Some reviewers, such as Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers, seem to think that “Green Lantern” is the “Heaven’s Gate” of superhero films. Rottentomatoes.com seems to agree, which is probably why it currently has a 25% approval rating.
That being said when I checked Rottentomatoes yesterday it had a %20, so perhaps there’s room for improvement in that area.
As I mentioned in my prior post, what appears to be turning off many critics–other than the dodgy CGI–is the writing. That’s a fatal blow for a movie of this nature because the character is already somewhat silly, and weak writing is only going to make that only more obvious.
I am going to catch it this afternoon, and post a review tomorrow.
I hope Deadpool does well for Ryan Reynolds, because it looks like Green Lantern may not be the breakout hit Warner Brothers expect it to be.
Why do I say this?
‘Mama’ Leading Weekend Box Office
Unfortunately, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s, “The Last Stand” seems to be paying the price for “Mama’s” success, earning $2 million (which is a bittersweet victory because, while I will see most anything with Del Toro’s name associated with it, I like the work of Jee woon-Kim, whose film “I Saw The Devil” is well worth catching).
And while I am never particularly fond of PG-13 horror films, they tend to work better than hard-R’s in the at it opens up the film to a larger audience.
What I also find interesting is that it has a 65% ‘fresh’ rating at Rottentomatoes, which is good for a horror film, though that rating could fall as more reviews come in.
I’ll have a review coming soon.
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