Green Lantern(2011)-My Review

Well to start off Green Lantern along with Batman are my two favourite superheroes and i'll try not to be biased with this one.Green Lantern is a 2011 American superhero film directed by Martin Campbell and stars Ryan Reynolds,Blake Lively,Mark Strong and Peter Sarsgaard in the lead roles.

For those who have no idea who Green Lantern is,he is a part of an intergalactic protection force known as the Green Lantern corps. located on a fictional planet called "Oa".Tiny immortal creatures and inhabitants of the planet known only as "the guardians of the universe" create rings for the "chosen ones" to use as powerful weapons.These chosen ones are known as "Green Lanterns".The ring has the ability to project anything that the user can imagine through "hard light constructs" and the ring is fueled by the user's willpower.It has to be charged every 24 Earth hours by using the "battery" which in turn draws power from a central battery located on "Oa".There are about 7000 Lanterns in the universe,each one assigned to a particular region of space divided as sectors.Sadly,though there is not one human lantern and this story is about the first human to ever become a Green Lantern.Green Lantern is a DC comics character.

Ryan Reynold plays the role of Hal Jordan,a fighter pilot who goes on to become the first human Green Lantern and then goes onto become one of the greatest Lanterns ever by defeating a very powerful enemy to the corps. knows as "Parallax" all by himself.This depiction of Hal Jordan was alright but could have been more serious though because being funny is not Hal Jordan and that is encroachment upon Flash's territory.Nonetheless i found Ryan Reynolds as a perfect match for the character and he did do justice to it.

When Blake Lively comes to mind,television's "Gossip Girl(2007-present) comes to mind.In this movie she plays a co-pilot and love interest of the film's primary character.Can't really complain about her role in the movie but i did wish at one point that she had lesser screen time because i found her role to be distracting to the main plot.

Mark Strong plays the very aggressive "Sinestro" who is a fellow Green Lantern and a very important one.He does not enjoy a lot of screen time in this one but since the character is of very high importance i am sure we will see a lot of him in the sequel to follow.

Peter Sarsgaard plays Dr.Hector Hammond,a scientist who has always been jealous of Hal Jordan and is effected by the yellow energy of parallax and turns evil.Nothing much can be said about him but i'll just say he did well.

Since this is the season of superhero movies and since Green Lantern has a 200 million dollar budget you can expect some great special effects in the movie.But its the plot that was too thin in my opinion.I know that this is an origin movie but it felt like it ended too quickly.Director Martin Campbell who is famous for James Bond movies such as Goldeneye(1995) and Casino Royale(2006) has done an OK job with this one but should have taken a look at the animated DC original,"Green Lantern,first flight(2009)" because i found that to be a better origin movie.On the overall i liked it and thoroughly enjoyed it and one should never expect every superhero movie to be like Christopher Nolan's "Batman" series.

My rating:-4/5

My comment:-A must watch if you are a fan of superheroes like i am.

Bruce Almighty(2003)-My review.

So then how do i start with this one?Oh!Well the old fashioned way i guess.Bruce Almighty was a 2003 American comedy movie directed by Tom Shadyac and stars Jim Carrey,Morgan Freeman and Jennifer Aniston in the lead roles.The movie is about a common man,Bruce Nolan(Jim Carrey) being given the power and responsibility of the almighty himself and how he handles the power.The film is very funny at times and has its fair share of seriousness as well which includes certain words by God(Morgan Freeman) which can make one really think about themselves.The part that i found to my liking the most was that God was not potrayed as a man belonging to any single religion,but instead as just a common man like anybody else.

What can be said about Jim Carrey.I find him to be an extraordinary actor because its his versatility that intrigues me.From playing eccentric characters in "The Mask" and "Ace Ventura",he went on to play a completely contrasting role in "The Truman Show" doing equally well on all three occasions.He is one of the those actors who does not require an academy award to prove himself.This role in my opinion is a combination of my two previous mentioned roles of his.He was near perfect in this one.I feel he was made for it.

Now coming to Morgan Freeman,nothing much can be said about him because he appears to be comfortable with whatever role he plays and plays it well.I am sure nobody can play a role full of wisdom better than he can.The role of God is tricky and this portrayal as an easy going man is very good.

Anybody used to the popular television show known as "Friends(1994-2004)" would be familiar with "Rachel" played by Jennifer Aniston who plays the female lead and the girlfriend of Bruce Nolan(Jim Carrey).This role is very different in comparison to the role of "Rachel" which she has played for 10 years.This just proves that Aniston is an actress with a lot of potential.

The key elements of the plot like i said includes a common man being given "the power" and how he realizes that one does not require God's power to lead a happy life.The director in my opinion has done a good job with this movie.It is very very funny at times as well,most notably the scene where Bruce makes Evan Baxter read the news in his own way.This is a Jim Carrey movie after all right?So it has to be funny.If you haven't seen it,you have missed an amazing movie.

My rating:-4.5/5

My comment:-A very satisfying and pleasurable experience.