Green Lantern - Movie review

As a rule, comic books have generated great heroes of cinema, but this DC comic book hero doesn't seem to have as much of a swing-in with the audience as his predecessors did

Green Lantern
(3 D)
U/A; Sci-fi
Dir: Martin Campbel
Cast:u00a0 Ryan Reynolds, Mark Strong, Peter Sarsgaard, Blake Lively
**
As a rule, comic books have generated great heroes of cinema, but this DC comic book hero doesn't seem to have as much of a swing-in with the audience as his predecessors did.



For one he doesn't have the same purchase among Indian audiences because of his low rank in the popularity stakes amongst comic book heroes.
u00a0
Secondly the colour green, in comic lore, has more often than not, far too much negativity associated with it, to suddenly be convincing as a positive super-power influence.

In this mythology Green is associated with the power of will and yellow, with that of fear. Green Lantern's origin is from cosmically generated powers conferred on an intergalactic peacekeeping force enveloped in mystical green rings that makes them near invincible.
u00a0
At least that is what we understand from the dreary prologue that marks this movie's unflattering beginning.
u00a0
A member of the lantern corps is critically injured while battling a super-foe and so it becomes necessary for a replacement Hal Jordon (an amiable Reynolds) a hot shot, reckless test pilot to be trained into becoming one of the chosen 3600 lanterns.
u00a0
Their job is to save the Lantern home planet and Earth from the extremist threat put on by a super-powerful foe Sinestro (Mark Strong) as well as a geeky scientist Hector Hammond (Peter Sarsgaard, doing his best to stay in character) with telekinetic powers.

The film was fashioned on a poorly written script that is terribly cliched in construction. The set-up is as cheesy and unexciting as can be with Hal being troubled by his father's death and therefore being motivated to enjoy the full benefits of the Lantern powers.
u00a0
The motivation appears quite shaky and coupled with the uneven run of special effects, action set-pieces and editing that fails to generate the requisite excitement or energy, the narrative appears unimaginative, failing in effect to bring out the full potential of this superhero story!

"Exciting news! Mid-day is now on WhatsApp Channels Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest news!" Click here!