Review of Green Lantern

rating-meh/decent

Hello all This the much anticipated(by me)movie adaptation of my favorite super hero the Green Lantern. This movie was something I looked forward to this movie despite the fact Ryan Reynolds was in it as he is being forced down our throats as a action hero despite not being good at it. I am going into this as a SUPER fan but I am going to try to review this as impartially as I can.



I will start by saying this is better then Thor as it was compelling but less then X men First class because it wasn't all that good. My initial fear would be that they would ignore the outer space elements to make a movie that appealed to a broader audience which happily did not happen. The main issue was they felt by putting two people who are popular and attractive as the leads(Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively) they could get away with slow paced short movie with no action in it. The plot follows the story of how The green lantern goes from immature fly boy to responsible super hero in about one hour and forty five minutes. The action scenes consist of 5-6 loose scenes in which they are over as soon as they start. The main villain a yellow cloud which is defeated pretty quickly. I liked the idea of the intergalactic police force which they did alot to set up which I appreciated as a fan of the comic but I they seemed to be more perfunctory then needed in the grand scheme of things. As any fan of the comic knows Sinestro played by Mark Strong is going to be a villain. This set up process is done by adding tons of ideas which have 0 to do with the story at hand for a sequel I can GUARANTEE will not be made. Another thing to go back to my pre sequel idea they seemed to be sett All in all it was OK I was expecting a turd of ang lee "hulk" proportions and instead got this underwhelming star vehicle disguised as a action movie. I am calling it now as I belive the captian America movie will be the winner of the summer of comic movies as its not coming out in may(thor) and they do not have faux action star Ryan Renyolds in it(this movie).

A Review of Thor

Hello folks its review time again and the movie we are reviewing is the mildly anticipated Marvel studios Thor. This movie is what I call the summer herald which is the first of the blockbusters and historically it is never as good as the mid summer stuff and never as bad as the late summer stuff. With all that said this movie did not deviate from that model much. The movie starts out in the middle of nowhere with Natalie Portman in a textbook "making payments on the house role" as a astrophysicist. She in a role that anyone could of done is tracking down proof of wormholes a sort of shortcut through space and in doing so runs over the newly banished Thor. This leads to the beginning and telling of how Thor was banished and what I believe was the biggest issue with this film. The Asgard(home of Thor and the asgardians) scenes where filled with great action and the story was very compelling. The father son story and the sibling rivalry was well played as well as the conflict with the frost giants. However when the story shifts to earth its grinds to a halt. First off the romance between Thor and Portman,s character was shallow and the action was too spaced out to be of any use. When they would zip back to Asgard you were reminded of what the earth scenes missed with a actual narrative that made sense and stakes that you invested in. All in together though it was not that bad as I said in the beginning of the post this was much better then what we will see in august and that's a fact. Some good things are the casting of most of the asgardians save Loki who I felt was a Emo band cast away and not the personification of malice and trickery the character is. I also like the care they are showing building the avengers up with every movie the adding a little bit to the puzzle and taking their time building it up. In closing I would say this is not daredevil or elektra but what is really? Should you spend money and time with this? I would say yes but if this choice is after June first and the much supiorior X men First class or Green Lantern is out then no. as always my email is danielcrudup@rocketmail.com for any questions or comments.

Top 3 moments from Total recall(Timeless classics)

I Love Arnold movies and I love this Arnold movie as its a movie fueled by 1980,s coke and arrogance that pores out of every shitty synth riff and over acted line and pseudo science explanation. I could do 100 moments of this movie and still not have scratched the surface on this flicks awesomeness.

1)Mars face


This was Effing amazing how the act of being on the surface of Mars cause not just your death but a 4-5 min transformation of your face where your eyes and tongue swell and bulge and pop out of your face. This situation leads to some of the funniest most improbable situations in the movie. Apparently when your exposed to the environment of Mars your face contorts but if you get a whiff of some alien ice that's been flash heated your traumatic event is reversed instantly with no lasting effects to your body



2)Benny the Cab driver

This was hard as I was really torn between three breasted hooker and the "two weeks" lady but I settled on Benny the cab driver who is from the moment he popped on screen talking about his 5 kids to the last time on screen where he was killed with a drill to the side. He was all types of funny from the old slave style cowardice to the old slave style treachery he was a delight to us all. Lest mot forget his reveal as a villain as he shot the revolutionary in the guys guts the understated quato(sp) he showed he is more then a cowardly sidekick he is also a gleefully traitorous coward as he then drops the bombshell of his not having kids and "hell I aint even married" confession blowing our collective minds.



3)The party man himself Richter

unlike number 2 I had no problem with this one. Richter played with deft hand by micheal ironside is a character that all at once shows rage and the willful love of house parties thrown by Ronnie Cox that no one other then ole Mike Ironside could pull off. He was the guy tasked with getting Quiad to Mars and to chase him unsuccessfully scowling for the whole movie. With that said this is not why he is on the list its more for the love of parties that he exudes. This is based solely on his attitude change from mad to happy after being foiled all movie losing both his sidekick and girlfriend to violence and being yelled at by his boss. The mention of the titular house party thrown by Ronnie Cox had Richter going from mopey to AMAZING in 2 homemade party mix Cd,s and a punch bowl. I like to imagine him with a calender with the day marked down as (The Big Day) with X,s counting the days down. I also like to imagine him digging out the board games and citronella candles and a kiss the cook BBQ apron. I digress though as his last scene which was him having his arms torn off by a elevator his love for parties was echoed in the one liner Quaid said as he fell to his death. "see ya at the party ricter" see you at the part indeed.