Monday, July 18, 2011
The Dark Knight Rises Trailer
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Green Lantern Review
In Brightest Day, In Blackest Night
DC Entertainment's try at Iron Man success and fails with critics and audiences but its actually one of the better superhero movies there is.
I have now seen Martin Campbell's Green Lantern twice and I love it more each time. Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan and Blake Lively as Carol Ferris make the whole movie enjoyable. Not the most sophisticated superhero film but its definitely one of the funnest. The movie gets a lot of things right, but there are a few things that aren't very good.
The first thing that I didn't like was the length of the movie. Like another of my favorite superhero movies (FF: Rise of the Silver Surfer) it suffers because of the small amount of time it has to tell it's story. We are never given Sinestro's motivations for instance, and we don't get to see how Hector, Hal and Carol know each other so well.
For the most part though, its a fun adventure that leaves great possibilities for a sequel. I loved Reynold's performance as Hal/GL, he was spot on and brought a lot of charisma to the role. The finished effects looked great On Hal and Sinestro but Kilowog and Tomar-Re could have used more time. Reynolds completely sells Hal's insecurities and fears. Something I was pleasantly surprised by was Blake Lively as Carol. Not only is she stunningly beautiful but she is also the most likable comic book girlfriend yet. She topped Gwyneth Paltrow's Pepper Potts and Natalie Portman's Jane Foster. Blake was looking super sexy in this movie and her chemistry with Ryan was great.
The action sequences are awesome, I loved the training scene on Oa and Hal's final battle with Parallex had me hooked until the end. Hector was kind of a weak villain after Loki in Thor and Sebastian Shaw in X-Men: FC but he serves his purpose. I feel that the setup at the end with Sinestro will make the second film amazing I also loved the joke about superheroes secret identities and pretty much any scene between Blake and Ryan.
Definitely undeserving of the 26% Rotten Tomatoes score and the fanboy hatred, Green Lantern is a fun comic book film that isn't amazing like The Dark Knight or X-Men: FC, but it is a good one that rises above overrated ones like Spider-Man, X2, and Tim Burton's Batman.
I have now seen Martin Campbell's Green Lantern twice and I love it more each time. Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan and Blake Lively as Carol Ferris make the whole movie enjoyable. Not the most sophisticated superhero film but its definitely one of the funnest. The movie gets a lot of things right, but there are a few things that aren't very good.
The first thing that I didn't like was the length of the movie. Like another of my favorite superhero movies (FF: Rise of the Silver Surfer) it suffers because of the small amount of time it has to tell it's story. We are never given Sinestro's motivations for instance, and we don't get to see how Hector, Hal and Carol know each other so well.
For the most part though, its a fun adventure that leaves great possibilities for a sequel. I loved Reynold's performance as Hal/GL, he was spot on and brought a lot of charisma to the role. The finished effects looked great On Hal and Sinestro but Kilowog and Tomar-Re could have used more time. Reynolds completely sells Hal's insecurities and fears. Something I was pleasantly surprised by was Blake Lively as Carol. Not only is she stunningly beautiful but she is also the most likable comic book girlfriend yet. She topped Gwyneth Paltrow's Pepper Potts and Natalie Portman's Jane Foster. Blake was looking super sexy in this movie and her chemistry with Ryan was great.
The action sequences are awesome, I loved the training scene on Oa and Hal's final battle with Parallex had me hooked until the end. Hector was kind of a weak villain after Loki in Thor and Sebastian Shaw in X-Men: FC but he serves his purpose. I feel that the setup at the end with Sinestro will make the second film amazing I also loved the joke about superheroes secret identities and pretty much any scene between Blake and Ryan.
Definitely undeserving of the 26% Rotten Tomatoes score and the fanboy hatred, Green Lantern is a fun comic book film that isn't amazing like The Dark Knight or X-Men: FC, but it is a good one that rises above overrated ones like Spider-Man, X2, and Tim Burton's Batman.
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