5 Thoughts: Green Lantern

While my cinematic journeys are primarily focused on the past, I still catch some newer releases. You won't get a full review on these, but you will get five thoughts and a bottom line. 


1.  Mark Strong's Sinestro owns every moment he's in.  Every.  Moment.

2.  I saw it in 3D and let me just say this may be the best post-converted 3D film yet.

3.  Jaw-droppingly good production design for OA and the aliens.  Not so much for Parallax.

4.  Could James Newton Howard have written a worse score for this?  Seriously.

5.  And just to show my complete Green Lantern geekery:  My biggest smile came when I saw Bzzt on screen. 

Bottom line:  Is Green Lantern a great movie?  No. But it's good.  I was never bored and I loved a lot of the individual moments.  There could have been better development of the history between Hal Jordan, Carol Ferris and Hector Hammond, but other than that, I was entertained.  And really that's what I'm plunking down my cash for.


*** out of *****