Green Lantern

Green Lantern

Rating 6 out of 10

I like super hero movies.  When they are good they are very good.  Unfortunately when they are bad they are very bad.  This movie is somewhere in the middle.  I admit I have never read the comic book that inspired this movie.  Until the trailers for this film I had no idea what his super power was.  Still not sure I understand it all.  This was one of those movies I kept having the feeling that maybe I should have picked up the comic book before watching.  I know my comic book nerd brother inlaw knows the whole background on everything that went on.

What is very good with this movie is the star Ryan Reynolds. He is a likable guy that has the abs to wear the green suit.  He is a good mix of funny, irresponsible young man and hunky good looks.  His female sidekick I'm not so sure about.  Blake Lively to me seemed like the third or forth pick for the part.  The CGI and action is pretty good.  Just wish there was more of it.

The story goes kinda like this.  Across the galaxy there are thousands of protectors keeping the bad guys at bay.  They wear green suits and have cool rings that somehow get charged up by these green lanterns.  When they put the ring on they can create things just by thinking of them.  There is also a huge bad guy that has a bone to pick with the green suits. He is just a step away from destroying the universe and the next planet on the list is Earth.  All that stands between the bad guy is the young earthling still trying to figure out how this ring works (it was given to him by a dying green guy).

This movie is fun enough if you keep expectations low. Otherwise rent it.  This is not the movie people will be talking about at the end of the summer.  Or even the end of June.