Green Lantern is a Good Popcorn Flick
Posted By Kathleen David on June 18, 2011
And honestly it doesn’t try to be more than that. We saw in 2-D because we had been warned that OA is hard to see in 3-D. Kind of the same problem as seeing Thor in 3-D. Ryan Reynolds is a lot of fun as Hal Jordon. Mark Strong, last seen falling off the London Bridge in Sherlock Holmes, is Sinestro who had one heck of a story arc for being a b plot. If you listen carefully you can hear Geoffrey Rush and Michael Clark Duncan coming out of the mouths of some of the other lanterns. Stay through about half of the credits and there is a scene but once that is done, there is nothing really extra except at the end of it all they have a splash page encouraging you to read DC Comics and Green Lantern which I honestly think they should do in just about every comic book film so the audience has some idea that the source material is out there.
We have had a couple of Superhero Films this summer and we have a few more to go. Out of the “blockbuster” films I have seen this summer here is my current order of enjoyment
1. X-men First Class
2. Pirates 4
3. KungFu Panda 2
4.Thor
5. Green Lantern
Now understand I would go back and see each of these films again given the chance. This is just the order in which I liked them and it can flip around a bit.
Not the best morning for me. I woke up about 3 Am in some pain and ended up getting up so as not to disturb Peter. About 6 I went back to bed and got up at 7 but was so bleary eyed that Peter suggested I go back to bed. Went back fell asleep again and woke up at 9. I would not care to repeat that again.
Today we are doing the Cars activity at the Disney Store. Caroline has had so much fun with the previous two. It doesn’t cost a thing to participate and the freebies have been excellent fun.
Peter and Ariel are going to see Glee in concert this evening. Ariel is so happy about that. I think they are going to have a good time.
Caroline and I will probably settle in with a movie or something. I need to work through some pattern ideas in my head out to paper.
I hope that you who read this are having a good weekend. And an early Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there.
I am grateful for the sleep I did get.
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