The Green Light

Rating: 6/10 (31 May 2013)

This film comes under the section of "not sure why they made the it". Lovely looking in 3D it is, but in a ridiculous toontown way. Indeed this would have made a more convincing animated film.
The Idee fixe of the green light may have supreme importance in the book, but in this film I began to think I was a mysterious alien signal. In fact it was more fascinating than most of the dialogue and storyline.
DiCaprio is quite good at the suggestion of something not quite right. And yet he doesn't seem to occupy the space the others are in. Toby Macguire seems more interested in the era, but insists on the wide eyed Marvel character still.
Ultimately there is not enough to fill 2 hours of film. The movie is set in a cartoon world that without having the purity of a cartoon. The basic story doesn't deserve the screen time, or it needs to be told by someone with something to say.
And yet - there is a little film called Metropolitan from decades ago that this razzmatazzfest could have learnt from. A film about another class and outsiders. I recommend you watch that instead.