Green Lantern: Beware My Power - Review
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There's a new Green Lantern movie, and that unfortunately gives us an opportunity to discuss unreasonable expectations, and the difference between the existing fandom vs the actual target audience of an adaptation.
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Personality the first experience that I had with Green Lantern was through the Green Lantern: The Animated Series. The show used to be on CN when I was a kid and I loved every minute of it. Relatively recently my favorite character from that series appeared in another show I like, Young Justice, and I was happy to see him again.
That's a great place to start!
My only problem with it is that they made Hal Parallax and killed him
Like why couldn't John save Hal and have Hal rebuild the green lantern core with John staying on earth as it's green lantern
Cuz it’s not about Hal. They’re passing it to John Stewart. This would be such a ashy hand job if john Stewart was just a tool for Hal Jordan’s redemption.
@@dimitrimcketney8799 He wouldn't have been any tool, he was still going to be the main character and would've still kept Hal's ring in the end, they just wouldn't have torn down Hal for the sake of trying to prop him up. DC has never done that to any other Lantern in a Hal-led GL adaptation, yet they put the spotlight on another GL and immediately feel the need to sabotage Hal. Don't you think there's something wrong with this picture.
Exactly, same problem
And you gave the perfect solution too, my friend
Hal literally became Parallax and died in the comics so why not repeat that in the movie?
@@BaithNa in comics everybody comes back so it's dumb to say he died in the comics so why shouldn't it happen here, it's like if they were building a DC universe and in like a superman movie Batman is killed and then using the excuse "well he died in the comics"
Honestly I'm all for interesting adaptations. The only thing I get nervous about is when a character's traits are changed to a point where its a completely new character altogether. I won't say no to changes, but it would be weird to (for example) make Hal a big jerk who is actually pretty fearful and a reluctant hero and still make him the brave and good hero we know him as when there was little to know character development. Sound familiar?
It does
Nah nah it's fine batman naturally holds that role
I liked it with mixed feelings. Its a mostly good story, but its literally Kyle Rayner's story just with John. I think its confusing and takes away from both characters. Then some silly plot elements such as everyone being ridiculously aggressive before talking. Then John learning the oh so challenging lesson Killing=Bad only for Arrow to undercut it by killing the boss. Still I can't say no to be beautiful SPACE and ring constructs.
Lot of my friends who know about GL lore superficially, loved this movie. So, I'm glad more people are able love GL through the adaptations. And making them want to know more about the lore.
Great video! I love your balanced take, I'm looking forward to seeing the movie. As someone newer to Green Lantern, I'm excited to see how it's adapted :)
I agree with you that fans should go into this film with open eyes and not judge based on what they wanted to see. However this movie was really bad like "C-" bad.... it honestly feels like it was written by someone who doesn't understand green lantern at all... It feels like they just read the most popular green lantern stories and tried mashing all of them together to create this frankensteins monster of a film and not to hate any of the people responsible for writting, producing, blah blah blah but judging at a final product it's lack laster
I mostly became invested in Green Lantern because of the animated series that featured Hal Jordan.
It was an enjoyable and awesome movie, I like the story idea, art, and love John as well but what kinda ticked me off is that as we all know, Kyle is tossed aside pretty much in any media. And now he doesn't even get his origin story. The whole being the last lantern, fighting parallax, and rebuilding the corps was kyle's arc, the ones that make him special. Newer generations who would watch this movie will think that it's John's origin. It will slowly but surely phase out Kyle Rayner. I still like the movie, it was fun seeing parallax-hal storyline adapted into a movie, but it's just sad for me to see it happening to Kyle. Every year he gets phased out intensely and it hurts me watching it.
When the entire plot revolved around Kyle's origin, I don't understand why they simply chose not to use Kyle. Like he's already in their heads when they made the script, why didn't they just use him? 🥹
I agree. I am sick and tired of the neglect of Kyle. He is barely used outside media and he is often mistreated in the comics. Just give Kyle his chance to shine is that too much to ask?
As someone who never really got into the comics and mostly knows DC from various animations: Man, I'm just happy to see John again.
dude you are not wrong about Justice League being a vehicle for the non comic book readers. This animated series is how i got into DC heroes outside of Batman and Superman.
Yeah I very much agree like really put me on to other superheros and villains I never knew besides Batman, Superman, and the joker
This insightful review is the reason why I am subscribing to your Channel. I appreciate everything you said in this review.
Thank you.
I didn't know this movie had received such a hostile reception. My response was simply "meh", because I'm not a John Stewart fan, I find the character too petulant, arrogant and unfriendly, but DC animated movies are generally good, even if the plot is a bit weak, so I was planning to take a look at it eventually. Out of curiosity, does John have the same personality than in the the JLA animated series?
You're way too kind. This is not a good Green Lantern movie, and it's honestly not even a good movie. It's a string of action movie cliches and bad dialogue. The actual action is pretty good, but without a good plot and good dialogue to support those scenes, and the whole thing just falls apart. And that's before we even consider how hollow a character John Stewart must be since they had to give him Kyle Rayner's origin and Hal Jordan's best friend and biggest enemy, since apparently John has no history or personality or enemies or origin of his own. Everything he has in this movie is taken from other characters.
Yes they told the story they wanted too but why did they write and tell the story they wanted to in the way they did? I appreciate you being open minded more and I consider my life to be open minded to all kinds of things and easy going when it comes to whatever usually. People will like what they like though and identify with in a given character or franchise. I’m open for a GL other than Hal be the focal point for a change, if done well and respect the origins of the other character. Why did they mashup origins of other GL characters to make one for John? Why couldn’t they use the actual origins of John and pull from the many, many GL stories that’s already out there that represent the character better to the general audience? There’s questions I think you are missing the point too just for the sake of us getting a new GL film and saying we as fans don’t get to o decide how one is made to validate our thoughts and feelings for the franchise. I agree to a certain extent that we shouldn’t dictate and sway the writers or directors feelings or opinions on the movie and art they want to make. However, it’s a bit of a mixed bag when DC should know it’s been 11 years since the last animated DC GL film? Those were great films in respect to what they brought and adapted overall. I feel they missed the mark overall and respect of what makes These characters who they are and what drives their personality. I’m saying that since this is the establishment of a new animated universe and not a stand alone elseworlds story which is what I ultimately classify this film as regardless if it’s not. It has some good aspects but overall the cons outweigh the film and what it brings to the table. This film getting the bad or mediocre rap that it does will determine I feel future GL films which now might be far off because of the reception of this new one.
I think you are very generous by giving it a grade B. Imho, it is a solid C at best but because it follows the really good Catwoman and Justice Society movies, it feels like this movie is much worse. Tbh, it feels like one of the old Marvel animated movies and those were rarely any good. There's a lot I could nitpick about this movie, but I'll instead say I loved how John's character is portrayed and I really liked how they adapted the various stories together. My main issues come from filmmaking techniques not from the story itself. It felt like they were telling an adult anime story in a Saturday morning cartoon for kids. I don't know how somethings feels both rushed and slow simultaneously, if that makes any sense, but this movie does. And unfortunately relying on nostalgia in movies will leave you open to the most narcissistic of responses to said movie.
I do hope my expectations didn't colour my view of the movie.
That said, it wasn't great...
The best way I can put it is that the script feels clumsy. Plotlines happen but the characters don't feel organic.
John gets the ring out of nowhere and is expectedly freaked out, but after an interaction with the league is all on board. Yes there's dialogue about how he's still hesitant for a bit after that, but it just feels tacked on. Shayera fights them and is all too easily recruited. Similarly quick recruitment for Adam Strange, though his character *does* has the proper background to already be motivated for this. I don't know if it's script or the rushed production on the voice actors that you speculated about, but end result, I didn't buy the characters.
I did like the art style and I did **love** the fact that we finally got the Rann-Thanagar war portrayed in animation! It was hinted at in Krypton and in the JLvFF movie but never have we actually seen the war play out outside the comics, until now. Tied in with the 3rd party egging both parties on, it's a great message about how conflicts can be resolved with a dialogue.
I'm saddened by the Emerald Twilight component of the movie with essentially John in the place of Kyle. RIP Hal; it really hurts to see the best GL fall to Parallax again... In some ways I hope this isn't part of their TomorrowVerse continuity so Hal's fall from grace isn't part of it; in some ways I *do* so that we can potentially see his redemption down the line (if his death can be reversed). But I understand that this sentiment is me putting my love for Hal into my evaluation of the movie.
Totally agree with the voice acting minus Green Arrow. Loved the story and how they adapted so much of GL history. Don't understand the criticism about the story other than, as you say, fans making up a film in their head and getting angry this isn't that
I honestly think you're right, I was too busy looking through the view of whether it adapted the source material directly or what it could set up for the future that I never truly judged it for the standalone movie it was.
While I still dissagree on a few points (feel like John's PTSD and what he went through as a marine was glossed over more than it should've and some parts flat out made little sense in the context to the story and who was there) I can definitely enjoy parts of the movie and think overall people were too harsh on a product that we can definitely tell was rushed
I definitely look forward to seeing more of this John, I just hope he manages to not fall down the same cycle the comics one fell into for a bit during the Johns run
I feel like a lot of premature critiques focus on less relevant details before a person’s had the chance to fully explore their thoughts. It’s frustrating when those views stay stuck because perspectives change all the time. To me, documenting that growth is just more interesting than repeating the same idea again and again
Thanks for reviewing this movie I was looking forward to your take. I am counting down the days until your Guy Gardner video comes out😂
I liked it. I understand the concerns from old school GL fans, but it's not going to make me go on a rant on Twitter. I liked the design, animation and action. I thought the voice acting was good. It's not my favorite GL animated film, but I was entertained and it didn't make me furious. - Ralph
What does "old school GL fans" mean. I'm a millennial and haven't been a decades-long Green Lantern fan, and I'm perfectly capable of recognizing bad creative decisions for what they are.
@@KalvinEllis Folks that have been around and have concerns with the treatment of emerald Twilight in this.
@@KalvinEllis Sorry for making you feel excluded, dude. You can be sad too. My apologies.
@@casinoskunk If someone said you're a good comedian, they lied. I appreciate it though.
I absolutely love this movie 100 percent mate. Also to me hal and John are both just as amazing imo. This is my first green lantern movie ever btw. This film has made me a big fan mate!
what do you have to say about how extremely contradictory john stewart's arc was? they had ollie tell him to not kill shayera + the ring telling him lethal force wasn't authorized just for him to kill sinestro in the end.
He says "damn you; you gave me no choice" when he kills Sinestro to save himself. And when he beats Hal somehow he chooses not to kill Hal.
I don't see a contradiction in his character in this aspect.
@@swng314 he still killed sinestro in the end, there was no point in establishing that lethal force isn't allowed just to still do it in the end. and the only reason he didn't kill hal is because oliver got him instead. it's like making batman kill even though his no kill rule has already been established.
I enjoyed this movie. There were some slow parts and they could have probably dropped the Rand storyline but it was still a fun and faithful GL movie.
it still bothers me how much all the Justice League got nerfed in the animated series.
Well except Batman, sometimes Bats is made to look so much more useful than the rest you'd swear Alfred with slipping the League and the villains a paycheck to make him look good.
This movie didn't require parallax because I know that forms powers and it's capability it's not a story of John because it really felt the same as kayle so they are mixing this all up maybe they will do the same thing to John killing him off for the introduction of the next gl . DC will ruin it for sure the way they ruined DCEU
I don't hate John I love everyone of them but DC never shown these characters potential . they only focus on Batman I'm tired how many Batman does we have in live action 😒 how many gl we have and it's a faliure and Snyder was making John's entry in justice league and they ruined that too 😔 they will always shit on gl no adaptation was good for green lantern John had better take justice league & Hal had some animated movies are ok and the animated series was awesome and they stopped it 1 season 😟 I give up DC I always defended you and you always fail me
True😔
It was fine but nothing all that special imo. Pretty forgettable if I’m honest. I was hoping this movie would be on the same level as that last animated Superman film we got but honestly there just wasn’t the same dept of character, ngl I was kinda disappointed.
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All we should want is a good movie, and I was looking forward to one starring John for a change of pace. It then failed to be a good movie, plain and simple.
Too many storylines were stuffed into its main character, including that of three separate Lanterns, leading to terrible pacing and the inability for him to develop.
The only characters with any kind of charisma in a franchise based on emotion-controlled powers were either dead, evil, or both. This does not bode well when we are supposed to care about John, Ollie, and so for.
Characters people enjoyed from the comics were either butchered figuratively (Hawkgirl), butchered literally (Sinestro), or both (Parallax), without the changes being naturally stitched together coherently. This means that people who know and like the characters from the comics will be aggravated, and those who don't would be lost.
As an adaptation, or as its own thing, Beware My Power sucks. When I find myself comparing it to the Ryan Reynolds movie instead of First Flight, then the film is in trouble. And when I'm not comparing it to either one, I still never wish to see it again.
New adaptations and changing things can actually be really good but, straying too far and cramming more than one story/character is limiting its full potential.
Condensing several stories means less material that could be pulled (and you can’t add to those stories anymore since they’re fused with another) combining characters means bringing the other character (who was combined) into a future movie but, it wouldn’t be the character we know. You never want to stray too far cause it’s not the same character/story to any extent. Like are we even going to get a Kyle rayner now?
Also my issue is that the previous universe reset to bring a new hope to this yet the green lantern corps got screwed regardless. Also the corps should have been built up before they were massacred
My favorite Green Lantern movie is Green Lantern Emerald Knights....
And I'm just freaking happy there's another Green Lantern movie I don't really care about the origin switch up that much I'm just happy for a movie Kyle Rayner and John Stewart are both characters I love very much
I like this review and how honest it is. I love the mindset/conversation about the adaptation expectations, comic book fans dont know how to really be totally satisfied or have a opinion on things like this without a wildly unreasonable response based on the source not being 1 to 1 done. Its fair to feel that way in some regards but i see it more stupid and drastic rather than anything good.
I applaud this review. This whole review has gotta be the best review of Beware MY Power I ever listened to. I took this movie as it is. I was excited that we as fans were getting a GL project after so many long years. Like you said JL was my introduction to John Stewart and the GL universe as a whole, so to see John headline his own movie, I was over the moon. I liked the movie for what it is, some things I really didn't see coming. Then all the negative reviews I heard mainly because it wasn't the character people wanted to headline and that it took elements from Emerald Twilight, i was shocked. But anywho, I liked the movie for what it was I hope to see more. Great job on the review
As much as I loved the movie, my only issue is that it was kyle’s backstory just with Jon pasted into it. I kinda think it would be better if it was just made with Kyle from the start since there’s infinite possibilities with an artist green lantern, or just give Jon a new, updated backstory.
That being said, your vid made me see it from a different perspective, thank you!
I gave it a 4/10, because I think it's very mediocre, like 5/10 mediocre, but it also made a couple bad decisions that knocks it down a peg.
I was enjoying it a lot, utill they made that terrible adaptation of the parallax saga, plus Sinestro sucked. And they gave John PTSD, but they forgot to give him a personality. As an space faring adventure was okay, as a green lantern movie, not so much.
"People who want something specific out of [insert property with a large fanbase here] will always feel disappointment and resentment if they don't get it." These are words we all need to live by regarding adaptations of famous properties, especially between different mediums.
Thank you for being open-minded with your video!
I'm not really a Green Lantern fan, I do love the lore but I don't have a favourite GL, I loved John in JL animated series because of how well written his character was. I loved seeing his neighbourhood and growing relationships.
The movie was good. Not great. I wish it was more exciting in it's drama and action. I wish instead of other JL member we focused more on John's personal life. Not just flashback stuff.
first flight, emerald knights and gl the animated series, I liked them more
The film would have been better if it focused on Hal and John trying to stop Sinestro from freeing Parallax. Instead we get a film where Sinestro is a bloody minion to Parallax Hal and Hal is killed by GA. Sorry but the film was a disappointment. Even as a stand alone film it was disappointing.
I loved the first half so much I couldn’t help but be disappointed by the back half. I’m not usually one to worry about logic too much in superhero stories, but there were so many confusing contradictions I just couldn’t wrap my head around. I’m sure I’ll like it more as I do rewatches of the Tomorrowverse, but definitely a weird movie as it stands. I did like John’s character progression, though.
I really disliked this movie for multiple reasons
Bro,now that you talk about the JL Animated Series never get to show the actual power levels of a lantern, what about making a video about the greatest feats of power of ever GL? or any lantern of other corps. Thats a good idea for content
6:11 every movie of this new "continuity" on the animated universe has that, like some miliseconds of pause between every line of conversation, dont know why
Never noticed that Green Lanterns hair changed in Justice League. Ive been watching and rewatching for years and only just noticed in this video 😂
I loved the movie. Every single moment of it. Haters can hate all they like. This film pretty much made Hal Jordan the Anakin Skywalker of the Green Lantern Corps. He is The Chosen One of The Corps. Exalted. Honored. And like Anakin Skywalker, he turned on the Green Lantern Corps and the Guardians of Oa. And this movie is John Stewart Begins. A battle-hardened Marine who has seen and done things. And he was looking for a purpose in his life after leaving the battlefield. His unexpected recruitment into the Green Lantern Corps was meant to be uneasy and chaotic. Because John Stewart is the definition of The Reluctant Warrior. He's thrown into a conflict he knows nothing about and wants nothing to do with it. But at the end of the day, John is going to get the job done. And with help, he does exactly that. So I got what I wanted out of this movie. I know there are those who are in their feelings about Hal Jordan betraying the Green Lantern Corps. However, if they have complaints give them to the writers who did this to Hal in the 1990's.
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Wow, I don't think I've ever listened so such a smug and self-satisfied review. You spend 50% of this video characterizing anyone who thinks this movie is bad as fanboys who are not as enlightened as you and are incapable of accepting anything that doesn't strictly conform to their expectations.
Well, I did not see the trailer and I tried to stay away from the discourse as much as possible (it was hard to avoid people talking the film down, I admit, but I tried my best to go into the movie unbiased) and I still thought this was a bad movie. There are plenty of things about the plot that are bad that have nothing to do with the comics.
Like the movie never explains why did John have to be the last lantern? The Guardian flies all the way from Oa to Earth and tells John that he was looking for him...why? Is it because he has Hal's ring and Hal's successor just HAS to be from Earth? And he got all the way there and did not think to maybe contact the Justice League? Vixen or GA (can't remember which) mentions that they have had communications with the Guardians in the past, so the Guardian's know who the JL is, why did the dying Guardian fly all the way to Earth and just pass Superman's clubhouse without popping in to let them know his planet is dying and maybe ask for help? I guess getting the ring to John Stewart was more important than anything for whatever reason.
And Sinestro, what is his motivation/plan again? Is he just an asshole who wants to kill people for fun? He "went rouge" and "saw through Guardian lies", I guess that translates to sabotaging the Rann-Thanagar peace and killing them all for...reasons? Eventually he becomes Hal's acolyte for no adequately explained reason and then just acts as his servant. Seems weird that a guy who's only real characterization is that he "went rouge" became subservient to a new master at the drop of a hat.
Also how competent/powerful is Sinestro? In the flashback he pretty much singlehandedly takes down Oa but then he gets one shot by a rookie. When he removed John's ring and just tossed it aside, did he not think John would just call it back? Did he not know Lanterns could call their rings back?
The Paralax entity, where exactly did that come from? Is it controlling Hal? Does it make him stronger? None of this is explained. And when Hal goes god mode, for some reason a guy who's had the ring for like what, 12 hours (and he spend about a third of that trying to get the thing off) is able to go toe to toe with him? I know John is a marine and everything, but Hal is literally described as the greatest Lantern in the universe AND he's in super sayian god mode or whatever. They needed John to come up with some clever way to beat him, the fact that they had John just be able to take him in a straight fight is laughable.
I mean I could go on, but this comment is already way too long.
And before you dismiss me as a slaty Hal fanboy who can't handle stories going against my preconceptions, Guy is my favorite Green Lantern, not Hal, and I STILL enjoyed Tom King's Human Target, so I am perfectly capable of getting passed "disrespect" to a character I like.
You really enjoyed Tom Kings Guy Gardner's characterization cause to me that was way off
But I do agree with you that this movie was really really bad it, feels like it was written by someone who doesn't understand green lantern at all... It feels like they just read the most popular green lantern stories and tried mashing all of them together and results honestly speak for themselves..
@@lonemotheo1964 Oh God no, I thought King’s version of Guy was terrible and boring and uninspired. But I was able to move past that and enjoy the book for what it is and I’ll still be keeping up with it in the second half.
Yk I thought it was alright but they're really leaning in to the action and key set pieces from the older dcau shows and even showing characters/relationships from the past iterations
John stewart was my first green lantern, for years as a kid I though he was the only one until I read the comics.
I agree with the statement of everything is someone’s first, and I will not get angry at someone liking the film.
But I really, and I mean really don’t like this film. For me this story essentially an origin is specifically key to Kyle Rayner. No matter what ElseWorlds or canon I wouldn’t like them taking away from Kyle’s story.
For an example that’s like having Richard Rider being young and having Sam Alexander’s origin.
It appears you want to avoid spoilers in this video so you're not talking about the real issue, but I don't buy that the negative reactions were simply fans not having their viewpoints validated. This isn't about needing to see Hal be the best or to see the comics represented. Taking a beloved character and making them the bad guy is very different than simply not acceepting that an adaptation is not the same as the comic. You're simply avoiding the real issue a lot of people have with the movie. There'd be a ton of bad reactions if a Hal movie involved John being the bad guy and Hal beating the crap out of him while teaming up with Katma to do it.
Yes, there would. Who that character is doesn't really matter, fans of the character would be mad either way. Certain fans have been particularly punchy lately, and I talked about it in the video because it's what I've personally seen the most of in the discourse surrounding this movie. I think the larger issue here is a matter of perspective, since at the end of the day, this is really just a mediocre Elseworlds story, with no real implications outside of itself. If the plot of this movie shows a hero become a villain, that shouldn't make anybody mad, because this movie has nothing to do with the cannon of the comics, where that same character is currently being depicted as a hero in a high profile book. Adapting these characters in a way that will (at best) be around for a few movies should take the sting out of any changes they choose to make, because those changes are confined to this version and this version is temporary.
@@MosaicComics I get that you're attempting to address some of the larger internet discourse among angry fans, and in general I tend to let adaptations be their own thing and view it on its own terms. But if you want to talk perspective, The Cosmonaut Variety Hour has a good video about representation in media: czcams.com/video/PraUjsClgDM/video.html Basically, how characters are represented in non-comics media becomes how general audiences will view a character. Since the GL movie failed, general audiences have seen Hal be the butt of jokes by Ryan Reynolds, made fun of in Lego movies, etc and now a bad guy.
Characterization in media matters, especially if we get future GL content and since most people don't read comic books, there's a decent chance he'lll continue to be presented this way - a way that general audiences have become accustomed. And that's something fans of a character would be upset about. So I don't think this is as temporary as you think. It's part of a larger discourse about how this character is treated in outside media.
@@BenChanNYC Then I'd point you to the very large stack of direct to video animated movies featuring a very heroic Hal Jordan, among other Lanterns. GL First Flight, GL Emerald Knights, JL Crisis on Two Earths, JL Doom, JL vs Fatal Five, exc...and that's not even including all of the ongoing tv series that have good Green Lantern representation, like GL The Animated Series, JLU, DC Super Hero Girls, Batman Brave and the Bold, exc. These characters reputations aren't as fragile as some like to make them out to be, and there's way more good stuff out there than people seem to remember.
It's sad that you ran a green lantern channel. This would be a bad movie with no knowledge of the comments. As characters had no motivations and things just randomly happened. That they used several fantastic stories to make a hodgepodge of a terrible story is no reason to get defensive.
I liked this movie, any green lantern content in my opinion is cool, the more versions of the characters for people to enjoy, heck I got into green lantern because of the live action movie, I’ve started to try making comic reviews recently right now I’m doing Ultimate Spider-Man, I’m planning on doing some green lantern stuff later
I disagree. I never read GL comics, but as a writer I see this lacks basic proper structure and fails on so many levels. Like - why is Shaira suddenly "me see, me kill" mindless soldier all of a sudden? She was never super smart but she wasn't dumb either. Why is Sinestro so stupid? Not only he doesn't take the weapons from his prisoners, he for some reason doesn't destroy John's ring even though he had many opportunities to do so. I could go on and on but so far the worst part was John beating another Green Lantern, who was 10 times more powerful and thousands of times more experienced because... plot demanded so. Literally that's the reason. He just beats Hal without any proper explanation and Hal lets him, even though he's supposed to be super evil and stuff. Also, why didn't ANYBODY think of getting the parasite out of him? I mean they didn't even try to do so.
This movie is bad on so many levels it frustrated me, not even as a part of Green Lantern stories, but as a movie overall.
Green lantern is underrated
That was quite a thoughtful review.
The Tomorrowverse so far has been a decent follow-up to the New 52 universe. However this is definitely the first bad movie in this universe! Not only it is adapting an already divisive story but it somehow made it even worse by sucking out every remorse we might have felt about Hal Jordan, while also making John Stewart unlikable! Speaking of Hal, I never thought I'd see the day, but I have to be honest here, Nolan North is really bad in the role! He is just using his generic Colonel Sawyer voice from Cod Zombies and its just such an uninterested performance for such an important story! Honestly this movie felt like the old days where I didn't care at all about the Green Lanterns. No matter how many they introduce, the ones people will always love are only Hal Jordan and John Stewart! Although I will say out of all the new ones Jessica cruz has the most potential to become more interesting if she has a decent adaptation.
I don't think it's a bad movie at all. They introduced and told an incredible story arc for John Stewart and the rest of the cast. Green Arrow with a lot of charisma and Adam Strange seemed incredible to me. I had my problem with the design of Sinestro and the fact that the Sinestro Corp was not presented as a Lantern Corp clearly, but it never got me out of the movie. DC is in dire need of cosmic storytelling and this is a very entertaining one, full of incredible elements. Hal Jordan was pretty good, I don't understand the annoyance of some, not everything should be focused on Jordan, it doesn't make sense. Anyway, great video, although it was the minimum pauses in the dialogues, the rest of the things you found did not jump out at me.
I hope you get to make videos about the lantern power feats throughout the history of DC Comics, I think you have content for a new list of videos with a lot of potential.
I knew the movie was rushed a bit when John's suit would appear and disappear between random scenes
I like this movie. I have been wanting a Green Lantern animated movie about John Stewart. This movie is great. It isn’t entirely what I wanted. I wanted Phil LeMarr to voice the character but it is still a great movie.
It was alright.
Look they fucking killed no when they could've saved him, a green lantern is not supposed to kill anyone even with the strongest reasons but john in this movie just says: fuck you and fuck heroes I'm killing everyone.
I thought the movie was so disappointing but I am glad there are people out there who really liked green lantern beware my power especially if you are a John Stewart fan but that's just my opinion.
It was predictable as heck.
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Personally this movie was just a waste of time. The movie was bad, John Stewart is amazing is justice league unlimite it was amazing personally green lantern first flight was one of the best animated movie form dc, personally I think dc should just adapt a green lantern comic into a movie and let it be a proper adaptation of the comic
"They made the choices they made based on the stories they wanted to tell." This can't be understated tbh, it really does depend on the story the author is trying to tell honestly. I'll be honest im not a fan of this movie because it seems to be treading down this line that keeps happening to Hal that extends to other media as well where he either is a villain or gets defeated easily or does something that makes him a joke, like I do feel like DC doesn't like Hal anymore and goes out of their way to either minimize him or play him in a negative light. Im aware that I am probably succumbing to paranoia and am wrong, but I do feel like Hal's appearances as of late in other comics like DC vs Vampires, the recent Batman and Superman World's Finest, (even if he is under the influence.) are selling this image that Hal is an irresponsible mess and shouldn't be the face of GL anymore. Oddly enough Thorne's run actually treated the character pretty well.
I loved it
Talked about crap that didn't have anything to do with the movie
Yeah, I have nothing to do with that little narrative you painted.
This is an aggressively bad movie. One of DC's worst. The script and entire movie completely falls apart in the third act. YET another lame ass DC stunt, mic drop twist which really is just completely flacid, and was executed poorly.
I had no idea about a leak nor did I watch the trailer, but I was looking forward to since I heard it was announced.
This movie sucks aggressively.
it wasnt great. I dont like the new animation style either
The movie is terrible nevertheless
Hated it
I really enjoyed it!
Hal Jordan serves the DC universe much better as a villain than a hero.
How? Disagree as he is wasn’t written that way originally.
Completely disagree
Hal Jordan is boring as a protagonist. I would take a story around any of the other 4 lanterns before him.
Hard pass on this opinion.
@@WellnessWarriors9 If he is a boring protagonist that serves better as a villain, why hijack his lore to give it to someone else? If John is more interesting, why does he need Hal's friend and nemesis? Why does he need Hal's origin of getting his ring from a dying alien? Heck, why does he need Kyle Rayner's "torchbearer" schtick? The way to try to elevate a better character is by stealing from a boring character? Make it make sense please.
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