Green Lantern
United States
2011
105 Min
Color
2.35:1
English
Synopsis
In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest recruit, the first human ever selected: Hal Jordan.
Hal is a gifted and cocky test pilot, but the Green Lanterns have little respect for humans, who have never harnessed the infinite powers of the ring before. But Hal is clearly the missing piece to the puzzle, and along with his determination and willpower, he has one thing no member of the Corps has ever had: humanity. With the encouragement of fellow pilot and childhood sweetheart Carol Ferris (Blake Lively), if Hal can quickly master his new powers and find the courage to overcome his fears, he may prove to be not only the key to defeating Parallax he will become the greatest Green Lantern of all.
Director
Martin Campbell
Martin Campbell (born 24 October 1943) is a New Zealand TV and film director. Campbell was born in Hastings, New Zealand. He directed two James Bond films, 1995’s GoldenEye, starring Pierce Brosnan, and 2006’s Casino Royale, starring Daniel Craig, and was the first Bond director since John Glen to direct more than one film, as well as the oldest director in the series’ history, at the age of 62 (beating the previous record set by Lewis Gilbert, who directed Moonraker at the age of 59). He also directed the two recent Zorro films, The Mask of Zorro (1998) and The Legend of Zorro (2005), both starring Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
On television Campbell had overseen some of the more action-oriented episodes from the TV series The Professionals (1977–1983), however his best known work is the 1985 BBC Television drama serial Edge of Darkness, for which he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Director in 1986. Campbell has also directed a movie remake of… read more
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MikeEverleth
19Mar12
They totally ruined this great superhero with an overly convoluted script and no humanity to the character, which is his key.
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"Page One," "Buck," "Kidnapped," "Green Lantern," More
By David Hudson on June 18, 2011
Of all the movies that have opened this weekend, the one that's generated the most interesting press by far is Page One: Inside The New York
GREEN LANTERN Provides A Useful Lesson In Why Box Office Rankings Mean Nothing
By Twitchfilm.com on December 17, 2011
Please do not misread the headline on this article. By no means am I suggesting that box office results mean nothing. In a day and age when making and releasing a film costs millions upon millions of dollars
Watch Ryan Reynolds Look Confused In New GREEN LANTERN Clip
By Twitchfilm.com on December 17, 2011
Though the overall look of The Green Lantern seems to be improving over time – and the trailers are definitely better on the big screen – the ad campaign has been, shall we say, wobbly. The first trailer
Weinberg Reviews GREEN LANTERN
By Twitchfilm.com on December 16, 2011
All the major superheroes have been claimed. The most popular ones — the characters that will thrill young people but also hold some sway with the grown-ups — have already had their movies and their sequels
GREEN LANTERN Bluray, DVD AND ULTRAVIOLET DIGITAL COPY
By Twitchfilm.com on October 18, 2011
Liked this. Don’t care what ya say. This movie was a lot of fun. Faithful to the Lantern mythos? I do not know. I can sympathize with the purists out there and their complaints, but the bottom line for
And The Inane Non-News Headline Of The Day Award Goes To ...
By Twitchfilm.com on May 24, 2011
Just a few hours ago I posted a rant directed at the PR folk behind The Hunger Games in particular but against the growing wave of inane junk that is increasingly passing itself off as film journalism
Another New GREEN LANTERN Trailer Arrives
By Twitchfilm.com on May 21, 2011
Fans appear divided about this one. Some are excited to see the superhero universe of Green Lantern realised on the big screen, while others are skeptical about the production including the quality of
Four Minutes Of GREEN LANTERN Footage
By Twitchfilm.com on April 29, 2011
Audiences at Wondercon got a look at nine minutes of footage from the live action Green Lantern film yesterday and in a show of confidence – or, just as likely, in a show of "Please, god, we need people……
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Fun but flawed
By Michael Harbour on January 19, 2012
Fun but flawed. Pretty much everything that works is balanced by something that doesn’t. Some of it works pretty well and I did like how casually competent the CGI is. Even when my interest in the… read review
A DC Comics film that won't make Marvel green with envy
By HKFanatic on June 22, 2011
Director Martin Campbell knows how to make a movie. He helmed one of the best action films of the past 16 years with “Casino Royale” and gave us a fun, adventure-filled romp with “Mask of Zorro” back… read review
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