Average trailer,. sub par CGI,. horrible villain choices. I personally liked Reynolds in this role,. the bad script ended up destroying any chance this movie had though
Yeah, this about sums it up. Quite well, actually. They just didn't sell it well enough to the people. The CGI...wow. I mean, this was the ONE movie where you could've gone buck wild with the CGI and no one would've complained. Seriously, a movie where guys could use their mind and will power to create things. Uhhhh, can you say CGI galore!!! Geez, what were there, about 10 total constructs created, most of which happened in a 5-minute training session with Kilowog and Sinestro (counted up to 14 when I thought about it, off the top).
The writing, yep, total butt. I get it that origin movies aren't easy, and can lull, but there were opportunities to have really kick ass moments, and they came up short. Character development lacked any 'wow' to it. I hated just about every second that Pumpkinhead Guy was onscreen, and there was nothing about him to like, with those ridiculous eyes and that unsightly head. Not enough was said about Amanda Waller (what does she do?), and the Air Force chick looked way too young to be outranking anybody. The main villain sucked, too. What was he, just a big blob of angry...matter? Come on.
That said, I'd like to see a sequel (please, somebody talk somebody into agreeing to do it). Just DON'T START OVER. You got the difficult 'origin' part out of the way. It wasn't perfect, but just keep going with it. You've already established the villain. Just find a way to tie it in to Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman some kind of way (maybe a post-credit scene added to B vs S, or an easter egg or two in the movie itself). Feel free to take the gloves off a bit with the CGI, and try not to make the constructs too cartoony.
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When we're thinking about our own brain, would that be a mental paradox??
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Swashbucklist
7 years ago
I hated just about every second that Pumpkinhead Guy was onscreen, and there was nothing about him to like, with those ridiculous eyes and that unsightly head.
This is the one complaint that really bug the heck out of me. Yes, he's unsightly. That's a GOOD thing. It's appropriate. He's an ugly, repulsive creature whose outside matches what's in his swampy little heart. Why the everloving fudge does a villain need to be built like a god?
The main villain sucked, too. What was he, just a big blob of angry...matter? Come on.
Yes. He was a gigantic mass of evil and hunger. Why exactly is that a bad thing?
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Requiescat in pace Pete Postlethwaite.
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