DC comic have been a part of the movie world for some time now, but only two of their prominent heroes have ever found success on the silver screen. Now another big name can be added to the list of superheroes adapted into film: Green Lantern. Green Lantern marks the third DC mainstream superhero to make to the movies, but will this film is the comic’s brightest day or will it be its blackest night. Many surprises await you in this review of “Green Lantern”.
Story: The plot of “Green Lantern” tells the iconic story of Hal Jordan becoming a part of the Green Lantern corps and becoming the intergalactic hero protecting earth with no fear. Unfortunately, this is the film’s biggest problem. It is not so much the story that is the issue but rather the pacing of the story. The movie does not take the time to develop scenes. The results of this leave the story feeling very much choppy.
Characters: the movie center around Hal Jordan, played by Ryan Reynolds. So it makes that he has the best development. Everything about his character was understandable and Ryan Reynolds performance was not too bad either. The issues come from the film’s supporting cast. The likes of Blake Lively did better than expected, but the villain Hector Hammond was indeed a letdown. The movie features some great voices from the likes of Geoffrey Rush and Michael Clark, but they only such little screen time making it difficult to get any proper development. Thankfully, the movie featured an enjoyable performance from Mark Strong as Sinestro, a character who will hopefully get more development in the future.
Directing: Martin Campbell may not have the directed the perfect superhero movie, but he did have a few good decisions. He directed some scenes fairly well and kept true to essence of Green Lantern. However, his ideas seem too be lost in translation as the movie seem to fall under the stereotypical superhero movie.
Everything Else: To be expected, the movie has some pretty decent effects. Seeing how the filmmakers bringing the effects of the Green Lantern’s powers to life were both effective and creative, and the designs for the characters and world of “Green Lantern” were impressive.
Overall: “Green Lantern” is far from perfect. A movie that could have been innovative turned out to be nothing more than a stereotypical superhero film. Yet despite all of its problems, the movie is ok. It is exciting enough and it is not too painful, only a little. “Green Lantern” receives 3 out 5 hats for sheer mediocrity.
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