Green Lantern

After watching this movie, I found a new comic character I like. The history of the Green Lantern has so much depth in story line that its crazy not to make a movie about all of it. Ryan Reynolds not my choice as Hal Jordan but he still gets the job done. I was hoping to see a Deadpool movie soon but it was pushed back due to DC grabbing him. It was still a smart move on Ryan's part.

The movie was successful in my eyes. The CGI was superb. The crew created their own universe from the Green Lantern comics and my god it looked great. The visuals was so believable. I loved looking at every detail but one thing, Ryan's outfit. I felt like his outfit could have been worked on more, which is shocking because hes the star of the movie. When he puts on the mask it looks fake. He kind of looks like a raccoon to me. It's adorable. I am even sure most of the CGI went to his package for the ladies. The villain was the emotional feeling of FEAR that is the Green Lantern's darkest enemy because they use WILL power. I think the concept is dumb when you read about it but once you see it with your own eyes, its actually pretty cool. Green Lantern brings out the child inside of me when a Green Lantern creates anything they want out of energy. Reminds me of the Mask (Jim Carrey's Verison) where he takes stuff out of no where and uses it for his pleasure.

The plot was too fast pace. I felt like if you didn't know the back story of the Green Lantern you would be a tiny bit lost. They added some alternate scenes that are different then the comic book, which was okay in my opinion. I am just wondering how they are going to introduce a few characters now if they add them to the next movie.  Ryan played Hal Jordan okay, I am not a big fan of Green Lantern yet but I know enough to see that the character could have been played a little more fun. Ryan played him like he was emotional and he hates life. There is a scene where he almost dies from a plane crash because he couldn't stop thinking about his fathers death. Then there is a girl who likes Hal and all he does is pushes her away because he can't make up his mind on what he wants. Bottom line if the ring never came to Earth, Hal would've been a loser. Everyone will hate him and disown him for being a selfish jerk.  The Green Lantern ring showed him power and now he thinks hes better then everyone else. So he takes the girl and gets over his emotional problems. It's quite touching if you ask me. The ending fight could have been a little bit longer and more of a struggle for Hal but he got the job done. If the ring chose me, I'll be a villain taking over the world. Ill be full of RAGE!

The movie was good. I don't want to add spoilers to the movie. It's classy enough to just go see it for yourself. DC did a good job and they need to stop doing reboots and start introducing new comic characters like this one.  

5 out of 5 Stars

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1683043/

A week before Green Lantern comes out to the big screen, DC releases a animated DVD featuring the back story of the characters from Green Lantern Corps. I am not a comic fan of Green Lantern but I still found this interesting in the long run. In the animated DVD we follow a new recruit named Arisia, who is trying to earn her stripes. She follows Hal Jordan to learn the history of the other Green Lanterns. We see flash backs from Sinestro, Laira, Abin Sur, Kilowog, and others like Atrocitus. During the flashbacks, there is fear rising on the sun ready to attack the Green Lantern Corps. After hearing the stories now she has to face the attack with all her new comrades.

The director was Chris Berkeley who directed other animated series like Extreme Ghostbusters, Teen Titans, and Transformers. Writer was Alan Burnett who also wrote Green Lantern: First Flight and many Batman and Superman animated movies. Green Lantern: Emerald Knights has voice actors from Nathan Fillion who stars in Castle and Dr. Horribles Sing-Along Blog,  Jason Isaacs, Elisabeth Moss, legend Roddy Piper, Henry Rollins, and Bruce Thomas. 

If you are interested in the new Green Lantern movie this animated DVD is great to pick up to learn the history of the feature characters. I bet this DVD will make the new live action more enjoyable for all the new comers. 

5 out of 5 Stars

Green Lantern Roller Coaster

 

 Green Lantern Roller Coaster at Six Flags, NJ

Me and a buddy of mine went to Six Flags yesterday for the grand opening of Green Lantern. We waited in an enormous line which gave us a chance to check out all the cool visual scenery they had. They had Hal Jordan's jet, Green Lanterns lamp, and various of images with dialogue every 10 minutes in the line. It told a story from start to end explaining the Green Lantern. Which was pretty cool because it ended with the Green Lantern enrollment speech just before you got the ride. It also explains why some of the track was yellow (it represents fear).

After waiting in line for about 90 minutes which wasn't too bad but still sucked because theres no covers on the line so the sun beat down on us the entire time, we finally got on the ride. Let me explain the stand up roller coaster before going in details. The ride is 15 stories high and reaches speeds greater than 60 mph. The ride starts with a 153-foot climb followed by a 45-degree vertical drop. The 2 minutes and a half minute-long coaster features five inversions including a 121-foot tall loop, 103-foot dive loop, a 72-foot incline loop and twisted double corkscrews.

Now when I got on the ride, it became very uncomfortable. I had to adjust my seat to my liking within 30 seconds or less. It was not easy to do. The ride itself bounced my head around which made it harder for me to enjoy the ride. The drops weren't as big as I was hoping it to be. I feel like they did a fast job with it and it shows. They could have made it faster and just more scarier. A cool add on would have been having a intro to the ride like they did with the Dark Knight ride. Green Lantern does not compare to the other rides they have in Six Flags. It is unique on its own. Unfortunately, it was a one time deal for me.