Now, if you're Ryan Reynolds (which you are, in dreams), you're enough of a nerd to know that comparing your new, candy-colored superhero movie to Star Wars is an incendiary idea. I imagine Mr. Reynolds is aware of the wrath he may inspire with his new quote in the L.A. Times, but nonetheless, he did say The Green Lantern may follow directly in Star Wars's legacy. Is he correct? Quote after the jump.
Said Reynolds, a trip to the Green Lantern art department sealed his commitment to the movie because it reminded him of Star Wars's "epic" nature.
"I wandered through the art department, and that's what sold me, seeing this universe that's created and the scale of it all," Reynolds said. "They're taking the Green Lantern canon from the comics and they're extending it out into this new medium. Our goal is to make the first superhero who really goes on a 'Star Wars' kind of epic journey, and this mythology goes back a lot further than 'Star Wars.'"
Now, while no other movie approaches Star Wars's legend, I already disagree with Blurt Reynolds here. Other superhero movies have recalled the "epic" expansiveness of the 1977 sci-fi standard. Spider-Man 2 is still the best and most psychologically interesting superhero film, and it's certainly a successor to the character-centric gravitas of Star Wars. Still, Reynolds is setting the bar high for his new caper, and I admit that I'm finally torqued to see the damn thing. Question now is, do I plan on being let down? Do you?
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