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Lanterns: The 2011 Green Lantern Movie Is Still Really Bad (opens in a new tab)

menshealth.com · 2026-09-28

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Claim 1 of 5Not checkedThe 2011 Green Lantern movie was pummeled with terrible reviews and has kept a bad reputation over the years.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 2 of 5Not checkedThe writer says the film starts out fine on Earth, including the setup with Hal Jordan, Carol Ferris, Hector Hammond, and Amanda Waller.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 3 of 5Not checkedThe movie falls apart when Hal Jordan discovers Abin Sur’s crashed spaceship and is chosen as Earth’s first Green Lantern; from there the pace slows, the CGI turns ugly, and the script becomes full of platitudes and cliches.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 4 of 5Not checkedThe article argues that HBO’s Lanterns fixes the earlier film’s problems by grounding the lore, making the story feel organic, and making the characters likable and the stakes feel real.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 5 of 5Not checkedThe writer concludes that the main lesson of revisiting Green Lantern is to be thankful for Lanterns.View evidenceHide evidence

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