Reptileenbu Did you people see the same film I saw?

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

cricketbat Aside from the really cool visual effects, Green Lantern is kind of a mess. It jams as many characters, plot points and background stories into the movie as it can, but it's still pretty boring. I found myself checking the clock multiple times while watching it. It's confusing, it's cliched and it's cheesy, but it still has some entertainment value.

stringplayer The only parts of this movie that weren't incomprehensible were incredibly boring.Unfortunately, there very few boring parts.

bensonmum2 Cocky test pilot Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds) is the first human recruited to join the Green Lantern Corps – a centuries old intergalactic police force. To the more experienced members of the force, Hal is unlikely to ever live-up to the standards of the Corps. Even Hal doubts he can measure up. Meanwhile, an evil being, known as Parallax, has escaped from an underground prison. The best and brightest of the Green Lanterns engage Parallax, but are ultimately defeated. As Parallax continues its deadly rampage across space, it's on a collision course with Earth. Without support from the rest of the Green Lanterns, Hal is left on his own to face an enemy too powerful for the rest of the Corps.I've never read any Green Lantern comics, so I'm not very familiar with the character, backstory, or anything else. Therefore, I'm not going to make comments on how faithful the film is or is not to the source material. Considering all the negative things I've read across the internet on Green Lantern, I was surprised to find I enjoyed the movie as much as I did. It's nowhere near as bad as I'd been led to believe. A few things that worked for me: the overall story arc, the handling of the Green Lantern Corps, the uber-creepy Dr Harry Hammonds, and some of the action sequences and death scenes. Speaking of death scenes, when Tim Robbins is burned to a crisp, it's one of the "best" moments in the whole film. I also really liked the way director Martin Campbell and the special effects people involved with the film chose to image the Green Lanterns' powers and bring them to the screen. Very creative. If some of the acting (Blake Lively displays the emotional range of a rock) and characters (Ryan Reynolds plays Hal like the biggest ass on the planet), Green Lantern might have been a much better overall film. Still, a 5/10 isn't all that bad for a movie that, going in, I thought was going to be hot garbage.Having watched Green Lantern after Ryan Reynolds made Deadpool, am I alone in looking at his portrayal of Hal as something like Deadpool- lite? It's like he used Green Lantern as a dry run of sorts for Deadpool. It's not as over-the-top, but there are similarities. However, with Deadpool, it's funny, but with Green Lantern, he looks like a d__k.

Volly-Ball (theflowervolcano) Now I see lots of hate for this movie and I can see why most of you guys do not like it. Nothing like the other big budget superhero films, this one of course didn't seem to do anything wrong not in my opinion. It was funny, inspiring and entertaining all I look for in a film. Hal Jordan seemed in character a little cocky, fun guy who learns to take some responsibility in his hands. Was his character perfect? No that of course is one of the reasons I loved him and was glad that they kept him mostly in character and Ryan's performance was really good. Carol Ferris was actually likable as usually I don't like her. The villains were good, nice to see them use parallax for a villain. He could've been better but keeping him from main focus was a nice touch. My few complaints were that I wish we got to see Green Lantern more like stopping bad guys such as thugs or bank robbers just for fun before moving to really big stuff. Though I get that he thought he wasn't worth being a green lantern. I think spending more time on his origin wasn't as fun to watch, which is why I was hoping for a sequel. Some characters could have been better other than that it was surprisingly good! My favorite parts are yes the suit I really liked it, nice touch to make it alien like. The visuals were pretty good. Plot was alright good enough for a superhero film. I have actually watched it three times now and don't get why so many people don't like it, it was really fun and had some nice emotional touches as in humans aren't perfect, but they are strong. Pretty good message for when I first watched it I was 11 and was expecting it to be trash when I re watched it. You can have your Batman and Avengers I'll sit here watching Green Lantern, and laughing. Really the jokes were quite good!