The Green Lantern with Good Friends

So,

I went to see Green Lantern last night and I must say that it was fun! I never really followed the comic series, so I was completely oblivious to the superheroes' origins or history. Yet, even without that lack of background knowledge, I was pleasantly surprised by how entertaining it was. The characters were nicely and adequately fleshed out for the purposes of this film.

Yeah, I know, in the past, movies based on comic book superheroes tended to be very bad, but during the last few years, comic book movies have had a very successful impact! Perfect examples: Chris Nolan's Batman series, which has one more installment coming, and Jon Favreau's Ironman films. To be honest, comic book movies are really starting to take a more serious, dramatic and honest place in the film industry. They are just not hokey or poorly filmed adaptations that remind you of that uncle you want to forget ever existed.

Anyway, back to the Green Lantern!

Well, in a nut shell, the film is about Hal Jordan who is entrusted, or chosen to replace a fallen Lantern member. Hal has to adjust himself to his new responsibilities while dealing with a cosmic threat and his own human shortcomings. I'm being very vague with this plot, but it pretty much tells you what you are in for without spoiling any surprises or the story. Visually the film was pretty and it captured the large scale of an immense universe of cosmic energies and contrasted it to how a single character takes the responsibility of one form of that energy and defines himself through it. Whew! That felt like a lot to describe, but believe me when I say that it was well presented and visualized!

What made the evening most enjoyable was being with good friends, meeting new ones, and recapping moments from the movie afterward while touching base with what was comic canon and film modification. It's always cool to talk about what shined and what sucked after, even if you didn't follow the source material. However, I must say that the real fun began a few hours before we headed out to the theater. Catching up with old friends I had not seen in a bit and playing a few rounds of whatever fighting game we had available brought laughs from trash talking and hilarious YouTube videos.

Seriously, Jay, you are going to have to forward that Beastie Boys battle video to me, Ha! Man, I'm still laughing about that!

To summarize, the night was young and we were out and about walking through the streets, under the bright lights of downtown without a single care except to be at the theater on time to catch a late showing of the film! This is only the second time I saw a movie on opening night and it has it ups and downs. Damn, like that woman who brought her kid that wouldn't stop crying throughout the entire film. I mean JEEZ!! That turned into an interesting shouting match at least three times. The good stuff I tell ya!

Well, it was fun, the company was cool, and the film was entertaining! I would've written this last night, but I got home after two in the morning and I just hit the hay. But, I got my two cents in now so I hope you enjoyed.