Film Excess - Free Ukraine - Stop Putin - End the war NOW!!: Green Lantern (2011) - Action and Reynolds/Lively cast sparks in Campbell's massive flop

3/31/2021

Green Lantern (2011) - Action and Reynolds/Lively cast sparks in Campbell's massive flop

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Ryan Reynolds in a green CGI-suit in a neon-drenched CGI universe on this poster for Martin Campbell's Green Lantern

Hal is a jet pilot and a daredevil, who is chosen by the ring of dying green guardians to become one of the protectors of the universe and the green lanterns, when the evil Parallax strikes.

Green Lantern is written by Greg Berlanti (Arrow (2012-20)), Michael Green (Sex and the City (1998, TV-series)), Marc Guggenheim (Supergirl (2017-19)) and Michael Goldenberg (Peter Pan (2003)), based on the DC Comics characters started by Martin Nodell in 1940, and directed by Martin Campbell (The Sex Thief (1973)).

The pace - not least in the action scenes - animatedly fierce and often spectacular in this fresh piece of superhero escapism. Its comic book-like lightness and irony makes it comparable to the later, successful Guardians of the Galaxy movies (2014; 2017). The plot is more than simple, cruising around fear versus willpower, and one shouldn't expect everything to make logical sense in Green Lantern.

But Ryan Reynolds (Smokin' Aces (2006)) gives his character his own brand of wry humor and sympathetic charisma, and his romance with Blake Lively (Accepted (2006)), - which continued backstage, - makes for some sexy sparks.

All in all Green Lantern is quite a lot better than its reputation may make you think and fairly good entertainment.

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Watch a trailer for the film here

Cost: 200 mil. $ (some uncertainty; could likely be 209 mil. $)

Box office: 219.8 mil. $

= Huge flop (returned 0.95-1.09 times its cost)

[Green Lantern was released 14 June (New Zealand) and runs 114 minutes. Many people were in talks to head the film since the late 1990s. Berlanti has since stated that he was fired as writer and director and had "nothing to do with the finished product." Shooting took place in Louisiana, including New Orleans, and in California, including San Diego, from March - August 2010 and January - March 2011. Reynolds injured his shoulder during filming in July 2010. It has been reported that Warner Bros. raised the film's VFX budget with 9 mil. $ in post production to meet the release deadline, - but curiously this has not made the 200 mil. $ cost tag bounce to 209 mil. $. The film opened #1 to a 53.1 mil. $ first weekend in North America, where it spent one more weekend in the top 5 (#3) and grossed 116.6 mil. $ (53 % of the total gross). The 2nd and 3rd biggest markets were Mexico with 12.4 mil. $ (5.6 %) and Brazil with 10.2 mil. $ (4.6 %). An additional 100 mil. $ were reportedly spent on marketing. Roger Ebert gave it a 2.5/5 star review, equal in rating to this one. Sequel plans were scrapped; a reboot has not materialized; but a Green Lantern TV-series is reportedly in development at HBO. Green Lantern is rotten at 26 % with a 4.70/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]

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William Friedkin has died

Born in Chicago, Friedkin accrued TV credits prior to his advance to the big screen as the director of Good TImes (1967), The Birthday Party (1968), The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968) and The Boys in the Band (1970) before his major breakthrough, The French Connection (1971), for which he won his only Oscar. He followed it up with the even bigger smash, The Exorcist (1973), arguably the best horror film of all time, for which he was Oscar-nominated. Later credits include Sorcerer (1977), Cruising (1980), To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Rampage (1987), Rules of Engagement (2000), Killer Joe (2011) and The Devil and Father Amorth (2017, documentary). Friedkin passed away at age 87. R.I.P.

Louise Fletcher has passed away

Born in Alabama to deaf parents, Fletcher got her first credits in late-1950s TV-series.She took a 10 year-long sabbatical to devote her time to motherhood after the release of A Gathering of Eagles, but then came back and soon saw her career's most important part, as Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), for which she won her sole Oscar. Later credits include Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), The Lucky Star (1980), Brainstorm (1983), Two Moon Junction (1988), Cruel Intentions (1999), A Perfect Man (2013) and many more. Fletcher passed away at age 88. R.I.P.

Jean-Luc Godard has passed away

Born in Paris, France, Godard lived much of his life in Switzerland. He wrote for French film criticism magazine Cahiers du Cinema and became foundational for the New French Wave that inspired new waves in scores of other countries across the world with his Breathless (1960). Later credits include A Woman Is A Woman (1961), Vivre Sa Vie (1962), Le Petit Soldat (1962), Contempt (1963), Alphaville (1965), Pierrot le Fou (1965), 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967), Weekend (1967), Every Man for Himself (1980), King Lear (1987), Century of Cinema (1995, documentary), Goodbye to Language (2014) and many more. Godard died of assisted suicide at age 91. R.I.P.

Wolfgang Petersen has died

James Caan has died

Caan was born the son of Jewish immigrants from Germany in New York. He got his start on TV in the early 1960s. His credits include El Dorado (1966), The Rain People (1969), Brian's Song (1971, TV movie), The Godfather (1972), - for which he earned his only Oscar nomination, - Slither (1973), The Gambler (1974), Funny Lady (1975), Rollerball (1975), Silent Movie (1976), Hide in Plain Sight (1980), - the only film he also directed, - Thief (1981), Misery (1990), Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), Bottle Rocket (1996), Eraser (1996), Dogville (2003), Elf (2003), Las Vegas (2003-07), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) and many more. Caan passed away at age 82. R.I.P.

Jean-Louis Trintignant has died

Born in Vaucluse, France, Trintignant's theatrical debut as an actor was in If All the Guys in the World... (1955). Later credits include ...And God Created Woman (1956), The Seven Deadly Sins (1961), Inferno (1964), A Man and A Woman (1966), My Love, My Love (1967), A Man to Kill (1967), The Great Silence (1968), Z (1969), The Assassination (1972), Three Colors: Red (1994), Amour (2012), Happy End (2017) and many more. He also wrote and directed two films in the 1970s. Trintignant passed away at age 91. R.I.P.

Ray Liotta has died

Adopted from an orphenage at a young age, Liotta got hooked on acting in high school. He had various TV credits in the late 1970s and early 80s, with his film debut in The Lonely Lady (1983). Later credits include Something Wild (1986), Field of Dreams (1989), Goodfellas (1990), Cop Land (1997), Hannibal (2001), Blow (2001), Narc (2002), John Q (2002), Identity (2003), Observe and Report (2009), Youth in Revolt (2009), The Details (2011), Killing THem Softly (2012), The Place Beyond the Pines (2012), Shades of Blue (2016-18), The Simpsons (2018, TV-series), Marriage Story (2019), The Many Saints of Newark (2021), Black Bird (2022, TV-series) and many more. Liotta passed away at age 67 in his sleep while on production in the Dominican Republic. R.I.P.

Philip Baker Hall has died

Born in Ohio, Hall didn't start acting until he was 30. His long list of credits include Zabriskie Point (1970), Miami Vice (1987, TV-series), Midnight Run (1988), Ghostbusters II (1989), Cheers (1993, TV-series), Hard Eight (1996), The Rock (1996), Air Force One (1997), Boogie Nights (1997), Seinfeld (1991-98), Rush Hour (1998), The Insider (1999), Magnolia (1999), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Bruce Almighty (2003), Dogville (2003), The Zodiac (2005), Zodiac (2007), Curb Your Enthusiasm (2004-09), Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011), Modern Family (2011-12) and many more. Hall passed away at age 90. R.I.P.

William Hurt has passed away

Born in Washington D.C., Hurt's first film role was the lead in Altered States (1980). Later credits include Body Heat (1981), The Big Chill (1983), Gorky Park (1983), Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), for which he earned his only Oscar as Best Actor; Chilrdren of a Lesser God (1986), for which he was also Oscar-nominated; Broadcast News (1987), for which he was again Oscar-nominated; Smoke (1995), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), A History of Violence (2005), for which he was again Oscar-nominated; The Good Shepherd (2006), Into the Wild (2007), Robin Hood (2010) and many more. Hurt passed away at age 71. R.I.P.

Ivan Reitman has passed away

Born in Chechoslovakia, now Slovakia, Reitman's family fled the Soviet regime to Austria, then Toronto, when he was 4 years old. Reitman broke into movies as a director with Foxy Lady (1971). Later credits include Cannibal Girls (1973), Meatballs (1979), Stripes (1981), Ghostbusters (1984), Twins (1988), Ghostbusters II (1989), Kindergarten Cop (1990), Junior (1994), Father's Day (1997), Evolution (1998), No Strings Attached (2011), Draft Day (2014) and more. Reitman's son Jason Reitman is also a great filmmaker. Reitman passed away at age 75. R.I.P.

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