
This movie tells the story of Hal Jordan (aka Green Lantern played by Ryan Reynolds.) In the beginning, we learn that Hal Jordan is a test pilot that has no fear...a lesson he learned a long time ago from his father who's also a test pilot but gets killed right before young Hal's eyes during a test run. He flies a Hi-tech warplane and matches it up against a DRONE plane that's suppose to be unbeatable. Unfortunately, Hal didn't like to lose and broke the rules of the fighter plane engagement. And though he beat the drone (which in turn cost the company millions) he also destroyed the Hi-tech fighter plane he was flying.
Meanwhile, in a far off galaxy, we learn of the Mighty Green Lantern Corps. They are an intergalactic police force that keeps peace and order throughout the universe. Unfortunately we learn of a presence known as PARALLAX that is powerful enough to defeat the Green Lanterns because it feeds off of fear itself. Parallax engages against one of the best Green Lanterns (Abin Sir) and injures him to the point where he knows he needs a replacement.
Upon crashing down to Earth, Abin Sir sends out an ORB to find a man that can overcome fear. This ORB eventually finds Hal Jordan, takes him to his spaceship, gives him the power ring and he later becomes in DC Folklore, the Green Lantern.
This movie was slightly above average at best. Story telling could have been better, and the cinematography could have used a little better direction.
Case in point #1(Story telling): They could have shown Abin Sir (the purple dying Green Lantern) crash down to Earth...instead what we got was just the finished product...the spaceship that had already crashed upon on Earth. When the ring was looking for a replacement for Abin Sir, they could have made the ring move around the planet searching for a man without fear (personally, I would have loved it if they had "the ring" pass by two of the future Green Lanterns we see in both the comics and cartoons today: Guy Gardner or John Stewart: )
Case in point #2(Cinematography): When Carol Ferris throws the ring towards Hal Jordan so that he can become Green Lantern and save the Earth, we see her throw the ring, but there's no movement...just a quick flashy throw. Hal snags it pretty quick in the air and the scene is over. The scene was so weak and quick that even I could have snagged it...or at least air and made it look like I grabbed it. They needed to show some movement...maybe "the ring" twirling in the air with a little slow motion to give it better visual effects. Instead, all we got was a toss and a catch...all in less than a second.
In closing, I just want to point out that this is NOT a 3D movie as it's hyped up to be. I know I shouldn't be comparing movies, but THOR had better 3D visual effects than Green Lantern. As a person that's always for the consumer...don't bother wasting your money seeing this movie in 3D or it's lack of it. See it regular and save yourself some money...just my 2 cents on that matter.
If I were to give this movie a grade, I probably would give it a C+ (or 3 1/2 stars out of 5.) If you know nothing about the comic book, then I highly recommend that you see it. But if you are a long time fan of the comic book series like I am, I personally felt the movie as a whole fell flat.