Green Lantern set to be worst money loser in superhero movie history.

oh yes I love articles about how GL sucked, music to my ears :P

From a financial standpoint, I agree with this article. I'm the kind of person who likes to consider all things with CBM and Green Lantern is not as bad as people bytch it out to be. DEFINITELY NOT THE BEST MOVIE OF THIS YEAR OR EVER but I can watch it more than once, simply because it leaves an open window for a better sequel and bigger story. For this to be the first shot at GL, I cant believe how harsh some people are and don't look at the bigger picture that GL has the room and potential to expand and be something better. But of course, the voices of hate and name calling will speak louder than anything else.

@NextHero - I agree.

@NorseGod: No, I haven't actually seen the director's cut nor am I interested. The story was extremely weak, the acting was terrible. There is no amount of included deleted scenes or whatever is included in the director's cut that can make this film significantly better. If I even have to watch Ben Affleck's disgusting a$$ in leather or Jennifer Garner as Elektra again I might just go kill myself. lol. I'm sorry but i just hate every single thing about that movie. It was just absolutely awful.

STUPID....... FRIGGIN .......ARTICLE!

Theres no way Green Lantern is anywhere near as bad as Catwoman or the BIGGEST TURD that wasn't on the list....


BATMAN AND ROBIN......

1) the BAT MASTER CARD

2) Bane in a gorilla suit!

3) Uma Thurmans HORRIBLE Over-Acting .

4) John Glovers horrible over acting

5) Ah-nolds lack of acting and one liners

6) Mr. Freezes goons trying to eat RAW TV DINNERS then getting there tongue stuck to the dinners

7) Mr. Freezes goons singing.

8) ALFRED.......FRIGGIN....HEADROOM......gggettggettggggeteggget it?

9)Bobble head Clooney

10) BAT -ASS shots.

and honorable mention:

Joel Schumacher's Direction.
The writer of this article is a idiot if they think green lantern is ANYWHERE near the turds that other films have been.

dude learn some F@#ckin history! your bias is showing.

I get allot of Marvel love on this site. Fricken Marvel Fanboys!

@kevberg Batman and Robin MADE 113 million dollars. Reread the article it is about the most money LOST.
It is the actual figures. It is your bias, not mine showing.

@LP4 It may actually make up some ground and be less of a loss than Punisher War Zone but as of right now it has lost more money than any superhero movie ever.

Sorry guys, I like the 13th Warrior but in boxoffice it lost over 100 million dollars. Is it a better watch than other movies sure. But in revenues it sucked hard.

@bodwulf
haha yes i just watched 13th warrior last night!

Hey i dont want to get bombed with hate, but I'm not a huge GL fan, maybe thats why I liked the movie was because I knew hardly anything about him at the time. I am seriously just curious, and anyone can answer this, but what wouldve made this a better movie? I thought the idea of a character who is a hotshot on the onside but afraid on the inside was cool, his suit being a construct made more sense to me then the comics (like raimi's organic web shooters), and the effects were pretty cool. Why do most people despise this movie? And I'm not looking to get in an argument here I just wanna understand.

@ ngachacha also did not add 100 million in promotional costs GL lost because those figures are even less available than production costs. And I
I did not jump the gun.It is in a position to be the biggest flop. Will it pull in 50 million from the foreign boxoffice to dig out of this hole? Time will tell.

@ Bodwulf

There are at least 25 more markets to open. If it does 2 mil each, it will make it back. That's highly doable.

Each movie has promotional costs, so if you're going to add GL promotional costs, then you mine as well add the others too. Since you did not, it's not a point then so it's irrelevant to bring it up.

And Yeah, its offensive because you blatantly ignore the real stinkers out there. You insult peoples intelligence just as badly as Batman and Robin.

I don't read Green Lantern, Im no more a DC fan than a Marvel fan, but I'd be proud to own my GREEN LANTERN blu-ray than ever let some of those other turds near my collection.

good lord man that is some terrible writing.

wasn't a horrible movie...where the heck is the edit button now?

@hartley07

I'm a huge GL, but even I can't give this movie an 8/10. As GL, I give it a 7/10, and as an objective film watcher, the movie gets a 6.5/10

There were too many things in the story that didn't add up or weren't explained properly.

For example, Hal said he was afraid. Afraid of what exactly? Afraid of failing? Afraid of Parallax? Why is he afraid of commitment with Carol? Does he have commitment issues or is it something else? Why was Carol crying after they had a good heart-to-heart conversation on the rooftop? She feels sorry for him for what? Was she making excuse for something? If so, for what? How can Hal quit the Corps and then put the ring back on the next day or two to save Carl in the helicopter? The Corps is a unified unit, how is it possible that out of 3600 of them, not ONE of them helped Hal on Earth? Why was Parallax so determined to kill Hal when he already got his revenge on Abin Sur? Why would Sinestro put on the yellow ring after he gave a speech to the Corps about how overcoming fear is great and everything?

I've watched this movie twice in theatres and these questions still came to my mind.

These are things that bothered me personally. IMO, I liked everyone's acting, I enoyed the CGI and the CGI suit made sense, and the humour was decent at times.

In terms of what would have made the movie better? A solid story with a clear vision. The movie touched upon fear, overcoming fear, courage, daddy issues, commitment issues, and coming of age. TOO MUCH! One, maybe two main themes is enough for a movie and it allows for the theme or themes to be fleshed out properly. (E.g. Batman Begins, a man determined to fight the corrpution in his city. Iron Man1, a man who wanted to redeem himself for encouraging war and death with his weapons, XMen FC, being proud of your individualities and not conforming to society). GL tried to use all those themes and it just went all over the place. Why show flashbacks of his dad dying when it has no purpose later on? His dad's death affected Hal a great deal in the comicbooks and it does get referenced a lot. In the movie, it's mentioned once, maybe twice, and that's it.

I liked the movie, but I didn't love it and I certainly don't hate it.

O.K. one last post and I am done. the article stands true. It only states that Green Lantern "is in a position to be the new standard for what a bad superhero movie is." or asks in the form of a question is it the worst. I never state if it is good or bad.I in fact say it has at this time has the most money lost.

The rottentomatoes ratings merely show these are not well recieved criticly and give insite as to why they may be on here. The money is how they got their position.

If you read the article without pushing your emotional reactions on it, it is very clear. I am not bashing Green Lantern. I never once give my opinion on the movie I just state where it is at this time.

If Batman and Robin had lost money It would be on the list. It has a RT rating of 13% but that is not what thearticle is about. (if you read it.)

plus if i had not written it what would Kevberg wipe his ass with?

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Green Lantern is ok, I dont complain about it STOP being Negative People

They should ave [frick]in stuck to the secret origin script word for word, panel for panel those stupid bitch [racial slur]s

They should ave [frick]in stuck to the secret origin script word for word, panel for panel those stupid bitch [racial slur]s

They should ave [frick]in stuck to the secret origin script word for word, panel for panel those stupid bitch [racial slur]s

further* lol

@ngachacha:

Thanks for your comprehensive listing of the European markets GL is just about to open in. POTC4 made $1B total, an astounding # for a so-so film (said by someone who LOVES that series. POTC4 wouldn't have come close to that had it not been for how well it did in Europe.

Maybe the Germans will think GL has something to do with the Wagnerian Ring Cycle and go check it out?

Regarding your questions, the script probably was packed with too many plot elements to explain them all well enough so that many could follow. Here's how I saw it:

Hal is afraid in general because the searing memory of his dad blowing up in front of him triggers an unusually strong sense of fear from that experience. He suffers from a type of Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome that he has had to work through all his life to do what he loves, something he does every day like getting out of those pants (or whatever) so getting past his fears is a big part of his personality. Even though he usually succeeds, his fear can overcome him at critical moments of especially high stress, like when his plane is in free fall or he's about to make a lifetime commitment with Carol (getting married IS very scary, even when it's the right thing to do - it feels like free fall, too, in another sense).

The fear never goes away, it's always there, so his ability to get past it, to do what he needs to do any way is highly developed - precisely what the Ring picked up that made him stand out as the best candidate to be the new GL.

Yes, it did seem lame that Kilowog, Tomar-Re and Sinestro could only show up in time to catch his ass right before he fell into the sun, but couldn't be bothered to lend a hand, even a hand with a ring on it, to help before he punched Parallax into the sun. Why were they such weinies? Because they were afraid of Parallax.

Sinestro had seen his little troop of the 'very best Lanterns' wiped out through giving into their fear, something none of these fearless warriors had ever had to deal with. None of these guys have Hal's ability to feel fear and get past it, because til Parallaz came around they had never experienced fear, never had to deal with a feeling of terror and carry on regardless, which is why they couldn't engage in the fight and help - they knew their fear would have allowed them to be consumed like the others. They could only watch from a safe distance and marvel. This is why Hal becomes the best Lantern of them all - he's the only one that has the right stuff.

All these things were explained or (more often) implied, but you had to pay close attention and actually think about it as the film went on. I can't be objective - being a GL fan I already knew all this stuff going in, so perhaps it was spelled out in too sketchy a manner, despite the significant time devoted to exposition, for the average film goer.

Certainly that was true for the average critic, whose main complaint was: 'too much to try to follow, and too much time spent explaining it all'. Now they're just all a bunch of wimps.

I was not a fan of the GL, but a RRR fan so I saw the movie several times. Being a Superman man, It had the same feel good vibe that SM had. Ryan and Blake have great chemistry and this movie lacked character development. If the budget was not published, this movie would not be considered a failure. $53 million opening amid horrible reviews is not bad, who can pull this off. Give Ryan some credit. It will make it's budget back and WB will have learned a little about comic book movie making.

Thor shoulda gotten that title. Such an overrated film. I cannot believe this sh!t despite that GL went to number 1 anyway. Bad word of mouth and too many summer blockbusters is what quelled this movie and at a worst time especially the haters wanting this to fail and expecting their feet to be kissed. Screw that noise. And if you listen to anything Rotten Tomatoes says, you're an idiot. If Warner Bros is gonna use this excuse to not give us a GL sequel or any other DC films like the Flash, they will hear from me and I will use some choice words. Not everybody is happy about getting more Marvel films and few DC films. I highly dobut how GL does overseas is gonna change anything unfortunatley. I swear this has pused me even further away from the comics community cuz it's just getting to damn depressing and contradictory in which we're at each other throats.