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Green Lantern (Two-Disc Combo: Blu-ray 3D / Blu-ray) [3D Blu-ray]

Green Lantern (Two-Disc Combo: Blu-ray 3D / Blu-ray) [3D Blu-ray]

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MacJunegrand
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4.0 out of 5 starsNot the movie GL deserves, but pretty good nonetheless
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 5, 2014
(This review is about both the Theatrical and Extended Cut versions)

Ah, the Green Lantern movie. It's somehow ironic that a movie that contains the theme of rooting for the underdog ended up being the underdog that got constantly bullied by critics. As I do sometimes in my reviews, first, a little history.

THE COMIC:
Green Lantern, the character (and universe) that gets adapted in this movie, is a DC comics franchise that was originally the reboot of a previous franchise by the same name but with different elements (the original Green Lantern was alone and not a member of a group, had nothing to do with space, wore a different suit and had a different weakness). Later the original character was brought back to share the universe with the new one. If you think it's confusing to have two characters sharing the same name, try 3600. Then double that. Plus 1.

You see, Green Lantern is not just the story of one character, but of a vast universe of them. Hal Jordan, pilot, who works at Ferris Aircraft with his girlfriend Carol Ferris (yup, the owner's daughter), is suddenly and unexpectedly summoned to the crash site of a spaceship by a dying alien, Abin Sur, who bestows him with a ring, which has chosen Hal as his successor. Abin Sur is a member of the Green Lantern Corps, an intergalactic peacekeeping force armed with power rings that have the ability to create any physical object its wearer can think of, and it's powered by will. Every construct created by the ring is made of green, hard energy, and its strenght is either magnified or diminished by the user's willpower or lack thereof. The rings also grant the ability to fly and since they're advanced technology, they can translate other languages and provide its user with information. The rings' energy has to be recharged periodically by a lantern that's given to each member of the Corps. Hence the name, Green Lantern.

The GL Corps are managed by their creators, the Guardians of the Universe, an ancient race of aliens who harnessed the power of will in a giant battery located on the planet Oa, the center of the known universe. Then they divided the universe in 3600 sectors and asigned a guardian to each one, powered by a ring. The guardians don't choose the recruits, the rings do. Unfortunately, the rings have a weakness. Due to an impurity in the central battery, caused by an entity named Parallax, a being of pure fear that was imprisoned in the battery by the Guardians, who couldn't destroy him, the rings can't directly affect anything of color yellow, since it's the color of fear. That means, if the Green Lanterns want to attack something/someone of color yellow, they need to attack him indirectly. For instance, they could create a giant fan that makes wind to blow the object away, or use the ring's energy to lift a boulder and throw it at the guy in the banana suit. The Green Lantern ring is the most powerful weapon in the universe, but just like any weapon, it's only as good as its user.

Hal Jordan's first real challenge is to overcome being the replacement of Abin Sur (even though he didn't chose to be), who was a loved member of the Corps, specially before Sinestro, Abin's friend and one of the top GL members. Then, he later proves himself to the group by defeating a powerful enemy and is finally welcomed to the Corps as one of their own.

THE MOVIE:
As you probably expect by knowing the story, this is a pretty hard concept to get in a movie. It's less a regular superhero tale and more of a space opera, like Star Wars. The entire concept is really, really different from most stories out there, and it's quite a lot to take, so, when word got out that they were going to make a Green Lantern movie, fans were both excited and worried for the film. Why? Because making a film faithful to the comic it would mean a lot of people would consider it too bizarre, so the filmmakers had a hard choice to make. If they focused on making a good adaptation, they'd be subjected to bad reviews from people who thought the thing was too crazy. If they focused on making a good film, they'd leave the fans angry. Unfortunately, they didn't focus on either and instead they tried to go the easy way by going with a tried-and-true tale, thinking that would give them leeway to make a good adaptation without the need to focus too much on story. It... didn't work very well.

The movie is, in general, a pretty good adaptation of the basics of the story. We have Hal Jordan being brought to Abin Sur's crash site and being given the ring and lantern, we have him being taken to Oa to be trained and we have him proving himself to the Corps by defeating a seemingly invincible enemy on his own. We have two classic GL villains in this film, Parallax, and Hector Hammond, a biologist who gets infected by Parallax and becomes deformed but gets granted telekinetic abilities. So yeah, the basics are there but... the details and execution leave a lot to be desired.

This movie got a lot of hate from critics, most of them calling it bad. But, if you take your time to read a few reviews, you'll notice that critics really want to hate the film, but are unsure why. The criticisms are different in every review, and some praise what others criticize. In general, when a movie is actually bad, it's easy to pinpoint why (most critics agree on what they didn't like on, say, The Phantom Menace, for instance). The problem with Green Lantern is not that it's bad, it's that it's GENERIC. Sometimes to the point of being infuriating. And, as you know, average is usually much worse than bad when it comes to entertainment.

For instance, instead of actually focusing the story in space and making this an original superhero tale, the story is mostly relegated to Earth, making it like pretty much every other superhero movie. Instead of focusing on what makes Hal Jordan an interesting character in the comics, they go for the old "I am in doubt about me, and I don't think I can do this job" trope. Instead of making Hector Hammond the central villain (who could have been a fantastic sympathetic villain), the film focuses on Parallax, who has been transformed into an strictly one-note villain in this story. Instead of making the protagonist a sympathetic character, they make him a jerk (note this: unlike for every other comic book power fantasy, here the nerd is the villain and the jock is the hero). The Guardians of the Universe are kind of jerks in the comics, and the GL's opinions many times clash with them. Here, the GL's blindly follow their commands no matter how ridiculous. And the film ignores the color yellow weakness.

Plus, there are some problems with the film's visuals. The effects are pretty good for the most part. GL's suit is made of pure energy, so it makes sense for it to be made with CGI instead of clothes. But the problem is the central villain. For a villain who's supposed to be the personification of fear, he's really not scary. At all. He looks like the giant octopus from that awful Titanic animated movie that pretends no one died (yes, that movie exists, and it even has a sequel with that stupid octopus as protagonist). I understand what they were going for, but it just wasn't a good idea. For instance, the SFX makers claim they made Parallax look like a smoke cloud because having him spread around the buildings would bring people memories of 9/11 and the buildings crashing, which was scary... Am I the only one who thinks that's a really stupid reason? I mean, smoke is not scary by itself. Sure, 9/11 was terrible, but we're talking about the physical representation of fear here. It should be something primal, something elemental, not something that MIGHT remind some people of a particular situation that happened years ago and very few people witnessed personally.

Also, and this is something that might sound strange, but the score... is not good. I mean, it's not just that you won't find yourself humming the GL theme (you probably won't, though), but the music just doesn't fit the action on the screen. Sometimes it's so terribly distracting that you will find your inmersion completely broken. Which is strange, because the composer is not bad. I don't know what happened here.

So yeah, the film has problems, but... is it really bad? No, of course not. Generic is not bad. Plus, the important thing about the movie is that, well, it's fun. A lot of fun. Yeah, sometimes there are some misses and groan-inducing moments, specially when it comes to really tired cliches, but when the movie hits, it's always bullseye. The action scenes are exciting, every moment that happens outside the Earth is a treat, the comedy bits are really funny, and, I can't stress this enough, the actors do a great job with their parts. You can feel Carol's frustration at Hal's inmaturity. You can feel Hector's self-loathing and disdain for his father. You can see Hal's real feelings behind the ones he shows, and the movie does a good job of showcasing the constructs he creates under pressure. So yeah, while I wouldn't call it a great film, it's definitely an entertaining one, if you give it a chance.

THE EXTENDED CUT:
This cut is not much longer than the theatrical one, it only adds less than ten minutes of scenes, and a few of them are repeated in flashbacks later in the film (the theatrical version only shows the flashbacks), but some of them are quite important, and I fail to see why weren't they shown in theaters. We get mostly more scenes with Hal as a child, and some more time with his nephew, which adds to the characterization of both (even though later scenes with the nephew were removed from both cuts).

But the most important scene shows Hal, Carol and Hector together as children with their parents. It already establishes their personalities and shows they were friends as kids, which is an important pillar in which the rest of the movie should stand. It's easier to understand Hector's grudge and Hal's life once you see it, yet for some reason it got removed. Go figure. In any case, the extended cut is the way to go. It's not much longer, but it's clearly the superior version.

THE EXTRAS:
Unlike the regular version, the Extended Cut comes with a few extras. There's a very interesting video that talks about Green Lantern's history in the comics which should be watched by anyone who's not familiar with the character before watching the film. There's a short one that shows the filming process and how Ryan Reynolds became Green Lantern, which is interesting as it shows how passionate the team and actors were about the project and the characters, but it's curious, since a lot of the things they rightfully praise did not make the transition into film, so I don't know who's to blame for this movie's problems.

There's also an interactive feature-length extra which shows information alongside the film while its being played. A lot of interesting things are said and shown here, and it, again, shows the passion the cast and team had. There are also a bunch of deleted and extended scenes. Some are interesting, some not. Some you can easily see why they were cut, and some I'm puzzled as to why they did it. The last extra is a digital comic: the first issue of the New 52 JLA comic (for those not-in-the-know, this is the first issue of the reboot of the Justice League comic that occurred a couple of years ago). The art is great (Jim Lee is one of the best comic book artists), but I've read the story arc in its entirety, and I'm absolutely not a fan. They kinda really, really screwed up the characters. That being said, the first issue is the least damaging, and it has some funny dialogue, so I see no reason not to check it out.

All in all, a good film held back by some poor decisions, but pretty entertaining nonetheless. The Blu Ray picture has fantastic visual and audio quality, so go for it.
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Serg08
3.0 out of 5 starsDigital copy for iTunes does not work/exist. *UPDATED*
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 1, 2011
Like everyone else on here, I got mislead into believeing that the digital copy can be downloaded then added to iTunes. I went to the "Help" section of Flixster and also the "Help" at UltraViolet and read that you have to have the latest iTunes software installed and you must "Activate" your subscription within 3 days to be able to get the digital copy. I did just that and nothing. I then tried dragging the file onto iTunes like I normally would do with a real digital copy but nothing happened again. When I try to play the file with QuickTime player, I get the following error message:
"Error -2041: an invalid sample description was found in the movie (ADS_UV_GreenLantern_live_main_FAXS_2000k_dl.mp4).

BTW, the files were downloaded to the following path on my hard drive: C:/ Documents and settings/ (your pc name here)/ My documents/ My videos.

I checked the "Download" tab in Flixster to see if it downloaded but to my amazement, it was still downloading. I waited until it finished which took forever to complete. I thought maybe that was the reason why it didn't play or transfer to iTunes but when it finally finished it still did not work. I then rebooted my laptop to see if maybe that would help but it did nothing as well.

So, I signed up and downloaded 2 services to my laptop (flixster & UltraViolet), waited about an hour for the download to complete, uploaded the movie to my Flixster Collection, rebooted, dragged and dropped the file to iTunes and after all of that nothing happened at all. Waste of time. I can only watch it while connected to the internet with my laptop, not with my iTouch offline. A real fast one WB did to their customers. I will never buy another movie with UltraViolet aka Ultra Trash digital copy again. I will now contact Amazon and WB to see if they can send me a real digital copy. If not, it's going back. This is not what was advertised.

*UPDATE on 12-5-11* - I contacted the Flixster support team via email with the issue of UltraViolet's digital code not being compatible with iTunes. They responded to me quickly and are in the process of mailing me a disc with the digital code for Green Lantern in iTunes. I also had bought Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts 1 & 2 and they sent me those codes instantly for iTunes via email as well. I raised my 1 star rating to a 3 star rating and yes, I based my rating on the "Item" and not the movie. If I'm paying for a product expecting it to be compatible with my current software/lifestyle the way I've always used these codes then I will expect it to work unless it was advertised that it wouldn't work with itunes. I will show my approval by giving it a low rating even though the movie was good (The movie was ok btw). When asked by Amazon to "Rate this item?" then that is what I'm rating....the item. It's not asking me to rate the movie.
You can contact Flixster/Ultraviolet by email which is [...] Hope this info helps those that are currently having this issue.
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MacJunegrand
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not the movie GL deserves, but pretty good nonetheless
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 5, 2014
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(This review is about both the Theatrical and Extended Cut versions)

Ah, the Green Lantern movie. It's somehow ironic that a movie that contains the theme of rooting for the underdog ended up being the underdog that got constantly bullied by critics. As I do sometimes in my reviews, first, a little history.

THE COMIC:
Green Lantern, the character (and universe) that gets adapted in this movie, is a DC comics franchise that was originally the reboot of a previous franchise by the same name but with different elements (the original Green Lantern was alone and not a member of a group, had nothing to do with space, wore a different suit and had a different weakness). Later the original character was brought back to share the universe with the new one. If you think it's confusing to have two characters sharing the same name, try 3600. Then double that. Plus 1.

You see, Green Lantern is not just the story of one character, but of a vast universe of them. Hal Jordan, pilot, who works at Ferris Aircraft with his girlfriend Carol Ferris (yup, the owner's daughter), is suddenly and unexpectedly summoned to the crash site of a spaceship by a dying alien, Abin Sur, who bestows him with a ring, which has chosen Hal as his successor. Abin Sur is a member of the Green Lantern Corps, an intergalactic peacekeeping force armed with power rings that have the ability to create any physical object its wearer can think of, and it's powered by will. Every construct created by the ring is made of green, hard energy, and its strenght is either magnified or diminished by the user's willpower or lack thereof. The rings also grant the ability to fly and since they're advanced technology, they can translate other languages and provide its user with information. The rings' energy has to be recharged periodically by a lantern that's given to each member of the Corps. Hence the name, Green Lantern.

The GL Corps are managed by their creators, the Guardians of the Universe, an ancient race of aliens who harnessed the power of will in a giant battery located on the planet Oa, the center of the known universe. Then they divided the universe in 3600 sectors and asigned a guardian to each one, powered by a ring. The guardians don't choose the recruits, the rings do. Unfortunately, the rings have a weakness. Due to an impurity in the central battery, caused by an entity named Parallax, a being of pure fear that was imprisoned in the battery by the Guardians, who couldn't destroy him, the rings can't directly affect anything of color yellow, since it's the color of fear. That means, if the Green Lanterns want to attack something/someone of color yellow, they need to attack him indirectly. For instance, they could create a giant fan that makes wind to blow the object away, or use the ring's energy to lift a boulder and throw it at the guy in the banana suit. The Green Lantern ring is the most powerful weapon in the universe, but just like any weapon, it's only as good as its user.

Hal Jordan's first real challenge is to overcome being the replacement of Abin Sur (even though he didn't chose to be), who was a loved member of the Corps, specially before Sinestro, Abin's friend and one of the top GL members. Then, he later proves himself to the group by defeating a powerful enemy and is finally welcomed to the Corps as one of their own.

THE MOVIE:
As you probably expect by knowing the story, this is a pretty hard concept to get in a movie. It's less a regular superhero tale and more of a space opera, like Star Wars. The entire concept is really, really different from most stories out there, and it's quite a lot to take, so, when word got out that they were going to make a Green Lantern movie, fans were both excited and worried for the film. Why? Because making a film faithful to the comic it would mean a lot of people would consider it too bizarre, so the filmmakers had a hard choice to make. If they focused on making a good adaptation, they'd be subjected to bad reviews from people who thought the thing was too crazy. If they focused on making a good film, they'd leave the fans angry. Unfortunately, they didn't focus on either and instead they tried to go the easy way by going with a tried-and-true tale, thinking that would give them leeway to make a good adaptation without the need to focus too much on story. It... didn't work very well.

The movie is, in general, a pretty good adaptation of the basics of the story. We have Hal Jordan being brought to Abin Sur's crash site and being given the ring and lantern, we have him being taken to Oa to be trained and we have him proving himself to the Corps by defeating a seemingly invincible enemy on his own. We have two classic GL villains in this film, Parallax, and Hector Hammond, a biologist who gets infected by Parallax and becomes deformed but gets granted telekinetic abilities. So yeah, the basics are there but... the details and execution leave a lot to be desired.

This movie got a lot of hate from critics, most of them calling it bad. But, if you take your time to read a few reviews, you'll notice that critics really want to hate the film, but are unsure why. The criticisms are different in every review, and some praise what others criticize. In general, when a movie is actually bad, it's easy to pinpoint why (most critics agree on what they didn't like on, say, The Phantom Menace, for instance). The problem with Green Lantern is not that it's bad, it's that it's GENERIC. Sometimes to the point of being infuriating. And, as you know, average is usually much worse than bad when it comes to entertainment.

For instance, instead of actually focusing the story in space and making this an original superhero tale, the story is mostly relegated to Earth, making it like pretty much every other superhero movie. Instead of focusing on what makes Hal Jordan an interesting character in the comics, they go for the old "I am in doubt about me, and I don't think I can do this job" trope. Instead of making Hector Hammond the central villain (who could have been a fantastic sympathetic villain), the film focuses on Parallax, who has been transformed into an strictly one-note villain in this story. Instead of making the protagonist a sympathetic character, they make him a jerk (note this: unlike for every other comic book power fantasy, here the nerd is the villain and the jock is the hero). The Guardians of the Universe are kind of jerks in the comics, and the GL's opinions many times clash with them. Here, the GL's blindly follow their commands no matter how ridiculous. And the film ignores the color yellow weakness.

Plus, there are some problems with the film's visuals. The effects are pretty good for the most part. GL's suit is made of pure energy, so it makes sense for it to be made with CGI instead of clothes. But the problem is the central villain. For a villain who's supposed to be the personification of fear, he's really not scary. At all. He looks like the giant octopus from that awful Titanic animated movie that pretends no one died (yes, that movie exists, and it even has a sequel with that stupid octopus as protagonist). I understand what they were going for, but it just wasn't a good idea. For instance, the SFX makers claim they made Parallax look like a smoke cloud because having him spread around the buildings would bring people memories of 9/11 and the buildings crashing, which was scary... Am I the only one who thinks that's a really stupid reason? I mean, smoke is not scary by itself. Sure, 9/11 was terrible, but we're talking about the physical representation of fear here. It should be something primal, something elemental, not something that MIGHT remind some people of a particular situation that happened years ago and very few people witnessed personally.

Also, and this is something that might sound strange, but the score... is not good. I mean, it's not just that you won't find yourself humming the GL theme (you probably won't, though), but the music just doesn't fit the action on the screen. Sometimes it's so terribly distracting that you will find your inmersion completely broken. Which is strange, because the composer is not bad. I don't know what happened here.

So yeah, the film has problems, but... is it really bad? No, of course not. Generic is not bad. Plus, the important thing about the movie is that, well, it's fun. A lot of fun. Yeah, sometimes there are some misses and groan-inducing moments, specially when it comes to really tired cliches, but when the movie hits, it's always bullseye. The action scenes are exciting, every moment that happens outside the Earth is a treat, the comedy bits are really funny, and, I can't stress this enough, the actors do a great job with their parts. You can feel Carol's frustration at Hal's inmaturity. You can feel Hector's self-loathing and disdain for his father. You can see Hal's real feelings behind the ones he shows, and the movie does a good job of showcasing the constructs he creates under pressure. So yeah, while I wouldn't call it a great film, it's definitely an entertaining one, if you give it a chance.

THE EXTENDED CUT:
This cut is not much longer than the theatrical one, it only adds less than ten minutes of scenes, and a few of them are repeated in flashbacks later in the film (the theatrical version only shows the flashbacks), but some of them are quite important, and I fail to see why weren't they shown in theaters. We get mostly more scenes with Hal as a child, and some more time with his nephew, which adds to the characterization of both (even though later scenes with the nephew were removed from both cuts).

But the most important scene shows Hal, Carol and Hector together as children with their parents. It already establishes their personalities and shows they were friends as kids, which is an important pillar in which the rest of the movie should stand. It's easier to understand Hector's grudge and Hal's life once you see it, yet for some reason it got removed. Go figure. In any case, the extended cut is the way to go. It's not much longer, but it's clearly the superior version.

THE EXTRAS:
Unlike the regular version, the Extended Cut comes with a few extras. There's a very interesting video that talks about Green Lantern's history in the comics which should be watched by anyone who's not familiar with the character before watching the film. There's a short one that shows the filming process and how Ryan Reynolds became Green Lantern, which is interesting as it shows how passionate the team and actors were about the project and the characters, but it's curious, since a lot of the things they rightfully praise did not make the transition into film, so I don't know who's to blame for this movie's problems.

There's also an interactive feature-length extra which shows information alongside the film while its being played. A lot of interesting things are said and shown here, and it, again, shows the passion the cast and team had. There are also a bunch of deleted and extended scenes. Some are interesting, some not. Some you can easily see why they were cut, and some I'm puzzled as to why they did it. The last extra is a digital comic: the first issue of the New 52 JLA comic (for those not-in-the-know, this is the first issue of the reboot of the Justice League comic that occurred a couple of years ago). The art is great (Jim Lee is one of the best comic book artists), but I've read the story arc in its entirety, and I'm absolutely not a fan. They kinda really, really screwed up the characters. That being said, the first issue is the least damaging, and it has some funny dialogue, so I see no reason not to check it out.

All in all, a good film held back by some poor decisions, but pretty entertaining nonetheless. The Blu Ray picture has fantastic visual and audio quality, so go for it.
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Big-B in the Band
4.0 out of 5 stars Love it
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 30, 2023
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Really liked the movie wondering if there coming out with another 1
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THowerton
5.0 out of 5 stars Put on the ol' razzle dazzle.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 13, 2012
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This movie is pure science fiction fantasy. Right off the bat it tells us this by entering us into the story with some linear exposition. Once it establishes this new "reality" it introduces us to the antagonists and protagonists quickly (the extended version here doing so a bit better than the theatrical version but not much is lost in the theatrical version). The story is a trifle of one man being chosen to be a savior of sorts who essentially doesn't believe in himself but comes to believe in himself because he comes to believe in something more than himself (saving the world). Standard stuff really. What elevates this movie then? For one, it is absolutely gorgeous to look at. The colors are deep and vibrant. For another, it gives us unambiguous characters and an easy to follow story that makes it perfect popcorn fare (I realize that this is enough to significantly downgrade its ratings in a lot of people's eyes but shouldn't they know that they are getting a certain type of movie when they see the...oh, preview for this one?). And for another, the "reality" in this film is sufficiently fascinating with plenty of supporting characters that can be explored. Like many others I can't figure out why this movie got thrown under the bus when all of Marvel's fare enjoyed moderate success and decent critic review. After seeing "X-men: First Class", "Thor", and "Captain America" I'd have to say that "Green Lantern" beats all of them out in my book (barely "Thor"). Sure X-men gave you some subtext and philosophical arguments to chew on and interlaced its story with our history (something the Cap film should have done a lot better) but the effects in X-men were less than stellar and the characters, while better drawn out than in Lantern, required that they be drawn out more.

I will admit that I don't do the digital download/ ultraviolet copy things yet so, please, if that's your thing take a look at the one star reviews here. They will be important to you.

Lastly, I wanted to share one thing about this film that did bother me. The "hero" of the story has looks, has a pretty adoring girl, has raw talent; in short, he's the supposed "dream" many want to be. He's able to overcome his one flaw. So, by the end of the story the "pretty person" gets everything and remains in their exalted status as said "pretty person" who is really pretty and now so much more. By contrast you have one of the "villains" (played sympathetically and extremely well by Peter Sarsgaard--good job there) who is presented as a competent sad-sack. He doesn't have the looks (poor balding guy), he doesn't have the pretty adoring girl (though said girl is kind to him), and his talent is capable but not superior. He is not one of the "pretty people" (some might say "below average") but his heart, while sad at the recognition of loss of being able to get one of the "pretties", is also an honest and apparently decent heart at the beginning of the film. He becomes infected by the uber-villain and undergoes transformations to his character and physical features that turn him into an extremely disgusting individual (inside and out). Of course he dies. So, by the end of the story the physically unattractive person loses everything and becomes so much less. Doesn't this validate our Madison Avenue's view that the pretty are good and the ugly are bad (to put it simplistically)? It sure did in this film and that's one thing I didn't like about the film. And, there! Who says this film can't cause a deep sociological discussion?

Good film.
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CJCody2010
5.0 out of 5 stars Best movie I've seen in quite a while, in more ways than I can count.
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 16, 2011
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I missed the chance to see this in theaters and finally got the chance to see it, and as a person not usually interested in Superhero movies, I find myself astonishingly blown away. This movie was a lot of things that I, as a writer, find highly effective in the portrayal of storylines within cinematic productions. Aspects such as the portrayal of characters, development of the storyline and overall lessons drawn from that storyline which just about anyone can relate to instances within their own lives are played out in such a manner that truly seems to fit the mold of what DC comics laid out so many years ago.

As a die-hard Ryan Reynolds fan, I found his portrayal of Hal Jordan to be so well fine-tuned so that it was a refreshed version of the character portrayed in the comics, and above all else was the kind of character every person can relate to in one way or another. In seeing Reynolds' previous works from dramatic comedies like 'School of Life' and 'Chaos Theory' alongside action thrillers such as 'Blade Trinity' and 'Buried', he seems to have intermingled those past experiences together for a nice blend of humor and seriousness which is extremely hard for any actor to pull off. His character as a test pilot so high on life, mostly as a result of his father's tragic death, that he's almost been on the edge of death himself more times than the average person and hardly makes any notice of facing his own death, packs such a suckerpunch in the beginning of the movie. As the story unfolds, this arrogance that is so deeply instilled within his personality is revealed as being none other than the one personality trait he's nearly gotten himself killed over trying to avoid, that being fear itself. Once learning the meaning of the presence of such fear in his life, he comes to find a form of courage within himself much like the one his father possessed, which in turn changes his entire outlook on facing his enemies as the Green Lantern. One powerful aspect of Hal's character is how he manages the prospect of facing his own death, and that transition in facing death as an escape from fear to facing death for the sake of saving the lives of others.

"Don't risk anymore lives. Just mine."

Similar to his portrayal of Paul Conroy in 'Buried', Reynolds nails this perception of death and its reasons right on the money, as it not only draws out the true capabilities of a single individual, but also conveys the value of life, whether it being your own or someone else's. I also liked how Reynolds was able to use his sharp wit and wisecracking sense of humor in a manner which seemed to do justice to the role of Hal Jordan. I also liked his chemistry with Blake Lively, and how she portrays the role of the love interest and the best friend at the same time. Despite Hal Jordan's unique qualities, his character is portrayed as being a person with whom anyone can relate to.

Also, from my experience as a writer, I fully understand the reasons for the film being written and produced in the manner which it was done. The key element of writing a story is perspectives, and the two main perspectives in this story was to create a storyline based on the comic books in a more refreshed manner and at the same time convey all that into a storyline which is not so complex that nobody understands it. Overcomplexity within a cinematic production can have disastrous consequences, and there is no other film genre more susceptible to such failure than science fiction. It's a writing style which I greatly admore, and if they get a chance to make a sequel for this movie, I'll be first in line to see it.
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Megan
4.0 out of 5 stars I don’t understand why everyone hates this movie
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 9, 2022
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Ignoring the obvious critical analysis of this film, I don’t really think it’s that bad when you think about the truly terrible superhero movies that have been made like Electra and Daredevil, Spider-Man 3, all of the fantastic four movies before the MCU reboot (shout out to Jim Halpert) - George Clooney’s version of Batman, the barely passable re-creation of white Wonder Woman (I’m aware that Gal Gadot is an Israeli woman but wonder woman is from the Amazon…she even agrees that the first WW was trash, how can you be wonder woman, and not have a single ounce of muscle?

Bottom one stop hating on this movie so hard because in 2022 we have watched a lot more terrible movies sent this one has come out.
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4.0 out of 5 stars I Am Not Going to Can This Review Due to the Ultraviolet Copy
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 5, 2011
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Here's an actual review of the BD itself. I always get the most blinged-out copy available on BD. I have not had need for a digital copy as of now. So I'm going to tell you about the film and the special features because everyone else is glossing over it all because they don't get their digital copy.

>>>I am not slamming those who are yelling about this... I'd be pissed too if I needed the digital copy.<<<

So, the extended version may only increase the show time by a mere 8 minutes, but it is a 8 minutes well placed. The family scene really made a huge difference for the movie. As it should, because it had been a huge central theme in the comics leading up from rebirth to Blackest Night. I remember watching GL in theatres and being a little underwhelmed in terms of my fan-boy expectations. My first viewing of the Extended Cut struck just the right vibe for me.

First, the BD has Focus Points, literally focusing in on the various paths to complete for the movie as a whole. Broad points on design of the fan favourite characters and the planet Oa, make up for the Guardians. The whole process of the dogfight. Basically mini-featurettes. And well done at that. There's a lot of cool backgrounds on the film's nuances, and no repeating of material. These also explain why some elements were played around with, and by watching these, you can see the sense of it all. Thumbs up for that.

Next up is an in-depth look at the history of the Green Lantern/Hal Jordan character, core concepts of the character's rebirth. Then, we have a few scenes from the coming Green Lantern animated series. It is a bit too stylized for my tastes, but it looks intriguing given that the Red Lantern Corps and even the Blue Lanterns show up regularly. And it ends with the fastest recitation of the Oath, ever.

It's a good overall package for the film. This isn't the best super hero movie so far. It is a good solid start to what we can only hope will be a great franchise. There's a dirty word called 'potential'. It says that the effort isn't quite up to par but it might be if they tried harder.

Here's hoping they try harder next time.
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C Cox
4.0 out of 5 stars Flawed, but well worth watching if you're a GL fan
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 22, 2012
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I expected to hate this movie. Every preview, every glimpse of Reynolds hamming it up in the trailer, every bad review told me that DC had once again failed to truly get Green Lantern. And, having seen the movie, I can tell you that, yes, DC once again screwed up. But for all the movie's shortcomings, the underlying Green Lantern story shines through. It's such a powerful story, not even Reynold's overacting, the cheesey CGI or that godawful suit could destroy it.

Yes, the flaws are many. Hal Jordan, for example, is introduced as a kind of irresponsible buffoon. I assume the filmmakers wanted to show that Hal was "only human," full of flaws and able to evolve once he became a Green Lantern. But that gimmick betrays a defining principle of the GL story--that Jordan always strove to be a hero, even when he was just a test pilot. The ring made him a superhero. But it didn't give him his bravery or virtue. That's why the ring chose him.

Another problem with the movie is the cartoonish CGI used to depict Oa and the GL Corps. The saddest victim of the cheesey CGI is the great Kilowog. He looks, moves and sounds here like a Disney character. Or, dare I say it, Jar Jar Binks...

Then there is the suit--the weird CGI mask in particular. Truly, Ryan Reynolds really does look like Hal Jordan. But when that CGI mask is superimposed over his face, he acquires an off-putting resemblance to Ben Stiller. The suit has that odd shimmering CGI look, and the mask looks strangely flat like grease paint. Ben Stiller in a grease paint mask. It's hard to get over.

I could go on. Really, I could go on and on about why this movie is a disaster. But despite all the flaws, I really enjoyed it. This is, after all, the Green Lantern story--Abin Sur, Ferris Aircraft, the big blue headed Guardians of the Universe. It's all there for the first time on the big screen, writ large, radiant and amazing despite its flaws. If you've never cared much for GL, maybe this is a movie to skip. If you're a real fan, this is a story very much worth seeing. You'll be so frustrated by all it gets wrong, but you'll cheer for what it gets right.
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Serg08
3.0 out of 5 stars Digital copy for iTunes does not work/exist. *UPDATED*
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 1, 2011
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Like everyone else on here, I got mislead into believeing that the digital copy can be downloaded then added to iTunes. I went to the "Help" section of Flixster and also the "Help" at UltraViolet and read that you have to have the latest iTunes software installed and you must "Activate" your subscription within 3 days to be able to get the digital copy. I did just that and nothing. I then tried dragging the file onto iTunes like I normally would do with a real digital copy but nothing happened again. When I try to play the file with QuickTime player, I get the following error message:
"Error -2041: an invalid sample description was found in the movie (ADS_UV_GreenLantern_live_main_FAXS_2000k_dl.mp4).

BTW, the files were downloaded to the following path on my hard drive: C:/ Documents and settings/ (your pc name here)/ My documents/ My videos.

I checked the "Download" tab in Flixster to see if it downloaded but to my amazement, it was still downloading. I waited until it finished which took forever to complete. I thought maybe that was the reason why it didn't play or transfer to iTunes but when it finally finished it still did not work. I then rebooted my laptop to see if maybe that would help but it did nothing as well.

So, I signed up and downloaded 2 services to my laptop (flixster & UltraViolet), waited about an hour for the download to complete, uploaded the movie to my Flixster Collection, rebooted, dragged and dropped the file to iTunes and after all of that nothing happened at all. Waste of time. I can only watch it while connected to the internet with my laptop, not with my iTouch offline. A real fast one WB did to their customers. I will never buy another movie with UltraViolet aka Ultra Trash digital copy again. I will now contact Amazon and WB to see if they can send me a real digital copy. If not, it's going back. This is not what was advertised.

*UPDATE on 12-5-11* - I contacted the Flixster support team via email with the issue of UltraViolet's digital code not being compatible with iTunes. They responded to me quickly and are in the process of mailing me a disc with the digital code for Green Lantern in iTunes. I also had bought Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts 1 & 2 and they sent me those codes instantly for iTunes via email as well. I raised my 1 star rating to a 3 star rating and yes, I based my rating on the "Item" and not the movie. If I'm paying for a product expecting it to be compatible with my current software/lifestyle the way I've always used these codes then I will expect it to work unless it was advertised that it wouldn't work with itunes. I will show my approval by giving it a low rating even though the movie was good (The movie was ok btw). When asked by Amazon to "Rate this item?" then that is what I'm rating....the item. It's not asking me to rate the movie.
You can contact Flixster/Ultraviolet by email which is [...] Hope this info helps those that are currently having this issue.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not perfect, but a great movie
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 17, 2011
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This movie has faced an uphill battle between the fanboys screaming to see it on screen and the non-fans asking "who in the world is Green Lantern?". Ryan Reynolds has tackled the role admirably, but I still feel Nathan Fillion would have been a better choice (though with nowhere near the box-office draw of Reynolds). The movie is one of those that rocks when the action is flying, but falters badly when the ring isn't being used.

It starts off strong with Abin Sur facing Parallax and eventually fleeing to Earth to get his replacement. Ryan is picked up by the ring and off we go! The film is faithful to the comics for the most part, and Mark Strong is absolutely dead-on as Sinestro. They couldn't have found a better actor to take the role, even though his part in this film is fairly small. He is obviously here to set the stage for the next movie.

Center stage and full focus here is on Hal Jordan and his move from slacker to hero. I have to give this movie MASSIVE points for what happens when Carol meets Green Lantern for the first time. Rather than this stupid "a tiny mask hides everything" idea we get from comic books, there is a wonderful confrontation that really lightens things up.

The ring constructs are perfect for the comic book fans. Those not familiar with the character, however, may be either a little confused or distracted by them. You have to give the director points for the CGI work he allowed in here. As I said before, when Hal is in costume it's a thrill ride.

Is it perfect? No way. Is it up to the caliber of "The Dark Knight"? Not really. But is it better than "Superman Returns"? Definitely! I would have to characterize this as a step in the right direction for DC. It's not the home run we were hoping for, but it's not a total disaster either. The sequence during the credits shows us what is to come in the next film and it was pretty much the highlight of the movie for me. Give it a shot.
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