Green Lantern Reborn

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I think that we all agree that the original movie is really bad, the character isn't brought to life like it should and the most sad thing is they didn't exploit the Green Lantern Corps, but those are some other topics for another time, the truth is that this edit is really really good, it takes a bad movie and makes it enjoyable, it cant do miracles to the character and wat we all expected form this movie but in a narrative sense it does make a miracle, it makes the Green Lantern movie enjoyable. The transitions are really good, I really enjoyed that it trimmed the repetitions of the dead father (kudos on this). The overall quality is very good, congratulations on making this enjoyable.

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Thank goodness someone did this!!

Attention DC Executives - Someone hire SKYflix before you wreck your Justice League movie the way you wrecked Green Lantern.

When GL first came out I was incredibly disappointed. Really bummed out.

This edit goes a long way towards fixing what was broken. SKYflix even manages to make Ryan Reynolds almost likeable. I was amazed, astounded even.

Stop what you're doing and download this edit. You will not regret it.

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You have polished this bloated, poor film into a gem. The audio/video are excellent and you have done wonders with the narrative. I actually WANT to see GL again!

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Owner's reply July 24, 2014

I want to personnaly thank you for taking the time to officially review my edit. I'm really glad that you feel that way about the movie. Objective reached! Thanks!

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In Blackest Night,
In Brightest Day,
No bad plot, poor delivery or weak character development
Shall escape Skyflix's sight!

This is a fantastic firstling debut. Green Lantern is not just reborn, he is redeemed!

Skyflix has managed to transform this maligned and misdirected (and yet, guilty pleasure) movie into a rock solid superhero movie equal to any of the current Marvelverse features.

Every single scene has been either trimmed, rearranged, polished and/or altered. What emerges is a superhero movie worthy of it's mythos. Now, Hal Jordan, while still a bit of maverick, he is also more professional, more of an everyman that you like and can relate to.... Yes, he is a man with doubts and fears but they do not make him quit at the first sign of trouble or insecurity. He faces his fears and conquers it.

The relationship between Hal and Carol feels more real now. I buy their romance now and could understand the attraction and history between the two characters much better.

Hector has been smartly refocused. No longer is he so schizophrenic. Right from the beginning he is a darker, troubled character whose decent into evil feels more believable.

And Sinestro? It is amazing, with a few cut lines and deletion of the yellow ring subplot, he becomes one of the most dynamic and relatable characters... a man struggling over the loss of his best friend and protecting the only thing he has ever believed it -- the Green Lantern Corps.

In terms of narration, this fan edit is excellent. Yes, as a long time Green Lantern fan, I did miss a few cut things -- Hal's relationship with his brothers and the previously mentioned Yellow Power Ring storyline -- but these do nothing to move the main story forward and Skyflix was brilliant in his removal of these elements.

The video quality is perfect, equal to the Blu-ray. In the jet crash flashback, Slyflix has added a slight yellow filter to Hal's memories, which I thought was sheer brilliance since this is Hal's driving fear. Skyflix added some new cosmic shots that he has matted to match the film's aspect ratio which look beautiful. Though I thought I could see a glimmer of the footage at the bottom of the screen in my viewer when I rewatched this movie for the THIRD TIME (yes, I love this edit that much!!!) last night. Again, not a big deal, as I obviously did not notice it on my first 2 viewings...LOL!

There is some incredible audio work done in this edit, new music added to many scenes. Most work exceptionally well; maybe a bit on the low or loud side here or there, but nothing to detract from the experience.

The cut work is really good. I did not notice any flash frames or significant technical issues. There was one or two slightly awkward scene transition cuts, but based on the material I am not sure if there was any other way to restructure them. Skyflix also added slow-mo to a couple of shots, which I liked for it really for its dramatic effect but others may disagree.

Again, this an awesome edit. It is immensely entertaining and it lives up to the legacy of the Green Lantern legend. I highly recommend it.

THUMBS WAY UP!!!!

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Owner's reply July 11, 2014

Sincere and grateful thanks BionicBob! Your review is amazing and very thorough. I'm currently trying to build an SD version and I do notice now the glimmer problem, thanks for pointing that out. I would also like to acknowledge your contribution to the final product. Thank you immensely for your support and advice!

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I watched Green Lantern when it first came out (as an old-school fan of the comic character) and was definitely underwhelmed. It actually wasn't a BAD movie, per se, it's just that a lot of little things added up to make it pretty un-compelling by the ending. I just didn't really care about Hal or anyone in the movie and kind of wanted it to be over. Honestly, the most interesting character in the film was Sinestro!

So I was looking for a FanFix that could somehow tweak and massage the movie into a story I cared about, and in this respect, "Reborn" replaces the original on the shelf. However, like many FanFixes, when you fix some issues, it reveals other weaknesses underneath.

SKYflix's many, many cuts to the film edit out a lot of the cheesiness and cliches that plagued the theatrical cut...but not all. The whole script is just riddled with this stuff, and when you take out everything you can, it leaves a basically pretty generic story. I never got into this new Parallax villain from the comics, or all the various colors of Corps that the story is trying to set up for the future, but it's the main concept of the film here. There is stage-setting for Yellow Lanterns, Red Lanterns, Purple Lanterns, and even Blue Lanterns. It's reduced here to background scenes, but still kind of pointless unless you're a fan waiting for those setups. To me, the more compelling story is Hector and Hal's parallel journeys, which we get more of with the inclusion of a deleted scene. However, some of the scene removals take away from this (because a lot of it was cliche) and now Hector and Hal seem a lot more ready to be spiteful to each other than makes sense without the added jealousy over Carol.

A few other points didn't really work for me in this cut. Early on in the film, I actually stopped to look up who the composer was because I found the music so overbearingly on-the-nose. It didn't remember it being that bad, and was surprised to find James Newton Howard scored it, how is usually quite competent.
I saw later that a lot of music was added to this edit from other sources, and I have to say it was too obvious and cheesy for me. The one scene edit in this version of the film that REALLY didn't work for me is Hal suddenly sensing that he has to go barge into a warehouse where Hector is and save everyone. There's no lead-up, and no reaction from Hal to Hector being suddenly monstrous. It seems very disjointed. Finally, I really appreciated that the flashbacks to young Hal and his Dad were abbreviated in this edit. However, we still see them play out too extensively in the middle of a dogfight scene (in a weird tint, no less). This then means that we know exactly what's going to happen to his dad when those same exact scenes play out over 5+ minutes later. I'd rather have had super quick cuts just hinting at a big accident, and we don't find out it was his dad until we see the memories in full.

Supposedly the studio chopped director Martin Campbell's film to pieces and there are tatters of various storylines everywhere, apparent in this cut. Sinestro is basically a racist jerk here, which works fine for an ending payoff. But his journey in the original film is much richer and more interesting, where he serves as rival, mentor, and partner to Hal. The evolution is interesting, and his recognition of and seduction to the yellow power is a compelling element which is sorely missing here. It's also now very apparent that in Campbell's cut, Sinestro and other Lanterns were supposed to help in the final battle. Little elements like this, between the studio's interference and the fan edits, add up to make the movie feel like it's missing story payoffs.

It is however, focused on telling a better narrative, which is firmly on Hal. The comparisons to Top Gun are very easy now, where the son has to come to grips with his father's "failure" and death, and is constantly acting out against authority figures and being called reckless until he deals with those issues. With the story focused this way, however, the omissions of some of Hal's scenes of doubt and fear about his responsibility as a Lantern seem strange. Including at least a few would've aided the story. Without them, many of the scenes on Earth just feel like mundane distractions from the interesting and more original stuff with the Corp.

All in all, this is a superior cut of the film, but it still feels very uneven, and at this point, we've seen many other superhero films tread similar ground better. The audio sync was also off for me in various players, and I finally resorted to adjusting it by .5 in VLC to get it mostly lined up. In the end, if you've never seen Green Lantern, I'd recommend watching this version. But if you're expecting this edit to turn the movie into a compelling rewatch in line with many other superhero films, I'd give it a pass.

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