'Green Lantern' keeps it light

[truebluefan]

If the early reviews are anything to go by, critics are giving Ryan Reynolds' outing as Green Lantern a pasting. The story is rushed and derivative, but there is a fair amount to enjoy in a goofy, unpretentious CGI spectacle aimed at the younger teen crowd.

It's true that there isn't much we haven't seen before.

Reynolds is test pilot Hal Jordan, a rash and reckless daredevil with a playboy lifestyle and daddy issues -- not so very different from "Iron Man's" Tony Stark. He gets an unexpected life-changer when an emerald ring picks him to join the cosmic watchmen, the Green Lanterns. They're a kind of intergalactic peacekeeping force that harnesses the power of positive thinking to whack evil into submission.

The Lanterns' visualization process -- they can will a weapon into being through the power of imagination -- reminded me of the duel between Merlin and Mim in Disney's "The Sword in the Stone," when the wizards try to out-do each by transforming into animals of escalating ferocity.

It's a deliciously silly notion and a sign that this superhero movie won't be taking itself too seriously. The first time Hal has to put his mind to work in a moment of crisis, he comes up with a drag-racing car and what looks suspiciously like a Hot Wheels track, probably because he's just an overgrown kid at heart.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/16/green.lantern.review/index.html

 

[swood]

I fucking love Ryan Reynolds (i have a man crush on him, and what!?) and i think he suits the role well! I never listen to critics, because almost all the films they slate, i end up loving