comic book characters on screen must be something Ryan Reynolds enjoys. Reynolds has played Hannibal King (Blade: Trinity), Wade Wilson/Deadpool (X-Men Origins: Wolverine), and in Green Lantern, stars as Hal Jordan. Jordan is an arrogant pilot working for Ferris Industries, owned by Carl Ferris (Jay O. Sanders). Jordan's antics and brashness during a simulation costs him his job, puts a strain on his relationship with Carol Ferris (Blake Lively) and puts Ferris Industries' ability to obtain a government contract at risk. Simultaneously, Abin-Sur (Temuera Morrison), Green Lantern of Sector 2814, battles Parallax (voiced by Clancy Brown) an evil being feeding off the fear of others. The result of this fight leads Jordan into being selected as Sector 2814's next Green Lantern. Once Jordan touches his power ring to the lantern, it takes him to the planet OA, home to the Green Lantern Corps. It's here that Jordan receives his training from Tomar-Re (voiced by the great Geoffrey Rush), Killowog (voiced by Michael Clarke Duncan) and Sinestro (Mark Strong). On earth, while performing an autopsy on Abin-Sur, Hector Hammond (Peter Sarsgaard), scientist and acquaintance to Jordan and Carol Ferris, becomes infected with a yellow energy. The infection causes Hector's brain to intermittently grow, causing his head to enlarge and appear grotesque, while also providing him mind reading ability and telekinesis. Jordan must battle a revenge seeking Hammond, as well as save the planet from an unknown enemy in Parallax, amidst his self-doubt and continuing to grow into his new role as protector.
Director Martin Campbell's (Goldenye, Edge of Darkness) Green Lantern is a CGI laden demonstration of both good and bad. Hal Jordan's "costume", a glowing, energized form of skin, tops the bad. Reynolds appears to be in pretty good shape and I'm sure could have filled out a skin tight suit sufficiently. The good is definitely the planet OA and the Green Lantern Corps. Visually the movie looks fantastic, and the amount of time spent in creating the universe was worth it. Ryan Reynolds' performance isn't Oscar worthy, but he's charismatic and knows how to grasp and maintain an audience. Blake Lively, better known from her days on Gossip Girl is gorgeous and the chemistry with Reynolds is obvious. Tim Robbins' Senator Hammond is a small, but important part in the film. All in all, I think the casting was spot on.
My son J and I saw Green Lantern in 3D and as visually impressive it was, I'm still not a fan of 3D; unless it's animated. Warner Brothers' attempt to create a large DC Universe, much like Marvel has done recently, has gotten off to a slow start. 'Green Lantern', a lower tiered character, was packed with too much. As an introduction film, the need to include Hector Hammond as an additional villain was pointless. I'd have rather seen more time spent on watching Hal learn his powers and training with Sinestro. Mark Strong's Sinestro was an extremely under-utilized character, but commanded the screen when he was on it. Parallax was disappointing as a main villain, but if better developed could have improved the film. This was definitely a case of a little goes a long way .and instead they went a little too far.
Summer Movie Grade: C
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Director Martin Campbell's (Goldenye, Edge of Darkness) Green Lantern is a CGI laden demonstration of both good and bad. Hal Jordan's "costume", a glowing, energized form of skin, tops the bad. Reynolds appears to be in pretty good shape and I'm sure could have filled out a skin tight suit sufficiently. The good is definitely the planet OA and the Green Lantern Corps. Visually the movie looks fantastic, and the amount of time spent in creating the universe was worth it. Ryan Reynolds' performance isn't Oscar worthy, but he's charismatic and knows how to grasp and maintain an audience. Blake Lively, better known from her days on Gossip Girl is gorgeous and the chemistry with Reynolds is obvious. Tim Robbins' Senator Hammond is a small, but important part in the film. All in all, I think the casting was spot on.
My son J and I saw Green Lantern in 3D and as visually impressive it was, I'm still not a fan of 3D; unless it's animated. Warner Brothers' attempt to create a large DC Universe, much like Marvel has done recently, has gotten off to a slow start. 'Green Lantern', a lower tiered character, was packed with too much. As an introduction film, the need to include Hector Hammond as an additional villain was pointless. I'd have rather seen more time spent on watching Hal learn his powers and training with Sinestro. Mark Strong's Sinestro was an extremely under-utilized character, but commanded the screen when he was on it. Parallax was disappointing as a main villain, but if better developed could have improved the film. This was definitely a case of a little goes a long way .and instead they went a little too far.
Summer Movie Grade: C
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