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Starring: Mike Doyle, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, Peter Sarsgaard, Temuera Morrison, Gattlin Griffith, Jon Tenney
Director(s): Martin Campbell
Available Quality: Hi Def
Country: USA
Year: 2011
Available Quality: DivX, Hi Def, Hi Def
IMDB Rating: 6 out of 10 (69960 votes)
A test pilot is granted a mystical green ring that bestows him with otherworldly powers, as well as membership into an intergalactic squadron tasked with keeping peace within the universe.
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zapopan2020 (24 May 2012)
I was really looking forward for this one...sniff
C'mon, you in fact knew it!, felt it coming, but still can't acceptthat ...when the studios DECIDE TO INVEST IN A SUPERHEROES movie it'snot for the true fans, or for the generations of people who know whoGRREN- LANTERN is, it's for other reasons....REVIEW: "Summer movie for kids" oh and forgot..for merchandise vendors."The mystic of the good FANTASY TO SCREEN gets lost in THE BIG BUDGET."This is the TEMPLATE STORY of any other SUPERHEROE agree, but verychildly put. "The public have grown up, we want more S T O R Y..yesss like in "Toy-Story" "I was really looking forward for this one...sniff
brucev13 (24 May 2012)
Delivers on action and effects,little blend on everything else!
With all those super heroes movies it was inevitable that The GreenLantern would get made into a live action movie. After already havingseen an animated movie about the origin of Green Lantern I waswondering what more they could do with it. And I have to say that whilethe movie was good. It didn't pack that punch the animated movie did.Let me make this clear. The movie will satisfy the masses. As the movieis full of humor,beautiful special effects and lot of action. It iseverything else that is kinda off especially when compared to theanimated version. In there the origin was much better explained.Still,that is nitpicking on my side. Since I wasn't bored one second.
jmcfrancis (23 May 2012)
Edited Into Oblivion?
There is a good movie in here, somewhere. But it looks like theoriginal cut was at least an hour longer, after which it was trimmeddown to the current length. The result is a emotionless and incoherentstory. For example, at the start of the film Hal Jordan, the lead character,meets four characters - three adults and a kid. One presumes thesepeople are family or friends or something. Who knows? They never appearin the story again, making their very appearance pointless. At a laterstage the main character meets with a prominent group of elders andtalks to them as if he's met them before - but he never did. And thefinal fight is, frankly, appalling after the build-up towards itssupposed menace. These are just a few of many major plot holes and crack-filling duringGreen Lantern. It's hard to get sucked into this yarn and the specialeffects, while nice, soon become so commonplace that they don't doanything for the experience.
(23 May 2012)
Buy Blu-Ray version only!!
I liked this movie. What ticked me off was the crap Ultraviolet digital copy that doesn't work on iTunes or anything else but their crappy service. This is very misleading. I hope Warner Bros. wakes up and tosses this new service. Absolute garbage. Please stop it!!
david-sarkies (23 May 2012)
Good for the visuals, but nothing unique.
To be honest there is nothing really about this movie that sets thisapart from many of the other films out there. Okay, the effects lookedgood, and I did enjoy the movie, but beyond that it is simply what onewould expect from a superhero movie. Basically big bad guy comes ontothe picture to lay waste to the universe. Then an unlikely personbecomes a superhero. The bad guy then comes to destroy Earth and thenafter an epic battle, the superhero wins and we all go home again (orput it back on the shelf). Basically a movie to entertain you for aboutan hour and a half, and that is it.Well, then you may ask, what exactly is it about. It's about some guycall the Green Lantern and it is based on the comic books of the samename. The Green Lanterns are a universal peacekeeping force, and whenone of them is killed by the bad guy (a giant skull type beast withsmoke swirling around it, who goes by the name Paralax) and his shipcrashes to earth. Suddenly our hero is chosen by a ring the alien iswearing, and drags him to the crashsite where our hero takes the ringand a lantern and escapes.However, because this is an alien, the government gets their hands onthe body, and brings a scientist (not necessarily the best, but sincehis father is in high places, he gets the job) to perform an autopsy.While performing the autopsy he picks something up and he also getssuper powers. However, it is like anti-superpowers. I should explain,the movie has the good force, known as will, and the bad force, knownas fear. The good guys (the Green Lanterns) harness willpower to defendthemselves against fear.The scientist is a classic geek, and one who resents being laughed atfor all his crazy ideas. This is the type of guy that when he getssuperpowers he uses it as an opportunity to get back at those who laughat him (and this includes his Dad). Becoming a bitter and twisted man,he lets loose on the city, which summons the Green Lantern. Howevertheir fight summons that big bad guy, Paralax, to Earth.I do find it interesting that there are always these two contendingforces, good and bad, dark and light, fear and will (though I am notsure if willpower is the opposite of fear, but then darkness is not theopposite of light but the absence of light which could suggestWillpower is the absence of fear, but I digress.Pretty much that's the movie. As I said, a lot of eye candy and nothingto really deeply discuss, so I guess we will leave it at that.
gradyharp (22 May 2012)
Get Past the Razzle DazzleSpecial Effects and Find Worth Lessons
GREEN LANTERN is a spectacle to watch - much technicolored etherizedair, visits to other planets, transformations of aliens into humanoidforms and vice versa, lots of derring-do on part of the newly hewnsuperhero, etc such as in all of these comic book turned films that areso popular - but at its core is a rather sensitive story that for thisviewer redeems it. It is a tale of how to overcome fear and to believein dreams in order to make life in this world livable that for theaudience of youngsters for whom these comic books were created presentsa challenge and a possibility. It also brings some insight into thetopic of filial competition and the role that parents play in fosteringthis unfortunate sense of worth. Is it a great film or a revelation ofphilosophy? No, but it does entertain on a different level than mostother movies of this nature and that is in large part to the fineperformances of a cast that takes the film seriously - in a good way.A really fine synopsis of the story is here: 'A cocky test pilot, HalJordan, acquires superhuman powers when he is chosen by "the Ring", thewillpower-fed source of power, of the Green Lantern IntergalacticCorps. He, reluctantly at first, takes on the challenges thesesuperheroes face. Putting his self-doubts aside, and spurred on by hissense of duty and love for his beautiful, intellectually equal,colleague, Carol Ferris, he is soon called to defend mankind fromParallax, a super-powerful being who feeds on fear. He is theuniverse's last chance, as many Lanterns have been killed and the Corpsis weakened. And he might just be the right Lantern for the job ofkeeping the world safe from harm.' Martin Campbell directs the solid cast of seen and unseen characters:Ryan Reynolds shines as Hal Jordan, our 'Green Lantern', Taika Waititiis Hal's best friend Tom, Blake Lively is solid as Carol Ferris, PeterSarsgaard morphs as Hector (Hal's brother), Tim Robbins is the fatherfigure, Mark Strong is the Spock-like Lantern from another planet,Angela Bassett steps in as the secretive Doctor Waller, TemueraMorrison is the lantern space alien who passes the ring to Hal aftersuccumbing to the evil of Clancy Brown as the ominous Paralax, thereare some fine voiceovers for the creatures of the Planet AO - GeoffreyRush as Tomar-Re, Michael Clarke Duncan as Kilowog, and Warren Burtonand Salome Jens as the Guardians. Ryan Reynolds has such a strong positive screen presence that he isable to make us root for his flying sculpted body Green Lantern. Thoughthe film had bad press and failed to create box office accolades, it isa strong movie for this genre. Seeing on Amazon Instant Video gives ita full screen treatment to try before buying the DVD. It is better thanexpected. Grady Harp
rgkarim (21 May 2012)
Does the Lantern outshine the other hero movies.
Does Green Lantern's Light shine above the rest?The summer of 2011 seems to be the season for comic book super heromovies. Already this summer we have seen: Thor and X-men: First Classenter the movie theaters and each has provided its own spin and superhero experience. This weekend, Marvel's super heroes take a break whileD.C. sends in one of their own ringers to take the reign ofentertaining the audience. The Green Lantern, starring Ryan Reynolds,centers on the daredevil pilot Hal Jordan (Reynolds) who isirresponsible, immature, and a daredevil willing to break the rules.After a few minutes of Top Gun like flying scenes, arguing with hischild hood friend Carol Ferris (Blake Lively), and some quality timewith a young nephew Hal Jordan is transported to the dying Abin Sur, apurple pink alien who is evidently the strongest warrior of the LanternCore. Here Hal receives the mystic Green ring and begins his journey ofbecoming a galactic guardian. I have to admit these first scenes were funny, exciting, and set up thebackground of Hal Jordan pretty well, and kicked the movie off to agood start. However, it wasn't long before weaknesses of the moviebegin to show. After arriving at Oa, the planet of the guardians, weget to meet some of the other Lantern core members. A variety ofspecies of aliens, which look like souped up versions of the aliensfrom Star Wars, make up the galactic guardian force. Unfortunately mostof these soldiers do absolutely nothing in the movie, which makes thelantern core seem useless, weak, and perhaps stuck up depending on howyou view the movie. The exceptions to the rule are Kilowag, Tomar-Re,and Sinestro who actually show off the green ring skills in someexciting, albeit short action scenes. Eventually trouble in the form of Hector Hammond (Peter Sarsgaard)arises, but many may not find this villain very threatening orsinister. Instead Hammond's character is more of a bulb headed, yelloweyed, revenge seeking nerd who seems to have to go to the bathroomthroughout most of his screen time. My friends laughed at this villainmore than cringed finding his howling moans annoying and histelekinetic abilities weak. I think the directors of this movie focusedmore on Parallax, who has been completely made over from the comics,who still didn't have the most centered role in the film. The menacingcloud floated more than anything, but the CGI work combined with thesinister voice still makes him incredibly sinister looking andthreatening. So what else to say about this movie? Well for one thing women willlove Ryan Reynolds in this movie. That classic, charming, and fastmouthed comedy prevails in this movie and women who love the movie "TheProposal" will fall in love again with him. A few of the audiencemembers were also wooing and drooling over his physique, which is shownoff both in and out of the uniform. Guys however also get an eye treatas Ms. Blake Lively shows off her beauty to the camera. Her character,other than being beautiful, has a combination of traits that make her adynamic character to the film instead of a typical damsel in distress,which adds to the movie. The man that they picked to play Sinestro wasalso well done as the actor, Mark Strong, captured that pompous,arrogant, and serious nature that defines the Sinestro character. The other thing that I must complement on is how well the CGI work wasfor this movie. It's not easy for one to make the powers of the GreenLantern shine, but this movie did a good job at portraying theabilities of green energy without being too flashy. The forging ofweapons, the power beam shots, the generation of fists and vehicleswere sharp, crisp, and not eye blinding, which was a positive for me. Ido however wish there was more action and scenarios that required theuse of the ring, even if it wasn't Hal Jordan using the powers. I stillthink the biggest disappointment to this movie was the fact that theother Lanterns really did nothing and showed off no advanced techniquesthat we've seen in comics past. Overall Green Lantern was a decent movie that was fun, entertaining,and visually impressive. Although rushed and crammed with informationthat took years to establish in the comics, I still think that GreenLantern had a lot of positives that will make most audience membersapplaud and laugh. The eye candy that Reynolds and Lively provide isprobably the biggest selling point of this movie, and I must warn thatfans of the comic series may be upset with the direction the movietook. I hope that if they do a next movie, as hinted about halfwaythrough the credits, the CGI work stays the same, but there is a lotmore involvement by the other Lanterns. Overall I give this movie a 7.0or 7.5. Recommended audience: Ryan Reynold and Blake Lively fans andthose who like comic book movies Audience to avoid this movie: Big fansof the comic book, fans looking for lots of action, and anyone who getsannoyed of the stars of this movie. Check back tomorrow for my take onThe Art of Getting By.
(21 May 2012)
Great characters! Lots of fun.
Was sort of itching to write a quick review (of the movie only at this point). First off, this film took way, way more abuse than it deserved when in theaters! Judging by most of the reviews I read, I thought my eyeballs were going to burn out of my skull if I dared to view it! Anyway, I did think the writers and director made some unfortunate choices in what story to tell and in how to portray the character of Hal Jordan, and I think that those mistakes hurt the film to a large extent, but by no means made it into a terrible movie.To be a little more specific, they made Hal Jordan to be a much sadder, less confident person than he should have been for a big-budget, summer film that they were hoping would become a solid franchise. Hal was portrayed as too much of a screw-up who, after being given this absolutely incredible gift and responsibility of the power ring, quickly gives up and goes home after being roughed up a little in training. Crazy! That should have been the moment when he said to himself, "Finally! I have a way to do something fantastic with my life!" He should have been more of a shot-in-the-arm for the Green Lantern Corps, not someone who comes across as something of a quitter. That being said, I thought Ryan Reynolds was perfectly cast as Hal and certainly did what was asked of him in the film. Its just that I feel the writers/director made some bad choices for him.I understand that they approached it as though Hal felt he failed to live up to his father because Hal felt fear and he believed his father did not, but that seemed a sort of flimsy reason to cripple him with self-doubt for most of the movie. It seemed that Hector Hammond was in the film to show another variation on how a father can effect his son's mental health and confidence, but to tell you the truth, I didn't enjoy being distracted by another emotionally damaged character when I wanted to see an excited Hal Jordan on an incredible first adventure with the Corps. Plus the mutated Hammond sort of turned my stomach a little too much. Gross! And again, the actor portraying him did an excellent job, its just that the way he was written distracted from what was cool and exciting.And I thought Blake Lively took way too much abuse as well. She was perfectly cast, looks very much like Carol Farris, was smokin' hot and her acting was perfectly fine. What was the problem? And she'd have made a great Star Sapphire, too.I really enjoyed the end fight with Parallax. I thought the FX looked great and they did a fine job of showing how cool it is to wield one of the rings. I thought it was great seeing Green Lantern streak off into space with that gigantic beasty chasing him. Just the scale of it was exciting. And though it might have been a little goofy, I loved the way they had Hal use a giant fist to punch Parallax into the sun. You gotta smile at something like that!I should mention the helicopter action scene quickly. It just seemed a little silly to me how long it took that damn thing to come down! I mean it seemed to be spinning around out of control for ten minutes while people ran in circles screaming, and then another five minutes rolling around in Hal's hot wheels track before it crashed! Just GRAB the frikkin' thing already! hah. But anyway, even THAT scene didn't bother me all that much. It was just goofy.So to wrap this short review up: Green Lantern was a quite flawed but very fun movie, full of excellent characters and a huge, NEW universe to explore. I REALLY hope they don't give up on a sequel, its really such a great story with limitless potential. And one last thing, the casting of Mark Strong, his portrayal of Sinestro and the look of the character were all perfection. We GOTS to see him again!(October 28 Update) Just an add-on regarding the blu-ray of Green Lantern. The good news is that I think it looks and sounds GREAT! I can't agree with the criticisms of the picture quality. Also, I thought the CGI suits for the Lanterns worked perfectly and were a good idea. The bad news is that this movie must have some kind of curse on it! Somehow they decided that there would be no Bookmark option on the disc! Of all the many blu-rays I own, THIS is the one that most needs viewer-chosen bookmarks to allow you to skip over the parts that just don't work, and get right to the parts that are actually pretty cool. Also, they chose to use some murky black and white printing on the discs themselves. They look terrible. Finally, I do have to agree that the ultraviolet/flixster digital copy is a pain. Maybe they're ahead of their time on that (since there are some interesting options online, and if I could actually access it from my tv rather than my computer, it might be useable), but the iTunes digital copies (included on disc, NOT downloaded) are much better. I'll be steering clear of the ultraviolet copies in future. I'd still LOVE to see a sequel to Green Lantern, though. Great characters and potential.
(19 May 2012)
Green Lantern a cut above with the near perfect actor.
This review is from: Green Lantern (+ UltraViolet Digital Copy) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray) As a life long Green Latern Fan, I have been very disappointed with past superhero movies. But at last they got one right. The actor, Ryan Reynolds, fit this role to near perfection. The power of the universe police squad 'The Green Lantern. past the test of how it was portrade in the comic books. A few slight differences but close enough. Today most super hero movies miss the mark with real actor's they get to corny (Green Horent was the worst). But Ryan Reyonlds did this one perfect. I hope there is a sequeal. The problem being is not enough people went to see it, because Green Lantern as not as popular as Superman, Batman or Spiderman. However this movie works. 5-Stars.....
grendelkhan (19 May 2012)
About 1/2 to 2/3 a good movie; but.......
In Hollywood's increasing attempts to find franchises to exploit,Warner Bros. came knocking on subsidiary DC Comics door and came backwith Green Lantern. Lantern has had a storied history as one of theleading lights of the Silver Age of Comics (approximately the mid-50sthrough the 60s) and was the platform for the socially relevant storiesof Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams. However, over the years, he proved adifficult character for many to get a handle upon, the writers of thisfilm (all four of them) included. There is a decent story threadthrough here, but it takes a lot of patience to get there.The film is big on visual spectacle and action, as one would expectfrom Martin Campbell (James Bond and Zorro), but the characters neededmore work and the casting appears to have been guided by namerecognition rather than ability for several key roles. The film makesextensive use of CGI, but it has such an artificiality to it that muchof the film feels like a video game, rather than a dramatic work.Ryan Reynolds is cast as the hero, Hal Jordan. Here is where some ofthe problems start. Reynolds isn't bad when the script is up to thechallenge, but he isn't able to elevate the weaker moments which makesup most of the first act of the film. Reynolds improves as he movesaway from Earth and encounters Oa and the other Green Lanterns. This isalso where the script starts to come alive. The CGI allows for a grandalien environment, but Reynolds seems too removed from it. Perhaps anactor with more stage training or experience in this realm might haveadded a greater sense of realism. He does handle the action sequenceswell and is suitably awed by his new job and colleagues.Mark Strong is excellent as Sinestro, though, unfortunately, thefilmmakers chose CGI, rather than makeup to render the character.Strong is an excellent actor with a great physical presence, but someof that is robbed by the artifice.Blake Lively is sadly miscast. She brings very little to theproceedings, apart from a pretty face and barbie-doll proportions. Sheis laughable when she tries to deliver technical dialogue, especiallyaeronautical terms. You just can't buy her as a pilot, let alone anexecutive at an aviation company.Peter Saarsgard gets to have the fun as the villain Hector Hammond andprovide a physical presence for the antagonist. He is better beforemutating, though he is still able to keep things within the bounds ofbelievability, as someone whose inhibitions have been torn aside andhis true psychoses have been thrust upon the surface. You feel equallysorry for his self esteem issues and creeped out as you watch hisobsessions twist him.The rest of the cast are generally fine, serving their functions. Asfor the film, it works better when we move away from Earth and thescope expands beyond the mundane and into the cosmic. This is whereGreen Lantern has always worked best, as saving someone from a burningbuilding or crashing helicopter seem small challenges for someone whocan craft anything his mind can imagine. It takes a bigger canvas tolet that imagination run its course and space provides such a canvas.Really, the film needed to jettison much of the earhtbound material(especially the early scenes, establishing Hal as a screwup) and moveright along to space. It was far more interesting to see Hal pulled outof his environment and confronted with issues beyond his experience, tosee his skills challenged and to watch him grow into a leader. That iswhere the story focus should have been, not clichéd romance andrivalry. Better to have Hal rise to the challenge to defeat Parallaxalongside the Green Lantern Corps, providing the leadership whereSinestro falters (which sort of happens here), setting up future events(which comic fans and viewers of Justice League know all too well).All in all, it's a decent film, but one that would have been better tofollow the examples of something like Babylon 5, where CGI createdalien worlds and fantastic energies & constructs, but practical effectscreated aliens with presence and a physical environment that actors canwork within.
DICK STEEL (17 May 2012)
A Nutshell Review: Green Lantern
Directed by Martin Campbell, Green Lantern fell into the formula andburden of having to tell an origin story, and this one here just did itby the book, weaving in the iconic scenario where Abin Sur (voiced byTemuera Morrison) crash lands onto Earth and Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds)got selected by the green ring to bear it as the Corps' latest recruit,and in this film version, much against his wishes since it called forgreat responsibility. We get presented the concept of the Green LanternCorps during the voice-over introduction (quite lazy in a way), andspend only a brief amount of time getting to know the thousands ofpeers from around the universe, fragmented as can be, to try and showoff what a Lantern can do so long as he possesses fearlessness and aniron will to conjure anything limited only by his imagination.Green Lantern the movie suffered from having too many writers stickingtheir thumb into the pie, and this lack of narrative flow shows, whereI can't help but to chuckle at some of the blatant "let's move on"attempts, which seemed to impact the romantic angle between Hal andCarol Ferris (Blake Lively) the most, with each character seeminglypulling their punches through inexplicable character behaviour. Littledepth got shed into the various characters introduced, so much so theyall look like unwanted cameos and caricatures there to pad the story.There was this sense of hurriedness with the narrative, in wanting toget onto the next scene soonest possible, that what I thought to bemilestone sequences, such as the training, turn out to be nothing notalready seen in the trailers, which is a pity because the story nowbecomes the ring being able to impart everything to Hal Jordan throughsome form of telekenesis.Reynolds is certainly no stranger to comic book films, but here's onethat he can finally marquee by himself, although story-wise he's justbecome the generic amalgam of his previous roles and still maintainingthe wisecracking ways coupled with an extremely whiny attitude about anirresponsible man thrust into the limelight with powers far exceedinghis responsibility, no thanks to baggage brought about by fatherissues. This of course is in contrast to the Hammonds where the Senator(Tim Robbins) is estranged from his son Hector (Peter Sarsgaard), andthe former due to an infection develops psychic abilities that actuallyspiced up expectations of a face off between hero and villain, not.It would have made a powerful contrast between the two men fightingover the same woman and about how Fate delivered unequal opportunitiesthat is Life and its unfairness, but again this angle wasn't exploiteddeeply, making it all seem rather formula that the villain must havethe hots for a hero's girl, and is envious of his abilities, what morelooking uglier when standing next to an underwear model, whose figurehugging suit only makes the envy a lot worse. Parallax as a villainalso was quite the disappointment for what it could have done given itsabilities, and turned out to be nothing more than a Galactus equivalentfrom Fantastic Four's Rise of the Silver Surfer where it's all flash,and little substance and intelligence.And we all know that a hero's stature gets elevated by the quality ofhis villains, and here the latter is nothing but lacklustre which is apity. Battles are uninspiring and wasted the tremendous amount of CGput into the film as a whole, with rip off moments coming from filmssuch as Superman - recall how a helicopter was involved in introducingour hero to the world, and that balcony fly in to try and steam thingsup with the lady love, which Blake Lively played to flower vaseperfection, having little to do at all in the entire film. One canimagine the kind of possibilities tossed up during a fight sequenceinvolving a Green Lantern, but alas the filmmakers ironically lackedthat one quality that a Lantern should possess, with fightsdegenerating into plenty of energy bolts coming out from the ring, andour hero conjuring up some of the most inane items for all his ring'spower (ok, so granted he's a rookie).Perhaps it tried to bite off more than it could chew, and frankly Ithought would have been better if this origin film cut down the numberof side characters involved, and focused on one main villain instead,because Mark Strong's Sinestro is brewing at the side to become whatwould be Green Lantern's most powerful adversary in time to come. That,and giving the characters more depth would have made this anunforgettable boost of a lesser known hero to the silver screen, ratherthan to skim the surface of its rich mythos. A decent effort that couldhave been great.Do not head out the door just yet when the end credits roll, as it willbe hinted (though very obvious already during the film proper) who thevillain in the next film will be if it indeed does get made. Sure it'llbe the inevitable fan favourite, but hopefully by then Hal Jordan wouldhave mastered his powers and live up to his reputation of being one ofthe greatest Green Lanterns there ever is. This is but the rookieattempt, so the real Hal Jordan should stand up in the next. I'mkeeping my fingers crossed.
the_rattlesnake25 (16 May 2012)
Good Comic-To-Film adaptation, but down by its flaws...
"In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight "Unless you're a comic-book aficionado, it's unlikely that you'll beable to finish the Green Lantern oath off through simple guesswork, butMartin Campbell's film is structured in such way to appeal to bothcomic-fans and comic-newbies alike. The cinematic adaptation of the DCcomic-book Green Lantern follows a member of the Green Lantern Corps,everyman Hal Jordan goes from being a test-pilot, to a universalpeace-keeper, while having to juggle the conventional girl in between.It is a fun and easy-to-enjoy comic-book movie, neither Campbell norReynolds take the film too seriously and it will no doubt beappreciated well by children across the globe, but it's fun, freeloving spirit can't save the film from having an absolutely dire scriptan un-even pacing during the second-act which in turn drags thecomic-to-film property from decent fanfare to adequate beginnings.Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds) is a first-rate test-pilot who never seemsto be able to live up to not only his own potential, but othersexpectations of him as well. Battling the various demons associatedwith his past, he coasts through life and his job to the displeasure ofmany including his female co-pilot Carol Ferris (Blake Lively), andthat is until the Green Lantern member Abin Sur (Temuera Morrison)crash-lands on Earth and chooses Hal as his successor. Abin Sur is amember of an inter-galactic peacekeeping authority called the GreenLantern Corps, with over 3,600 members, the group promises to protectall life-forms in the entire universe(s) against evil, and now HalJordan has been chosen as humanity's first member. Armed with a ring, agreen lantern, and almost infinite power which is driven through thestrength of its participants will-power, Hal must join the GreenLantern Corps and prove himself as he battles the parasitic-entityParallax which feeds on its opponents fear.Despite obtaining some criticism from writers and critics about 'GreenLanterns' lavish and brightly coloured CGI and non-CGI sets, it doesallow the film to set this planet apart from the other worlds in whichother comic-books envision. Oa, where the Green Lantern Corps centralbase of operations is situated, is a brightly lit utopia fuelledthrough the will-power of thousands. It looks beautiful, as thecomputer generated imagery really sets the city a part from otherrecently envisioned comic-book realms. While the characters themselves,Sinestro (Mark Strong), Killerwog (Michael Clarke Duncan) and theGuardians of the Universe also establish themselves within the comicbook universe with their unique and vibrant appearances, allowing themto drive the film's plot along where needed, but their characters areincredibly underused, which is most likely a product of the fact that a'Green Lantern' sequel is no doubt being lined up ASAP, but it is alsoa big drain on the film's impact. While the CGI aliens and action heavyplot does its part to create a pretty-easy-going-popcorn-flick, thehuman characters and the film's script do not.Despite 'Green Lanterns' running time being a mere one hour andforty-five minutes due to the boring and drawn-out second act of thefilm it seems like the film lasts a lot longer in reality. While it isa Green Lantern/Hal Jordan-centric film, very little time is spent eventrying to intersperse a small amount of characterisation into the humancharacters of the piece. Senator Hammond (Tim Robbins), Dr. Waller(Amanda Bassett) and even the film's Earth-trapped antagonist, scienceteacher Henry Hammond (Peter Sarsgaard), are barely allowed any time topresent and develop their own motives or thoughts. This isn't helped bythe film's exceptionally clichéd and poorly written script which failsto not only add further depth to related characters, but it also failsto provide Reynolds with enough humorous sequences to drive hiscomic-book persona. While 'Green Lantern' does work on some levels, italso fails on others, and while the film is very easy-going andenjoyable comic-book adaptation, it is also severely restricted by itsslow-moving, poorly written middle segment which is then underminedfurther its frenetic conclusion.
rorrr (16 May 2012)
Horrible
The plot and the script are stupid. I'm not exaggerating, they arecompletely dumb. I haven't read the original comic book, but there'ssimply no excuse to have something so mind numbing, so predictable, sosimplistic, so cliché. Was this made for young kids? I was so bored, Icouldn't believe what I was watching.If this is a sci-fi movie, they definitely cut all the science partsout. "Green energy of will", "yellow energy of fear" - who came up withthis bulls**t, a five year old?And of course, all the good characters must be beautiful, and all thebad characters must be ugly with crappy voices, or otherwise viewerslike us would never figure it out. So disrespectful.
(15 May 2012)
Good Movie - "Digital Copy" Fraud
Movie was better than I thought it would be, however, the "Digital Copy" is that UltraViolet crap and it doesn't download so it can play on my iPad or iPod. I will NOT buy another blue-ray disk with this bogus Digital Copy come-on. Shame on WB for cheating the public with this. Movie gets 3-4 stars, Digital Copy = 0.
Hussein Hakem (12 May 2012)
Green Lantern, a repetitive superhero movie with same motives
Critics said that Green Lantern is not Batman nor Spider-man frompopularity point of view well, I may add it won't also be as popularfrom a motion picture point of view as well Many will argue that GreenLantern is not as popular comic hero. Well Ironman is as well not aspopular as many other Marvel Comic heroes but it's movie did great &was performed beautifully. so in this case, Green Lantern was arepetitive superhero flick that didn't add as much except for specialeffects & action sequences that were identical in other movies. RyanReynolds tried the best to introduce a new superhero flick & it couldhave been better, script was written in a repetitive way and was usedin a lot of other superhero flicks from a normal guy becoming asuperhero to battling the bad guys to everyone is happy & a sneak peakfor a part 2. well "been there, seen that" I won't recommend for fansof superhero fans as it won't add new. just watch it for the sake ofcuriosity
Van Roberts (12 May 2012)
Will Trumps Fear
For the record, my favorite cinematic adaptations of costume-clad,comic-book, crime-fighters vary. The Christopher Reeve "Superman"(1978) tops my list followed by its sequel "Superman II" (1980), then"Iron Man" (2008), "Spider-man" (2002), "Batman Begins" (2005), "TheDark Knight" (2008), "X-Men" (2000), "X2" (2003), "Fantastic Four"(2005), and "X-Men: First Class" (2011). Interestingly, Marvel Comicshas enjoyed greater success with their cinematic adaptations than theirDC rivals. Since I grew up perusing DC Comics, I prefer DC heroes fortheir classic simplicity compared with more sophisticated butfascinating origins of the Marvel Comics mutants. Each of these filmsexhibits ambitious artistry and sets the gold standard for heroes,villains, and stories. The Michael Keaton "Batman" movies wereentertaining, but "Batman" didn't reach the gold standard untilChristopher Nolan took over the helm from Tim Burton and JoelSchumacher. Typically, a great costume-clad, comic-book, crime-fighterflick boasts the illusion of realism despite its outlandish,larger-than-life quality. The hero should be vulnerable without beingweak. In other words, he, she, or it should narrowly escape death andpeople's lives should be put in jeopardy. Spectacular productionvalues, suspenseful and surprising scripting, sympathetic heroes,menacing villains, and an impressive arena for them to display theirpowers contribute to making great costume-clad, comic-book,crime-fighting films."GoldenEye" director Martin Campbell's "Green Lantern" qualifies as agood costume-clad, comic-book, crime-fighter flick. No, it doesn'tsurpass any of those epics listed in the paragraph above. Nonetheless,"Green Lantern" is worth-watching, at least once, even in 3-D. Twicewouldn't be intolerable for the 2-D version. Thrice might be pushing itunless it is either on DVD or Blu-Ray. Happily, this lavish,$200-million, special effects-driven, DC entry in the summercrime-fighter sweepstakes neither takes itself too seriously nor wearsout its welcome at 104 minutes. This exciting movie itself is fun towatch, even in its 2-D version for sheer eye candy. Considerableimagination went into the screenplay by Greg Berlanti of "Dawson'sCreek," Michael Green of "Smallville," and "Harry Potter and the Orderof the Golden Phoenix" scribes Marc Guggenheim and Michael Goldenberg.They keep things lively enough and deliver a solid origins story. Thesympathetic Ryan Reynolds hero shows strong potential, but neitherBlake Lively nor he get a chance to generate any romantic sizzle inthis PG-13 outing. The aliens and the other worlds make the grade.Watching the scenes featuring aliens reminded me of the cantina scenein the original "Star Wars." Despite the presence of aliens withradically different color scheme complexions, "Green Lantern" neverslips into parody. No, nobody like Jar Jar Binks shows up to spoilthings. Campbell maintains a fine balance in dramatic tone when hiswriters and he aren't immersing us with exposition about Green Lanternmythology.For the record, the DC Comics hero has been around since July 1940 whenMartin Nodell and Bill Finger created him for "All-American Comics" andthe character lasted until 1949. In those days, before DC was forged ina merger, "Green Lantern" was railroad engineer Alan Scott. In the1959, DC rebooted "The Green Lantern," and he became daredeviltest-pilot Hal Jordan. Although the Alan Scott/Green Lantern soundsinteresting, Campbell and his scribes appropriate the Hal Jordan hero.Essentially, they have replicated Jordan's origins as the man-in-green.He receives his status and power as a Green Lantern when an alien,dying alien, Abin Sur, crashes on Earth and the ring seeks Hal. Themystical Guardians of the Universe supervise an intergalactic policeforce called the Green Lantern Corps. The Guardians divided the galaxyinto 3,600 sectors, with one Green Lantern per sector. Theseindividuals sound like Texas Rangers. Anyway, a Green Lantern wears anemerald green ring which gives them powers limited only by theirimagination. If there is one quality that a good Green Lantern mustpossess, it is fearlessness.When "Green Lantern" opens, a former Guardian who has turned into asuper villain called Parallax has escaped, fatally wounded Abin Sur,and sets out to ultimately destroy Earth and later the Guardians usingfear as its chief weapon. Naturally, Hal is flabbergasted that he hasbeen chosen to wear the ring. As it turns out, he is the first human toserve as a Green Lantern, and his mentor Thaal Sinestro (Mark Strong of"Kick Ass") doesn't have much confidence in him. Of course, Hal has noconfidence in himself, but he is an excellent if not unorthodox testpilot. Meanwhile, milquetoast biology professor Hector Hammond (PeterSarsgaard of "Boys Don't Cry"), is called in to conduct an autopsy onAbin Sur's remains. During the autopsy, Hammond is infected by some ofthe DNA that Parallax left in Sur's corpse. Consequently, Hammondacquires both telepathic as well as telekinetic powers. Eventually, Haland Hector battle over childhood sweetheart Carol Ferris (Blake Livelyof "The Town") who recognizes Hal even when he is in green.The villains in "Green Lantern" flaw it. Mind you, they present a clearand present challenge to our hero, but they look like they hatched fromthe same galaxy that yielded Tim Burton's "Mars Attacks." Moreover, thevillains are either hideously deformed mutants or a monstroussupernatural extraterrestrial phenomenon that resembles a creature withthe human skull and the vaporous body of a shape-shifting octopus.Having great villains makes the difference between a greatcostume-clad, comic-book, crime-fighter flick and a good costume-clad,comic-book, crime-fighter flick. "Green Lantern" comes up short onvillainy. The villains emerge as either blow-hards or half-wits. As oneof the villains, Sarsgaard is more fun to watch before his head swellsup and makes him look like a pygmy with skin disease. The skull-facedoctopus might as well have been a Japanese monster puppet for all theevil that it conjures up. Nevertheless, the way that our hero defeatsit is fun, but the best villain, Sinestro, seems yet to come, if youwait around for the end credits for that revelation.
Hellmant (11 May 2012)
Visually stunning eye-candy at it's best!
'GREEN LANTERN': Four Stars (Out of Five)Long awaited adaptation (by some) of the popular DC Comics characterHal Jordan, the first human member of the 'Guardians of the Universe'and carrier of the team's powerful ring which gives it's possessoramazing superpowers. Ryan Reynolds stars in the title role and MartinCampbell (director of two well liked James Bond films, 'CASINO ROYALE'and 'GOLDEN EYE', and two Zorro films, 'THE MASK OF ZORRO' and 'THELEGEND OF ZORRO') directs. The film co-stars the lovely Blake Lively,Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Tim Robbins and Angela Bassett and waswritten by a team of experienced TV writers. I enjoyed the film, forwhat it was, but didn't have too high expectations going in to it,having not been a fan of the material previously.The first 'Green Lantern' depicted in the comic books was actually AlanScott in the 1940's (then published by All-American Publications). Hegot his powers from a magical ring though and was not a member of the'Guardians'. This film follows the adventures of the second 'GreenLantern' (Jordan) who was the first human member inducted into theintergalactic police force known as the 'Green Lantern Corps', a teamof different alien races made up of inhabitants from planets across thegalaxy (all having made a pact to protect the universe). When the teammeets their greatest opponent yet, an unstoppable force known asParallax which sucks the life-force from all that gets in it's way,they're forced with recruiting a human for the first time (who havenever been deemed worthy before). Hal is an arrogant and somewhat selfcentered test pilot who seems like the least likely choice to filltheir requirements but when he's put to the test a true hero is born.The film is full of dazzling visuals and is some of the best 3D yet fora film, this is almost unarguably it's strongest point. The actionearly on is pretty thrilling and intense but the pacing and overallplot involvement becomes pretty bogged down by the third act. None ofthe characters really standout or feel very relatable and theperformances are adequate at best. Reynolds is a great leading man andhas definitely proved himself to be capable of much more than slapstickcomedy over the years but here his talents are mostly wasted. He fitsthe cocky pilot role but isn't given much of any emotional depth towork with. He's also too well known to be playing a character likethis. You never believe he's not Ryan Reynolds playing the 'GreenLantern'. Lively looks beautiful and her and Reynolds make a verypretty couple but beyond that they show no chemistry. Still the film isbreathtaking to watch and for the most part pretty fun; it does do agood job of capturing the inner child thrill at least. Not knowing muchabout the characters or their mythology and having no high expectationsI can't say I was really disappointed with the film at all; it doesdeliver the summer popcorn entertainment it promises. It's definitelynot as good as recent high caliber comic book superhero films (like'THOR' and 'X-MEN: FIRST CLASS') but it's still a decent addition tothe genre. Definitely worth seeing if you're a fan of these types offilms or just visually stunning eye-candy in general.Watch our review show 'MOVIE TALK' at:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aotBOLCP-Yg
fayers (11 May 2012)
Watch it With the Sound Off
The writing for this film is simply a stringing together of old clichésand sophomoric humor. Sometimes a successful film can still hittheaters despite this provide the character development and acting isexceptional. Sadly the opposite is true with this film. Allperformances are flat except for the role of Hector Hammond played byPeter Sarsgaard. He brings life briefly to an otherwise DOA movie. Thespecial effects are occasionally amazing, but this is hardly a glowingrecommendation. I'd say have this film playing in the backgroundwithout sound. Create your own soundtrack from your personal MP3collection.
ainsworth_simon (10 May 2012)
Don't bother if you are over 15 years old
Like many, didn't have great hopes for Green Lantern but I reallywanted to like it. I still came out of the theater disappointed. Ifthis is DC's attempt to compete with Marvel's summer blockbusters, theyhave to learn from the mistakes of this movie.We have a hero in Ryan Reynolds, playing the typical Reynolds role, awise cracking, good looking guy afraid of committing to anything. Heplays it well so I don't have a big issue with this even if we haveseen it before. Blake Lively plays the love interest, she looks greatbut her performance is painful to watch. For the first half of the filmit seemed she didn't want to be there, she was simply reciting herlines. Reynolds has far more chemistry with his nerdy best friend inthe movie played by Taika Waititi.The villains, firstly, Peter Sarsgaard plays the anti-Reynolds and Iliked his performance (although he could have been more vicious andthreatening), he comes across as enjoying his role and I would haveliked to have seen more of him. The big baddie, and my biggest issuewith the story, is a CGI "fear entity" called Parallax. My problem isthis supposedly terrifying entity never really makes any sense. Itdispatches with a group of the most hardened Lanterns in seconds butwhen faced with Hal Jordan (and his 5 minutes of "training" or "gettinghis butt kicked by some Lanterns") it can't land more than one hit andis destroyed in about 5 minutes. Hard not to think to yourself "well...that was easy." To sum up this is a slightly dumb movie that if you get free ticketsto, you should make use of them... but I wouldn't spend any of my moneyon it.
(10 May 2012)
Striking Visuals, Trite Plot
Should people who don't usually like a genre review movies in that genre? I don't know, but when you've got an eight-year-old boy, you've got to watch some comic book superhero movies. Maybe this will help you decide whether you want to take your kid yourself or have some other adult take your kid and give them a nice glass of wine or a cold beer when they bring your kid home--or decide whether it's suitable for your child at all. Just to give you an idea of my taste, not because I love to talk about myself but so you'll know whether it's worth your time to keep reading what I have to say, I don't read superhero comics and I usually don't like movies made out of superhero comics. I did, however, enjoy Tim Burton's first "Batman" and Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight." Maybe I just have a soft spot for "Batman" having grown up on the high-camp Adam West/Burt Ward TV show. Given a choice between a superhero comic movie and a romantic comedy, I'll take the superhero comic movie unless the rom-com has Cary Grant, George Clooney or Owen Wilson or is directed by Woody Allen or the Coen Brothers. I had never read a "Green Lantern" comic and knew nothing about the character except that the original DC Comics artist supposedly based the character's look on Paul Newman.So, "The Green Lantern." Ryan Reynolds stars as playboy test pilot Hal Jordan who is haunted by having, as a child of perhaps 10, watched his father die in a fiery test pilot crash before his eyes. This is shown in a graphic flashback that some kids may find disturbing. Ryan does not look like Paul Newman but he does look pretty good in his green superhero suit and has a certain charm about him. Blake Lively plays his love interest, Carol Ferris. Superhero girlfriend parts are hard to play, but she seems extra-dull. Peter Sarsgaard steals every scene he's in as a nerdy scientist who is infected by fear (more on that below) and becomes the embodiment of evil on earth. I hadn't heard of the rest of the actors except Tim Robbins who plays a corrupt politician. Other than the charming Reynolds and the morbidly fascinating Sarsgaard, most of the actors' performances are of the conventional, ham-fisted comic-book type. Forgive me if I don't get the all details exactly right, but "The Green Lantern" involves a threat of destruction of the universe. Guardians are a circle of elders who are in charge of 3600 peacekeepers of the universe called Green Lanterns. The Green Lanterns keep the peace by the power of "will." The universe is under threat of destruction from a fallen Guardian called Parallax whose power is "fear." Green Lanterns are mortal and when one dies, his special Green Lantern ring chooses a successor who must be fearless. A dying Green Lantern crashes his spaceship and his ring chooses our hero Hal Jordan as his successor and the first-ever human Green Lantern. Will Hal live up to the honor and responsibility bestowed upon him by the ring and save the universe by destroying Parallax?We find out through a great many very intense, very loud battle sequences and a few quieter scenes where Carol tells Hal he needs to live up to his responsibilities. The visual imagination on display in the Green Lantern is impressive. The special effects are well done. The pacing is quick enough. However, this is a very violent and frightening movie. My kid found some of the material too intense and at one point said he wanted to go home. (I always make him wait it out because I figure if he sees the resolution, that will cause fewer nightmares than if he walks out when he's most frightened.) Even I was feeling some anxiety at points, and after the thousands of movies I've watched, I'm pretty immune. As we walked out of the theater, my son said he thought "The Green Lantern" was "really cool." I kind of wish I had not taken him though. There were no surprises, a lot of cliches, and an obvious set-up for a sequel, but overall I enjoyed the "The Green Lantern" more than I thought I would.
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