Look I get it, Green Lantern wasn’t as good as The Dark Knight. Still the franchise itself wasn’t going to be like Spider-man or Batman. WB should have known this film wasn’t going to play to everyone, so their epic marketing campaign was falling onto to deaf ears basically. The things that happen in this film and storyline are a little out there with dealing with aliens and a hero who travels in space. So Green Lantern didn’t exactly explode in the box office, it still had made decent money though, I think studio’s are a little too obsessed with opening weekends and if a movie doesn’t make $300 million it’s not a “franchise hit”. This is nonsense, if anything a Green Lantern 2 would pull more people in. I think studios don’t realize that many people wait for DVD these days. Once the film hits that market so many more people will watch the film. Then if you make Green Lantern 2, it will become an event, people who saw the first will go, fans will go. The story line needs to keep going, Green Lantern is one of the best comic book franchises and it deserves a long movie run. Please do not wait to reboot it, keep the franchise going you can push it through to make money. Please remember that Batman Begins did not open the way many wanted it to. Some called it a failure, then they made The Dark Knight which set a new standard for comic movies. So Warner Brothers make Green Lanter 2!
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I’m with ya. I’m totally a biased Green Lantern fan, but there’s some things that no is is saying here.
1) Looks like audiences are going through all AROUND superhero fatigue. This movie gets singled out because its bigger budget and higher profile – but its not like Thor or XMen hit it out of the park this year exactly.
2) I know movies are supposed to be recession proof, but… we ARE in a recession still, no matter what college economics professors are saying. Nice recovery %#$&@$@#s.
My worry is though that critics savaged it, and I havent found a lot of people aside from myself who liked it. So it may not “Catch On” that much. It may… it should, I know what youre saying. And also, for SURE if they make the sequel they do it more cheaply. So they go and rob the film of one of its greater assets, its high production value.
SIGH
You’re right but I slightly disagree about Thor and First Class. Thor is a really hard concept to pitch to general audiences. It helps that the movie was great but world wide it has made $439 million… That’s pretty good. X-Men: First Class is essentially a reboot with all new actors set in the 60’s… I mean that is a lot of change for audiences to take and that has made $335 million world wide. I’d say those two kind of odd comic book movies doing so well are proof people aren’t tired of them at all. Also without comic book movies what are we suppose to look forward to during the summer?
Oh you right, you right!
LOL. I hadn’t seen Thor’s ww take. Thanks. Also, GL is tanking worldwide. Not doing well overseas I hear at all.
You’re right about Thor being a tough concept to sell, too. No doubt.
But I think for sure that some of this has to with American audience superhero burnout. It will be interesting to see how next Summer goes with three huge sh flicks pending.
I’m interested in how Captain America will do. Here and abroad. Heard in Russia they are simply calling it “The First Avenger”. Yeah Green Lantern is pretty much a bomb. I still hope they push for a sequel though because I personally didn’t think it was all that bad. Will see though.