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The Green Lantern

The Green Lantern I went to see The Green Lantern yesterday, and didnt really care for it. It starts out with the same old character tropes - the hero is an irresponsible womanizer who is given great powers, doesnt think he can handle them, his brilliant friend and beautiful girlfriend point out to him what he doesnt realize himself, then he gets an epiphany and goes out to save the world. Theres another trope I didnt care for. Irresponsible handsome character gets to be the hero, irresponsible ugly character gets turned into a deformed monster. Yes, lets teach all children that the good or evil inside someone is represented by their facial features. Other than that.... the movie was certainly a bit too rushed in some spots, draggy in others. There seems to be a blooper, Sinestro takes his hand-picked Lanterns flying toward Parallax - who is coming closer to Earth, then in the next scene hes present to scoff at Hal Jordans training, in the next scene hes watching his Lanterns being des...