After ten years of reading his adventures in comic form, I’ve been incredibly eager to see Hal Jordan’s sliver screen debut. After a long wait, Green Lantern was finally released this past Friday. Did it live up to my expectations or fall short of what I had imagined it to be? Find out after the break.

In brightest day, in blackest night, No evil shall escape my sight.
Let those who worship evil’s might, Beware my power… Green Lantern’s light!

After hearing this oath, one can’t help but to feel powerful and ready to take on anything we might face. While we may never have to fight giant monsters, Hal Jordan faces a variety of challenges that require him to be without fear. Now, I’m a HUGE Green Lantern fan, but I didn’t have high hopes for the film due to the trailers and footage I had previously seen. However, I was pleasantly surprised and enjoyed it for what it was; a summer action movie.

The film does a great job at setting up the whole Green Lantern universe and its many characters that non-comic readers won’t know. The entire cast makes this world feel that much more alive, Ryan Reynolds was funny as Hal and Blake Lively nailed the strength of Carol Ferris.

As for the plot, I wished there was more to it. At times, you can follow it all and it makes sense, but other times it takes you out of the experience and the world of the film. For the 1 and 45 minute run time, they crammed a lot into it. Yet, while I felt they did the best they could, I think another 15 minutes of story could have helped to flesh out some of the lesser story parts. I really thought the all the CGI would bring down the movie for me, but it didn’t bother me. In fact, it actually works for Green Lantern since its such a “Star Wars” like universe.

As a fan and comic reader, I wish they had kept the film closer to comic origins. I had hoped Geoff Johns’ role as producer would have made the story more along the original origin, but this wasn’t the case. The film was left open for an obvious sequel, but this has already been talked about before the release of this film. As a movie fan, I give it a four out of five. As a comic fan, I give it a 3-and-a-half out 5. I hope they stick a little closer to the source material for the next one.

Now that you’ve read my thoughts, what did you think of Green Lantern? Sound off in our comments below.

It’s been quite some time since we’ve seen a DC Animated cartoon series that focused on a teen group of superheroes. Teen Titans ended four years and has been in syndication, but this fall will see the launch of a Young Justice cartoon series, and teen heroes will once again be in the spotlight. Since the announcement of the series, there have been a substantial amount of new details on what and who we’ll see in the show. Hit the jump for the full story!

For those unaware, Young Justice started in 1998 as a comic book series. The main team was made up of Robin, Superboy, and Impulse. The roster grew as the series progressed in popularity and issue count. However, the comic book series will only serve as inspiration for the new Cartoon Network series.

The Young Justice cartoon series takes place on Earth 16 and is comprised of six team members: Robin, Kid Flash, Superboy, Miss Martian, Artemis, and Aqualad. Batman will guide the team and will be responsible for sending them out on missions.

Comic Book Resources has a ton of spoilers that you can go and check out here. I’m really excited for the show and I believe it will fit in well with the other superhero programming that Cartoon Network has.  Young Justice will premiere this November, but until then, you can check out some early photos from the show.

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The year 2010 has certainly been a year for comic book movies, from ‘Kick-Ass’ to The Losers’, and the tradition looks to continue with the release of ‘Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World’. Director Edgar Wright has chosen an amazing cast to pull of this great comic series, and as we see from this new poster, they are staying faithful to the characters. Now all we can do is wait for it’s release on August 13th!

[Via Bleeding Cool]

And here’s the International Trailer that was posted a few weeks ago. We didn’t get around to posting it, so we’ll do so now: