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Tag Archives: Green Lantern
Passing on Robot Gore
I haven’t seen the new Transformers film, and I really don’t have any desire to. I’m not going to bother judging it on the basis of quality. Quality is an ethereal thing, and it all boils down to opinion. I might think Green Lantern was a really fun and cool superhero movie (and one of [...]
Posted in Blog, Movies Also tagged Animated Film, Bloodshed, Cinematic Moments, Darkness, Death And Destruction, Fist, Flesh, Gore, Iron Hide, Kick Ass, Old Man, Personal Experience, Quality Quality, Robot, Robots, Slow Motion, Transformers, Unpleasant Aspects, Violent Imagery Leave a comment
Green Lantern (Cultural Counter Punch)
There’s a line in the cultural sand of superheroes. It’s a line that says superheroes are either “dark and sophisticated” like The Dark Knight or “slight and stupid” like Green Lantern. It’s deeper than superheroes actually. It’s how we have been taught to view the world now. Shows like Dexter and The Wire and others [...]
Posted in Blog, Comic Books, Movies Also tagged Action Adventure, Asshole, Counter Punch, Creative Action, Culture War, Dark Knight, Dexter, Different Point Of View, Epic Battle, Good Fun, Good Guys And Bad Guys, Outright Hostility, Protagonists, Reasonable Person, Smart Film, Superhero Flick, Superheroes, Term Culture, Wages 7 Comments
In Brightest Day… (a criticism of criticism)
I really, really, really liked Green Lantern. I liked it so much, in fact, that I’m actively annoyed that other people are so down on it. I don’t care if people disliked it. I don’t mind if people call it bad. But the virulent venom aimed at this particular flick is just not warranted. This [...]
Posted in Blog, Comic Books, Movies, Writing Also tagged Audience, Clash, Cooperation, Elements, Favorite Movies, Filmmaking, Flick, Fx, Giant Monster, Hostility, Job, King Kong, Nugget, Observation, People, Spaceship, Tita, Venom 4 Comments
The Event Horizon of Boring