Green Lantern has a backstory, superpowers and villain so convoluted and uninteresting, that you immediately understand why he remains a 2nd tier superhero. Ryan Reynolds has quite a body (not sure how much of it is fake) but he still can't carry a movie. Admittedly the script is a real mess. Most superhero movies these days choose 1 of 3 types of antagonist; you have a) the corrupt congressman or business man, b) the arch villain or, c) the giant ball of evil moving through space to devour Earth (Yep. It was used before in The 5th Element). This one features all three. Some of the sets look like what you'd see in a softcore cable movie (The female lead's office - all cgi, with no glass in the windows). Reynolds, still trying to make us like him, shows not an ounce of depth here. He's so needy; flashing that chipmunk face and puppy eyes, over and over. We like you Ryan, now would you stop being cute, and learn to act?
There were portions of this dud where I just tuned out. And I saw it for free -- the barrier to me liking it was zippo. I daydreamed about how to get bigger calf muscles, and passed the time swirling my feet around. Green Lantern is elaborate, shallow, tacky ...outlandish.
There were portions of this dud where I just tuned out. And I saw it for free -- the barrier to me liking it was zippo. I daydreamed about how to get bigger calf muscles, and passed the time swirling my feet around. Green Lantern is elaborate, shallow, tacky ...outlandish.