Directed by Martin Cambell
Written by Greg Berlanti, Michael Green, Marc Guggenheim, and Michael Goldenberg
Starring Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, and Geoffry Rush
The Green Lantern is the third of four summer super heroes this year. The first two were Thor and X-Men First Class which were both fantastic films (Thor received a 3.5 while X-Men a 4). Both were loved by critics and made decent money. So does Green Lantern continue this great summer or does it crash the party like so many other reviews said. Lets talk about the story first.
The Green Lantern is about test pilot Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds) who is extremely cocky and irresponsible. After a disastrous day in which he crashed a test plane, Hal sees a crash happen in which the object came from space. Hal checks out the crash site and sees a Abin Sur (Temuera Morrison) who is part of the Green Lantern corps a group that keeps peace throughout the universe.
Abin Sur gives him the ring and Hal Jordan becomes part of the Green Lantern corps. He immediately is transported to the planet Oa where there Green Lanterns inhabit. He meets some of the other Lanterns like Tomar-Re (Geoffry Rush) Kilowog (Mark Clark Duncan) and Sinestro (Mark Strong). Hal is immediately needed to save his planet even thought his fear is shown. Can Hal defeat his enemy or will his fear be exposed.
Green Lantern has been getting tons of bad reviews recently but I am not one of them. I actual enjoyed this film but I do admit it is flawed. The biggest flaw is the story. I have not read the Green Lantern comics but I do know that they have a rich story full with a lot of characters and you could tell that the writers knew some of it. The problem is that they don't spend enought time developing the Green Lantern Corps instead showing more scenes on Earth.
Speaking of Earth, most of the scenes on Earth were pointless and just boring. Some times the scene transition between Earth and Oa was just unnatural and just felt messy. This goes back to the big problem that the film needed more time with the Lantern Corps instead of the silly stuff on Earth.
The cast of the film is pretty solid with Ryan Reynolds doing a pretty good job as the Green Lantern. He pulled of the Iron Man type role well being cocky yet like able at the same time. All of the Lanterns were great especially Mark Clark Duncan who is very funny in his small five minuet role. The villain Peter Sarsgaard also played a nice villain as well.
The problem in the cast was Blake Lively as the female love interest. Every line she said came off as fake and wooden. She does a little bit better by the end of the film but she still did a poor job. This may be the script, the director or her fault so the blame dose not just go to her.
The action in the film was fantastic and inventive. I honestly think the Green Lantern has had the best effects all summer with Hal creating all sorts of things with his ring. The CGI suits and mask look much better in the film then what they looked like in the trailers. The aliens in the film also looked good but the other villain Parallax was just a cloud in looked off like Galactic in the Fantastic Four movie.
Overall the Green Lantern is a fun film with a lot of big action scenes and some strong performances but, the film is some what disappointing as it could have been much deeper or better. Overall I give the film a solid rating of.
3/4 Stars
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