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It’s impossible being green: From Hornet to Lantern, heroes of this hue lost the battle in 2011
Because, let’s face it, for better or for worse, people want to be able to take these movies seriously.
Look at Batman! He’s been drained of joy, adult-ed up to the point where I half-expect the next movie to include scenes of tax loopholes and speeches where people do everything in their power to not say the embarrassing word “Batman.” Heath Ledger’s famous line was “Why so serious?” but it was almost a meta question about the movie itself, answered with the kazillions of dollars The Dark Knight made.
Thor wasn’t gritty, but it stayed grounded enough to give it a fish-out-of-water vibe that people enjoyed, like a ripped Crocodile Dundee with an awesome hammer. Captain America acknowledged the silliness of the character’s trademark look by making him initially a mascot, thus defusing it. And X-Men: First Class continued what the X-Menmovies started, which is to ditch the garish costumes for somewhat believable uniforms and focus on the metaphors and human(ish) struggles.
Comics are comics and movies are movies and if there’s one lesson to be taken fromGreen Lantern it’s to recognize what works in which format.
I think honestly that's a very good point. Comic books are fantastic for being comics, but films especially tend to want to look a bit more realistic ((overall. There are of course people who prefer films being utterly crackpot but hey)).