tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post7526409909464121671..comments2024-02-29T14:12:01.955-05:00Comments on Flashback Universe Blog: FBU Roundtable: Darker/Edgier Green Lantern?Jim Shelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05006833955333061262noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-2620963739807660912011-08-11T13:06:13.158-04:002011-08-11T13:06:13.158-04:00Either it's two movies mash together into an a...Either it's two movies mash together into an awkward whole or the footage that would have gelled everything together ended up on the cutting room floor. <br /><br />There were also some issues with tone. For example why make Hal jokey when Abin Sur is dying in his arms? That's a key dramatic moment in the whole Green Lantern mythos or whatever you want to call it.MattComixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14015552734150732758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-49071649299938980582011-08-11T07:01:18.065-04:002011-08-11T07:01:18.065-04:00A tighter story would have been great - I think we...A tighter story would have been great - I think we saw two movies mashed together.Jim Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05006833955333061262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4778276361957351199.post-12623716393432816462011-08-10T10:05:13.318-04:002011-08-10T10:05:13.318-04:00The problem with the movie wasn't that it wasn...The problem with the movie wasn't that it wasn't dark. It was just badly done. The CGI of OA and the other Lanterns looked video game quality and not big-screen movie quality. Scenes had no continuity, such as it being daylight when he leaves his nephew's party but pitch black at night when he gets to Abin Sur's crash site. And somehow the military, in helicopters, gets there after he has time to call his best friend and his friend to drive there. And, so on. Twice Hal leaves his car behind and no one wonders where he disappeared to since his car is still around. Almost every scene had a big disconnect from the scene preceding it and little to no set-up. <br /><br />The movie was a lot of fun and Hal's growth was a lot more convincing than Thor's, but it also deserves to come in last as it was almost Sy-Fy movie of the week quality.<br /><br />Tell a tighter, more coherent story and you'll win over more critics.cash_gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12071052539938367439noreply@blogger.com