His energy is admirable, but the part is scantly written. Robbins is good as the slimy senator, and Sarsgaard really hams it up as Hector Hammond. The first time Carol sees Hal in costume, she chastises him for thinking she wouldn't recognize him. She does a fine job as Carol, and I like her character's no-nonsense response to Hal's new-found occupation. Lively received scathing disapproval for her work in Green Lantern, which puzzles me. Even so, Reynolds' performance is good when he is called upon to show emotion. Reynolds clearly understands the ridiculousness of his character, and never takes the proceedings too seriously. Makeup effects vary in quality Sinestro is subtly effective, while the rapidly expanding forehead of Hector Hammond looks downright comical. Oa and its inhabitants are beautiful, but the planet is only briefly explored. Parallax is intimidating, but the massive, amorphous monster does not blend well with live actors. The response to the first images of Hal's completely digital suit was tepid, and the CGI costume never looks particularly real in the final film. The battles do not resonate as they should, and some effects look downright unfinished, such as the early jet crash. Without a lot of practical effects, Green Lantern is sometimes easy to tune out. Green Lantern is an effects-heavy film, and director Campbell ( Casino Royale) chose to create most sets and alien characters with CGI. More interesting are the scenes on Oa and in the far reaches of space, where the Green Lantern Corps tries to stop Parallax from getting stronger. The action is mostly stranded on earth, where Hector Hammond becomes a more immediate villain than Parallax. Quick scenes from various locations in the galaxy are interspersed with moments of Hal moping about. The film's narrative is perpetually moving, but not all of it is interesting. Other expressions include a giant fist and a pair of lifesaving fighter jets. When Green Lantern is forced to save Senator Hammond from his increasingly evil son, he does so by cradling the senator's stricken helicopter in an imagined neon green racecar that travels a course in the sky.
Green Lantern is definitely not serious, and it harkens back to the campy adaptations of the '90s. Post Batman Begins comic book adaptations have tried very hard to be serious.
All the while, monstrous Parallax comes closer to earth and begins to influence Senator Hammond's son, scientist Hector Hammond (Peter Sarsgaard). Quite a bit of screen time is devoted to Hal psyching himself out. To say Hal is reluctant to start saving the world is an understatement. After Hal figures out the proper oath to activate his newly earned powers, he is carted away to planet Oa, where Corps leader Sinestro (Mark Strong) sends him through training with Tomar-Re (Geoffrey Rush) and Kilowog (Michael Clarke Duncan). Hal's knighting ceremony occurs only after he discovers Abin Sur dying in his crashed spacecraft. Sanders), at Ferris Aircraft, which lands a contract with the government through Senator Robert Hammond (Tim Robbins). Both Hal and Carol fly for Carol's dad, Carl Ferris (Jay O. Twenty years later, Hal's bed is a revolving door, and his closest relative is a young nephew.
The opening of Green Lantern is decent enough: Young Hal and childhood friend Carol Ferris (Blake Lively) witness Hal's father die in a fiery plane crash, an event which sets up Hal's future reckless behavior. This turns out to be brash aircraft test pilot Hal Jordan (Reynolds), a man lacking the moral backbone of the other Lanterns. Years later, Parallax escapes his chains and gravely wounds Abin Sur, who falls to earth to find a replacement Green Lantern.
Green Lantern Abin Sur (Temuera Morrison) imprisons villainous Parallax (Clancy Brown), who harvests this yellow fear, on the lost planet Ryut. Each is granted great power limited only by the imagination, and each is only vulnerable to the yellow power of fear. The guardians split the universe into many sectors, and send a Green Lantern to protect each sector. The Guardians of the Universe harvest the green power of will and create an intergalactic police squad called the Green Lantern Corps. The Green Lantern character is not the most realistic in the DC Comics arsenal, and his back-story is quite fantastical. Reynolds puts on a good show amid the flashy special effects, but Green Lantern is one very uneven motion picture. The stop-start narrative is often silly, and, while the action takes place throughout the galaxy, the film is sluggish in spots. The film adaptation of the DC Comics character gestated in Hollywood for a number of years, but the final product is ultimately disappointing. Ryan Reynolds and director Martin Campbell took a lot of flak for the seemingly cobbled-together Green Lantern when it tumbled into theaters last summer stinking of last-minute studio intervention.
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