The Green Lantern

Ohhh boy. :( Green Lantern -> Fail.

I went to see this one with earthson - Adam - and we were both magnificently disappointed. Yawn. The script is just .... flat. Nothing that's charming, endearing, funny, or actually even interesting. The visuals are nice - especially The Guardians. They did a great job on them. But other than that..... it was a yawner.

Ironman set the bar so high and that's the measure I still use. That movie really had alot going for it - could have played out just like reading the Ironman comic and it would have been as boring as Green Lantern. Instead Robert Downey Jr. really MADE that character. No one else would have done nearly as good of a job. In Green Lantern, we could think of a dozen actors who could have done the exact same job that Ryan Reynolds does. He didn't bring anything distinctly Ryan Reynolds to the part (other than his abs).

Ironman had a kick ass script full of surprises and laughs and updated references. Green Lantern has none of those.

If you have a kid who likes superheroes and is in the 8 - 12 year old range, I believe they may like this. Anyone else is going to be pretty darn disappointed.

Maybe there will be a sequel. And hopefully that one will include the real Green Lantern that I thought I remembered - John Stewart - who was black. And maybe they'll find a couple million extra dollars laying around and be able to hire Jon Favreau to direct it. Then they may have a movie!

We gave this one a "2"

Pueblo Tinseltown was the place - great, hot fresh popcorn and sprinkle cheese. That was the highlight of the day.