Green Lantern(2011)It would be best to start this review with explaining that what you see in the trailer is what you get in the film. Anyone expecting depth, a dark/serious treatment of Green Lantern or for this movie to be a “Dark Knight” should watch the trailer once more because a Christopher Nolan film this is not. No, this is a super hero movie with heavy sci-fi involved in the story.
The movie, like any popcorn movie, is flimsy in depth and heavy on special effects. When you consider that we are watching a movie about a guy who creates giant hack hammers, trampolines and racecars to save people and fight bad guys you need to realize there is only so serious you can tell the tale. While I’m not totally unaware of the backstory for Hal Jordan, beside a few comics I read two decades ago, I can assume that most elements are pretty close to the original tale.
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Adventureland Greg Mottola's follow-up his mega hit Superbad takes his explorations of horny youths and recreational drug use to the amusement park. Adventureland is the story of James(Jesse Eisenberg), a recently graduated college student who is still plagued by the V word (virgin, in case you were wondering). His plans to go the Europe for the summer are put to a halt when his father gets demoted at work, forcing James to stay with his parents in Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh has had a nice run of films shot in their city lately). |
