The reason I won't see GL on opening weekend is....I just don't trust DC anymore.
It's a stupid reason, I know, especially for a Marvel fan, but I'm just tired of all the crap that DC throws at us, and expect us to just go along with it. The last halfway-decent/good DC movie I saw,
RED wasn't even made by Legendary Pictures, like every other DC film. The director of RED was the owner of the studio,
diBonaventura Productions, which bought the rights to it.
Another great movie,
V for Vendetta, was also done by another company.
Is this really what it's come to? We have to hope DC sells the rights to another company, just to see a half-decent movie? The exact
opposite of the Marvel situation, where we hope that the rights go back to Marvel?
I know what you're all thinking:
The Dark Knight.
DC seems to care only about two things: Money, and Batman, their main way to GET money. The Dark Knight was a great movie, but that's because DC cares more about Batman than any other character they put effort into. He's their poster boy, and they pull out all the stops for him.
Not to mention, it's obvious the Dark Knight didn't set a standard for DC.
I did some research, and do you know what I found out? You really want to know?
You know what the last DC film was that was a
Non-Batman, critical and financial success?
For Non-Nolan films:
Un. [Frick]ing. Acceptable.
DC deserves better than this. The characters deserve better than this.
We deserve better than this.
Now, don't get me wrong.
I hope Green Lantern is good. I HOPE it breaks the trend of bad films we've seen for the past 20 years. I hope that finally, finally, a non-Batman film can finally be a success. But don't expect me to be there on opening week.
If it's good, then hell yeah I'll see it. But DC needs to earn my trust back.