The director of Green Lantern Martin Campbell reflects on the deficiencies of the film and on the greatest regrets

Director Martin Campbell It has never been one to avoid the reality of Green lanternLegacy. In a recent interview with Comicbook, Campbell opened his experience in the 2011 film, discussing what he went wrong, what he would change and what he feels like Green lantern Still being the final joke of the superhero film jokes all these years later.

While Green lantern It was a high profile attempt to launch a new DC franchise, in the end he was unable to conquer critics and the public. While Campbell recognizes the struggles of the film with which he still had fun working Ryan Reynolds.

Campbell said: “Look, Ryan is fantastic. In reality we had a lot of fun making the movie. It was difficult to do, and he and Blake Lively They were fantastic to work with.

“He is always such a witty guy, you know – I think I told another writer – I wish he had written the script! I think he would have done a great job. “

Given Reynolds’ comic timing and fun, it is easy to imagine a version of Green lantern infused with his characteristic humor, perhaps closer to the one he brought later Dead Pool.

One of the greatest regrets of Campbell was the way the film managed its bad guys, Hector Hammond (Peter Sarsgaard) and the parallax cosmic entity. With hindsight, he believes that the two should have been more closely intertwined.

He explained: “In some way you want that character to be related to the bad guy, you know. They should all interconnect somehow, and he did not do it in the script, but all the characters are very present in the comics: sinestro, kilowog, all … but, in the end, he failed, which I was very sad about, but Here you are. This is life. “

While the film created Hammond like a compelling human antagonist with a tragic arch, the parallax, which was the real great villain, it was essentially, as Campbell said, “a cloud with a face on it, right?”

The film mentioned a connection between the two, since Hector gained his powers from the energy of Parallax through an autopsy on the ABIN Sur corpse, but the relationship has never been realized. Instead of developing in a serious threat, Hammond was discarded without many ceremonies when the parallax has dry his life force.

Despite Green lantern Mediocrity, Campbell is not bitter on how he is looked at today. Saw all Reynolds’ jokes about the film in Dead Pool And it doesn’t take them personally.

At this point, Green lantern It has become a kind of caution tale in the genre of the superhero film, a reminder of what happens when an adaptation to great budget comics does not have a clear vision. A lesson that many studies have still learned.