After Nolan's Batman films and Singer's Superman flick, we finally get to see another hero in the JLA lineup. Now, after seeing all the negative reviews for this movie, I pretty much went in to the theater with my expectations low and knowing that I would most likely be dissapointed. Especially with Ryan Reynolds in the role. I'm not exactly a reader of the Green Lantern comics but I have read a few, so I know stuff about the characters, settings, etc.
Green Lantern is about a test pilot who 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.
Ryan Reynolds was great as Hal Jordan in my opinion. I don't why but I just really liked him in the role. I honestly thought he would be terrible in it but he surprised me. Blake Lively was OK in this, she was the weak link. She just never impressed me in any scenes, just some eyecandy throughout the movie. Mark Strong sizzled on screen as Sinestro! He stole every scene he was in, by far the best part of the movie. Peter Saarsgard as Hector Hammond was alright. I found him somewhat annoying after a while. He played a alright villain. The CGI effects for the Green Lantern costumes were spot on. I also liked the alien effects, Kilowag and the other aliens looked great on screen. Parallax had some dodgy CGI which looked kind of bad in a few scenes but it didn't ruin the movie for me. Also of course, the scene during the credits was very exciting to watch also.
Honestly, I don't why people don't like this movie and why the critics hate is so much. My review may be giving it the highest-rated score on this site as of right now but I really enjoyed it. I really hope this movie makes enough for a sequel and also so that we can see more DC characters on screen such as Wonder Woman and The Flash. Overall, a great movie. (In my opinion anyway)
9/10
