Green Lantern Review Thread (Spoilers)

[PrivatePixel]

Originally Posted by HeManster03

Saw an extended trailer on USA network last night and all I can say is WOW. I'm not a comic book guy at all but the trailer looked really good. I didn't notice his toes being there as it looked like he had boots on with his suit. Maybe they are just there in the concept art stuff

I saw the same trailer on Bravo TV last night; without the humourous elements, it looks solid. It's too bad that the writers mucked it up with the unnecessary funny bits. If they kept the tone relatively serious throughout, it could have been exceptional, but I don't think these scenes would be left on the cutting room floor by the director or film editor.

[KilloWertz]

Originally Posted by Diesel

Michael Clarke Duncan confirmed on Craig Ferguson's show last night that he now has the part of Kilowog.

[PS3-Playb3yond]

I just saw the trailer twice on different local channels under 20 mins. I guess they want to get as much attention as possible to get it out there to people.

[Delta09]

Originally Posted by detective392

New Tomar Re poster.

Nice!

[pikeman1]

New extended TV spot

Extended TV spot

though it don't have many things new

[detective392]

Warner Brothers Upping Green Lantern's Special FX Budget

With the release date less then two months away Warner Brother has given more money to fix the special FX in the highly anticipated Green Lantern movie.
With the scrutiny of the first trailer and the release date rapidly approaching Warner Brothers has decided to up Green Lantern's VFX budget by another 9 million dollars. There is no worry that this will affect the release date of the film and WB are shrugging off that there are any problems with the film.

Says Chris De Faria, Warner's executive VP of digital production:

"There is no problem on Green Lantern. We try to add things to make the movie better until the 11th hour. That doesn't mean we're risking the movie up to the 11th hour."

Sony Imageworks and Rising Sun Pictures are the primary special FX companies working of the film and according to Variety's source they are delivering on time. De Faria has also stated that one sequence that was entirely CG had been cut in the development of the film, but after the studio saw an early cut of the film it was added back in and that Pixomondo was hired to complete the scene.

Green Lantern is scheduled to come out on June 17, 2011

http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/J.../news/?a=35947

[vegeta88]

Originally Posted by detective392

Warner Brothers Upping Green Lantern's Special FX Budget

http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/J.../news/?a=35947

I am a little surprised this didn't happen after the first trailer, but better late than never. If the whole movie look like the trailers, 2 months should be enough time to get everything to proper standards. If the VFX in the trailer is the very best they have to offer, there might be an issue.

[Diesel]

The extra money and recruitment of extra VFX houses should have been thrown at the production earlier so that it's not such a late effort.

But if they get it done and looks good, no worries.


...they just need to make sure they get it done.

[Clark Kent]

That is never a promising sign, when they have to go back just before release and fix the CGI. Test audiences must be destroying the CGI, that is the only thing studios pay attention to at this late stage of the production.

[detective392]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

That is never a promising sign, when they have to go back just before release and fix the CGI. Test audiences must be destroying the CGI, that is the only thing studios pay attention to at this late stage of the production.

They aren't going back to fix it but make it better and finish things. Most test audiences have loved Green Lantern and has been getting nothing but good reviews from test audiences and people that have seen it early and I haven't seen or heard anything about them hating the CGI.

[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

That is never a promising sign, when they have to go back just before release and fix the CGI. Test audiences must be destroying the CGI, that is the only thing studios pay attention to at this late stage of the production.

They aren't going back to finish it...It isn't even done yet. That's why they're throwing extra money at it. They need to make sure it's done in two months. They should honestly push back the release at this point if its not ready. But two months is a long time and they may be able to get it done by then. Here's hoping at least.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by Walts Ghost

They aren't going back to finish it...It isn't even done yet. That's why they're throwing extra money at it. They need to make sure it's done in two months. They should honestly push back the release at this point if its not ready. But two months is a long time and they may be able to get it done by then. Here's hoping at least.

I was going to write out a reply to you...but then I remembered the Collider article I read earlier:

Originally Posted by Collider

The studios are playing a dangerous game by setting their release dates in the near future and then crunching their tentpole features to make that date. Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class started filming in September of last year in order to make a June 3rd release date. I suspect that the reason we haven’t seen a new domestic trailer for the film is because the studio is rushing to get all of the effects work finished and can’t put together a trailer of new footage if that footage has incomplete FX. Keep in mind: studios don’t seem to care if the effects work is high-quality. 2009’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine featured worse visual effects than the 2000’s X-Men, especially when it came to Wolvie’s claws, but hey, at least that movie met its release date.

So why are studios so adamant on holding onto something as fungible as a release date when it’s clearly driving up production costs and risks lowering quality? Because there’s a perception that the ideal release date will net the biggest opening weekend and that any additional costs to meet that date will be balanced out by the box office tally. Furthermore, the amount spent on marketing and merchandising all centers around the date so you can’t just sit on a bunch of Green Lantern toys and posters reading “June 17, 2011″ and then kick the film down the road.

Of course, this raises the question of why doesn’t a studio keep mum on a release date until they have a better idea of the ideal time to send a movie into theaters. Surely Green Lantern could easily make a holiday 2011 release date, but I suspect that the rush to put it in the summer is that the faster you get a film out, the faster you can get to making the sequel.

And Green Lantern isn’t alone in its crunch to make a release date. Variety reports that Captain America: The First Avenger is on a shorter schedule and for Transformers: Dark of the Moon “at least one vfx studio has gone to seven-day weeks, 12 hours a day, and canceled the Easter Sunday holiday for its vfx artists.” (I really hope those folks are getting paid overtime).

And then you have to factor in the added cost of 3D. Last year, Warner Bros. pulled the plug on giving the 3D treatment to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 because there wasn’t enough time to do a proper post-conversion. The film only ended up making a measly $954 million worldwide, and was the third-highest domestic gross for a Harry Potter film. Part 2 is currently set to be released in 3D.

[...] But the solution at this point for the studios is to simply throw money at the problem and this issue is likely to continue until some FX house drops the ball and a studio has to reschedule a tentpole flick. And even then, I doubt this practice will change. If anything, I see the trend of movies getting more expensive and more effects houses popping up to accommodate the extra work. I just hope those visual effects artists are willing to give up their weekends and holidays.

[Diesel]

New posters:

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[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by Diesel

I was going to write out a reply to you...but then I remembered the Collider article I read earlier:

Yeesh...And this is the biggest problem with the industry right now. Thanks for posting Diesel.

[Diesel]

Things like Green Lantern, Thor and Transformers really need to be given proper post time as to not release a rushed product and to make sure things like what is reported about the TF3 artists in that article don't happen.


I'm not worried about Captain America as it's VFX will be nowhere near as heavy as Green Lantern.

TDKR's will be a fraction of Lantern's and it will have roughly the same post time that TDK did. So no issues there.

Avengers, though, is going to need a good bit of time in post. But I'm not worried about that one either as there's no way Marvel will let their most important film release sub-par.

[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by Diesel

Things like Green Lantern, Thor and Transformers really need to be given proper post time as to not release a rushed product and to make sure things like what is reported about the TF3 artists in that article don't happen.


I'm not worried about Captain America as it's VFX will be nowhere near as heavy as Green Lantern.

TDKR's will be a fraction of Lantern's and it will have roughly the same post time that TDK did. So no issues there.

Avengers, though, is going to need a good bit of time in post. But I'm not worried about that one either as there's no way Marvel will let their most important film release sub-par.

Agreed completely. There is no excuse for the way they are setting release dates and then not spending the appropriate time needed in post. This rushing VFX thing is getting ridiculous. X-Men Origins looked pretty awful, I'm starting to think First Class won't be any different. Green Lantern I'm worried about as well because it seems like WB had no idea what they were getting into and just set a release date without thinking about the post production it needed.

Avengers, Captain America, and The Dark Knight should all be ok. I'm not worried about any of those.

[Aerodude73]

I'm 110% Sure any Visual Effects houses were paying their employees Overtime for any Holiday or 7-days a week work schedules

[Show spoiler](needed on The Green Lantern)

. At noted in the last few posts, IF the $9M can do what is required in the short 2-month window to Fix or Fully complete the Visual EFX, then so be it. But yes, that Collidar article is spot on. Some or most of these types of films should prob. just go with the old "Coming Soon" until they have a Definitive end-date on the post-production work needed. Summer of 2011 gives much more leeway than an Exact Date, same as Fall of 2011, etc. Everyone wants the Summer Movie Dollars, moreso than any other time of the year, so the calendar gets beyond Jam-Packed. It's starting already this week with Fast & Furious 5 only having ONE Week to do big $$$$ before having to Compete with THOR on May 6th.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by Walts Ghost

Agreed completely. There is no excuse for the way they are setting release dates and then not spending the appropriate time needed in post. This rushing VFX thing is getting ridiculous. X-Men Origins looked pretty awful, I'm starting to think First Class won't be any different. Green Lantern I'm worried about as well because it seems like WB had no idea what they were getting into and just set a release date without thinking about the post production it needed.

Avengers, Captain America, and The Dark Knight should all be ok. I'm not worried about any of those.

I think your probably correct in that the underestimated what Green Lantern's post would take. Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.

Originally Posted by Aerodude73

I'm 110% Sure any Visual Effects houses were paying their employees Overtime for any Holiday or 7-days a week work schedules

[Show spoiler](needed on The Green Lantern)

. At noted in the last few posts, IF the $9M can do what is required in the short 2-month window to Fix or Fully complete the Visual EFX, then so be it. But yes, that Collidar article is spot on. Some or most of these types of films should prob. just go with the old "Coming Soon" until they have a Definitive end-date on the post-production work needed. Summer of 2011 gives much more leeway than an Exact Date, same as Fall of 2011, etc. Everyone wants the Summer Movie Dollars, moreso than any other time of the year, so the calendar gets beyond Jam-Packed. It's starting already this week with Fast & Furious 5 only having ONE Week to do big $$$$ before having to Compete with THOR on May 6th.

If the foreign box office is anything to go off of...Thor gets one week of reprieve before Fast Five kicks its ***

Seriously though, the summer is definitely crowded. Which is great for us the viewer, but for the people counting on the money from these things its not great to have TOO many huge movies in such close vicinity. It can seriously hurt repeat viewings of the already released ones in most cases.

[Aerodude73]

Originally Posted by Diesel

I think your probably correct in that the underestimated what Green Lantern's post would take. Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.


If the foreign box office is anything to go off of...Thor gets one week of reprieve before Fast Five kicks its ***

Seriously though, the summer is definitely crowded. Which is great for us the viewer, but for the people counting on the money from these things its not great to have TOO many huge movies in such close vicinity. It can seriously hurt repeat viewings of the already released ones in most cases.

Hahaha, of Course YOU would say that. We'll see. I think FF5 will do Serious $$$$

[Show spoiler](with Vin back again, Dwayne Johnson, & some Killer preview trailers so far)

, but I also think THOR will do Major Box Office. Both should do over $200-250M easy. How much More, we shall see...

[Foggy]

I think they really are getting behind this film for many reasons (could be because it's really good, new franchise starter, bringing Superhero genre back down from it's dark headings) and the VFX aren't matching what is being delivered, so they are bringing it up to the quality the film needs. That's the positive out look, anyway