STEVE INSKEEP, Host: And now let's go to supernatural forces and a science fiction movie out this weekend. The film is "Green Lantern" and Kenneth Turan has our review.</s>KENNETH TURAN: "Green Lantern" is both off the wall and out of this world. The idea is that there is a huge intergalactic legion of way-powerful Green Lanterns, each with his very own lantern - think upscale lava lamp. When a legendary Lantern dies in a crash, Hal Jordan, played by Ryan Reynolds, becomes the first human being chosen to wear the green.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, Host: (as character) The green, it chose you. Take it. Place the ring (unintelligible).</s>KENNETH TURAN: Hal Jordan is so irresponsible, his selection causes a lot of scratching of heads both on Earth and elsewhere in the galaxy. Certainly no one sounds more surprised than he does to be suddenly reciting a sacred oath that sounds like it came from the back of a cereal box.</s>RYAN REYNOLDS: (as Hal Jordan) I, Hal Jordan, do solemnly swear to pledge allegiance to a lantern that I got from a dying crippled alien.</s>KENNETH TURAN: With a sequel in the works, let's hope everyone ups their game the next time around.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, Host: Kenneth Turan reviews movies for MORNING EDITION and the Los Angeles Times.
Green Lantern is the latest superhero movie out in theaters. The new film is directed by Martin Campbell who did The Mask of Zorro and "Casino Royale.