I found the movie to be a mess of disjointed, poorly edited scenes that somehow was enjoyable despite itself.
Green Lantern had the right feel, but fell short with inconsistent jumps in the plot that needed a little bit of fleshing out. Examples being how Hal knew that he needed to confront Hector in the government lab, the reasoning behind Hal running back to Oa to confront the Guardians on the plan to use fear as a weapon against Parallax and the motive behind the scene after the end title sequence.
You can get away with a couple of those moments in a film, that it is over and folks are at home getting a beer from the fridge they kind of go, "Hey, whataminute... Why did that happen?" Unfortunately for GL, this movie had far more of those than it had of "Holy crap, that's so cool!"
The cast does a very good job even with some very awkward exposition. Particularly Peter Sarsgaard, who pretty much plays Hector as the twisted parallel of Hal's life and father issues supremely well. Also, despite his lack of screen time, Mark Strong as Sinestro has a huge screen presence. In fact, for me, after Ryan Reynolds performance, Mark left the me with the most desire to see more of what he could do with the role.
Overall, Green Lantern seems much like Marvel's earlier effort, Daredevil. Some misfires and oddly structured scenes make for a somewhat confusing effort, but it's heart is in the right place and it really feels like the source material.
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ok...but, see it? no? :p
actually, I think Jennifer and I might see it wednesday (it certainly looks better than X-class).
I'm thinking that unless you're specifically interested in seeing it, it's a good matinee showing movie.
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