The Green Lantern movie wasn't as bad as a number of critics would have you believe, and the problem with their takes, is they didn't explain how the movie could be fixed. I will here.
I give it a 6.5 out of 10, and because the script took four story lines - Hal Jordan, Jordan / Green Lantern (Ryan Reynolds), Carol Harris (Blake Lively), and Hector (Peter Sarsgaard), and spent about 40 minutes of a two-hour film explaining them, then getting to the point.
By contrast, what marked Jurassic Park and Mission: Impossible Screenwriter David Koepp's success, was that he grew to understand the importance of getting the explanation done quickly, because everyone wanted to see the main event - in the case of Jurassic Park, the dinosaurs.
Having someone like David Koepp do the screenwriting would have made for a much better Green Lantern.
But there was that other problem: the CGI.
The flying bleed lines were evident in the 3D version, as Hal Jordan came in to meet Carol Harris as he was The Green Lantern for the first time. The audience grumbled.
How Warner Bros allowed that obvious error to get by is the question of the day.
For Super 8, such issues never popped up, but then it was a 2D movie!
What I liked about Super 8 was that J.J. Abrams obviously tried for a film that was a kind of homage to Steven Spielberg and he almost nailed it.
I don't know what the deal was with the use of grainy film, but other than that, it was a tight movie that wrapped you in its story and didn't let go. I would be surprised if it didn't get an Oscar best picture nomination.
Stay tuned.
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