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I've had a Black Lantern ring for a while now. Haven't seen the movie yet, I plan to, I hope it's good, not reading anyone else's posts to keep it from being spoiled or anything.

Just saw t yesterday and it was awesome! Did not know Sinestro was part of the green laterns. Thought he was with the yellow lanterns

Saw it today. Pretty meh. One plot hole I'm sure anyone has commented on is where Abin Sur crash landed. At the edge of an oceon(swamp?) with a large structure clearly visible in the background. Uh, don't you think someone would have noticed the ship before the ring brought Hal to it? And just how far away was Abin anyway? The ring was sent out in the daytime, picked Hal up in early evening/late afternoon, but didn't bring him back until it was dark? I know these things happen in movies, but still it was a bit jarring. Main point, why not have him crash land in the middle of nowhere like other adaptations?

Oh yeah, plot holes with Hal coming to the rescue of the Senator, and when did Hector kidnap Carol?

Final fight had little to no build up. And it was a bit nonsesical. Big bad Parralax takes two planets and at least six Green Lanterns, but the guardians let a rookie face him alone? I know Hal asked for it specifically, but Tomar and Kilowog could have easily assisted Hal in the final battle, get knocked out, and have Hal still save the day.

The story was way too Earth based. Disapointing use of the other Lanterns too. They were just there. Literally. Oh, and why build the yellow power ring? And why do we care if Sinestro goes evil? He didn't do much of anything in the film. And then there's Abin Sur. Big hero Lantern. Get's taken out after one fatal blow, doesn't even fight back. Yeah.

Despite these negatives, there are some positives. I liked Parallax being a fallen Guardian. Wish they'd enlightened upon him some more though.

The constructs and effects I thought were good. (Yay, no tags!)

The training sequence was fun.

Carol knew Hal was Green Lantern? Nice twist on an old concept, but the love angle was very bland.

So despite my criticisms, some of them nitpicky, it's still a decent film. I'm sure when I see it again on DVD I'll see some more positives, cause those are harder to find than negatives.

I saw it last night in 3D. It was better than I thought it would be. I didn't know much about the Green Lantern prior to seeing the film, so whatever changed from "real canon" has probably "corrupted" my view of him. But I really liked it. I didn't find any plotholes but I'm sure it's filled with them. I was just too busy being entertained that I forgot to analyse everything.
Anyway, I'd see it again. I'm glad I discovered the Green Lantern amidst the X-Men and Iron Man hype.

Green Lantern was the most frustrating movie for me this summer. Months ago, if you told me X-Men: First Class would be better than Green Lantern, I would've said you're crazy given my reactions to the trailers. This movie could've been great but it was very lacking.

-We've seen so many cool iterations of Hal Jordan's origins in various forms: Secret Origins, Emerald Dawn, First Flight, and New Frontier. They couldn't even match those books. I would've also liked a Training Day in space take.
-I agree with people's observations with Hal going back to Oa before fighting Parallax. No one was stopping him to fight Parallax. Going back to Oa was a pointless scene only to set up the yellow ring but not advance the story.
-The film never found its balance with it's space or Earth setting. Thor managed to get that right.
-One of the scenes I really enjoyed was Carol Ferris realizing Green Lantern was Hal.
-I love the idea of Angela Bassett as Amanda Waller. I know they were trying to set up the DC film universe but she felt tacked on like Black Widow in Iron Man 2.
-It was mentioned above that Hal magically found Hector at certain times. I'm glad it wasn't just me that saw that. I thought I looked over some obvious hints like the ring leading Hal to him.
-The editing just made the film move slowly.

*Sigh* If there is a Green Lantern 2, I hope they learn from their mistakes.

Duke of Luns wrote:*everything*

Pretty much my thoughts exactly.

Plus:
-Hector, at least in the 'corrupted by fear' subplot', seemed like he could've just been covered by Sinestro; I mean, do we really need 3 different characters failing to the same vice?
-Tossing a yellow-powered entity into a yellow sun?
-The CG on the alien stuff was fantastic, but we REALLY needed to see more of it.

Well, it looks like I'm a little late to the party here. Hopefully I won't get flogged for dredging this thread back up.

I enjoyed GL - though it was far from perfect. I think some better editing and about 20-30 extra minutes would have gone a long way. I almost get the feeling that a few weeks before release the producers said "oh crap! Release is almost here! Quick - get it wrapped up for delivery!". For instance the alien CG was cool, but the suit felt kinda crappy.

I have no DC comics background. None. I have seen the first 2 Superman movies, and the Batman movies - that's it. While GL definitely isn't my new favorite movie; I had fun. And I found myself reading Wikipedia articles, etc to get 'caught up' on all the mythos. But most important for me was that my 4 y/o son LOVED it! So we now have a poster, some toys, etc.....

I hope they greenlight a sequel and learn from there mistakes (I think they will)