Green Lantern
2011 Directed by Martin Campbell
Synopsis
In our darkest hour, there will be light.
For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the first human ever recruited.
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This film is like the sneeze that doesn't happen. It uncomfortably promises glorious release which never comes.
And afterwards you realize you looked incredibly stupid during the whole affair.
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The Good: Uhmm... Blake Lively... looks hot here?
The Bad: Everything in this movie is shit. The story is shit. Ryan Reynolds is shit. Ryan Reynolds always looks like he's taking a shit. Peter Sarsgaard looks like a talking piece of shit. The music is shit. The special effects look shit. And the villain is literally a gigantic floating cloud of shit. For real (you could go check it out, but it's probably best if you don't).
The Bottom Line: Way to blow 200 mil. Green Lantern is the ugliest looking blockbuster around. It's fucking gross. Avoid.
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In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil's might, beware my power, Green Lantern's SHITE!
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If I had a ring that was powered by disappointment I'd be pretty dangerous right now.
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Allow me to preface this by saying: I cannot grade this film without comparing it to the source material (even if i didn't, the grade wouldn't be much higher). Green Lantern is my favorite superhero. While watching old Saturday morning cartoons, I perked up whenever he came on screen. I've read countless GL books and stories, and loved (almost) all of them. This film takes a huge shit on the Green Lantern name
First, lets talk about what the film DOES get right; the only things keeping this film from a 0.5 score. First of all, the performances aren't bad. Ryan Reynolds would not have been my first choice to play Hal Jordan, but he did what he could with…
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With John Carter and now this abomination on his C.V., Mark Strong (perpetually TheBestThingInIt™, etc) should definitely steer clear of green-screen heavy fantasy-sci-fi movies in the future for fear of tarnishing his excellent reputation.
Have a word with your agent, Mark, this shit is a waste of your talent.
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There may be flaws abound in this film but damn is it a fun ride from start to finish. I really wish they had done a little better though because Green Lantern is a comic that warrants a franchise.
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6.5
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Its rare when nothing works in a film. But they managed to do it. Awful
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Granted, it's hard to take the Lantern universe and turn it into a film. It's such a huge and complex place there's no way you could fit it into one film while still telling a story. However even if you take the story out of this film it still fails. The visuals, while technically good, just don't work here. They clearly tried to make everything more modern looking (ugh, just look at the lantern) and this just became so distracting.
I'm a huge Green Lantern fan (My laptop is currently sitting on a row of Green Lantern comic boxes that has a makeshift table top on it) and have been for a very long time so this was a huge…
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The Good: Uhmm... Blake Lively... looks hot here?
The Bad: Everything in this movie is shit. The story is shit. Ryan Reynolds is shit. Ryan Reynolds always looks like he's taking a shit. Peter Sarsgaard looks like a talking piece of shit. The music is shit. The special effects look shit. And the villain is literally a gigantic floating cloud of shit. For real (you could go check it out, but it's probably best if you don't).
The Bottom Line: Way to blow 200 mil. Green Lantern is the ugliest looking blockbuster around. It's fucking gross. Avoid.
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Starts out promising enough, and not nearly as terrible as I expected, but certainly not great either. Ryan Reynolds is fine in the role. He wasn't part of the problem at all. The weak choice of a giant fart cloud as the villain really keeps the film from being what it could have been.
Some of the "construct" choices just felt to cartoony. Was this meant to be just a kids movie? For someone with the power to create anything he can imagine to battle enemies, he sure has an extremely limited imagination. To quote Inception, "You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger" -
Except for the Green Lantern costume(s) -- particularly that awful mask! -- and some sketchy CGI here and there, I thought this was a solid movie. It's maybe a bit more kiddie-targeting than the Marvel movies have been, but I can understand that decision. I haven't been this surprised since I saw (and enjoyed) Battleship!
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A bad and boring superhero movie.
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no.. just no