This is Saturday the 18th of June, day after the opening of the new Green Lantern Movie.
My partner and I went to catch the 4:50 matinee of this movie. LC was dressed in his lantern attire. I was dressed in a turquoise polo. We went to the Edwards 21 theatre to see it. Pardon my bitchiness... but, when a movie ends.... shouldn't you leave?? We enjoyed the lobby for almost a half hour waiting for the cleaning crew to be able to get in and start cleaning. It honestly didn't seem like there were that many people there. But, they all took their sweet time getting their butts out of the place!
We finally got in and got good seats in the center of the theater. And, we managed to survive all the ridiculous commercials and previews. Although I have to admit Horrible Bosses looks like it'll be a funny movie and I'll go on record as saying I'd like to see it. Maybe I can go with my Jen since it's got Miss Aniston in it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os0y9pd7D6g
Back to the Green Lantern, now you have to keep in mind I'm by no stretch of the imagination a comic book reader. I have never read a comic, unless you count Elvira Mistress of the Dark! Anyway, I have seen the Green Lantern animated movies my partner has. So, based on those I have to say there were a couple of things I noticed that were not in keeping with the story. According to the Animated films, Hal Jordan gets his ring and powers from Ebin Sur and is automatically whisked off to Oa to begin his training as a Lantern. The movie depicts Hal getting the Ring and Lantern from Ebin Sur and then waiting a day or two before deciding to see what it would do. Then after seeing that it took another couple of hours before he actually launched off to Oa. Once on Oa that's where he received his Lantern uniform and some minor training.
The animated movie had him go to Oa with his suit and train briefly but he was put out on patrol with Sinestro and more or less accepted his fate as a defender of our sector. The Reynolds flick had Hal suffer some minor embarrassment from Sinestro during training, giving up, going back home to Earth and facing his demons. He comes to learn that although he's not totally fearless he has the courage to overcome fear when he needs to. And as for the Lantern's ability. It's not till the end he learns he not only has the courage but the will to survive.
All in all this is a fantastic movie and I'd definitely recommend it to anyone. It's well worth experiencing on the big screen.
Ryan Reynolds does an excellent job playing the part of Hal Jordan. I know many out there were cringing at the thought of Ryan playing the part and bringing his "usual" Ryan typical smart remarks and such. But, I for one think he did an excellent job, there was just a little of that old Reynolds behavior but honestly it works well for the part of Hal Jordan. Reynolds is also capable of bringing drama to a character. He showed this in Amityville Horror the remake. So, all in all I'd say that Ryan was definitely the best choice. Of course it didn't hurt that Ryan's got a killer bod and looked damn good during the uniform fitting process! :)
Blake Lively made a great Carol Ferris. This was another character that didn't quite follow the animated movie format. She wasn't a pilot in the animated Lantern Movies. She was the successor to her father running his company. In this movie, she's still a very talented and capable air force pilot that Hal uses as a pawn for a test mission they go on. She's working in her fathers company, but still very hands on for what the company produces. Blake was very believable as Carol I thought.
Peter Sarsgaard was Hector Hammond, who according to my partner, was already working for the government in the Comic book and became the hydrocephalus villain due to exposure of a radioactive element fueling Ebin Sur's space craft but remains alive. The movie version he's infected with the power of fear which is ultimately what killed Ebin and Hector
The rest of the cast is made of of at least three people that haven't been on the big screen in a while. Their characters weren't exactly like the comics. But, they were good characters.
So, without (hopefully) spoiling the story line and the movie. This is my review, it's a great movie. It has plenty of action and I'm really looking forward to the sequel.
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