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film review GREEN LANTERN
Green Lantern Green Lantern, as those of you who've grown up reading comics well know, is a hero with several histories. Director Martin (Casino Royale) Campbell's green dude is an amalgamation of all these strands, even as Sinestro (Mark Strong) is a far cry from his villainous monicker. Campbell's film posits the victory of the will (green in colour) over fear (yellow) endowing the will with immense power. e.g"Will turns thought into reality" This is illustrated with the Green Lantern aka Hal Jordan in his test pilot avatar willing objects (begining with a necklace for his lady love) into existence. This reviewer though would like to make a rebuttal by quoting from sacred scripture "perfect love casts out fear" ) In other words, the conqueror of fear, is love.
Sadly, none of the characters, neither test pilot Hal (Ryan Reynolds) who struggles to live up to the memory of his dead father, nor biology professor Hector Hammond (Peter Sarsgaard) nor their love interest aeronautics executive Carol Ferris (Blake Lively) learn this profound truth.
To its credit, the film has an uplifting theme - that everyone,howsoever flawed, has a special calling. Ergo,Hal, the reckless gadfly strives to become a better human being and live up to the faith and trust of the wise, old Guardians of the Universe, who inhabit Oa ( pronounced like Goa minus the letter G ) Reynolds has a great toned bod and and engaging countenance but is unconvincing as an irresponsible playboy ( the screenplay forgets the dictum, show don't tell) Even so, the role is a terrific break and should boost his stock in the movie market. Straw-haired Blake Lively, who I saw whining on the Jay Leno show about going brunette for Green Lantern, looks very fetching, IMHO with dark hair, as lovely as, if not better than Jane Seymour. Strong lives up to his real name as Sinestro. The CGI generated Parallax is hideously scary and may or may not have been inspired by Harry Potter's deathsuckers and the smoky creature in the TV series Lost. The dialogue is lacklustre and the action is nothing to write home about except until the end. That said, let me add this lukewarm review doesn't mean I wouldn't greenlight a franchise. 22.06.2011 | Ronita Torcato's blog Cat. : Angela Basset avatar Blake Lively Blake Lively Carol Ferris Carol Ferris CGI Comics DC Comics Director energy Entertainment Entertainment executive Geoffrey Rush Goa Green Lantern Guy Gardner Hal Jordan Hal Jordan Hector Hammond Hector Hammond Human Interest Human Interest Jane Seymour Jay Leno JAY O. SANDERS John Stewart Kyle Rayner Lost Mark Strong Martin Campbell movie review green lantern Parallax Person Career Peter Sarsgaard pilot professor Ryan Reynolds Sinestro Taika Waititi Temuera Morrison Tim Robbins To buttress FILM
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