OTR: All the small things...
Ok apparently im not allowed to say that, For those of us who are not familiar of the series, here is a quick summed up by the general mythos which exists. Alien crashes on earth; dying he chooses the human who acts like the biggest ass on the planet who turns out to have the potential to be the greatest hero in space. he becomes a space cop who fights evil on a daily basis using a ring that can make constructs from his imagination.
With that being said, as a comic movie and as a personal reader of the comic book industry I come in with a low expectation that it will not be very accurate to the comics as that can be plain to a person who has seen the costumes on the posters. But having seen it in 3D, I can say it was a great movie.
Story
While I won't dwell too much on this section this would be the part that many would find important. This story seems to be its own break off from the Geoff Johns run of secret origins, while not exactly the same, There are a number of differences which would make sense in its own right.
The main focus would obviously be Hal jordan, and this role was wonderfully done as Ryan Reynolds. I held reserve for reynolds on the role mainly he has had some bad comic movie parts before (blade trinity). Reynolds captures the essense of Hal Jordan almost to a tea. He is arrogant when he covers his fear, and has many witty remarks, but he is only as good as his supporting cast.
Mark Strong: Wow... i mean wow, This man made me believe he was sinestro, arrogant but acts as if he has full belief in what he does. He really inspired the Corp and me, and I was not even in the movie. Though he does not make too much of a scene in this movie his role is still crucial none the less. But give best supporting actor award to Mark Strong though.
Blake Lively: gorgeous actress, she is beautiful but unfortunately outside of a love interest I never really thought of her in the sense of a main character in the story. Its only at the end when her role as major support to help jordan over come his fear that really makes Lively shine as an actress.
Visuals
3D as visuals make the constructs looks amazing. The constructs were not gimmicks in anyway for the movie but made you feel that it was something out of a comic if not more than what a comic could provide. just to see construct battles between the lanterns jordan and kilowog. (ha! poozer)
As the movie progresses the 3D effects become faint and you don't really notice it as your just watching the characters the entire time and taking in the story. and thats probably where it hits a snag. In the Green Hornet movie it was the same where they utilized 3D effects in the beginning and it dies down until the end. at one point in the movie I took off my glasses in the middle of the movie and noticed the view was normal in certain scenes. So if anything all the 3D effects are meant for the corp.
Overall
its a great movie, I mean its not comic accurate but we should all know by now Hollywood will never stay true to a comic. the general masses have a hard time just picking up 1 comic as it is. But it is an overall fun movie. Their is comedy, drama, mainly action, and depth to the DC universe itself.
For the Green Lantern fans: What can i say that won't spoil anything for you. not much outside of the fact that you will enjoy all the small things that DC tried to do for all of us fans. We get glimpses of our favorite corp members outside of Sodam Yat, or Arisia, but still a fantastic thing for a person like me to see Kilowog or Stel on screen.
So thats my review, its a great movie that many people should see though i would recommend that you stay after the credits to see what i think really made the movie in the end. obviously it is meant for the sequel.