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Green Lantern follows reckless test pilot Hal Jordan after he is chosen by a dying alien to join the Green Lantern Corps, an intergalactic police force powered by willpower. As the first human Lantern, Hal must overcome fear and stop the cosmic entity Parallax before it destroys Earth. Based on the DC Comics hero, it aimed to launch a major cosmic superhero franchise. Green Lantern is a DC Comics screen adaptation from 2011, sitting in the wider Comic Movie DB archive as one of the movie entries that helps connect page-to-screen storytelling beyond the obvious cape-and-cowl crowd. The page is especially useful for readers tracking the people involved, with Angela Bassett, Blake Lively, Mark Strong, Ryan Reynolds, Taika Waititi, Temuera Morrison, Tim Robbins among the main names connected to the project. Behind the camera, Written by Will Holt | Comic Fan & Reviewer since 2019 gives the adaptation its shape, helping define whether it leans more into spectacle, character drama, genre thrills or straight-up comic-book chaos. We have rated this 5 out of 10, which makes it a worthwhile entry to revisit when comparing how well comic properties translate across different studios, eras and audience expectations. For SEO and fan discovery, it belongs here because it adds context to the bigger comic movie timeline: not every adaptation has to be perfect, but each one says something about the genre, the audience it was chasing and the kind of stories studios believed could work on screen.
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Written by Will Holt | Comic Fan & Reviewer since 2019
Released
17/06/2011
Runtime
2h 3m
Genres
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adventure
fantasy
Rated
15
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DC Comics Extended Universe
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12 May 2026
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Green Lantern Review 5/10
We have rated this 5 out of 10. Green Lantern became an easy punchline, mostly because even Ryan Reynolds won’t let it rest, but there are parts of it that deserved better. The cosmic world-building is ambitious, Mark Strong is excellent as Sinestro, and the suit design controversy overshadowed a film that at least tried to be bigger than standard superhero fare. It is flawed and over-CGI’d, but not the complete disaster internet history likes to pretend it is.
Did You Know?
- Green Lantern is based on the DC Comics hero Hal Jordan.
- Ryan Reynolds plays Hal Jordan.
- Blake Lively plays Carol Ferris.
- The film was released in 2011.
- Martin Campbell directed the movie.
- Mark Strong plays Sinestro.
- The CGI suit design became heavily criticised.
- Ryan Reynolds later joked about the film repeatedly in Deadpool.
- The movie was intended to launch a franchise.
- It remains one of DC’s most debated superhero films.
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