A new month dawns and I have decided that April will now be dubbed: Superhero Month. And this is how it starts; Green Lantern starting of the trilogy of green. Try and guess what the next two movies are going to be. I dare you! One review every two days because I only have fifteen superhero DVDs. Without further ado; let Superhero Month commence! (Also I'm ditching scores as they are too vague for my liking).
An ancient race known as the guardians are deciding a new
method of guarding. They decide to not only make a planet but also make an army
of green ring slinging soldiers from places and races all around the universe.
Hal Jordan is the first human to have ever been chosen for this soldier-ish
duty. For some reason an entity of overwhelming power known as Parallax is
coming to Earth. If only we had some sort of green protective soldier to defend
us… oh wait we do!
Over the years of this movie’s existence, one of the many common criticisms is that the CGI is terrible. While It really isn’t on the level that movies of the time were at, it is actually quite visually appealing as long as there are enough cuts in the video so that the audience doesn’t get a long look at it. There are some moments (especially on Oa) where there is so much CGI on the screen at once that you can’t even focus on the exposition that the fish guy is spewing. The most unfortunate part of it all is that the CGI doesn’t really feel like it adds anything. I t just feels necessary in a story about intergalactic creatures that can made anything as long as it has got a greenish hue to it. For this reason, there is just so much of it throughout the movie. I feel that this immense quantity caused a lack of quality.
Another problem I really noticed is that the ending felt really anti-climactic. It’s true that Parallax was shown to be able to take out several lanterns at once but I never had any doubt that Jordan was going to be able to take him out in the end of the movie. The only time that he got beaten in the movie was when he was being trained and had no idea how to use his powers. After this however, we see him make a racetrack and race car in order to save a helicopter and met no trouble in the process. In fact, it actually looked quite easy. In the prologue of the movie it is said that Parallax has beaten before, making the audience privy to the fact that he isn’t in fact immortal. It would have been far more effective to have no instance where Jordan actually succeeds. This would create at least some doubt in the mind of the viewer.
Despite all this utter rubbish, the rest of the movie is actually pretty solid. The exposition fish guy served his purpose of spewing information despite my never-ending hatred of him. I really learnt a lot about the Green Lanterns by watching this movie. The acting isn’t bad. It isn’t great, it isn’t terrible. That’s it. Unfortunately, other than that, there are no other significant good aspects to the film.
Over the years of this movie’s existence, one of the many common criticisms is that the CGI is terrible. While It really isn’t on the level that movies of the time were at, it is actually quite visually appealing as long as there are enough cuts in the video so that the audience doesn’t get a long look at it. There are some moments (especially on Oa) where there is so much CGI on the screen at once that you can’t even focus on the exposition that the fish guy is spewing. The most unfortunate part of it all is that the CGI doesn’t really feel like it adds anything. I t just feels necessary in a story about intergalactic creatures that can made anything as long as it has got a greenish hue to it. For this reason, there is just so much of it throughout the movie. I feel that this immense quantity caused a lack of quality.
Another problem I really noticed is that the ending felt really anti-climactic. It’s true that Parallax was shown to be able to take out several lanterns at once but I never had any doubt that Jordan was going to be able to take him out in the end of the movie. The only time that he got beaten in the movie was when he was being trained and had no idea how to use his powers. After this however, we see him make a racetrack and race car in order to save a helicopter and met no trouble in the process. In fact, it actually looked quite easy. In the prologue of the movie it is said that Parallax has beaten before, making the audience privy to the fact that he isn’t in fact immortal. It would have been far more effective to have no instance where Jordan actually succeeds. This would create at least some doubt in the mind of the viewer.
Despite all this utter rubbish, the rest of the movie is actually pretty solid. The exposition fish guy served his purpose of spewing information despite my never-ending hatred of him. I really learnt a lot about the Green Lanterns by watching this movie. The acting isn’t bad. It isn’t great, it isn’t terrible. That’s it. Unfortunately, other than that, there are no other significant good aspects to the film.
The Green Lantern is basically the most average superhero movie to have
existed. I don’t mean this in superhero terms. In that sort of comparison it is
pretty shocking. I am not that big a fan of the Green Lantern lore so I can’t
really provide much insight on to how the movie is to die hard fans of the
franchise. I would recommend the movie to anyone who is truly desperate to see
the Green Lantern Corps imagined on the big screen. If you are not one of those
people, you should probably just stick to another action movie.
Have you seen ‘Green Lantern’? If you have, let me know what you thought of it by leaving a comment on this review. Perhaps even suggest a movie for me to review next.I really do hate this guy!
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