Why so much hate

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To add to the mystery of the hate, the people that dislike the movie are always saying how unintelligent it is and then providing evidence of their superior intelligence with gems like the above reply.

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IMO, it's all herd mentality. If it's a popular opinion then others will follow like stupid cattle.

Stupid P'takh!

Personally, I think it's ok. It's not that it's a bad movie. It's just that it could have, and SHOULD have, been so much better!

-"No power in the 'verse can stop me"

I give it an 8. It's a good introduction to the character and his universe, Ryan Reynolds does a decent job, and whatever problems it has, I'm willing to forgive it a lot because of the scene where Carol sees through his disguise.

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I agree with the OP. I will say, though, that Green Lantern is loaded with a ton of super-hero cliches (father issues, Christ symbolism, very formulaic, etc.) and there's a lot--perhaps too much--going on story-wise which hinders the pacing. Nonetheless, I found this to be a pretty solid and entertaining movie.

I admit I had put off seeing this for the longest time due to negative word-of-mouth, and I can say I now regret buying into the negative hype generated by the bandwagon mentality.

There's a lot more going on in this flick than meets the eye... loved the overall theme of will vs. fear. The Green Lanterns thrived on the power of will, to the point where they eschewed fear as a weakness. Of course the main baddie Parallax feeds on fear and exploits it. This leads to them getting their green rear ends handed to them time after time because they ARE afraid and refuse to admit it.

How the hell can one overcome a problem if they refuse to admit they have a problem in the first place?

Enter Hal Jordan who finally comes to terms with his fear, admits it, and thus finds the means to overcome it and Parallax. This brave struggle is expertly paralleled with secondary baddie Hector Hammond's total consumption by fear.

Since I understand and can relate to this struggle, this movie resonated with me on a personal level, and I found it to be something more than just your standard superhero fare.

As far as I'm concerned, to hell with the negative hype--this movie deserves a second look.

My best guess is probably that it isn't all gritty like Nolan's films. Or that it's not John Stewart, too goofy, maybe some people (not in their right minds I'm guessing) don't like Hot Wheels, and people don't like will powered fun.

I liked the movie. I can sort of see why people would be turned off of it though. Coming off the heels of Nolan's kind of (to me) boring Bruce Wayne and hilarious Batman, and Superman's movie was busy being made. It was kind of a lose/lose on which member of Justice League they could choose to show in between. I doubt Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, Hawkman/Hawkgirl, or the Flash could sell as well on their own. I hope I'm wrong and they do wind up making movies with them by themselves.

Yeah... I don't really have any knowledge of the Justice League outside of the cartoon from years ago. So, the four I listed may not be the one's that others would list as better options for their own lead up movies.

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Maybe because it's kinda boring, I'm watching it now for the first time and 40 mins in nothing that thrilling has happened.

ETA: Just finished it. I think it was too childish that was one of the bigger problems. Like fighting fear for God's sake. Haven't heard that since the wizard of oz ''nothing to fear but fear itself'' blah blah blah. It was edited really badly. I mean things just happen out of nowhere, people know things out of nowhere. It seems like they tried to stuff too much into the second half of the film. It was of course to slow too start. None of the way too many supporting actors characters were fleshed out enough. They didn't spend enough time introducing us to Oa, or giving Hal enough time there. His whole reaction to all this new information was none existent. It wasn't very believable that he defeated the two bad guys so easily. Hectors whole story and character were pointless, he shouldn't have been killed off. Him learning a lesson and helping Hal would have been better. It just wasn't very good overall. Ryan Reynolds did an alright job. Actually you know it's bad when Blake Lively is one the best and most believable things in this film. Anyway it was a bit of a waste really. They could have done something better with this story I think.