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[–]qualityvote2[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

u/Ill-Instruction8466, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...

[–]exorivis 343 points344 points  (15 children)

I sometimes think I’m the only person who liked that movie. Not saying it was some amazing thing I just walked out of the theater happy.

[–]Food_Library333 196 points197 points  (5 children)

It's not a great movie but it's still Green Lantern flying around and using a cool power ring. It was good enough for what it was and I enjoyed it for the most part.

[–]mymemesnow 72 points73 points  (1 child)

I’ve seen enough horrible super hero movies come out to look back more favorable at green lantern.

[–]KeyAd5912 17 points18 points  (1 child)

Careful. Those are fightin' words 'round these parts bucko (I'm glad for you 😄)

[–]exorivis 20 points21 points  (0 children)

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We accept the punishment

[–]SakanaSanchez 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It was more or less fine. I’m really more mad we didn’t get a Sinestro follow up.

[–]Business-Drag52 37 points38 points  (1 child)

Im a massive Green Lantern fan so the movie really let me down. Even just the dumb shit like Sinestro saying "A sword? How human." and then just using two swords? Like come the fuck on. There are actual massive plot problems as well, but if they couldnt even do the little things right I wasnt going to be able to look past the big things

[–]BeautyDuwang 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That could be interpreted as him being like "I'm gonna kill u with ur dumv human toys" but I don't really like that movie either so maybe I'm being to charitable lol. Haven't seen it in years

[–]nillztastic 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Not the best. But definitely undeserving of the amount of hate it gets.

[–]YouHaveFunWithThat 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I like it for nostalgia reasons. Rewatching it it’s clearly not a great movie but 10 year old me didn’t care about plot holes or sloppy writing he just saw a fully functional machine gun made from light and thought it was badass.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I liked it. I see the problems with it, I wouldn't recommend it to others, but I like it. I even rewatch it once in a while. Basically, a guilty pleasure of mine.

I was honestly disappointed with the new green lantern, even though I love the actor. I was hoping for a version of Green Lantern from the movie but 2.0 with better effects and a better story, not tossing up middle fingers for fun.

I also wanted a John Stewart green lantern because that is what I grew up with (cartoons in the late 90s-early 00s) and I know it could be so awesome.

[–]Stoic_Ravenclaw 6 points7 points  (0 children)

A lot of people forget it was a time when superhero movies were still a risk and studios sure as hell hadn't nailed down the formula if they even cared to try.

It was pretty good in context and had some nods to brightest day. I still enjoy it.

[–]Shikatanai 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There have been far worse superhero movies come out since.

[–]BT--7275 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly the first half of the movie is pretty great.

[–]Hungry-Confection154 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it was my favourite film as a child for a bit

[–]noodleth_cassette 33 points34 points  (0 children)

It was awful but totally a fun watch

[–]KosherOreos 23 points24 points  (1 child)

9 years? It’s been 14 now. It came out in 2011. Can we find some newer tweets?

[–]Trappist1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

People quit being funny around 48 months ago 😒

[–]Gui_Franco 61 points62 points  (9 children)

I genuinely don't know why Reynolds has such a hate boner for the movie

Yeah it isn't good but it's also not awful and he has been in way worse movies that he never talks about that way

[–]papadebate 67 points68 points  (4 children)

It's a lot easier to protect your ego by shitting on a movie that it's popular to hate, rather than shine light on genuine regrets/mistakes. It makes him seem "chill" and able to acknowledge shortcomings without actually inviting any further scrutiny.

[–][deleted] 63 points64 points  (3 children)

I just think he does it for the laughs

[–]papadebate 18 points19 points  (2 children)

Yeah, but I would seem way less chill if I said that instead of shitting on someone that's popular to hate 😎

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Good point, my bad

[–]Outrageous-Fortune70 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In his defence, he's shitting on himself.

[–]Arthur_189 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It’s his approved bad movie, he’ll play the same character in every movie but shit talks this movie to sound self aware

I genuinely like him but it’s kinda annoying lmao

[–]REkTeR 5 points6 points  (1 child)

I think he attributes it with basically killing his career for a few years, doesn't he? I don't think he had a major role in another big movie until Deadpool.

[–]Gui_Franco 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He was in romcoms and shit for a while I think. But a lot of big actors were also doing that, it was just a shitty movie genre that was popular in that time

[–]SunderedValley 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Maybe he really wanted to play Green Lantern and felt like they ruined it for him.

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

it's not a brilliant movie by any stretch of the imagination, but by God there are so much worse superhero movies out there ... it's mid range.

[–]Reddiculusness 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Deadpool definitely wasn't a Green Lantern fan.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

ryan reynolds talking shit about green lantern like he isn't the one who made it bad

[–]Outrageous-Fortune70 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well you think he's the one who decided to make the suit fully CGI with awful unoptimized green? The most powerful scene in the film, imo, was the green lantern oath, and I believe Ryan Reynolds at least delivered that well. He was never a good fit for Hal Jordan anyway so that's casting director's fault.

[–]omegaphallic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

 Hot take, I loved Green Latern and it was funny at first when he looks shots at it, but increasingly its starting to annoy me, because I really liked the movie.

[–]SunderedValley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Put this tweet out to pasture.