I would prefer watching this film as a family man rather than comic-fan who has a checklist of ridiculous expectations. 
 

popcorn cinema. it is a movie made to go in, enjoy it, or just take your mind off things, and get out and go back to life. its a green lantern movie, the green lantern universe is super complicated(hell, all of the DCU is) and they crammed everything into it. remember folks: they are making this movie for moviegoers, not necessarily for the comic fan. i am going to go see it with a smile on my face, but maybe the sequel will be more fleshed out. let us hope there is a sequel!!!!

I wonder how well the 3-D is done?  Is it shot in 3D or post production or just the CGI parts in 3D....

No disrespect G-Man, but couldn't you have waited till after Friday before writing this. Nonetheless i will reserve judgement till i see it.  And if it ends up being a better movie than First Class, man am gonna give you hell for quiet a bit.

I'm now thinking that this might have been a better way to go for the movie: 
 
Someone mentioned Mongul, which might have been interesting. Hector Hammond could still have been there, but the plot is more Hal gets his ring and is mentored by Sinestro briefly, and sent back to Earth to collect Abin Sur's body so that it can be returned to his people or something. Maybe they have to deal with Hector Hammond briefly (like they deal with Scarecrow in TDK). That might be the first hour of the movie, and then they could go for the next hour or more is Hal being geared up/trained to deal with some kind of crisis (Mongul and Warworld), and the movie ends after that's solved. 
 
Second movie starts with Sinestro's fall and imprisonment, then continues with the Manhunters (maybe loosely adapting Cyborg Superman's destruction of Coast City nearer the end?), to set up the third film which could have been Hal becoming reckless and obsessive and trying to gain the power to restore Coast City (and then the Guardians release Sinestro as in the comics to deal with Hal). A bit of a sketchy idea, but from the sounds of it this movie never really left the 'sketchy idea' phase.

X-Men: First Class percentage on Rotten Tomatoes: 87 
Green Lantern percentage on Rotten Tomatoes: 21 
 
Knew this would be a lousy film. Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan? Blake Lively acting? No thank you.

I'm not familiar with the Green Lantern as much as I am other DC franchises but I think the real problem is that the movie was too generic.
 
Great power & great responsibility, big ogre-like monsters and thugs, a lead actor whose resume is a 6-pack, safe and inoffensive actress to take his lead, enough money spent on fricken CGI to support a small country. 
 
You need something different, there are so many superhero movies there needs to be a way to DISTINGUISH. Mix the genres up, have more than one hero, build an interesting dynamic, don't be afraid to make it a smart movie....things like that.

That's really too bad. I was hoping SO much it would end up being good. Oh well, I'll see it anyway.

 I figured this movie would blow, almost everything about it looks silly, especially the outfits, Why not just stick to the ones worn in the comics....oh well
 
The GL series Bruce Timms working on will probably be epic

Once agin I read a review of yours that is incredibly negative and then you give a positive quantitative score. I'm baffled, surely a 1/5?

I still want to see GL. Oh, and does anyone hate being able to see Hal's eyes through the mask as much as I do? It creeps me out.

I'm still going to see it even though it's not very good.

maybe christopher nolan would have done justice to this... well if only direction was the problem! by this review I see that there are more shortcomings. I was so looking forward to watch this movie. Now I am totally disappointed :(

I'll give it a watch.  GL is far from my favorite hero, and Matt Rorie seemed to be more forgiving of it over on Screened, so maybe I'll like it a lot better.

I wonder who I should be raging at for !@#$ing this up? 
@satanmode said:

Where's Nathan Fillion when I needs him (to be Green Lantern)?!?

Wow, and they plan to do a sequel already? I'm going to see it for my own verdict but from everything I'm hearing 3/5 seems like the best it's gonna get.

This could be the kiss of death........................for GL films

Knew it. I called it how many months ago? Or right! When this movie was first announced with Ryan Reynolds on it! So disappointing. Its going to feel uncomfortable to wear my Green Lantern clothing for a while.

@doordoor123 said:

Knew it. I called it how many months ago? Or right! When this movie was first announced with Ryan Reynolds on it! So disappointing. Its going to feel uncomfortable to wear my Green Lantern clothing for a while.

You would watch a movie because of Ryan Reynolds? Really? I watch movies in spite of him being in them not because of him.

The GL series Bruce Timms working on will probably be epic

I expected a failure. I will see this movie and them make my critic

Thanks for the honest review.   It sucks when a large comic franchise doesn't succeed - first, because we're consumers who want to enjoy a great film; and second, because movies are becoming the main focus of comic properties and their failure can hurt adaptations of other properties.  That said, it's better to hear how it was than sugar coat it, because it affects our weekend movie-going plans.
 
My non-comic reading friends weren't even kind to Thor or First Class so I'd hate for comic films to lose any more credibility with them if this film doesn't have broad appeal or solid execution.  Even my wife, who enjoys comics, has a bit of superhero fatigue. 
 
I'll still probably try to find some time to watch this film with my comic-reading friends if I can, but not try the patience of the non-diehards.

The GL series Bruce Timms working on will probably be epic

Everyone's feet looked great in this film. I look forward to the sequels.

That's really a shame. Regardless though I am going to go see it and give it a try. I have to.

No disrespect G-Man, but couldn't you have waited till after Friday before writing this. Nonetheless i will reserve judgement till i see it.  And if it ends up being a better movie that First Class, man am gonna give you hell for quiet a bit.

I knew this wasn't going to be a great movie, but seeing as my friends back home made me sit through three screenings of cars turning into robots, I'm okay with this.   honestly, I can enjoy a campy movie from time-to-time - the problem is that this type of film shouldn't take $150 million to make :(   having said this, I can still think of a dozen worse movies that have been slated for sequels in the past.   still, I'm hoping for a hard reboot as opposed to a sequel or, worse yet, dropping the title entirely - my husband loves GL, and it's always plenty ripe for fresh ideas.   also, next time, get Fillion or - dare I say - Boreanaz.   I know he can be boring and acts as stiff as cardboard sometimes, but he already voiced the part in New Frontier, and I think he did fantastic.
 
and please tell me they didn't turn carol into the damsel-in-distress.   -_-

Too bad it was a disappointment. I'm still going to go see it tomorrow anyways. 

                Some of you guys should not be so hard on  G-MAN
 
Look at the Rotten Tomatoes scale:
 
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/green_lantern/   It's hovering around an abysmal 21% with 65 negative reviews and only 17 positives.
           

This was to be expected once WB embargoed reviews. At least I still have the animated movie

@Jordanstine said:

                Some of you guys should not be so hard on  G-MAN
 
Look at the Rotten Tomatoes scale:
 
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/green_lantern/   It's hovering around an abysmal 21% with 65 negative reviews and only 17 positives.
           

yeah g mans not alone on his opion of the movie.... 
http://reason.com/archives/2011/06/16/green-lantern An worse yet if box office is bad for green lantern an it realy isnt that great... it could hurt the other comic properties coming to the big screen as well. 

@dorsk188: Actually First Class turned out quite well and has had mostly positive reviews (87% on RT).

i am so happy this movie sucks, after seeing x-men and being completely blown away despite months of saying it would fail, i really needed this :)

Ryan Reynolds needs to stop being cast in super-hero roles, he was OK as Deadpool, in the sense that he was good at being annoying.... But c'mon just because woman think he's hot is not a good enough reason to keep casting the guy, especially not in super-hero movies that have an overwhelmingly male audience, and female audience members smart enough to be drawn in by more then a body.... Please cast an actual actor in the future, not a pretty boy who reoccurs in romantic comedy after romantic comedy.

Just got back from seeing the movie and I loved it. Not mind blowing in any way, but I really enjoyed it.

The moment I saw the GL clip where he was shouting "wooo!" while flying for the first time, all I could think was, "Oh, so it's going to be THAT kind of movie" ... and according to your review, my suspicions were correct. I can't wait to see it firsthand.

Ryan Reynolds needs to stop being cast in super-hero roles, he was OK as Deadpool, in the sense that he was good at being annoying.... But c'mon just because woman think he's hot is not a good enough reason to keep casting the guy, especially not in super-hero movies that have an overwhelmingly male audience, and female audience members smart enough to be drawn in by more then a body.... Please cast an actual actor in the future, not a pretty boy who reoccurs in romantic comedy after romantic comedy.

I would like to counter your review with my own
 
http://www.comicvine.com/green-lantern/223-926/user-reviews/?review_id=19733

Just got back from seeing it, and I along with all my friends really enjoyed the movie. Every comic fan should see it.

Hey everybody. One of my friends works at a movie theater so I saw an early showing this evening before it actually comes out. I went in with low expectations but it was a very fun movie. Ryan Reynolds does much better than I expected and although the movie definitely had some flaws, it was a very enjoyable movie. Lots of action. The special effects were great (95% of the time). I will be going to see it again before it leaves theaters. 
 
I urge people to go see it. Its much better than reviews suggest. Not Iron Man, Spider-Man 1 or 2 good, but right on par with the other super hero movies of this generation.

ATTENTION EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DON'T LISTEN TO THIS REVIEW. 
THIS MOVIE WILL BE A GOOD ONE, THIS IS JUST ONE PERSON'S OPINION. 
DON'T LET THIS REVIEW CHANGE YOUR MINDS!

to bad

I was able to see an advanced screening today in the afternoon and loved it! I can see why comicvine wouldn't be a big fan of it, and yes, two big things that were annoying was the pace of the movie and his crappy looking mask. I did enjoy the movie greatly though. I do recommend it and enjoy it. A lot of fun and although the graphics were a mix of a lot of good with bit of bad, the 3D was amazing. So yea, go see the Green Lantern!  youtube-mwc993-

I am glad the Hal movie sounds like it sucks.