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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8813775" data-attributes="member: 7023840">But .... that doesn't track. Look at Green Lantern.Ryan Reynolds loves the source material. He was the star. It's not like he's hasn't succeeded before ...Greg Berlanti ... he has a pretty good track record with DC. He wrote it. And he had co-writers, too! They weren't dreaded Hollywood Hacks looking for a quick buck. Nope- they were bona fide comic book writers.The director was five years off of doing a somewhat successful genre reboot. You might have heard of Casino Royale?I think talent and passion matter. But talk to anyone in Hollywood, and you'll know that some things work, and some things don't, and it's not always obvious even to the people working on it. Heck- Rogue One, arguably one of the best Star Wars movies since the original three, was notoriously a problem and required a different director to come in and save it with rewrites and new scenes. Movies are hard.ETA- I'd even note that sometimes "studio meddling" is the worst thing that can happen to a film, and other times creatives will look back and say, "Thank goodness someone was overlooking the production." If there was one easy answer, then every movie would be financially and critically successful, right?</blockquote>