I almost forgot about this movie. Watched it a couple days ago and almost forgot about blogging about it. Thankfully I didn't have anything else to blog about otherwise I would have forgotten about it. In any case Green Lantern: First Flight is of course as the title would suggest a new origin movie for the Green Lantern from Earth Hal Jordan. I'm not all that familiar with the origin of the Green lantern other than what I caught in the older cartoon series that touched on it briefly. I knew Hal Jordan received his ring from another dying member of the Green Lanterns who was being chased and attacked by Sinestro a former Green Lantern. That's what I remembered from the old cartoons. This movie is entirely different from that.
This movie does a much better job of expanding the mythos of the Green Lanterns and how Hal Jordan the first human to become a member of the Green Lanterns became a trusted member of the group. It also gives us the back story on Sinestro and how and why he defected from the Green Lantern Corp and became enemies with them.
The movie quickly unfolds the many twists and turns that are taken by Sinestro, acting as Hal's mentor, in his quest to create an ultimate weapon to defeat the Green Lantern Corp. Hal figures this out but by then it's to late and Sinestro's gotten his hands on the weapon and the shit hits the fan hard.
Sinestro's ultimate weapon is as it turns out a yellow Lantern that he easily uses to crush the Green Lantern members and pretty much destroys the battery source for all the members leaving them defenseless . This of course means all the members of the Green Lantern are powerless and are easily beaten back by Sinestro. Hal of course gets his power back by jacking straight into the power source and the ultimate rumble between Hal and Sinestro is on. After a pretty good fight involving planets and just about everything else you could think of Hal is able to destroy Sinestro's power source which sends Sinestro running with his tail between his legs.
That's a pretty brief overview of what went on in the movie with out giving a good deal of it away. Just like many of the other Marvel and DC comic related movies that have come out recently this is much darker movie than one might think graphic death scenes is just one of the more darker aspects of the movie. I don't find that a bad thing like I didn't with the other ones as it gives it a much more serious and adult feel to the movies. It's not dumbed down for the younger audience. Like many of the other recent comic book movies the visuals are just stunning and well done and the characters are not to cartoonish and retain that comic book feel to them. I would absolutely recommend at least renting this, like I did, if you're not a diehard comic book fan. It's a great way to learn about the origin of the Green Lantern.
Check out the trailer:
This movie does a much better job of expanding the mythos of the Green Lanterns and how Hal Jordan the first human to become a member of the Green Lanterns became a trusted member of the group. It also gives us the back story on Sinestro and how and why he defected from the Green Lantern Corp and became enemies with them.
The movie quickly unfolds the many twists and turns that are taken by Sinestro, acting as Hal's mentor, in his quest to create an ultimate weapon to defeat the Green Lantern Corp. Hal figures this out but by then it's to late and Sinestro's gotten his hands on the weapon and the shit hits the fan hard.
Sinestro's ultimate weapon is as it turns out a yellow Lantern that he easily uses to crush the Green Lantern members and pretty much destroys the battery source for all the members leaving them defenseless . This of course means all the members of the Green Lantern are powerless and are easily beaten back by Sinestro. Hal of course gets his power back by jacking straight into the power source and the ultimate rumble between Hal and Sinestro is on. After a pretty good fight involving planets and just about everything else you could think of Hal is able to destroy Sinestro's power source which sends Sinestro running with his tail between his legs.
That's a pretty brief overview of what went on in the movie with out giving a good deal of it away. Just like many of the other Marvel and DC comic related movies that have come out recently this is much darker movie than one might think graphic death scenes is just one of the more darker aspects of the movie. I don't find that a bad thing like I didn't with the other ones as it gives it a much more serious and adult feel to the movies. It's not dumbed down for the younger audience. Like many of the other recent comic book movies the visuals are just stunning and well done and the characters are not to cartoonish and retain that comic book feel to them. I would absolutely recommend at least renting this, like I did, if you're not a diehard comic book fan. It's a great way to learn about the origin of the Green Lantern.
Check out the trailer:
