This movie got a lot of hate from critics, most of them calling it bad. the details and execution leave a lot to be desired. We have two classic GL villains in this film, Parallax, and Hector Hammond, a biologist who gets infected by Parallax and becomes deformed but gets granted telekinetic abilities. We have Hal Jordan being brought to Abin Sur's crash site and being given the ring and lantern, we have him being taken to Oa to be trained and we have him proving himself to the Corps by defeating a seemingly invincible enemy on his own. The movie is, in general, a pretty good adaptation of the basics of the story. Unfortunately, they didn't focus on either and instead they tried to go the easy way by going with a tried-and-true tale, thinking that would give them leeway to make a good adaptation without the need to focus too much on story. If they focused on making a good film, they'd leave the fans angry. If they focused on making a good adaptation, they'd be subjected to bad reviews from people who thought the thing was too crazy. Why? Because making a film faithful to the comic it would mean a lot of people would consider it too bizarre, so the filmmakers had a hard choice to make. The entire concept is really, really different from most stories out there, and it's quite a lot to take, so, when word got out that they were going to make a Green Lantern movie, fans were both excited and worried for the film. It's less a regular superhero tale and more of a space opera, like Star Wars. Then, he later proves himself to the group by defeating a powerful enemy and is finally welcomed to the Corps as one of their own.Īs you probably expect by knowing the story, this is a pretty hard concept to get in a movie. Hal Jordan's first real challenge is to overcome being the replacement of Abin Sur (even though he didn't chose to be), who was a loved member of the Corps, specially before Sinestro, Abin's friend and one of the top GL members. The Green Lantern ring is the most powerful weapon in the universe, but just like any weapon, it's only as good as its user. For instance, they could create a giant fan that makes wind to blow the object away, or use the ring's energy to lift a boulder and throw it at the guy in the banana suit. That means, if the Green Lanterns want to attack something/someone of color yellow, they need to attack him indirectly. Due to an impurity in the central battery, caused by an entity named Parallax, a being of pure fear that was imprisoned in the battery by the Guardians, who couldn't destroy him, the rings can't directly affect anything of color yellow, since it's the color of fear. Unfortunately, the rings have a weakness. The guardians don't choose the recruits, the rings do. Then they divided the universe in 3600 sectors and asigned a guardian to each one, powered by a ring. The GL Corps are managed by their creators, the Guardians of the Universe, an ancient race of aliens who harnessed the power of will in a giant battery located on the planet Oa, the center of the known universe. The rings' energy has to be recharged periodically by a lantern that's given to each member of the Corps. The rings also grant the ability to fly and since they're advanced technology, they can translate other languages and provide its user with information. Every construct created by the ring is made of green, hard energy, and its strenght is either magnified or diminished by the user's willpower or lack thereof. Abin Sur is a member of the Green Lantern Corps, an intergalactic peacekeeping force armed with power rings that have the ability to create any physical object its wearer can think of, and it's powered by will. Hal Jordan, pilot, who works at Ferris Aircraft with his girlfriend Carol Ferris (yup, the owner's daughter), is suddenly and unexpectedly summoned to the crash site of a spaceship by a dying alien, Abin Sur, who bestows him with a ring, which has chosen Hal as his successor. You see, Green Lantern is not just the story of one character, but of a vast universe of them. If you think it's confusing to have two characters sharing the same name, try 3600. Later the original character was brought back to share the universe with the new one. Green Lantern, the character (and universe) that gets adapted in this movie, is a DC comics franchise that was originally the reboot of a previous franchise by the same name but with different elements (the original Green Lantern was alone and not a member of a group, had nothing to do with space, wore a different suit and had a different weakness). As I do sometimes in my reviews, first, a little history. It's somehow ironic that a movie that contains the theme of rooting for the underdog ended up being the underdog that got constantly bullied by critics. (This review is about both the Theatrical and Extended Cut versions)Īh, the Green Lantern movie.
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