenes with Hal's family at his nephew's party are also expanded, and it makes that whole scene just read better. There is a very brief snippet of the scene which makes the ring's abduction of Hal make a lot more sense and less jarring.
Basically, this movie was taken under the knife too much. It's a much more satisfying movie now.
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sigpic Oh then, what's this? Big flashy lighty thing, that's what brought me here! Big flashy lighty things have got me written all over them. Not actually. But give me time. And a crayon.Comment
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I just checked the Blu-Ray/DVD package, and the extended cut is only 9 minutes longer.
But those 9 minutes make quite a difference. I still think Hector Hammond is a bit annoying, and Parallax a little ill-defined (and a bit too easily beatable at the end), but the added footage really helps flesh out the movie plot as it stands and makes it a more cohesive, enjoyable film.
Word to the wise, I think the extended cut is only available on Blu-Ray. Not sure if it's in the regular Blu-Ray or you have to buy the combo pack.I think the Combo pack and single Blu-Ray versions were $25, and the DVD was $20, at my Wal-Mart.
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There's several uncompleted deleted scenes that might have alleviated some of the choppiness the film suffers. There's a scene with Hal pleading with Sinestro and Tomar Re, that's a very Hal-type of scene, but Reynolds really looks like a whipped puppy in it. Maybe he found out that Scarlet Johanson dumped him that day.
While the scene is a good one, it's long and with the way Reynolds looked I see why the choice was made to ax it, but it's well written and gives more context why the Corps didn't help out with Paralax on Earth.
There's also a scene with Hal's family where he saves his nephew from a Paralax attack, that I liked, but again it's long.
The more I think about the deleted footage and the struggle they had with getting the CGI right (final cut of the film going right up to the edge and the extra $20 million added to the budget late to work on the CGI), I believe the producers cut themselves too short on postproduction time for a film of that magnitude. Martin Campbell had never directed a film as CGI effects heavy as this one. (I'm unsure about the editor's experience with CGI).
The film could have been improved with more time and money, but at $200 plus million I can see why, Warners didn't invest more in it.
The biggest flaws though were the script and choice of director. Campbell's a great director, but he wasn't the right choice for the film. I understand I'm saying this in hindsight, but you tell from reading and seeing his interviews this was a paycheck thing for him not a passion project in any way, shape or form. The script was re-tooled from basically adapting the Emerald Dawn mini series to coming more in line with Geoff Johns revamp of the origin and mythos, once Johns became Warner's CCO and a producer on the film. They probably should have just re-written the script from scratch instead of shoehorning ideas in.
The worst thing about the flop is that it probably has seriously jeopardized B- and C-list DC characters getting movies. Since this movie imploded and Warner's move the Superman movie from Christmas 2012 to summer 2013 (probably a good move) nothing more has officially been said about a Flash, Wonder Woman, Aquaman or Justice League movie, when list spring there was a lot of buzz about it.
Johns said yesterday at the NY COmic COn that he was hoping for a sequel to GL, but who knows?
I'm confident Nolan will deliver a great Batman movie, but I'm only hopeful with the Snyder Superman flick. I like his movies, but other than 300 the box office has been pretty cold to him.
If I were Warners, I'd go ahead and shoot for the sky and do a JLA film. I'd hire Brad Bird to direct and tug Bruce Timm away from animation to work on the story and be a producer.
And if the movie works, spin characters out of it.Comment
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The extended footage helps IMMENSELY. The back story with Hal and his dad fed the theme of the film SO MUCH BETTER. This is another example (like the director's cut of Daredevil) where your left shaking your head thinking, "Why did the studio pull this part?" It really tied the whole story together so much better. The picture is exquisite. I watched it last night and got up this morning to view it again. It's one of the best LOOKING hero films ever made. I thought it translated even better on Blu Ray. Nothing lost in transition from the big screen. And then you have tons of extras in this. I read the entire first issue of the Justice League on my flat screen. Nicely done too. The images are laid out and the screen moves from splash panel to splash panel. Very enjoyable. There is an extensive preview of the Green lantern animated series due out soon. THAT is very cool. And then you have some great behind the scenes of the making of GL. Plus a great historical feature on the character with loads of artwork from everyone's favorite GL artist, Neal Adams. Sorry to all the haters, but this is a keeper anyway you slice it. Oh, and the DVD is selling out in Louisville and across the bridge in Indiana as Emeraldknight can attest. He couldn't even find a copy of the extended cut last night. And he went to Bestbuy, Walmart, Target, and Meijers. Not likely to see any mark downs any time soon. Just restocking. Green Lantern lives on! Bring on the sequel!
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I need to watch the deleted scenes. They sound interesting.
Our Wal-Mart didn't seem to stock many of the Combo Packs. The employees were putting together the GL display when I picked mine up. Seems like most studios don't keep these combo packs in production long either.
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I was thinking the same thing...WB should do an anti-Marvel move and spin characters out of the JLA rather than in like Marvel is doing with the Avengers.
Go with a bang right off the bat and then cherry-pick the spin-off movies based on audience response to the characters in the JLA film. Otherwise they're too far behind the curve to do it the other way and build everything toward the JLA...but the time that happens a decade will have passed...Think OUTSIDE the Box! For the BEST in Repro & Custom Packaging!Comment
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Interesting idea. But no one knows for sure what Avengers will do at the box office just yet. It may just do standard 'hero' business as seen from this past summer - $175 to $180 million. Ironman is the only one 'on the team' that has topped that total. So it remains to be seen whether this film packs audiences outside of the normal comic fans. I don't see DC copying any formula until this comes out and proves it can make big money. One other problem... Marvel prepackaged the budget for the Avengers. So those contracts to sign the stars from these other films were already delivered before those pictures were made. DC does not have that advantage and would have to virtually sign unknowns to the roles to stay in budget. I think right now, DC is going to watch and see what sales for GL do, and then progress from there.Last edited by MIB41; Oct 15, '11, 9:38 AM.Comment
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With a JLA film, I wouldn't expect Warners to go for an all-star cast and would expect them to sign actors to multi-film contracts like all studios do when entering into these type of ventures.
A JLA film would give Warners a lot of options. It could be anchored with Batman and Superman or not. They could use Reynolds as GL or go with a different version of the character or not use GL at all.
One idea would be to do a JLA movie as Green Lantern spin-off. Hal could draft the help of Superman, Batman, Aquaman and Wonder Woman to combat the Sinestro Corps that the teaser at the end of the GL film alludes to.
But I would agree that it seems Warners is in a bit of holding pattern on more huge-budget hero flicks until it sees what Avengers does and perhaps even Superman in 2013.
I hope the GL DVD, the animated series and toy sales help the push for a sequel, but I just don't think it will happen. Again I really liked aspects of the GL film, but it really did suffer in comparison to Thor, X-Men First Class and Captain America. But then again, it might play a little better to kids on the small screen.Comment
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