Green Lantern (2011)

This was a fun romp into another comic book themed movie, and I think it was put together rather well. Technically, the special effects worked, never seemed out of place and the story provided an engaging but straight-forward plot for us to follow along on. There was some lack-of-depth with the main moral of the story being that courage overcomes fear.

Ryan Reynolds is always fun for me to watch, I enjoy his delivery of mostly sarcastic remarks, filled with attitude. That was lessened to a certain degree here, because he had to play for most of the film, but it's still present and fun to watch.

Being the focus of the film, it's only natural that our hero become the most powerful of them all, but I think some depth could have been achieved if all of the green lanterns would have been more involved here. The flipside of that being as it stands, it's a hero coming-of-abilities story, and enjoyable as just that.

Early on we're treated to a flashback of his father dying, and that's used as the basis for the fear that he has to overcome. While an adequate plot device, it also felt weak too. Maybe I'm looking into it too much, especially seeing as it's only a PG movie so it's aimed at a wider audience, but a better establishment of the fear, or experience would have gone a long way.

There certainly weren't any twists and turns here, but they made a glaring omission in terms of tying off loose ends, and that seems to leave room for a sequel, which I'm sure is their intent.

Finally, it's a fun ride, with good special effects, and I enjoyed watching Tim Robbins in a more mainstream flick.