Reckless test pilot Hal Jordan is granted an alien ring that bestows him with otherworldly powers that inducts him into an intergalactic police force, the Green Lantern Corps.Reckless test pilot Hal Jordan is granted an alien ring that bestows him with otherworldly powers that inducts him into an intergalactic police force, the Green Lantern Corps.Reckless test pilot Hal Jordan is granted an alien ring that bestows him with otherworldly powers that inducts him into an intergalactic police force, the Green Lantern Corps.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 6 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaCarol's line "I've seen you naked! You think I wouldn't recognize you because you covered your cheekbones?" was an ad-lib by Blake Lively.
- GoofsWhen Senator Hammond's helicopter is hovering at a very low altitude over the party, there is no wind/downdraft created by the chopper.
- Quotes
Parallax: I feel your fear growing. You will be dead soon...
Hal Jordan: [moaning] In brightest day, in blackest night...
Parallax: ...and when you are gone, I will destroy everything you ever loved...
Hal Jordan: ...no evil shall escape my sight...
Parallax: ...your family, your home, your planet will be no more.
Hal Jordan: ...let those who worship evil's might...
Parallax: Your entire human race will be wiped out, because you, Hal Jordan, were afraid.
Hal Jordan: ...beware of my power, GREEN LANTERN'S LIGHT!
[roars]
- Crazy creditsSPOILER: There is a scene in the closing credits: Sinestro draws the yellow power ring to him and puts it on. His uniform then glows yellow with the power of Parallax... and like Hammond, so does his eyes.
- Alternate versionsAn Extended Cut is available on the Blu-ray release, which runs about 10 minutes longer than the theatrical cut. It restores back the 1993 prologue, especially detailing events leading to Martin Jordan's fatal crash. One more additional scene is restored where Hal and Jason talk longer about the perfect game and asking the boy to remember the feeling of that day.
- SoundtracksBaby You Don't Wanna Know
Written by Deryck Whibley and Matt Squire
Performed by Sum 41
Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Good points... 1. It stuck fairly consistently with the mythos of the origin and Planet OA; 2. Ryan Reynolds did decently as Hal Jordan (though he fits more with the Kyle Rayner/Guy Gardner type than Jordan) -- but I wish he was more serious; though non-GL fans couldn't care less about this; 3. Blake Lively was eye candy; super hot, but not much else; 4. Green Lanterns Tomar Re, Kilowog and Abin Sur were damn good but didn't have enough screen time to be significant; 5. Mark Strong's Sinestro was excellent! 6. Hector Hammond was well portrayed by Peter Saarsgard (though it lacked a proper finish) 7. Good supporting cast from Tim Robbins (Sen. Hammond) to Angela Bassett (Amanda Waller); 8. Green Lantern's costume was wicked; 9. Visual/CGI effects were pretty good
Bad Points... > It tried to fit too much into one movie, moving back and forth from Earth and outer space/OA, thus there was no proper flow... (like when there was a build up of momentum, things go slow or boring; or from serious to funny without proper pacing); too many stories were crammed into one movie > Humor was misplaced at times (good peg is Thor which had it in the flow rather than contrived/forced) > Parallax looked comical; scary at times but only a couple of times > Like Iron Man 2, I wish the fight scenes were so much more; they spent too much on the set-up that the fights were short and could have been so much more and elaborate. > Some scenes and even some characters were not necessary (Hal's best friend, even some scenes with Blake's Carol Ferris were not needed); they should have added more action instead
Summary, visual effects, actors, GL base story good. But the way the writers and director put things together were a mixture of various plots and subplots crazy glued into one movie for pure entertainment. Kids will enjoy it, but adults likely will not. This is a summer of superheroes, with 3 down and one more to go (well, technically 5 with Transformers if you're thinking comic book stories), so it's quite impossible not to compare them to each other.
The director is known to direct good flicks like Goldeneye and Casino Royale (two good movies), but I wish he did more; studied more, had split up more stories to be more single- minded and not work on a cluttered material.
- abecip
- Jun 19, 2011
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- Also known as
- Emerald Dawn
- Filming locations
- San Diego, California, USA(aeriel city shots)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $200,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $116,601,172
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $53,174,303
- Jun 19, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $237,201,172
- Runtime1 hour 54 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1