15 Of The Most Ridiculous Films That Actors Should Be Ashamed Of
4. Green Lantern
Campbell directed Pierce Brosnan’s first Bond film in 1995 with “Goldeneye” and would capture lightning in a bottle yet again in 2006 with Daniel Craig’s first outing, “Casino Royale.”
It also starred bankable action hero Ryan Reynolds as the title character. The fact that it was a movie based on one of the most popular DC Comics characters who isn’t named Batman or Superman also helped a great deal. The resulting movie, though, was a mess of epic proportions.
Warner Brothers was trying desperately to launch their own cinematic series of superhero films after Marvel Studios had a huge amount of success with “Thor,” “Iron Man” and “The Avengers.”
Because it was taking so long to get a “Superman” film off the ground and because Christopher Nolan’s “Batman” films didn’t lend themselves to group heroics, “Green Lantern” was supposed to be the first film in the series. The film instead resulted in a bomb so big you could probably see it easily from space, even if you weren’t really looking for it.
