Nordling here.
Yeah, yeah, I didn't like GREEN LANTERN. That said, a sequel would be potentially terrific now that all the preliminaries are out of the way. Ryan Reynolds did the best possible job he could do and he carried that movie. If for nothing else, to see him reprise the role would be great.
Now it looks like Warner Brothers is going to continue ahead with a GREEN LANTERN sequel despite bring "disappointed" in the box office take thus far. I think they were counting a bit too much on the 3D boost, when families are foregoing that option this summer. And although the film has problems, there's enough stuff in it that works that a sequel could be viable and even good.
A word to Warner Brothers, a piece of advice to take or leave - because of the box office, the studio may be tempted to go smaller with any sequel. Don't. The parts of the film that work the best are when the film blows up the scale and shows the Green Lantern Universe to its full potential. Hell, if the sequel barely takes place on Earth that would be fine with the audience. It's the Earth sequences that bring the film down. GREEN LANTERN wants to soar, not be bogged down with the common superhero tropes in almost every comic book film. No reluctant superheroes here - show us a world never seen before and just let the art department go completely nuts. Stick with what Geoff Johns has done with the character and the audience will come. Just a suggestion.
Nordling, out.
