Green Lantern 3/4 stars (reviewed by Chuck)

By the time I was in the theater Rotten Tomatoes finally had reviews online and it was looking very dismal, as GL was getting about 30% positive/100% positive. The fact that the movie studio didn't screen this movie until 2 days before the public release of the film had me wondering if they were worried that if early word spread too early that people might be afraid to shell out full price admission or even wait until DVD. I was pleasantly surprised!

We get character development, a light & uplifting message, and plenty of action!

After the movie, I heard some grumbling about how parts were not true to the cannon and in so doing was a major source of disappointment. I came away feeling that it wasn't too cheesy and wasn't too dreadfully serious. Ryan Reynolds did a good job of not making too many wise cracks that might have lessened the viewers ability to get into the Green Lantern character.

They didn't focus very much on other Green Lantern corps members, as well they shouldn't have - where this is also the Green Lantern/Hal Jordan origin movie. We want to focus on the character who the origin story is for, not take away our attention from him.


It definitely earns it's PG-13 rating. Towards the last 45 minutes it gets pretty violent and might prove to actually be scary for younger viewers. The villain is capable of taking people's souls in a somewhat visually disturbing manner.


And finally, the 3D. Only in certain parts did the 3D stand out and it didn't make the ability to enjoy the movie an awful experience. However I would have been able to enjoy this movie just as well, without 3D. Because I - yet again - did not feel the 3D added hardly a thing to the enjoyable aspect of the movie, I would advise saving that $4 extra dollars and just go to the 2D version. Even though the 3D on this movie feels like it was done right, I still am feeling that 3D is definitely a fad and just needs to go away. Hopefully if enough people pay for 2D and not 3D that 3D will simply just go away, because it really isn't doing much for me in the movies I've seen in 3D, this year, so far.


Very solid 3/4 stars for me. This is very re-watchable and I wouldn't mind paying for this at full priced admission.