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November 17, 2010

Green Lantern movie trailer: Ryan Reynolds looks good

Gotta love the Green Lantern movie trailer, the latest big screen adaptation of a comic book hero.

Green Lantern was never one of my favorite comic book heroes -- I was more partial to Spidey, The Flash and Superman. But I'm a big Ryan Reynolds fan, and I think he can bring some comic relief to the shoot-em-up story line, and some humanity to balance all the special effects. What Michael Keaton, a very talented comic, could have done more of as Batman.

Interesting that the Green Lantern trailer comes out as the frenzy builds for Part 1 of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." Folks are having a hard time waiting a few days for that movie. Now they'll have something to look forward to next summer.

Posted by Dave Rosenthal at 6:50 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

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I definitly feel like the Green Lantern story is one I hardly know at all - so from that aspect, it get's a hesitant yes out of curiousity.

Posted by: Charlie | November 19, 2010 8:24 AM

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Dave Rosenthal came to The Baltimore Sun as a business reporter in 1987 and now is the Maryland Editor. He reads a wide range of books (but never as many as he'd like), usually alternating between non-fiction and fiction. Some all-time favorites: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery; and anything by Calvin Trillin or John McPhee. He belongs to a book club with a Jewish theme.

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