In 2015, the better half had very little knowledge of comic book films, so over the last five years it’s been a flood of introducing her to these films. As we narrow down the list of films to be watched, we realized that the films left were among the so called “terrible” or “disappointing” films. Which inspired the idea of chronicling the experience of watching these films.

After dropping a poll in a Facebook group we belong to (shout out to the Minnesota Comic Squad) with the option of four films: Daredevil: Director’s cut, Ang Lee’s Hulk, Ghost Rider and Green Lantern. An hour passed after dropping the poll and Green Lantern would narrow out Ghost Rider. With three hours before Wandavision dropping, we started Green Lantern.

When it comes to Green Lantern knowledge, we both severely lack in that department. Besides reading Blackest Night, I’ve always gravitated towards John Stewart due to the animated Justice League series and recently being introducing Jo Mullein in Far Sector. Going into this film with little knowledge of the character may help with the somewhat positive viewpoints of the film.

I don’t want to add to the overall dislike of the film in the comic community. So I’ll just address a few issues, right now. The Green Lantern costume still may be the ugliest on screen, but that being said Ryan Reynolds was not bad as Hal Jordan. Parallax and Hector Hammond were both forgettable characters, especially with Parallax having the same fate as Galactus in Fantastic Four: The Rise of Silver Surfer (A film that will be watched and reported on soon). That being said, Peter Sarsgaard has moments where I can see a compelling villain, but the problem being not enough time with the character and a bad design (Big ass head). And the finally major issue with the film was the amount of wasted opportunity in the cast from Angela Bassett as Amanda Waller to Mark Strong as Sinestro.

The best part of the whole film has to be OA and the green lantern corps, despite the short time they are onscreen. In fact, when asking Nora, “What was your favorite part of the film?” without even thinking she said OA. Which got me thinking, yes she was right. On OA, we are introduced to three characters that with more screen time could have improved the film. Sinestro, Tomar-Re (voiced by Geoffrey Rush), and Kilawog (voiced by Michael Clarke Duncan). All three characters made us excited for the future Green Lantern series.

Watching in 2021, the first two things that popped in my mind was “Holy shit! Boba Fett is Abin Sur.” Also, “Holy shit! I forgot Taika Waititi was in this.” Another thing that happens watching this in 2021, is comparing Viola Davis and Angela Bassett in the role of Amanda Waller, which unfortunately for Bassett, I forgot she played Waller until rewatching this. Now, I do not think this film is terrible, as much as it is disappointing that had so much potential. Ryan Reynolds was alright as Hal Jordan, but for future live action adaptations it will be great to expand the universe such as John Stewart or Jo Mullein.

What film should we do next? Please add suggestions or comment on how you feel about Green Lantern ten years later.