spectacular shocker wrote:
I'm a real Johnny-come-lately here - I just saw the Green Lantern film for the very first time (on Blu).  Well....I really liked this!  I know it got slammed by many over the years, but I felt it was fantastic - I have littte familiarity with GL (I maybe read 1-2 comics years ago), so maybe that helped here - since I didn't have a lot of pre-conceived ideas about the character or story.

As it stood, this seemed like a very good adaptation of the comic - the outfit was spot-on, the ring & it was also accurate how he could make things out of thin air, etc. The effects were great, and I felt the story was strong as well.  I especially liked:  The scene when GL saved the helicopter by attaching a go kart-like wheels to the wreckage & also making a racing track; the ending scene when GL saved the Earth from that huge monster, etc.


I was surprised that Sinestro was a "good" guy here - I guess he turns bad later, since IIRC he was GL's nemesis in the comic (or at least the old Superfriends cartoon, IIRC).

in the mid credits scene he gets the evil yellow ring

which is not really hinted on at all in the movie

Sinestro was a green lantern and one who trained Hal in modern continuity and later turned bad