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<blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 8813804" data-attributes="member: 907"><p>Yes, but the director didn't know <strong>comic books</strong> and particularly not Green Lantern. This is from the film's Wikipedia page:</p><p></p><p><em>While promoting Deadpool (in which Reynolds portrays another famous comic book superhero) in 2016, Reynolds said that filming Green Lantern itself had been frustrating, "You really need a visionary behind a movie like that, but it was the classic studio story: "We have a poster, but we don't have a script or know what we want; let's start shooting!"[60] In an exclusive interview with ScreenRant in 2021, Campbell reflected that he should not have directed the film after all and admitted responsibility for the film "not working out". Comparing to how he saw all James Bond films before directing Casino Royale, Campbell acknowledged that superheroes movies were never his "cup of tea".</em></p><p></p><p>So Casino Royale was a success, at least in part because the director took the time to get to know both James Bond the character and the spy film genre, and because the director was predisposed to like the project. Green Lantern was not, because they used a director who didn't consider superheroes "his cup of tea".</p><p></p><p>Basically, you need to go into a project like that with a clear idea of who the character is and what you want to do with it. You go in and say "I want to make the Spider-Man origin movie, and the chief antagonist is going to be the Green Goblin, and I want to hit these particular notes: Peter Parker's relationship with aunt May, their poverty, his love for MJ, contrast with Osborn's wealth, Osborn's dual personality, the Goblin being hoist by his own petard." You don't go in saying "OK, what movie are we making? Green Lantern? Cool, cool. What do we know of the Green Lantern? Ah, a ring, neat. Given to him by an alien, cool. Alien cop you say? Even better. Anyone else?"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Staffan, post: 8813804, member: 907"] Yes, but the director didn't know [B]comic books[/B] and particularly not Green Lantern. This is from the film's Wikipedia page: [I]While promoting Deadpool (in which Reynolds portrays another famous comic book superhero) in 2016, Reynolds said that filming Green Lantern itself had been frustrating, "You really need a visionary behind a movie like that, but it was the classic studio story: "We have a poster, but we don't have a script or know what we want; let's start shooting!"[60] In an exclusive interview with ScreenRant in 2021, Campbell reflected that he should not have directed the film after all and admitted responsibility for the film "not working out". Comparing to how he saw all James Bond films before directing Casino Royale, Campbell acknowledged that superheroes movies were never his "cup of tea".[/I] So Casino Royale was a success, at least in part because the director took the time to get to know both James Bond the character and the spy film genre, and because the director was predisposed to like the project. Green Lantern was not, because they used a director who didn't consider superheroes "his cup of tea". Basically, you need to go into a project like that with a clear idea of who the character is and what you want to do with it. You go in and say "I want to make the Spider-Man origin movie, and the chief antagonist is going to be the Green Goblin, and I want to hit these particular notes: Peter Parker's relationship with aunt May, their poverty, his love for MJ, contrast with Osborn's wealth, Osborn's dual personality, the Goblin being hoist by his own petard." You don't go in saying "OK, what movie are we making? Green Lantern? Cool, cool. What do we know of the Green Lantern? Ah, a ring, neat. Given to him by an alien, cool. Alien cop you say? Even better. Anyone else?" [/QUOTE]
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