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Movie Review: Green Lantern

“Green Lantern” on IMDB

Action, 114 Minutes, 2011

I’m surprised at the vitriol that reviewers seem to have for this film.  Could the entire industry just have been having a bad day?  Because the movie, while far from the best thing ever, is also very far from the worst.  One of the criticisms that I continually hear is that it’s too “formula” or “clichéd”.  Of course it is: DC Comics invented the formula!  The Green Lantern was created over 60 years ago – doing the source material any justice at all means painting-by-the-numbers to at least some extent.

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