Went and saw Green Lantern Sunday night, and I quite enjoyed it.  I went in with very low expectations which probably helped, and it's certainly not a masterpiece, but it was a satisfying summer movie.  Of the three superhero flicks I rank them as follows -- X-Men: First Class as the best, then Green Lantern, and I have to put Thor at the bottom of the list.  Thor looked great, and the two eye candy boys were great, but the story was a muddled mess.

Green Lantern on the other hand had a coherent, if predictable story, well told, and they didn't insult my intelligence by having the love interest not recognize her childhood friend because he was wearing a mask.

At one point near the end of the movie I said aloud "Throw the ring in Mount Doom", and sure enough the final tag scene proved me right.  So the script went right where I expected.  There were no surprises, but I didn't get bored and I didn't get impatient.

The leading man was appealing, the girl didn't just scream and need to be rescued which was a refreshing change.  They made a nod toward science, and our hero being smart rather than just a bad ass which I also liked.

I wished the villain hadn't been such a schlub and unattractive geek.  Both he and Hal had Daddy Issues, and it would have been more interesting if they'd been more equals rather than the other guy being such a loser.  Tim Robbins was having fun mugging it up as the Senator.

All in all a pleasant way to spend two hours.

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My state is burning.  Yesterday it went from voluntary evacuations from Los Alamos to mandatory evacuations.  Las Alamos National Lab is closed.  We have evacuated horses at our barn.  This is an area that ten years ago was devastated by fire, and the Las Conchas fire is much worse.  There was some rain up north, but nothing around Santa Fe were we have two giant fires burning.

Nothing near my house, but unless the summer rains come soon that could change in a heartbeat.  This is apparently the worst drought since they began keeping records back in the 1850's.

I could cry.

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