GREEN LANTERN

I guess this was bound to happen. Couldn’t have a summer where every single comic movie that came out was an out-and-out winner. There always has to be a dud, an under-performer, a stinker or, at least, a film that kinda stinks but you can tell that it once might’ve had a decent aroma.

Thought maybe THOR would’ve been the dud this year, but it turned out to be a pretty great little movie. Definitely better than I was expecting. X-MEN: FIRST CLASS had potential to fail, but didn’t and ended up being the best film in that particular franchise. As for unreleased comic pics, I have faith that CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER will rock, TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON will be uber-flashy and COWBOYS & ALIENS will be loved by those who see it and mocked by those who don’t (which will probably be everyone because sci-fi westerns almost never make money at the box office). I don’t expect any of these films to fit the “meh” bill for this summer.

Last summer, the big comic dud was JONAH HEX. I loved it, nobody else did. Most consider it to be one of the worst comic-to-film adaptations ever. The year before that brought audiences a lackluster WATCHMEN adaptation and the year before that was when SPEED RACER stalled out. Both movies have their high points and both movies have their low points. Neither is perfect, but they both buckled under the pressure of being a would-be blockbuster. None of them are out-and-out bombs like CATWOMAN or ELEKTRA.

Enough waffling, the big comic disappointment/dud (all depends on your point of view) this summer is GREEN LANTERN. Click on the pic to read my full review…