Ok... So last week was kind of an accident... I meant to post something, but the short version of the story was that work, school, and the recent release of Batman: Arkham City kind of distracted me... well, that, and a massive box filled with comics that i was recently given...
Anyway, that said, I will now post what I intended to post last week...
So, over the summer, one movie I missed out on seeing do to my hectic work schedule was one based on one of my favorite comics growing up: The Green Lantern. However, I did manage to read a few reviews, and that sort of made me a bit weary of whether or not I should see it...
However, with the recent DVD release, I must ask, upon finally seeing it: was it really that bad?
I'm no champion of comic book movies. I just want to clear the air and say that. I do enjoy them, and will watch them, but I will never be the guy who says "Ooh! make this a movie, holly-wood!" of "OOh, that would make an amazing movie!"... Especially since they took a humongous dump on my childhood with those X-Men movies (Come on! you've got years of stories to work with that would have been amazing! why ruin and then ignore them!?!)
Anyway, I've been a Lantern fan since I was about six or seven, when I accidentally found a cartoon on TV illustrating the origins of Hal Jordan as the Green Lantern (though in recent years, I've grown to like Kyle Rayner and Guy Gardner more, and Alan Scott was awsome in the one-shot comic Underworld Unleashed: Hell's Senteniel). mezmerized by the amazing powers, cool costume, and awsome ring, I became a fan that day (I've been a Batman, X-men, and Spider-man fan longer), so needless to say, I was a little biased going in. But, as I wanted to see if the movie was really as bad as I'd heard, I took to the objective, outside third party perspective and watched. Now to be fair, it really was not the best comic book movie ever (that was either The Crow, Scott Pilgrim v.s. The World, The Dark Knight, or Iron Man), it certainly wasn't the worst (*caugh* Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Wolverine, Man-thing *caugh*).
Wow... That really turned into a defensive thing... Ok, I'll review it, then!
Ok, so this movie tells the story of Test-pilot Hal Jordan, and how he acquired his ring at a pretty bad time: Earth is on the verge of destruction at the hands of a monster hellbent on vengeance against the Guardians, Oa, and The Green Lantern Corps for imprisoning him. Jordan must learn to use his ring to fight this monster (who uses the Yellow Power of Fear). Now what I liked about the film was that it had a pretty good, coming to power/ coming of age story in which Jordan learned to use his powers and overcome his own fear, The possibility of a sequel through the opening left when Sinestro harnassed the yelllow power of fear into a ring (read the comics, kids), and the fact that Ryan Reynolds really carried the role well, both looking like Jordan and doing a good job acting the part. my problems: 1) the badguys. I just didn't like them. 2) The scene in which Sinestro acquired his yellow ring. It had so much potential, but they really did nothing with it...
So, all that being said, the movie gets a 3 out of 5. and before i go, raise your ring in the air and recite the oath with me:
In Brightest Day,
In Blackest Night,
No Evil Shall Escape My Sight.
Let Those Who Worship
Evil's Might
Beware My Power...
GREEN LANTERN'S LIGHT!
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