Green Lantern 2011

The Good:

• The otherwise quite bland script does a good job at introducing Hal Jordan as a fearless yet irresponsible character.
• Mark Strong puts in a good performance as Hal's mentor Sinestro, even if the character itself is a bit one-sided.
• The brisk pace makes sure you don't get bored at least

The Bad:

• It's very difficult to take Green Lantern and all its space adventuring seriously since everything looks so fake.
• Ryan Reynold's clearly doesn’t give his best performance here, and he lacks any real connection to his supposed love interest, the equally bland Blake Lively.
• Parallax is not only the ugliest film villain ever; he is also one of the most boring and useless ones out there. Poor Peter Sarsgaard really cannot save a character like that.
• None of the alien stuff is interesting and Green Lantern suffers from a lack of real story progression and actual superhero action. Most of the movie is endlessly setting up stuff that barley happen at the end of the feature.
• The script forgets it’s a superhero movie and halfway through it turns into a bloated attempt at being just that - bit the result is a bland, unbelievable and un-captivating film.
• The green suit is truly terrible.
• Storywise the film makes very little sense, since the film never addresses its own dramatic turns properly before moving on from them. Case in point: Hal quitting the Corps before even becoming a real member of the group.
• A lack of a real threat, personal or Earthwise, which would give the characters a reason to exist.
• The final battle is incredibly sloppy and boring.

Verdict:

Green Lantern is a mostly failing CGI extravaganza that goes way over the top and never feels or looks realistic or compelling enough to stand out on its own.