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Saturday, June 18, 2011

Green Lantern: Critics VS. The Fans


There is already debate over Warner Bros adaptation of Green Lantern.

As early as Wednesday of this week (June 15th) the Green Lantern film was getting crushed by critics. The film has a 23% approval rating on the website Rotten Tomatoes and just about everyone who gets paid (or wishes they were getting paid) to review movies is saying just about the same thing,

Green Lantern is a failure.

However, 65% of audiences who have seen the film....like it.

I have seen the movie and I will save my opinion for our special podcast review show, which should be up for listening pleasure later this weekend.

Before seeing the movie I started to wonder if superhero films have now become their own genre of film, and that if Producers and Directors don't provide critics with anything new then it will simply get panned.

Could there simply just be, too many superhero films?

If Green Lantern doesn't bring in the green is this just going to be a movie that didn't work out for Hollywood, or could Green Lantern be the driving force to make creators stop and think about how they approach their superhero property.

I was not a fan of X-Men: First Class, but critics loved it. They loved the style, the look and the story. But whether you liked it or not...you have to admit, X-Men: First Class doesn't look like the X-Men from the comics.

With Green Lantern (again whether you loved it or hated it) you don't get much closer to the source material in appearance and story.

But I want to get back to the fans, or the current audience seeing Green Lantern. The fans seem to like what they seeing.

So, lets pretend Green Lantern does bring in the B.O. and for Hollywood this was a safe and successful investment, do superhero films now become the new horror genre, where critics simply don't give them much thought?

I guess in reality, it's all subjective. Green Lantern to some will just be another superhero film that wasn't really anything special, and to others it will be everything they wanted and more.

In Brightest Day or Darkest Night?

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