Green lantern is a super hero who is someone I’m completely ignorant about. This movie is the first time I’m getting into the GL universe. For someone who has no idea about how the universe works, this movie succeeds in explaining most of the things that I needed know. The rest I would attribute to the uneven script. Is this movie good? I did work for me in parts. But something that I can definitely tell you is that it is not as bad as it is being thrashed around by the critics.
Green lantern is the story of Hal Jordan, a test pilot who is daring and is a maverick kind of a guy. On one not a very fine day he is chosen by the ring which takes him to a dying purple alien who gives Hal a ring and thrusts upon this irresponsible (which is spoon fed to the audience in more than one scene) human great responsibility of being a part of the green lantern corps. GLC are the peace keepers of the universe and their main source of energy is WILL power. Their nemesis is parallax, a powerful creature that thrives upon fear of others and uses it to grow. What follows is an uneven ride about the age old battle between the powers of will and fear with some really cool visuals and 3D.
The movie has a certain few things going for it. First of all, the visuals and the 3D were great. The GL’s planet OA looks as gorgeous as Blake Lively who I’m told is not a part of the CGI. The creatures and their suits and the powers of GL are well imagined and executed. They all look colorful and beautiful. Ryan Reynolds tries very hard and succeeds for most part in bring Hal Jordan to screen. Sometimes he looks too cool to be in any real danger. Rest of the cast especially Mark Strong and Peter as sinestro and Dr.Hector perform pretty well. Blake Lively looks drop dead gorgeous although I think I might have suggested that already.
What definitely didn’t work for the movie was its uneven script. Yes there were funny lines and interesting scenes every once in a while, but the movie felt too long in the middle part and had pacing issues. It also had embarrassing lines that made me laugh. There is a scene where Hal tries to walk away from something and Carol (Blake Lively) tries to talk him into it. Just as she tries to speak, Hal has a look in his face that said “oh no not again” That exactly was my reaction to it too. The whole plot of will against fear felt a bit old and it was handled in a clichéd manner.
The film falls prey to being too generic and trying to play it too safe for its own good. Courage inducing affection from little children, long boring speeches about the importance of will power and so on, the film packs up everything that you would expect in a super hero movie of the 90’s.
Another major thing that works against this movie is the standard set by movies like fast five, Thor, Kung fu panda 2 and the Awesome X men First Class. Well it’s no real excuse for churning out a 90’s script but it is true. Green Lantern is an average flick and I hope they come back around for a second time hopefully with a better script.
MY RATING: 6/10
- V
P.S: The only Will power I know of is the power of Will Smith at the box office.
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