12A-105mins-action/crime/sci-fi-17th June 2011
First off, I must say my knowledge about Green Lantern extends as far as knowing that somewhere along the line a ring, a lantern, lots of Greens and a rim is involved, and it is about the movie I knew before even our hero's name so that when I don't know if this made the comic justice and hanging close to the ideas and themes, or the varied wildly. This means on the plus side I get to learn a completely new character from scratch, and this is what I love about movies.
The story follows Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds) jet fighter test pilot following in his father's footsteps. However, his life is turned upside-down, when he finds himself face to face with an alien who gives him a ring, which casts him magical powers so that he not only the ability to fly but allow something he imagines to materialise. He, however, is not the only one with a ring, but part of a larger collective known as the Green lanterns who are tasked with looking after the universe and protect it from evil.
Unfortunately, I found the somewhat disappointing, not only in its quantity (there were a lot) but also in terms of its quality. They are available to our Green lanterns options are endless, regardless of what you may think can become reality, it is a dream, scriptwriters anything is doable as long as they could think of it, and yet we are treated to an array of different guns shields and how just a little more thought could have given us so much more. CGI was a massive factor in this film as well as and for the first time in a while I noticed it with effects feeling slightly incomplete occasionally.
The supporting Cast, there was an impressive performance with Mark Strong as Sinestro, who should have had more time on the screen and no poor countries such as the cast went on their parts with a minimum of fuss. Reynolds fits completely not superhero role, but that could just because I can't see past him as any other character than a comedic Van Wilder type.
My main gripe with the film was the characters who were the most underdeveloped-neck friend picking up Hal in his car and said wow when he sees him showing off his suit. It was this, no other point him at all. Even stranger, neck sibling and nephew was at the beginning of the movie and then clips completely from the script for the never to be seen or even heard of again. Also added throat love interest Carol (Blake Lively) look, but no real emotional connection with Hal questioned the inclusion of her at all.
As the enemies go Parallax never had me worried, and I never felt Hal in real problems. Green Lantern has no weaknesses-Superman has Kryptonite, Spiderman has limited powers, but Green Lantern can create anything and go anywhere, which led me to never be affected and thus to a rather average viewing experience. I assume in the lifetime of the comics, there were better villains, there could have been used to the big screen than Hector Hammond (giant head) (Peter Sarsgaard) and parallax (giant smoky header)?
I believe that if this had been released before Thor or X-men: first class then it may have faired slightly better, but it never captivated me in the same way these movies did. It seems to also specify a little more towards the younger generation with a few of the many plot holes for my taste and I just hope that if a sequel comes from this, who am I kidding, when there is a sequel, more effort put into developing the characters. It looks a bit like I hate this movie, but it is not a bad film (remember Catwoman and Daredevil?), it's just I rather save my cash and go with something else instead.
Rating: C+
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