Green Lantern Opens To A Strong But Disappointing Box Office

Green Lantern has made it's way into theatres in the domestic market now, with a world wide release still coming later in the year and although the movie opened up to a very strong $53.2 million, you can't help but believe that Warner Bros. was expecting much more than this.

Early predictions had it landing around the $60 million mark and if I had to guess, the studio was expecting something around $75 to $80. Bad word of mouth will no doubt be credited to the underwhelming performance because the film was marketed to general audiences plenty and with it opening on Father's Day weekend there's really no other excuse.

Now all fans of the character are left with suspicions of what comes next as Warner Bros. has kept silent on the topic. There was talk of a script for a sequel already in the working stages with high confidence that the movie would be a solid start to a potential franchise. Nothing but questions will remain until Warner breaks its silence.

On a side note, I saw the film again this past Saturday with my wife again and tagging along with us was her brother and two other friends. He is an avid comic book fan but not particularly a Green Lantern lover or hater so I wanted to get his opinion to let all of you get an unbiased view and one other than my own.

"Let me start by saying that I have only read a couple Green Lantern comics, but I have a fairly good understanding of the basics and the origin of Green Lantern. I really have no attachment to the series so I'm here to tell you that not only fans will enjoy the movie.

It's a very good representation of a comic book, but in some parts of the movie it's too much like a comic book. It feels rushed, almost like they cut pieces of the movie out to make a shorter run time. I caught myself wanting more explanation in a good amount of scenes. This can be forgiven in a comic book because they are limited in the ways they can explain things, but in a movie I expect everything that needs to be told to be brought up front without you trying to figure out what's going on. It becomes distracting.

Now this does not mean that I disliked the movie. That was really the only downside to the film other than Hector Hammond, who at times gets a little old and you find yourself longing for Parallax to return to the screen. It is full of action and good action at that.

The constructs are so creative! Sometimes they can be a bit cheesy, but it's still so much fun. Ryan Reynold's performance was surprisingly good. I say surprising because based on the trailer it looked like nothing was going to be taken seriously. There are parts where he jokes around but it's done well." - Daniel Howard