filmtravel101
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I'm a fan of Green Lantern comic books and Martin Campbell directing films like Casino Royale so I watched this film in 2D and unfortunately it looks like a cheesy bad video game from the 90s.
The alien and green lantern world and characters are poorly done and detract from the overall story that has a comic book theme like most DC movies and it's unfortunate that the acting by leads Ryan Reynolds, Tom Robbin's and Blake Lively, Skarsgard end up going to waste due to this massively bad CGI.
Surely if a remake was done with current CGI and VFX it might be a more interesting and enjoyable film but in its current version it's hard to accept Mark Strong looking like a pin head Green lantern with the most terrible eyebrows and 70s porn star mustache with a giant forehead. It's hilarious
And his side kicks and the ugly yellow villain is beyond reproach and makes one wonder what they were smoking when they created this garbage CGI it it only works as a joke or bad kids animation.
I doubt this will ever be a classic yet it's not completely unwatchable.
A solid 5 for the story and acting.
The alien and green lantern world and characters are poorly done and detract from the overall story that has a comic book theme like most DC movies and it's unfortunate that the acting by leads Ryan Reynolds, Tom Robbin's and Blake Lively, Skarsgard end up going to waste due to this massively bad CGI.
Surely if a remake was done with current CGI and VFX it might be a more interesting and enjoyable film but in its current version it's hard to accept Mark Strong looking like a pin head Green lantern with the most terrible eyebrows and 70s porn star mustache with a giant forehead. It's hilarious
And his side kicks and the ugly yellow villain is beyond reproach and makes one wonder what they were smoking when they created this garbage CGI it it only works as a joke or bad kids animation.
I doubt this will ever be a classic yet it's not completely unwatchable.
A solid 5 for the story and acting.
This main story had potential but the script is so terrible that you almost laugh at the absurdity.
The music is beyond terrible that has no meaning whatsoever for mood setting except to pump 60s loud air guitar solos that are out of place. A wanna be Tarantino style of pseudo amateur low budget Inglorious bastards including tacky count down chapter Signs.
The plot has so many holes that by the end you wonder why they did not just shoot the bad nazis and end of story. They have so many missed opportunities that it just becomes ridiculous.
Spoiler - at one point the tortured lead girl who lost her entire family to Nazis - ends up doing a blood transplant of her own blood to keep alive - the death Nazi doctor that killed 1000s of victims - and the reason is - for a future trial. Huh??
It's so pathetic you wonder what the writer was smoking when he wrote this garbage.
4 stars for the retro 60s scenes of Spain and cool old cars.
The music is beyond terrible that has no meaning whatsoever for mood setting except to pump 60s loud air guitar solos that are out of place. A wanna be Tarantino style of pseudo amateur low budget Inglorious bastards including tacky count down chapter Signs.
The plot has so many holes that by the end you wonder why they did not just shoot the bad nazis and end of story. They have so many missed opportunities that it just becomes ridiculous.
Spoiler - at one point the tortured lead girl who lost her entire family to Nazis - ends up doing a blood transplant of her own blood to keep alive - the death Nazi doctor that killed 1000s of victims - and the reason is - for a future trial. Huh??
It's so pathetic you wonder what the writer was smoking when he wrote this garbage.
4 stars for the retro 60s scenes of Spain and cool old cars.
I'm a big fan of Mark Wahlberg and was curious how he would play a psycho villain and he did not disappoint. Kudos to Mel Gibson for directing a fantastic cast.
The script is pretty simple so go in with low expectations and it is a good thriller action film that has lots of comical moments by Wahlberg.
Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace carry most of the film and do a fantastic job and have great chemistry for an interesting contrast with crazy fun Wahlberg who definitely has the best lines and one can see why he joined this film.
Mel Gibson probably could have played the part of Wahlberg but his directing has gotten better with each film - esp Apocalypto is one of my favorites
8 stars for the cast and directing.
The script is pretty simple so go in with low expectations and it is a good thriller action film that has lots of comical moments by Wahlberg.
Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace carry most of the film and do a fantastic job and have great chemistry for an interesting contrast with crazy fun Wahlberg who definitely has the best lines and one can see why he joined this film.
Mel Gibson probably could have played the part of Wahlberg but his directing has gotten better with each film - esp Apocalypto is one of my favorites
8 stars for the cast and directing.