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[[caption-width-right:303:Beware their power--Green Lantern's might.]]
A {{superhero}} film and the first [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action film adaptation]] of Creator/DCComics' Franchise/GreenLantern, released in June 2011.
The Green Lanterns are an intergalactic peacekeeping force, whose members are given a ring that "turns thought into reality." The greatest danger to the corps is Parallax (Creator/ClancyBrown), who represents fear and the yellow energy. When respected Corps member Abin Sur (Creator/TemueraMorrison) is fatally injured, his ring leads him to Earth, and chooses a replacement: a brash test pilot named Hal Jordan (Creator/RyanReynolds).
Hal is [[TheChosenMany the first human chosen to be a Lantern]], which [[FantasticRacism earns him few friends]], and he struggles with a lot of personal issues regarding what is considered to be the "fearless" Green Lantern ideal. Contrasting him, a bitter and resentful childhood friend Hector Hammond (Creator/PeterSarsgaard) is infected with a part of Parallax, giving him unstable psychic powers and leading him to [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity give in to his fears]]. As Parallax sets its sights on Earth, Hal is forced to harness the power of the ring and save his planet.
The film was intended to launch the DC Comics counterpart to the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse like ''Film/IronMan1'' did, but ultimately this was not realized due to the film's poor financial returns. Instead, Creator/WarnerBrothers decided to retool ''Film/ManOfSteel'' into the actual launchpad for what would become the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse, ultimately with greater success. Having got off the ground, the DCEU is planned to feature a ContinuityReboot of the ''Green Lantern'' series with ''Green Lantern Corps'' (starring Hal Jordan, John Stewart and other prominent Green Lanterns), with possible appearances from the characters prior to that. Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim, who wrote the screenplay from this film, would go on to create the tv show Series/{{Arrow}} which would be the first series in the Series/{{Arrowverse}}. In the 2019-2020 crossover event Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019 footage was used from this film to confirm it takes place on Earth-12 in the ''Arrowverse'' multiverse, which includes the DCEU and other DC live-action properties.
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!!This movie contains examples of:
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Amanda Waller, who in the comic books is an obese, stubbornly middle-aged woman and not a very nice one, is played by ''Creator/AngelaBassett.'' To the movie's credit, she is depicted as a respectable government agent and downplays Bassett's model-looks. Also, the movie came out shortly before the launch of the Comicbook/New52 line, in which Waller also got adaptationally attractive.
* AdaptationalJobChange: While the ComicBook/AmandaWaller of the comics does hold a doctorate, it is for political science, whereas the film features her as a xenobiologist.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because the rings translate the speaker's native tongue to whatever the listener is hearing.
--> '''Hal:''' So you're speaking ''fish''?
* AlternateSelf: Given that footage was used in Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019 and this film takes place on Earth-12 in the ''Arrowverse'' multiverse, Amanda Waller has counterparts on [[Series/{{Arrow}} Earth-Prime]], [[Characters/SmallvilleGovernment Earth-167]] and [[Characters/DCEUTaskForceXOfficialsAndAgents an undesignated Earth]]. Abin Sur also resembles a human named [[Film/Aquaman2018 Thomas Curry]] and Thomas Kalmaku looks just like the first [[Film/TheSuicideSquad Ratcatcher]], both characters existing on [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse an undesignated Earth]].
* AlreadyMetEveryone: Unlike the comic book canon, Carol Ferris, Hector Hammond and Hal Jordan seem to be old acquaintances by the time they acquire their powers in the film.
* AnalogyBackfire: A more dramatic version, as Hal tries to comfort Carol when he was about to confront Parallax by comparing it to his dogfight at the beginning of the film. She replies incredulously, "Those were a couple of jets..." and Hal's subsequent pushing of the analogy that the jets were also "unbeatable" doesn't seem to help much.
* ArcWords: "It's my job not to be [afraid]."
* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: Tomar-Re claims that a sector is a thousand times larger than the stars you can see from Earth on the clearest night, which numbers around 5000 maximum. Given 3600 sectors, that adds up to 1.8 billion stars. The Milky Way alone consists of 400 billion stars. However, it could be justified by the fact that a vast majority of stars are not in the habitable zone of a galaxy. Of course, he could have been speaking metaphorically.
%%* ArsonMurderAndLifesaving: [[spoiler:Sinestro delivers it at the end]].
* AsteroidThicket: Hal and Parallax fly through one during the final battle.
* BadassCreed: The Green Lantern Oath. Its first two lines serve as a tagline for the film (see poster above). [[spoiler: [[SurvivalMantra Hal recites it during his battle with Parallax and it marks the turning point in their fight]].]]
%%* BigBad: Parallax.
* BodyHorror: Hammond's head expanding. It's rather quite painful.
* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: Abin Sur advises Hal to say the oath to activate the ring's battery. When Hal, who doesn't know what "the oath" is, tries every activation phrase he can think of, he finally gets to the ''actual'' "[[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 By the power of Greyskull]]!" itself.
* CarCushion: An extended one happens during the battle against Parallax. Though it's not a vertical fall, Hal being thrown back into the side of a truck, flying out as it turns over and crashing into an SUV, then finally stopping against another parked car, definitely qualifies as an example.
* CatchAndReturn: In the climatic battle, Jordan lands a blow against Parallax by creating a catapult to catch one of the monster's energy blasts and fling it back into his face.
* ChainsawGood: In a duel with Sinestro during Hal's training, Hal makes a sword construct, Sinestro counters with dual wielded swords. Hal counters with a chainsaw. Sinestro counters with a chainmail net to smother Hal's chainsaw, rendering it useless. It's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment.
* CheckPlease: During one of his classes, [[spoiler:Hector Hammond]] starts to have an emotional breakdown as the [[spoiler:infection from Parallax]] takes its toll on his body and mind. After using telekinesis to attack a student who was thinking insulting thoughts about him, the students panic while [[spoiler:Hammond]] acts as if nothing strange has happened. He then deadpans, "Class dismissed."
* ChekhovsGun: Quite a lot, mostly well placed. The robotic planes, Hal's father's sayings, Kilowog's "Ring Slingin'" lesson, etc.
* TheChosenOne: Literally, and the ring choosing Hal is brought up quite often.
* TheChosenMany: All of the Green Lanterns were in fact chosen by their rings.
* ClarkKenting: Subverted, ''hilariously''. When visiting Carol, Hal tries behaving a little more cocky, wears his mask and lowers his voice Franchise/{{Batman}}-style. She is briefly overwhelmed but soon sees through the DominoMask.
-->'''Carol''': Oh my God, Hal?
-->'''Hal''': How did you know it was me?
-->'''Carol''': I've known you my whole life! I've seen you NAKED! You don't think I would recognize you because I can't see your cheekbones?!
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Played with, if only subtly. Green is known as the color for "Go" (such as with streetlights, devices that use a green button for "YES" or other confirmation, etc.), which represents the Lanterns' lack of fear and their willingness to push forward against even the greatest of threats. As mentioned in the "EstablishingCharacterMoment" entry below, Hal Jordan exhibits this quality in spades, often rushing into things without much thought. In the film, the color green is said to represent will, which is the strongest force in the universe. Meanwhile, the color yellow, associated in the film with those who use the power of fear (most, if not all of whom are the antithesis of what the Green Lantern Corps represents), is known as the color of cowardice in the Western world (this is referenced as well in ''Quotes/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'').
* CombatPragmatist: Kilowog gives Hal a clear lesson in this by pretending to help him up and using that to punch him again. Hal returns the favor with [[GroinAttack green light to the junk]].
->Your enemy is not gonna play fair.
* CompositeCharacter:
** Parallax. It has the same basic characteristics as the Fear Demon of the comics but it has its origin taken from other foes: The Guardian that was possessed is identified as being Krona in various supporting material for the film, his role as Abin-Sur's archenemy and DeathByOriginStory is taken from Legion and/or Atrocitus; whilst the idea of a Guardian being possessed by Parallax was used with Ganthet in ''Green Lantern: Rebirth''. He may also have parts of Appa Ali Apsa, a well-intentioned Guardian who ended up insane.
** Hal Jordan himself has a few elements borrowed from fellow Lantern Kyle Rayner in this film. In the comics, Hal was much closer to the Green Lantern ideal, being 'a man without fear'. Like Kyle, though, the film's version of Hal finds that knowing fear and being able to overcome it is what gives him the strength to face Parallax. Though it is Hal in the comics that figures out how to turn that to their advantage. Kyle knowing fear was able to identify the threat but stayed on the run until meeting the other Lanterns who were fearless.
** Hector Hammond is a merging of various comics versions of the character but his powers and deformity is tied in with being corrupted by Parallax and having a few related powers.
* CoolCar: Hal ''makes one'' out of a helicopter and his powers.
* TheCorruption: Touching any little bit of Parallax gives you PsychicPowers and a PsychicLink to him, along with, er, turning you evil. Although [[TheDragon Hammond]] is the only one this happens to, he threatens to do it to Carol. [[spoiler:This is also how Parallax was "born." He/it is a former Guardian who explored the potential use of yellow fear energy-- he was infected by it and became the [[EldritchAbomination monster]] Parallax, feeding on the fear of others]].
* CrazyPeoplePlayChess: Hector Hammond, shortly before being infused with yellow fear energy, is seen playing chess on his computer.
* CreditsGag: the closing credits takes place in a montage of seven quasars, each quasar a specific color of the rainbow. This is based on the emotional electromagnetic spectrum, a Green Lantern theorem that states each color is based on a specific emotion.
** Both the credits of Ryan Reynolds (Hal Jordan) and Mark Strong (Sinestro) glow with both green and yellow light; Jordan and Sinestro were Green and Yellow Lanterns in the comics.
** Blake Lively (Carol Ferris)'s credit glows with a violet aura; in the comics Ferris was a Star Sapphire, who wielded the violet power of love.
** Peter Sarsgaard (Hector Hammond)'s credit glows with an orange aura; in the comics Hammond was possessed by Ophidian, an entity formed from the orange power of avarice.
** Temuera Morrison (Abin Sur)'s credit glows with an indigo aura; in the comics Abin Sur was the founder of the Indigo Tribe, a corps which wields the indigo power of compassion.
* CrowdChant: "We! Are! The Corps!"
* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler: As Hal punches Parallax into the sun he had exerted all of his energy and passed out, drifting into the sun himself only to be rescued by the other Lanterns. He sprawls out slightly but it isn't a full on cross-shape]].
* CurbstompBattle: In their training fight, Hal pulls off a couple good moves, but ultimately is absolutely no match for the far more skilled and experienced Sinestro.
%%* DeadpanSnarker: Hal. Then again, it's Creator/RyanReynolds.
%%* DeathByOriginStory: Abin Sur.
* DeathGlare: During Sinestro's addressing the Corps on the situation with Parallax, he mentions Abin Sur's death, and specifically that he could never be replaced, prompting a few Lanterns in the crowd to give a few angry looks straight at Hal, his successor.
%%* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: It's a superhero film. It's basically required.
%%* DescriptionCut: "Don't [superheroes] always get the girl?"
%%* DevourTheDragon
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Hal defeats [[spoiler: Parallax]] by ''literally'' punching him out [[spoiler: and into the sun]].
* DisastrousDemonstration: Hal's scenario-breaking defeat of the drone planes subverts this, as Carol is able to salvage the company contract with some fast-talking arguments.
* TheDragon: Hammond to Parallax. Something of an unusual example in that Parallax never meant to recruit Hammond and didn't seem to even know of him until near the end of the movie, when Hal links to Parallax psychically through Hammond. As well Hammond is clearly inferior in power to Parallax and other than bringing him to Earth Hammond didn't seem to be actively working for him.
* DramaPreservingHandicap: Surprisingly averted. While many storylines in the Franchise/GreenLantern series, as well as most adaptations, have the Ring lose power and have to be recharged at some kind of pivotal moment, the only time Hal is out of power when he wants to use the ring is when he goes to show it off to his buddy, and it's got plenty of charge throughout the climax.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Kilowog, Hal's trainer as a Green Lantern, revels in this: "Welcome to Ring-Slinging 101, poozer. Or as I like to call it, 'the worst day of your worthless life.'"
* DrivenToVillainy: Hammond. All his acts of villainy would never had happened if it wasn't for Parallax infecting him & giving him the means to lash out at the world.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Hal was late to the test flight and was also trying to wrap a package, leaving him to almost hit an oncoming car in the other lane. Hal swerves back into place with the horns blaring from the other cars, muttering "[[HypocriticalHumor Asshole.]]"
* EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Thoroughly averted (Oa is), as it was treated as pure coincidence that Abin Sur crashed on Earth and Hal is chosen as the next Green Lantern. Parallax taking an interest in Earth is also directly connected to a fragment of Parallax (from Sur's body) infecting Hammond and attracting the EldritchAbomination.
* EldritchAbomination: Parallax, a near-formless EmotionEater feeding on the fear of the countless worlds he invades. He could also be considered a OneManArmy due to the fact that he was able to consume on several worlds as well as take out Sinestro's group in one scene. He ultimately heads to Earth thanks to his dragon Hector Hammond, and tries to absorb Earth as well before Hal gains enough power to lead him away [[spoiler: and destroy him using the sun's gravitational pull, finally ending his threat]].
** Hector Hammond is this to a lesser extent. Gaining his powers from the above EldritchAbomination, Hammond has the powers of MindOverMatter, {{Telepathy}} (and its subtrope TouchTelepathy), and has WellDoneSonGuy issues as well as a disturbing obsesson with Carol. Before his run-in with Abin Sur's body (which contained a small portion of Parallax) [[FromNobodyToNightmare he was a disrespected biology professor]]. As his powers grow, [[MyBrainIsBig so does his cranium]], and by the end of the movie he can't even produce enough body strength to prop himself up, requiring the use of a wheelchair [[spoiler: and Hal's ring, temporary as it was]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Hal is first seen late to work, jumping out of bed with a woman in it, rushing to a test flight against two advanced AI fighters, which he defeats by some unorthodox strategy (he lets his partner "die" in the simulated dogfight, and then flies to an altitude at which the jet cannot function, causing the brand-new F-35 to crash and burn). Throughout the film he is shown rushing into a situation with no hesitation, which leaves his life rather chaotic and unorganized but the instant he saw an injured Abin Sur he takes off like a bullet to help with the same fearlessness. Notably this holds true in the extended cut, where a 10 year old Hal is shown rushing ''towards'' his father's downed jet while everyone else is running to safety. [[spoiler:Then his father's jet explodes, stopping young Hal in his tracks, and presumably killing his dad instantly. Hal struggles to get past the trauma of that moment throughout the film]], but his tendency to rush into situations remains.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: The biggest reason for Parallax's downfall is because he was incapable of understanding what true courage is: He thought it meant the absolute absence of fear, it really meant not giving in to fear. Made especially apparent when Hal Jordan, despite having fear in him, managed to defeat Parallax and not allowing him to feed on his internal fear.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler: In the credits scene, Sinestro takes the yellow ring and puts it on, switching his Green Lantern uniform to a movie version of his [[ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar Sinestro Corps]] uniform]].
* EvilCounterpart: The film heavily parallels Hal becoming a Green Lantern with Hammond being empowered by Parallax. Both Hal and Hammond are part of the same social circle and have several very similar psychological hangups, including daddy issues and chronic underachieving. This is quite a contrast to the comics, where the Hammond character was a fairly minor villain with no personal or thematic connection to Hal.
* EvilLaugh: Hammond the more he becomes evil. [[spoiler:Sinestro after putting on the yellow lantern ring.]]
* EvilMentor: Sinestro actually averts this, believe it or not. His TheReasonYouSuckSpeech directed at Hal (i.e. the mentoring, as well as his bullying Jordan during their training) was motivated by disappointment in ring's choice rather than malice and he was otherwise helpful in informing him of the dangers of fear. [[spoiler: He never performs a single evil act the whole movie (unless one counts putting on the yellow ring) and even congratulates Hal at the end. If there had been a sequel, however, he would've inevitably became the BigBad.]]
* EvilPlan: Parallax's goal is to devour as many people and worlds as he can on his way to Oa so he can destroy it for revenge.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Sinestro. If he ''hadn't'' turned evil by movie's end, it would have been a major subversion. His name, pointy ears (without being an elf), evil moustache, abrasive and brutally honest demeanor, perpetually downward-slanted eyebrows (he ALWAYS looks pissed) and most importantly, (sometimes) yellow eyes, all scream "Bad guy" with a giant neon sign pointing right at him. See also ForegoneConclusion and NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast below]].
* FantasticRacism: Of a sort. Most members of the Corps are ''really'' disdainful of humanity, but it seems to be because they feel humans are immature and need some time to grow rather than believing humans are inherently inferior. Still, they treat Hal with much disrespect without even giving him a chance to show that he's different (which he isn't, but to be fair, they had no way of knowing that-- they just assumed so based on his species).
* ForegoneConclusion:
** Sinestro [[spoiler:puts on the yellow ring. This looked like it might actually be averted, despite the fact that ''every'' adaptation of ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' has Sinestro make a FaceHeelTurn and gain a yellow power ring. After Hal beats Parallax, Sinestro leads the group that saves him from burning up in the sun and gives a speech indicating he's come to respect Hal and see him as a worthy successor to his friend Abin Sur. Then he retrieves the yellow ring and puts it on anyway.]]
** [[spoiler: Sinestro's eyes appear quite yellow when dueling with Hal]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** The credits show [[spoiler: multiple swirls of colored light spreading and expanding throughout the universe, hinting at the rise of the Emotional Spectrum and the coming War of Light.]]
** In the beginning of the film, Sinestro's holographic message malfunctions, [[spoiler: making his suit look yellow]]...
* FourIsDeath: Parallax kills four Green Lanterns when Sinestro led a squad to confront him.
* GatlingGood: Hal summons a gatling gun during his duel with Sinestro.
* GeniusSlob: Hector Hammond's introductory scene shows him in a cluttered room, eating Chinese takeaway over the computer on which he's playing chess.
* GenreSavvy: Tom shows signs of this-- he even outright says "You're a superhero!" after seeing Hal in his costume up close. During this same scene, Tom brings up the fact that the hero usually gets the girl, and [[DescriptionCut the scene immediately shifts to Carol's home]].
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* GilliganCut: Carol repeatedly turns down Hal's offer to dance. Guess what she winds up doing.
* GoodIsNotNice: Most of the corps, with the exception of Tomar-Re, but especially Sinestro.
%%* GravityIsAHarshMistress: Invoked when Kilowog creates the pull of a ''sun'' behind Hal. And then shuts it off without warning. He even states a cruder version of the trope names.
-->'''Kilowog:''' Gravity's a ''bitch.''
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* GroinAttack: Kilowog sucker-punches Hal after offering to help him up, warning him that "Your enemy isn't going to play fair." Hal takes the advice to heart and returns the favor with one of these.
* HelicopterBlender: Hal constructs a propeller engine, which he uses like a drill.
* HeroicBSOD: Sinestro has a very subtle one when [[spoiler: he tries and fails to contain Parallax with some of the finest Lanterns under his command]]. Mark Strong's facial expressions convey that Sinestro is ''freaking out'' when [[spoiler: Parallax shatters the bonds of his Lantern's constructs]]
* HeroicResolve: Parallax makes the mistake of EvilGloating when it thinks it has Hal on the ropes. Hearing it tell him it's going to destroy all he cares about along with Jordan [[SurvivalMantra reciting the Green Lantern Oath to himself]] is what gives Hal the true resolve to continue the fight and defeat Parallax alone.
* {{Homage}}: The dog fight with the AI shares a lot of the elements of ''Film/TopGun'': Hal does Maverick's quick-climb trick to duck behind pursuing fighters (it doesn't work this time), he freezes up mid-flight over memories of his father, and he ultimately loses the plane when it goes into a flat spin.
* HowDoIShotWeb:
%%** Occurs when Hal tries to figure out how to activate the power ring.
** After Hal puts the ring in the lantern he finds out this trope is defied. Providing a 'knowledge base' is part of the ring's higher functions. Hal has basic control instantly. He can suddenly recite the Green Lantern Oath perfectly, and knows other information of which he would have no knowledge otherwise.
--->'''Tomar-Re:''' I am Tomar-Re, protector of Sector 2813 and home to--\\
'''Hal:''' 80,012 galaxies. 2.34 million sentient species. [{{beat}}] ... how do I know that?\\
'''Tomar-Re:''' The induction process. It activates the ring's higher functions, including a working knowledge base.
* HumanoidAliens: Filling up the third of the Corps that aren't HumanAliens[=/=]RubberForeheadAliens or StarfishAliens. This is {{lampshaded}} by Hector; after studying Abin Sur's body he talks about the staggering implications of aliens being humanoid.
* HumansAreSpecial: The official synopsis and the movie itself state that Hal's special as a Lantern since unlike all other Lanterns, he possesses humanity. The film posits that humanity's special trait is the ability to recognize one's own flaws and weaknesses, as exemplified by the phrase "I'm only human." In contrast, Hal accuses the Guardians of being "afraid to admit [they're] afraid."
* HurlItIntoTheSun: [[spoiler:Hal's eventual solution as to how to defeat Parallax]].
* IBelieveICanFly: Double subverted. During his briefing as a new Green Lantern, Hal's "tour guide," a Xudarian named Tomar-Re, casually invites him to fly, as if it's a power that all Green Lanterns ostensibly have. Hal, being a fighter pilot, confidently muses "I can do that." ... before dropping like a rock from the ledge he's standing on. After a short {{beat}}, however, he shoots back up into frame, imbued with the power of the ring, flying with very vocal excitement.
* ImaginationBasedSuperpower: The Green Lantern rings allow their users to shape light into any form they can imagine.
* ILied: Hammond promises he'll let Carol go if Hal gives him the ring, and naturally tries to kill Hal as soon as he has it. Of course, Hal lied too - [[spoiler: since the ring didn't choose Hammond, he can't use it, and it backfires on him]].
* {{Illuminati}}: Hinted at - the popularly held "all-seeing eye" logo can be seen on the hard drive containing Hammond's autopsy of Abin Sur. It's the symbol of the US [[http://www.dailyblam.com/sites/all/files/imagecache/watermark-medium/IMG_9413.JPG Department of Extranormal Operations]], likely being set-up for future DC-universe films.
* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: Abin Sur dies and passes his ring on to Hal.
* InstantExpert: Hal Jordan demonstrates considerable skill with a Power Ring after minimal training. Although its is established that it downloaded all its knowledge into his head which presumably included the manual.
* IronicEcho: "I just want what's best for you." Kind of weakened in impact since it was repeated ironically only a few minutes after it was first said.
* ISurrenderSuckers: Hal Jordan gives his ring to Hector Hammond in exchange for Carol Ferris' life. After playing around with the ring for a bit, this happens:
-->'''Hector''': Hal, ILied! (tries to blast him, but the blast stops inches from Hal's face)
-->'''Hal''': [[spoiler: ILied, too. (sends the blast back at Hector)]]
* JerkJock: Hal is an [[WhatTheHellHero insensitive]] [[KickTheDog bully]] several times to [[{{Woobie}} Hector]] [[ButtMonkey Hammond]], and [[JerkassRealization only seems to recognize]] this in himself after his [[TrainingFromHell brief training montage]] by Kilowog and Sinestro. However, he [[RefuseToRescueTheDisliked never tries to help]] the [[TheVirus Parallax-mind-controlled]] [[CosmicPlaything Hector Hammond]]
** Many viewers objected to how Hal's treatment of Hector parallels real world bullying.
* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: JerkJock Hal Jordan learns a lesson about responsibility and being a better friend when he is chosen as the bearer of the Green Lantern Ring.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Jordan himself, as well as Kilowog and several members of the Corps who don't exactly take kindly to an "Earthman" being granted a spot in their group. They all eventually get over it.
%%* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:How Hammond kills his father.]].
* LikeFatherLikeSon:
** Hal's father was a test pilot; Hal becomes a test pilot.
** This is actually one of the psychological hang-ups that Hector has with his dad. Hector is a mild-mannered bookworm who doesn't aspire to much despite his intelligence while he is drafted into a government project because of his dad's connections, implying that Senator Hammond wanted Hector to at least come somewhere close to his own field.
* LogoJoke: Both the WB and DC logos are ring creations.
* MarqueeAlterEgo: {{Lampshade}}d by Carol, but also cleverly played with in such a way that it has an in-story justification. The mask is an extension of the ring's will-generated constructs, which means it appears only when the wearer feels the need to protect his identity and is not present otherwise, which means we also see Sinestro, Tomar-Re, and Kilowog without their masks.
* MerchandiseDriven: That tiny throwaway bit where Hal activates his nephew's Hot Wheels loop-the-loop toy? Done so that Hal could replicate it with the ring for RuleOfCool, but also because of a merchandise tie-in with Hot Wheels.
* MoodRingEyes: Hal's eye change from brown to very light blue whenever he has the mask on, when his ring signals danger and when he first learns the oath. Hammond has a version of this too, overlapping with SupernaturalGoldEyes.
* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: Averted. Despite the Green Lantern Corps traditionally wearing green and black in the comics, they wear ''bright'' green and [[BuffySpeak kinda-darker-green]] in the film.
* MrFanservice: Hal is nearly naked after he first arrives on Oa. Again, it's Creator/RyanReynolds.
* MsFanservice: Carol wears a dress to the party that shows off her cleavage and toned broad shoulders. Again, considering the fact she is portrayed by Creator/BlakeLively, its not surprising that she would qualify as this.
* MyBrainIsBig: Hector Hammond after becoming infected with Parallax. Also, the Guardians.
* MythologyGag:
** Carol's callsign is "Sapphire" and she's got an eight-pointed star (the Star Sapphire symbol) on the side of her helmet. Probably also counts as {{Foreshadowing}}. An an article about her possibly becoming head of Ferris Aircraft has the headline "Rising Star."
*** In a bit of a StealthPun in the same vein as the above, among Hector's newspaper clippings of Carol is... a ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Sapphire Version]]'' cartridge.
** Ferris Aircraft's big project is testing out the effectiveness of A.I. fighter jets, which Hal ruins by outmaneuvering and destroying the jets, despite being told they react faster and better than human pilots. In the comics, Hal continually performs the same song-and-dance against the [[AIIsACrapshoot Manhunter robots]].
** The beautiful fractal that Tomar-Re generates for Hal while training him to focus his will to use the ring is a 3D representation of the Mobius strip the Green Lanterns use as a form of greeting in UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} comics.
** When the [[spoiler:yellow ring is forged, Sinestro tells the guardians that after he's mastered how to use it, they can make more, and he'll teach recruits in using them, effectively creating an [[ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar entirely new Corps under his command, using yellow rings]].]] Not to mention TheStinger showing [[spoiler:Sinestro putting on the ring and triggering a literal EvilCostumeSwitch.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Sinestro. More than one article about the movie has noted that with a name like that, he's obviously not going to stay a good guy. And that is without knowing the comics. Strangely, he's actually ''nicer'' than his comics counterpart, who was an arrogant control freak even ''before'' he left the Corps and put on the yellow ring.
* NeutralFemale: Hal tells Carol to stay out of his fight with Parallax and she quickly agrees. [[spoiler:When he gets in trouble, however, she turns on a jet and fires its missiles at the monster. Then she grabs Hal's ring and throws it to him.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: How Hal treats Hector back when [[LastSecondChance Hector's redemption]] was still possible.
** Thanks to Hal going out of his way to shoot down the A.I. fighter jets, Ferris Aircraft looks like it'll lose the government contract they were looking to get with the display and a lot of people are going to lose their jobs. [[spoiler:Thankfully, Carol's able to turn it around; she pointed out that Hal broke the rules to do so and the engineers were able to fix the jets' flaw. Of course, Hal pointed out the same thing immediately after the simulation exercise, but didn't get any credit.]]
** [[FridgeLogic Military's fault for letting one company both produce and define the perimeters of the test run.]] Hal actually helped everyone avoid what would've been a catastrophic weakness.
* NonUniformUniform: All the Green Lantern's have a similar look to their uniforms, but they all have slight variations. In the case on Tomar Re, his suit has a sort of fish-scale texture to it. Sinestro has a more militaristic appearance while Hal's has a pattern resembling human muscle tissue. It is hinted at least twice that this is because the "uniform" consists of the ring giving you ''transparent green skin''; the texture looks different based on your skin and muscle textures.
* OffstageVillainy: We see Parallax eat the souls of a few aliens and Green Lanterns directly, but he ''completely devoured'' four planets before coming to Earth.
* PaperThinDisguise: Subverted! Tom immediately sees through it at Green Lantern's big entrance at the party (though he was already in on the ring from the dying alien), whilst Carol realizes it's Hal once she gets a chance to actually look at his face. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in what is probably the most hilarious scene in the movie:
-->''I've seen you '''naked''', you think I wouldn't recognize you because I can't see your cheekbones?!''
* PatrickStewartSpeech: Hal's "I'm only human" speech.
* PervertedSniffing: Hector Hammond does this to Carol Ferris when they share a hug at the gala for the Ferris Aircraft company. This, among many other things, do such a good job at making Hammond look like a complete weirdo creep that it's arguably strange and unnerving when he acts ''normal.''
* PlanetEater: Parallax has been upgraded from a rather large bug that's the embodiment of fear to a [[spoiler:Guardian turned EldritchAbomination]] who devours the populations of entire planets. [[Film/FantasticFour2005 Sound familiar?]]
* PlayingWithFire: Hal makes a flamethrower during his first fight with Hector.
%%* PrecisionFStrike: In the form of precision ring placement...
* ProductPlacement: Verizon Phones & Hot Wheels. There is also a shot showing a rack full of Dell servers.
* PsychicPowers: Hammond gains telepathy and telekinesis from Parallax's DNA, as well as a PsychicLink with the latter.
* RaceLift: Tom Kalmaku, an Inuit in the comics, is played by a New Zealander of Maori descent.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: After proceeding to [[CurbStompBattle curb stomp]] Hal, Sinestro looks over him and says he's an insult to Abin Sur's memory when he wears that ring.
* {{Recut}}: The Blu Ray exclusive "Extended Cut" - It restores the full version of Martin Jordan's death between the revival of Parallax & the attack on Abin Sur, but nothing else.
* RedShirt:
** The three aliens at the beginning who open the lid on Parallax's [[SealedEvilInACan can]]; and the squad of Lanterns that Sinestro later leads in an ill-fated attempt to stop Parallax from taking any more worlds. Did you ''really'' think anything good was going to happen to them?
** Sinestro leads an elite squad to confront Parallax and assess the power of their adversary. At least four of them die rather swiftly and none of them appear to be a comic-established Lantern (unlike some in the big crowd scene during Sinestro's speech to the Corp). Sinestro is the only one we see return from the encounter.
%%* RefuseToRescueTheDisliked: Pretty much the entire way Hal treats Hector in the film.
%%* RubberForeheadAliens: Sinestro and Abin Sur, as they're the only aliens that aren't SerkisFolk.
%%* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Hector Hammond. No wonder he gets no respect.
%%* SealedEvilInACan: Parallax.
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: Hector Hammond makes two attempts - after bringing down his father's helicopter fails, he kills his father after the latter tries to vivisect him.]]
* SequelAdaptationIconicVillain: Had the franchise continued, Sinestro would have become this, being the primary antagonist of a sequel film after the first focused on lesser known villain Hector Hammond and the EldritchAbomination Parallax.
* ShoutOut:
** While trying to figure out the oath, Hal mentions [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory "To infinity and beyond!"]] as well as [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 "By the power of Greyskull!"]] as he gets more frustrated not knowing how to use it.
** A copy of Pokemon Sapphire can be seen briefly within Hector's room as he slowly gains his psychic powers.
** When Hal goes all GatlingGood during training, Sinestro summons up a [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica familiar-looking round shield]] to deflect the bullets - then throws it at Hal.
** The placement of green and black on Kilowog's suit (black "pants" with green everywhere else) make him look like the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk.
** The radio transmissions of an [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Imperial Probe Droid]] are heard early in the movie.
** Parallax's defeat is identical to that of Jubileus in ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', minus Parallax's soul flying out.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Hector Hammond is first shown playing chess over the internet.
* StalkerWithACrush: Hammond. There's a joke online that the actor was doing an impression of [[Creator/MaggieGyllenhaal his girlfriend's]] male fans. [[TakeThatMe Most likely started by one of said fans.]]
* StarfishAliens: A whole lot of the Green Lantern Corps.
* StartOfDarkness: For Sinestro, though like several comic book movies, it'll take several installments.
* TheStinger: [[spoiler: Just before the entire credits roll, we get to see Sinestro slip on the yellow ring and be consumed by its power.]]
* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: The Guardians of Oa are a race of immortal blue dwarfs with [[MyBrainIsBig huge heads]] that have outfitted an army of space cops with [[GreenLanternRing semi-sentient rings]] that can focus raw willpower into any form imaginable by the user.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Although the DominoMask is meant to protect Hal's identity as a Green Lantern, someone who knows Hal personally, like Carol, easily sees through his PaperThinDisguise, when comes to visit her.
* SurvivalMantra: Hal uses the Green Lantern Oath as a survival mantra [[spoiler:in his fight against Parallax, and it does indeed give him the necessary will to continue, and win, the fight]].
* SympatheticSentientWeapon: Hector Hammond by the time [[TheCorruption Parallax]] gets through with [[WasOnceAMan him]].
* TakeThat:
** Among the many Green Lanterns that Hal sees in the Corps is a [[Film/TheGreenHornet a green, flying, stingered insectoid]], a production in-joke on a similarly green but non-superpowered hero film also released that year.
*** While it might be an in-joke, that particular member of the Corps is Bzzd, and he has existed on the comics for a few years before the film started production.
* ThatPoorCar: When Hal punches three guys at once (first time he uses the ring) it causes all the alarms in the parking lot to go off.
* TouchTelepathy: The movie has Hector Hammond infected with a strain of Parallax and gradually gain psychic powers. He starts reading minds naturally but learns he can tap into deeper memories via direct contact.
* TragicMonster: The film version of Hector Hammond (just ask WebVideo/HonestTrailers or WebVideo/CinemaSins)
* TrailersAlwaysLie: The trailers paint the other Corps members as having a more prominent role than they actually do.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: [[spoiler:Trailers have shown Parallax draining Hector Hammond's body of energy, leaving behind a crispy corpse.]] In one of the clips released before the film, some fans recognized a ChekhovsGun when Kilowog explained to Hal the dangers of flying in space,[[spoiler: including the gravity of the Sun. In the trailers, Hal appears in front of the Sun]].
* TrainingFromHell: Both Kilowog and Sinestro put Hal through his paces, Sinestro bordering a NoHoldsBarredBeatDown.
* TronLines: Most of the variations of the Lanterns' uniforms have streaks of energy running around them, but it is most notable on Hal. When he starts exerting more power/will you can see the energy flowing around his body and through the ring.
* TheUnfavorite:
** Hector seems to resent Hal for generally being more successful than him, and it presents itself as his father greets Hal with more warmth and praise than ever given to him.
** The [[{{Recut}} Extended Cut]] shows that Hector's relationship with his father was like this ''as a child''.
%%* WellDoneSonGuy: Hammond.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
** Remember those three guys Hal injured (and possibly killed if you consider the guy who got smashed through a brick wall) in the parking lot? He sure doesn't.
** An early scene has Hal's attending his nephew's birthday and talking with his extended-extended family for a time. While it builds a bit of Hal's character (and subtly sets up a ChekhovsGun) they don't show up again. As evidenced by the DVD[=/=]Blu Ray release, more scenes were shot with them, as one DeletedScene features [[spoiler:Hal flying in to save his nephew from Parallax]].
* WhatTheHellHero: After reporting that Abin Sur's final message to him was simply "It's Parallax" to the Guardians, only for the Guardians to respond that they are assessing the situation; Sinestro angrily points that whilst the Guardians "assess," innocent lives will be lost.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Unlike the [[Franchise/GreenLantern comic book]] [[{{Sadist}} Hector Hammond]], the film's [[DesignatedVillain Hector Hammond]] is a harmless [[ButtMonkey sad sack]] who is [[CosmicPlaything corrupted just for being at the wrong place at the wrong time]] by [[TheCorruption Parallax]]
* YouAreNotAlone: When Jordan, [[spoiler:forced to battle Parallax alone, defeats the entity and threatens to fall into the sun himself after losing consciousness, Sinestro, Kilowog and Tomar-Re arrive to rescue him and take him back to Oa.]]
* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler: Parallax kills Hammond for failing to kill Hal - he even says the line word for word.]]
* YouShallNotPass: Basically what Hal is saying once he recites the Green Lantern Oath while fighting Parallax. Doubles as SurvivalMantra. [[spoiler: Also inverted; his goal is to lead Parallax ''away'' from Earth instead of stopping him from reaching it.]]
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[[caption-width-right:303:Beware their power--Green Lantern's might.]]
A {{superhero}} film and the first [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action film adaptation]] of Creator/DCComics' Franchise/GreenLantern, released in June 2011.
The Green Lanterns are an intergalactic peacekeeping force, whose members are given a ring that "turns thought into reality." The greatest danger to the corps is Parallax (Creator/ClancyBrown), who represents fear and the yellow energy. When respected Corps member Abin Sur (Creator/TemueraMorrison) is fatally injured, his ring leads him to Earth, and chooses a replacement: a brash test pilot named Hal Jordan (Creator/RyanReynolds).
Hal is [[TheChosenMany the first human chosen to be a Lantern]], which [[FantasticRacism earns him few friends]], and he struggles with a lot of personal issues regarding what is considered to be the "fearless" Green Lantern ideal. Contrasting him, a bitter and resentful childhood friend Hector Hammond (Creator/PeterSarsgaard) is infected with a part of Parallax, giving him unstable psychic powers and leading him to [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity give in to his fears]]. As Parallax sets its sights on Earth, Hal is forced to harness the power of the ring and save his planet.
The film was intended to launch the DC Comics counterpart to the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse like ''Film/IronMan1'' did, but ultimately this was not realized due to the film's poor financial returns. Instead, Creator/WarnerBrothers decided to retool ''Film/ManOfSteel'' into the actual launchpad for what would become the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse, ultimately with greater success. Having got off the ground, the DCEU is planned to feature a ContinuityReboot of the ''Green Lantern'' series with ''Green Lantern Corps'' (starring Hal Jordan, John Stewart and other prominent Green Lanterns), with possible appearances from the characters prior to that. Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim, who wrote the screenplay from this film, would go on to create the tv show Series/{{Arrow}} which would be the first series in the Series/{{Arrowverse}}. In the 2019-2020 crossover event Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019 footage was used from this film to confirm it takes place on Earth-12 in the ''Arrowverse'' multiverse, which includes the DCEU and other DC live-action properties.
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!!This movie contains examples of:
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Amanda Waller, who in the comic books is an obese, stubbornly middle-aged woman and not a very nice one, is played by ''Creator/AngelaBassett.'' To the movie's credit, she is depicted as a respectable government agent and downplays Bassett's model-looks. Also, the movie came out shortly before the launch of the Comicbook/New52 line, in which Waller also got adaptationally attractive.
* AdaptationalJobChange: While the ComicBook/AmandaWaller of the comics does hold a doctorate, it is for political science, whereas the film features her as a xenobiologist.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because the rings translate the speaker's native tongue to whatever the listener is hearing.
--> '''Hal:''' So you're speaking ''fish''?
* AlternateSelf: Given that footage was used in Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019 and this film takes place on Earth-12 in the ''Arrowverse'' multiverse, Amanda Waller has counterparts on [[Series/{{Arrow}} Earth-Prime]], [[Characters/SmallvilleGovernment Earth-167]] and [[Characters/DCEUTaskForceXOfficialsAndAgents an undesignated Earth]]. Abin Sur also resembles a human named [[Film/Aquaman2018 Thomas Curry]] and Thomas Kalmaku looks just like the first [[Film/TheSuicideSquad Ratcatcher]], both characters existing on [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse an undesignated Earth]].
* AlreadyMetEveryone: Unlike the comic book canon, Carol Ferris, Hector Hammond and Hal Jordan seem to be old acquaintances by the time they acquire their powers in the film.
* AnalogyBackfire: A more dramatic version, as Hal tries to comfort Carol when he was about to confront Parallax by comparing it to his dogfight at the beginning of the film. She replies incredulously, "Those were a couple of jets..." and Hal's subsequent pushing of the analogy that the jets were also "unbeatable" doesn't seem to help much.
* ArcWords: "It's my job not to be [afraid]."
* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: Tomar-Re claims that a sector is a thousand times larger than the stars you can see from Earth on the clearest night, which numbers around 5000 maximum. Given 3600 sectors, that adds up to 1.8 billion stars. The Milky Way alone consists of 400 billion stars. However, it could be justified by the fact that a vast majority of stars are not in the habitable zone of a galaxy. Of course, he could have been speaking metaphorically.
%%* ArsonMurderAndLifesaving: [[spoiler:Sinestro delivers it at the end]].
* AsteroidThicket: Hal and Parallax fly through one during the final battle.
* BadassCreed: The Green Lantern Oath. Its first two lines serve as a tagline for the film (see poster above). [[spoiler: [[SurvivalMantra Hal recites it during his battle with Parallax and it marks the turning point in their fight]].]]
%%* BigBad: Parallax.
* BodyHorror: Hammond's head expanding. It's rather quite painful.
* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: Abin Sur advises Hal to say the oath to activate the ring's battery. When Hal, who doesn't know what "the oath" is, tries every activation phrase he can think of, he finally gets to the ''actual'' "[[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 By the power of Greyskull]]!" itself.
* CarCushion: An extended one happens during the battle against Parallax. Though it's not a vertical fall, Hal being thrown back into the side of a truck, flying out as it turns over and crashing into an SUV, then finally stopping against another parked car, definitely qualifies as an example.
* CatchAndReturn: In the climatic battle, Jordan lands a blow against Parallax by creating a catapult to catch one of the monster's energy blasts and fling it back into his face.
* ChainsawGood: In a duel with Sinestro during Hal's training, Hal makes a sword construct, Sinestro counters with dual wielded swords. Hal counters with a chainsaw. Sinestro counters with a chainmail net to smother Hal's chainsaw, rendering it useless. It's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment.
* CheckPlease: During one of his classes, [[spoiler:Hector Hammond]] starts to have an emotional breakdown as the [[spoiler:infection from Parallax]] takes its toll on his body and mind. After using telekinesis to attack a student who was thinking insulting thoughts about him, the students panic while [[spoiler:Hammond]] acts as if nothing strange has happened. He then deadpans, "Class dismissed."
* ChekhovsGun: Quite a lot, mostly well placed. The robotic planes, Hal's father's sayings, Kilowog's "Ring Slingin'" lesson, etc.
* TheChosenOne: Literally, and the ring choosing Hal is brought up quite often.
* TheChosenMany: All of the Green Lanterns were in fact chosen by their rings.
* ClarkKenting: Subverted, ''hilariously''. When visiting Carol, Hal tries behaving a little more cocky, wears his mask and lowers his voice Franchise/{{Batman}}-style. She is briefly overwhelmed but soon sees through the DominoMask.
-->'''Carol''': Oh my God, Hal?
-->'''Hal''': How did you know it was me?
-->'''Carol''': I've known you my whole life! I've seen you NAKED! You don't think I would recognize you because I can't see your cheekbones?!
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Played with, if only subtly. Green is known as the color for "Go" (such as with streetlights, devices that use a green button for "YES" or other confirmation, etc.), which represents the Lanterns' lack of fear and their willingness to push forward against even the greatest of threats. As mentioned in the "EstablishingCharacterMoment" entry below, Hal Jordan exhibits this quality in spades, often rushing into things without much thought. In the film, the color green is said to represent will, which is the strongest force in the universe. Meanwhile, the color yellow, associated in the film with those who use the power of fear (most, if not all of whom are the antithesis of what the Green Lantern Corps represents), is known as the color of cowardice in the Western world (this is referenced as well in ''Quotes/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'').
* CombatPragmatist: Kilowog gives Hal a clear lesson in this by pretending to help him up and using that to punch him again. Hal returns the favor with [[GroinAttack green light to the junk]].
->Your enemy is not gonna play fair.
* CompositeCharacter:
** Parallax. It has the same basic characteristics as the Fear Demon of the comics but it has its origin taken from other foes: The Guardian that was possessed is identified as being Krona in various supporting material for the film, his role as Abin-Sur's archenemy and DeathByOriginStory is taken from Legion and/or Atrocitus; whilst the idea of a Guardian being possessed by Parallax was used with Ganthet in ''Green Lantern: Rebirth''. He may also have parts of Appa Ali Apsa, a well-intentioned Guardian who ended up insane.
** Hal Jordan himself has a few elements borrowed from fellow Lantern Kyle Rayner in this film. In the comics, Hal was much closer to the Green Lantern ideal, being 'a man without fear'. Like Kyle, though, the film's version of Hal finds that knowing fear and being able to overcome it is what gives him the strength to face Parallax. Though it is Hal in the comics that figures out how to turn that to their advantage. Kyle knowing fear was able to identify the threat but stayed on the run until meeting the other Lanterns who were fearless.
** Hector Hammond is a merging of various comics versions of the character but his powers and deformity is tied in with being corrupted by Parallax and having a few related powers.
* CoolCar: Hal ''makes one'' out of a helicopter and his powers.
* TheCorruption: Touching any little bit of Parallax gives you PsychicPowers and a PsychicLink to him, along with, er, turning you evil. Although [[TheDragon Hammond]] is the only one this happens to, he threatens to do it to Carol. [[spoiler:This is also how Parallax was "born." He/it is a former Guardian who explored the potential use of yellow fear energy-- he was infected by it and became the [[EldritchAbomination monster]] Parallax, feeding on the fear of others]].
* CrazyPeoplePlayChess: Hector Hammond, shortly before being infused with yellow fear energy, is seen playing chess on his computer.
* CreditsGag: the closing credits takes place in a montage of seven quasars, each quasar a specific color of the rainbow. This is based on the emotional electromagnetic spectrum, a Green Lantern theorem that states each color is based on a specific emotion.
** Both the credits of Ryan Reynolds (Hal Jordan) and Mark Strong (Sinestro) glow with both green and yellow light; Jordan and Sinestro were Green and Yellow Lanterns in the comics.
** Blake Lively (Carol Ferris)'s credit glows with a violet aura; in the comics Ferris was a Star Sapphire, who wielded the violet power of love.
** Peter Sarsgaard (Hector Hammond)'s credit glows with an orange aura; in the comics Hammond was possessed by Ophidian, an entity formed from the orange power of avarice.
** Temuera Morrison (Abin Sur)'s credit glows with an indigo aura; in the comics Abin Sur was the founder of the Indigo Tribe, a corps which wields the indigo power of compassion.
* CrowdChant: "We! Are! The Corps!"
* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler: As Hal punches Parallax into the sun he had exerted all of his energy and passed out, drifting into the sun himself only to be rescued by the other Lanterns. He sprawls out slightly but it isn't a full on cross-shape]].
* CurbstompBattle: In their training fight, Hal pulls off a couple good moves, but ultimately is absolutely no match for the far more skilled and experienced Sinestro.
%%* DeadpanSnarker: Hal. Then again, it's Creator/RyanReynolds.
%%* DeathByOriginStory: Abin Sur.
* DeathGlare: During Sinestro's addressing the Corps on the situation with Parallax, he mentions Abin Sur's death, and specifically that he could never be replaced, prompting a few Lanterns in the crowd to give a few angry looks straight at Hal, his successor.
%%* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: It's a superhero film. It's basically required.
%%* DescriptionCut: "Don't [superheroes] always get the girl?"
%%* DevourTheDragon
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Hal defeats [[spoiler: Parallax]] by ''literally'' punching him out [[spoiler: and into the sun]].
* DisastrousDemonstration: Hal's scenario-breaking defeat of the drone planes subverts this, as Carol is able to salvage the company contract with some fast-talking arguments.
* TheDragon: Hammond to Parallax. Something of an unusual example in that Parallax never meant to recruit Hammond and didn't seem to even know of him until near the end of the movie, when Hal links to Parallax psychically through Hammond. As well Hammond is clearly inferior in power to Parallax and other than bringing him to Earth Hammond didn't seem to be actively working for him.
* DramaPreservingHandicap: Surprisingly averted. While many storylines in the Franchise/GreenLantern series, as well as most adaptations, have the Ring lose power and have to be recharged at some kind of pivotal moment, the only time Hal is out of power when he wants to use the ring is when he goes to show it off to his buddy, and it's got plenty of charge throughout the climax.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Kilowog, Hal's trainer as a Green Lantern, revels in this: "Welcome to Ring-Slinging 101, poozer. Or as I like to call it, 'the worst day of your worthless life.'"
* DrivenToVillainy: Hammond. All his acts of villainy would never had happened if it wasn't for Parallax infecting him & giving him the means to lash out at the world.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Hal was late to the test flight and was also trying to wrap a package, leaving him to almost hit an oncoming car in the other lane. Hal swerves back into place with the horns blaring from the other cars, muttering "[[HypocriticalHumor Asshole.]]"
* EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Thoroughly averted (Oa is), as it was treated as pure coincidence that Abin Sur crashed on Earth and Hal is chosen as the next Green Lantern. Parallax taking an interest in Earth is also directly connected to a fragment of Parallax (from Sur's body) infecting Hammond and attracting the EldritchAbomination.
* EldritchAbomination: Parallax, a near-formless EmotionEater feeding on the fear of the countless worlds he invades. He could also be considered a OneManArmy due to the fact that he was able to consume on several worlds as well as take out Sinestro's group in one scene. He ultimately heads to Earth thanks to his dragon Hector Hammond, and tries to absorb Earth as well before Hal gains enough power to lead him away [[spoiler: and destroy him using the sun's gravitational pull, finally ending his threat]].
** Hector Hammond is this to a lesser extent. Gaining his powers from the above EldritchAbomination, Hammond has the powers of MindOverMatter, {{Telepathy}} (and its subtrope TouchTelepathy), and has WellDoneSonGuy issues as well as a disturbing obsesson with Carol. Before his run-in with Abin Sur's body (which contained a small portion of Parallax) [[FromNobodyToNightmare he was a disrespected biology professor]]. As his powers grow, [[MyBrainIsBig so does his cranium]], and by the end of the movie he can't even produce enough body strength to prop himself up, requiring the use of a wheelchair [[spoiler: and Hal's ring, temporary as it was]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Hal is first seen late to work, jumping out of bed with a woman in it, rushing to a test flight against two advanced AI fighters, which he defeats by some unorthodox strategy (he lets his partner "die" in the simulated dogfight, and then flies to an altitude at which the jet cannot function, causing the brand-new F-35 to crash and burn). Throughout the film he is shown rushing into a situation with no hesitation, which leaves his life rather chaotic and unorganized but the instant he saw an injured Abin Sur he takes off like a bullet to help with the same fearlessness. Notably this holds true in the extended cut, where a 10 year old Hal is shown rushing ''towards'' his father's downed jet while everyone else is running to safety. [[spoiler:Then his father's jet explodes, stopping young Hal in his tracks, and presumably killing his dad instantly. Hal struggles to get past the trauma of that moment throughout the film]], but his tendency to rush into situations remains.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: The biggest reason for Parallax's downfall is because he was incapable of understanding what true courage is: He thought it meant the absolute absence of fear, it really meant not giving in to fear. Made especially apparent when Hal Jordan, despite having fear in him, managed to defeat Parallax and not allowing him to feed on his internal fear.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler: In the credits scene, Sinestro takes the yellow ring and puts it on, switching his Green Lantern uniform to a movie version of his [[ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar Sinestro Corps]] uniform]].
* EvilCounterpart: The film heavily parallels Hal becoming a Green Lantern with Hammond being empowered by Parallax. Both Hal and Hammond are part of the same social circle and have several very similar psychological hangups, including daddy issues and chronic underachieving. This is quite a contrast to the comics, where the Hammond character was a fairly minor villain with no personal or thematic connection to Hal.
* EvilLaugh: Hammond the more he becomes evil. [[spoiler:Sinestro after putting on the yellow lantern ring.]]
* EvilMentor: Sinestro actually averts this, believe it or not. His TheReasonYouSuckSpeech directed at Hal (i.e. the mentoring, as well as his bullying Jordan during their training) was motivated by disappointment in ring's choice rather than malice and he was otherwise helpful in informing him of the dangers of fear. [[spoiler: He never performs a single evil act the whole movie (unless one counts putting on the yellow ring) and even congratulates Hal at the end. If there had been a sequel, however, he would've inevitably became the BigBad.]]
* EvilPlan: Parallax's goal is to devour as many people and worlds as he can on his way to Oa so he can destroy it for revenge.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Sinestro. If he ''hadn't'' turned evil by movie's end, it would have been a major subversion. His name, pointy ears (without being an elf), evil moustache, abrasive and brutally honest demeanor, perpetually downward-slanted eyebrows (he ALWAYS looks pissed) and most importantly, (sometimes) yellow eyes, all scream "Bad guy" with a giant neon sign pointing right at him. See also ForegoneConclusion and NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast below]].
* FantasticRacism: Of a sort. Most members of the Corps are ''really'' disdainful of humanity, but it seems to be because they feel humans are immature and need some time to grow rather than believing humans are inherently inferior. Still, they treat Hal with much disrespect without even giving him a chance to show that he's different (which he isn't, but to be fair, they had no way of knowing that-- they just assumed so based on his species).
* ForegoneConclusion:
** Sinestro [[spoiler:puts on the yellow ring. This looked like it might actually be averted, despite the fact that ''every'' adaptation of ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' has Sinestro make a FaceHeelTurn and gain a yellow power ring. After Hal beats Parallax, Sinestro leads the group that saves him from burning up in the sun and gives a speech indicating he's come to respect Hal and see him as a worthy successor to his friend Abin Sur. Then he retrieves the yellow ring and puts it on anyway.]]
** [[spoiler: Sinestro's eyes appear quite yellow when dueling with Hal]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** The credits show [[spoiler: multiple swirls of colored light spreading and expanding throughout the universe, hinting at the rise of the Emotional Spectrum and the coming War of Light.]]
** In the beginning of the film, Sinestro's holographic message malfunctions, [[spoiler: making his suit look yellow]]...
* FourIsDeath: Parallax kills four Green Lanterns when Sinestro led a squad to confront him.
* GatlingGood: Hal summons a gatling gun during his duel with Sinestro.
* GeniusSlob: Hector Hammond's introductory scene shows him in a cluttered room, eating Chinese takeaway over the computer on which he's playing chess.
* GenreSavvy: Tom shows signs of this-- he even outright says "You're a superhero!" after seeing Hal in his costume up close. During this same scene, Tom brings up the fact that the hero usually gets the girl, and [[DescriptionCut the scene immediately shifts to Carol's home]].
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* GilliganCut: Carol repeatedly turns down Hal's offer to dance. Guess what she winds up doing.
* GoodIsNotNice: Most of the corps, with the exception of Tomar-Re, but especially Sinestro.
%%* GravityIsAHarshMistress: Invoked when Kilowog creates the pull of a ''sun'' behind Hal. And then shuts it off without warning. He even states a cruder version of the trope names.
-->'''Kilowog:''' Gravity's a ''bitch.''
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* GroinAttack: Kilowog sucker-punches Hal after offering to help him up, warning him that "Your enemy isn't going to play fair." Hal takes the advice to heart and returns the favor with one of these.
* HelicopterBlender: Hal constructs a propeller engine, which he uses like a drill.
* HeroicBSOD: Sinestro has a very subtle one when [[spoiler: he tries and fails to contain Parallax with some of the finest Lanterns under his command]]. Mark Strong's facial expressions convey that Sinestro is ''freaking out'' when [[spoiler: Parallax shatters the bonds of his Lantern's constructs]]
* HeroicResolve: Parallax makes the mistake of EvilGloating when it thinks it has Hal on the ropes. Hearing it tell him it's going to destroy all he cares about along with Jordan [[SurvivalMantra reciting the Green Lantern Oath to himself]] is what gives Hal the true resolve to continue the fight and defeat Parallax alone.
* {{Homage}}: The dog fight with the AI shares a lot of the elements of ''Film/TopGun'': Hal does Maverick's quick-climb trick to duck behind pursuing fighters (it doesn't work this time), he freezes up mid-flight over memories of his father, and he ultimately loses the plane when it goes into a flat spin.
* HowDoIShotWeb:
%%** Occurs when Hal tries to figure out how to activate the power ring.
** After Hal puts the ring in the lantern he finds out this trope is defied. Providing a 'knowledge base' is part of the ring's higher functions. Hal has basic control instantly. He can suddenly recite the Green Lantern Oath perfectly, and knows other information of which he would have no knowledge otherwise.
--->'''Tomar-Re:''' I am Tomar-Re, protector of Sector 2813 and home to--\\
'''Hal:''' 80,012 galaxies. 2.34 million sentient species. [{{beat}}] ... how do I know that?\\
'''Tomar-Re:''' The induction process. It activates the ring's higher functions, including a working knowledge base.
* HumanoidAliens: Filling up the third of the Corps that aren't HumanAliens[=/=]RubberForeheadAliens or StarfishAliens. This is {{lampshaded}} by Hector; after studying Abin Sur's body he talks about the staggering implications of aliens being humanoid.
* HumansAreSpecial: The official synopsis and the movie itself state that Hal's special as a Lantern since unlike all other Lanterns, he possesses humanity. The film posits that humanity's special trait is the ability to recognize one's own flaws and weaknesses, as exemplified by the phrase "I'm only human." In contrast, Hal accuses the Guardians of being "afraid to admit [they're] afraid."
* HurlItIntoTheSun: [[spoiler:Hal's eventual solution as to how to defeat Parallax]].
* IBelieveICanFly: Double subverted. During his briefing as a new Green Lantern, Hal's "tour guide," a Xudarian named Tomar-Re, casually invites him to fly, as if it's a power that all Green Lanterns ostensibly have. Hal, being a fighter pilot, confidently muses "I can do that." ... before dropping like a rock from the ledge he's standing on. After a short {{beat}}, however, he shoots back up into frame, imbued with the power of the ring, flying with very vocal excitement.
* ImaginationBasedSuperpower: The Green Lantern rings allow their users to shape light into any form they can imagine.
* ILied: Hammond promises he'll let Carol go if Hal gives him the ring, and naturally tries to kill Hal as soon as he has it. Of course, Hal lied too - [[spoiler: since the ring didn't choose Hammond, he can't use it, and it backfires on him]].
* {{Illuminati}}: Hinted at - the popularly held "all-seeing eye" logo can be seen on the hard drive containing Hammond's autopsy of Abin Sur. It's the symbol of the US [[http://www.dailyblam.com/sites/all/files/imagecache/watermark-medium/IMG_9413.JPG Department of Extranormal Operations]], likely being set-up for future DC-universe films.
* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: Abin Sur dies and passes his ring on to Hal.
* InstantExpert: Hal Jordan demonstrates considerable skill with a Power Ring after minimal training. Although its is established that it downloaded all its knowledge into his head which presumably included the manual.
* IronicEcho: "I just want what's best for you." Kind of weakened in impact since it was repeated ironically only a few minutes after it was first said.
* ISurrenderSuckers: Hal Jordan gives his ring to Hector Hammond in exchange for Carol Ferris' life. After playing around with the ring for a bit, this happens:
-->'''Hector''': Hal, ILied! (tries to blast him, but the blast stops inches from Hal's face)
-->'''Hal''': [[spoiler: ILied, too. (sends the blast back at Hector)]]
* JerkJock: Hal is an [[WhatTheHellHero insensitive]] [[KickTheDog bully]] several times to [[{{Woobie}} Hector]] [[ButtMonkey Hammond]], and [[JerkassRealization only seems to recognize]] this in himself after his [[TrainingFromHell brief training montage]] by Kilowog and Sinestro. However, he [[RefuseToRescueTheDisliked never tries to help]] the [[TheVirus Parallax-mind-controlled]] [[CosmicPlaything Hector Hammond]]
** Many viewers objected to how Hal's treatment of Hector parallels real world bullying.
* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: JerkJock Hal Jordan learns a lesson about responsibility and being a better friend when he is chosen as the bearer of the Green Lantern Ring.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Jordan himself, as well as Kilowog and several members of the Corps who don't exactly take kindly to an "Earthman" being granted a spot in their group. They all eventually get over it.
%%* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:How Hammond kills his father.]].
* LikeFatherLikeSon:
** Hal's father was a test pilot; Hal becomes a test pilot.
** This is actually one of the psychological hang-ups that Hector has with his dad. Hector is a mild-mannered bookworm who doesn't aspire to much despite his intelligence while he is drafted into a government project because of his dad's connections, implying that Senator Hammond wanted Hector to at least come somewhere close to his own field.
* LogoJoke: Both the WB and DC logos are ring creations.
* MarqueeAlterEgo: {{Lampshade}}d by Carol, but also cleverly played with in such a way that it has an in-story justification. The mask is an extension of the ring's will-generated constructs, which means it appears only when the wearer feels the need to protect his identity and is not present otherwise, which means we also see Sinestro, Tomar-Re, and Kilowog without their masks.
* MerchandiseDriven: That tiny throwaway bit where Hal activates his nephew's Hot Wheels loop-the-loop toy? Done so that Hal could replicate it with the ring for RuleOfCool, but also because of a merchandise tie-in with Hot Wheels.
* MoodRingEyes: Hal's eye change from brown to very light blue whenever he has the mask on, when his ring signals danger and when he first learns the oath. Hammond has a version of this too, overlapping with SupernaturalGoldEyes.
* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: Averted. Despite the Green Lantern Corps traditionally wearing green and black in the comics, they wear ''bright'' green and [[BuffySpeak kinda-darker-green]] in the film.
* MrFanservice: Hal is nearly naked after he first arrives on Oa. Again, it's Creator/RyanReynolds.
* MsFanservice: Carol wears a dress to the party that shows off her cleavage and toned broad shoulders. Again, considering the fact she is portrayed by Creator/BlakeLively, its not surprising that she would qualify as this.
* MyBrainIsBig: Hector Hammond after becoming infected with Parallax. Also, the Guardians.
* MythologyGag:
** Carol's callsign is "Sapphire" and she's got an eight-pointed star (the Star Sapphire symbol) on the side of her helmet. Probably also counts as {{Foreshadowing}}. An an article about her possibly becoming head of Ferris Aircraft has the headline "Rising Star."
*** In a bit of a StealthPun in the same vein as the above, among Hector's newspaper clippings of Carol is... a ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Sapphire Version]]'' cartridge.
** Ferris Aircraft's big project is testing out the effectiveness of A.I. fighter jets, which Hal ruins by outmaneuvering and destroying the jets, despite being told they react faster and better than human pilots. In the comics, Hal continually performs the same song-and-dance against the [[AIIsACrapshoot Manhunter robots]].
** The beautiful fractal that Tomar-Re generates for Hal while training him to focus his will to use the ring is a 3D representation of the Mobius strip the Green Lanterns use as a form of greeting in UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} comics.
** When the [[spoiler:yellow ring is forged, Sinestro tells the guardians that after he's mastered how to use it, they can make more, and he'll teach recruits in using them, effectively creating an [[ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar entirely new Corps under his command, using yellow rings]].]] Not to mention TheStinger showing [[spoiler:Sinestro putting on the ring and triggering a literal EvilCostumeSwitch.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Sinestro. More than one article about the movie has noted that with a name like that, he's obviously not going to stay a good guy. And that is without knowing the comics. Strangely, he's actually ''nicer'' than his comics counterpart, who was an arrogant control freak even ''before'' he left the Corps and put on the yellow ring.
* NeutralFemale: Hal tells Carol to stay out of his fight with Parallax and she quickly agrees. [[spoiler:When he gets in trouble, however, she turns on a jet and fires its missiles at the monster. Then she grabs Hal's ring and throws it to him.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: How Hal treats Hector back when [[LastSecondChance Hector's redemption]] was still possible.
** Thanks to Hal going out of his way to shoot down the A.I. fighter jets, Ferris Aircraft looks like it'll lose the government contract they were looking to get with the display and a lot of people are going to lose their jobs. [[spoiler:Thankfully, Carol's able to turn it around; she pointed out that Hal broke the rules to do so and the engineers were able to fix the jets' flaw. Of course, Hal pointed out the same thing immediately after the simulation exercise, but didn't get any credit.]]
** [[FridgeLogic Military's fault for letting one company both produce and define the perimeters of the test run.]] Hal actually helped everyone avoid what would've been a catastrophic weakness.
* NonUniformUniform: All the Green Lantern's have a similar look to their uniforms, but they all have slight variations. In the case on Tomar Re, his suit has a sort of fish-scale texture to it. Sinestro has a more militaristic appearance while Hal's has a pattern resembling human muscle tissue. It is hinted at least twice that this is because the "uniform" consists of the ring giving you ''transparent green skin''; the texture looks different based on your skin and muscle textures.
* OffstageVillainy: We see Parallax eat the souls of a few aliens and Green Lanterns directly, but he ''completely devoured'' four planets before coming to Earth.
* PaperThinDisguise: Subverted! Tom immediately sees through it at Green Lantern's big entrance at the party (though he was already in on the ring from the dying alien), whilst Carol realizes it's Hal once she gets a chance to actually look at his face. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in what is probably the most hilarious scene in the movie:
-->''I've seen you '''naked''', you think I wouldn't recognize you because I can't see your cheekbones?!''
* PatrickStewartSpeech: Hal's "I'm only human" speech.
* PervertedSniffing: Hector Hammond does this to Carol Ferris when they share a hug at the gala for the Ferris Aircraft company. This, among many other things, do such a good job at making Hammond look like a complete weirdo creep that it's arguably strange and unnerving when he acts ''normal.''
* PlanetEater: Parallax has been upgraded from a rather large bug that's the embodiment of fear to a [[spoiler:Guardian turned EldritchAbomination]] who devours the populations of entire planets. [[Film/FantasticFour2005 Sound familiar?]]
* PlayingWithFire: Hal makes a flamethrower during his first fight with Hector.
%%* PrecisionFStrike: In the form of precision ring placement...
* ProductPlacement: Verizon Phones & Hot Wheels. There is also a shot showing a rack full of Dell servers.
* PsychicPowers: Hammond gains telepathy and telekinesis from Parallax's DNA, as well as a PsychicLink with the latter.
* RaceLift: Tom Kalmaku, an Inuit in the comics, is played by a New Zealander of Maori descent.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: After proceeding to [[CurbStompBattle curb stomp]] Hal, Sinestro looks over him and says he's an insult to Abin Sur's memory when he wears that ring.
* {{Recut}}: The Blu Ray exclusive "Extended Cut" - It restores the full version of Martin Jordan's death between the revival of Parallax & the attack on Abin Sur, but nothing else.
* RedShirt:
** The three aliens at the beginning who open the lid on Parallax's [[SealedEvilInACan can]]; and the squad of Lanterns that Sinestro later leads in an ill-fated attempt to stop Parallax from taking any more worlds. Did you ''really'' think anything good was going to happen to them?
** Sinestro leads an elite squad to confront Parallax and assess the power of their adversary. At least four of them die rather swiftly and none of them appear to be a comic-established Lantern (unlike some in the big crowd scene during Sinestro's speech to the Corp). Sinestro is the only one we see return from the encounter.
%%* RefuseToRescueTheDisliked: Pretty much the entire way Hal treats Hector in the film.
%%* RubberForeheadAliens: Sinestro and Abin Sur, as they're the only aliens that aren't SerkisFolk.
%%* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Hector Hammond. No wonder he gets no respect.
%%* SealedEvilInACan: Parallax.
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: Hector Hammond makes two attempts - after bringing down his father's helicopter fails, he kills his father after the latter tries to vivisect him.]]
* SequelAdaptationIconicVillain: Had the franchise continued, Sinestro would have become this, being the primary antagonist of a sequel film after the first focused on lesser known villain Hector Hammond and the EldritchAbomination Parallax.
* ShoutOut:
** While trying to figure out the oath, Hal mentions [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory "To infinity and beyond!"]] as well as [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 "By the power of Greyskull!"]] as he gets more frustrated not knowing how to use it.
** A copy of Pokemon Sapphire can be seen briefly within Hector's room as he slowly gains his psychic powers.
** When Hal goes all GatlingGood during training, Sinestro summons up a [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica familiar-looking round shield]] to deflect the bullets - then throws it at Hal.
** The placement of green and black on Kilowog's suit (black "pants" with green everywhere else) make him look like the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk.
** The radio transmissions of an [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Imperial Probe Droid]] are heard early in the movie.
** Parallax's defeat is identical to that of Jubileus in ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', minus Parallax's soul flying out.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Hector Hammond is first shown playing chess over the internet.
* StalkerWithACrush: Hammond. There's a joke online that the actor was doing an impression of [[Creator/MaggieGyllenhaal his girlfriend's]] male fans. [[TakeThatMe Most likely started by one of said fans.]]
* StarfishAliens: A whole lot of the Green Lantern Corps.
* StartOfDarkness: For Sinestro, though like several comic book movies, it'll take several installments.
* TheStinger: [[spoiler: Just before the entire credits roll, we get to see Sinestro slip on the yellow ring and be consumed by its power.]]
* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: The Guardians of Oa are a race of immortal blue dwarfs with [[MyBrainIsBig huge heads]] that have outfitted an army of space cops with [[GreenLanternRing semi-sentient rings]] that can focus raw willpower into any form imaginable by the user.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Although the DominoMask is meant to protect Hal's identity as a Green Lantern, someone who knows Hal personally, like Carol, easily sees through his PaperThinDisguise, when comes to visit her.
* SurvivalMantra: Hal uses the Green Lantern Oath as a survival mantra [[spoiler:in his fight against Parallax, and it does indeed give him the necessary will to continue, and win, the fight]].
* SympatheticSentientWeapon: Hector Hammond by the time [[TheCorruption Parallax]] gets through with [[WasOnceAMan him]].
* TakeThat:
** Among the many Green Lanterns that Hal sees in the Corps is a [[Film/TheGreenHornet a green, flying, stingered insectoid]], a production in-joke on a similarly green but non-superpowered hero film also released that year.
*** While it might be an in-joke, that particular member of the Corps is Bzzd, and he has existed on the comics for a few years before the film started production.
* ThatPoorCar: When Hal punches three guys at once (first time he uses the ring) it causes all the alarms in the parking lot to go off.
* TouchTelepathy: The movie has Hector Hammond infected with a strain of Parallax and gradually gain psychic powers. He starts reading minds naturally but learns he can tap into deeper memories via direct contact.
* TragicMonster: The film version of Hector Hammond (just ask WebVideo/HonestTrailers or WebVideo/CinemaSins)
* TrailersAlwaysLie: The trailers paint the other Corps members as having a more prominent role than they actually do.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: [[spoiler:Trailers have shown Parallax draining Hector Hammond's body of energy, leaving behind a crispy corpse.]] In one of the clips released before the film, some fans recognized a ChekhovsGun when Kilowog explained to Hal the dangers of flying in space,[[spoiler: including the gravity of the Sun. In the trailers, Hal appears in front of the Sun]].
* TrainingFromHell: Both Kilowog and Sinestro put Hal through his paces, Sinestro bordering a NoHoldsBarredBeatDown.
* TronLines: Most of the variations of the Lanterns' uniforms have streaks of energy running around them, but it is most notable on Hal. When he starts exerting more power/will you can see the energy flowing around his body and through the ring.
* TheUnfavorite:
** Hector seems to resent Hal for generally being more successful than him, and it presents itself as his father greets Hal with more warmth and praise than ever given to him.
** The [[{{Recut}} Extended Cut]] shows that Hector's relationship with his father was like this ''as a child''.
%%* WellDoneSonGuy: Hammond.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
** Remember those three guys Hal injured (and possibly killed if you consider the guy who got smashed through a brick wall) in the parking lot? He sure doesn't.
** An early scene has Hal's attending his nephew's birthday and talking with his extended-extended family for a time. While it builds a bit of Hal's character (and subtly sets up a ChekhovsGun) they don't show up again. As evidenced by the DVD[=/=]Blu Ray release, more scenes were shot with them, as one DeletedScene features [[spoiler:Hal flying in to save his nephew from Parallax]].
* WhatTheHellHero: After reporting that Abin Sur's final message to him was simply "It's Parallax" to the Guardians, only for the Guardians to respond that they are assessing the situation; Sinestro angrily points that whilst the Guardians "assess," innocent lives will be lost.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Unlike the [[Franchise/GreenLantern comic book]] [[{{Sadist}} Hector Hammond]], the film's [[DesignatedVillain Hector Hammond]] is a harmless [[ButtMonkey sad sack]] who is [[CosmicPlaything corrupted just for being at the wrong place at the wrong time]] by [[TheCorruption Parallax]]
* YouAreNotAlone: When Jordan, [[spoiler:forced to battle Parallax alone, defeats the entity and threatens to fall into the sun himself after losing consciousness, Sinestro, Kilowog and Tomar-Re arrive to rescue him and take him back to Oa.]]
* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler: Parallax kills Hammond for failing to kill Hal - he even says the line word for word.]]
* YouShallNotPass: Basically what Hal is saying once he recites the Green Lantern Oath while fighting Parallax. Doubles as SurvivalMantra. [[spoiler: Also inverted; his goal is to lead Parallax ''away'' from Earth instead of stopping him from reaching it.]]
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A {{superhero}} film and the first [[LiveActionAdaptation live-action film adaptation]] of Creator/DCComics' Franchise/GreenLantern, released in June 2011.
The Green Lanterns are an intergalactic peacekeeping force, whose members are given a ring that "turns thought into reality." The greatest danger to the corps is Parallax (Creator/ClancyBrown), who represents fear and the yellow energy. When respected Corps member Abin Sur (Creator/TemueraMorrison) is fatally injured, his ring leads him to Earth, and chooses a replacement: a brash test pilot named Hal Jordan (Creator/RyanReynolds).
Hal is [[TheChosenMany the first human chosen to be a Lantern]], which [[FantasticRacism earns him few friends]], and he struggles with a lot of personal issues regarding what is considered to be the "fearless" Green Lantern ideal. Contrasting him, a bitter and resentful childhood friend Hector Hammond (Creator/PeterSarsgaard) is infected with a part of Parallax, giving him unstable psychic powers and leading him to [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity give in to his fears]]. As Parallax sets its sights on Earth, Hal is forced to harness the power of the ring and save his planet.
The film was intended to launch the DC Comics counterpart to the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse like ''Film/IronMan1'' did, but ultimately this was not realized due to the film's poor financial returns. Instead, Creator/WarnerBrothers decided to retool ''Film/ManOfSteel'' into the actual launchpad for what would become the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse, ultimately with greater success. Having got off the ground, the DCEU is planned to feature a ContinuityReboot of the ''Green Lantern'' series with ''Green Lantern Corps'' (starring Hal Jordan, John Stewart and other prominent Green Lanterns), with possible appearances from the characters prior to that. Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim, who wrote the screenplay from this film, would go on to create the tv show Series/{{Arrow}} which would be the first series in the Series/{{Arrowverse}}. In the 2019-2020 crossover event Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019 footage was used from this film to confirm it takes place on Earth-12 in the ''Arrowverse'' multiverse, which includes the DCEU and other DC live-action properties.
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!!This movie contains examples of:
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Amanda Waller, who in the comic books is an obese, stubbornly middle-aged woman and not a very nice one, is played by ''Creator/AngelaBassett.'' To the movie's credit, she is depicted as a respectable government agent and downplays Bassett's model-looks. Also, the movie came out shortly before the launch of the Comicbook/New52 line, in which Waller also got adaptationally attractive.
* AdaptationalJobChange: While the ComicBook/AmandaWaller of the comics does hold a doctorate, it is for political science, whereas the film features her as a xenobiologist.
* AliensSpeakingEnglish: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] because the rings translate the speaker's native tongue to whatever the listener is hearing.
--> '''Hal:''' So you're speaking ''fish''?
* AlternateSelf: Given that footage was used in Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019 and this film takes place on Earth-12 in the ''Arrowverse'' multiverse, Amanda Waller has counterparts on [[Series/{{Arrow}} Earth-Prime]], [[Characters/SmallvilleGovernment Earth-167]] and [[Characters/DCEUTaskForceXOfficialsAndAgents an undesignated Earth]]. Abin Sur also resembles a human named [[Film/Aquaman2018 Thomas Curry]] and Thomas Kalmaku looks just like the first [[Film/TheSuicideSquad Ratcatcher]], both characters existing on [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse an undesignated Earth]].
* AlreadyMetEveryone: Unlike the comic book canon, Carol Ferris, Hector Hammond and Hal Jordan seem to be old acquaintances by the time they acquire their powers in the film.
* AnalogyBackfire: A more dramatic version, as Hal tries to comfort Carol when he was about to confront Parallax by comparing it to his dogfight at the beginning of the film. She replies incredulously, "Those were a couple of jets..." and Hal's subsequent pushing of the analogy that the jets were also "unbeatable" doesn't seem to help much.
* ArcWords: "It's my job not to be [afraid]."
* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: Tomar-Re claims that a sector is a thousand times larger than the stars you can see from Earth on the clearest night, which numbers around 5000 maximum. Given 3600 sectors, that adds up to 1.8 billion stars. The Milky Way alone consists of 400 billion stars. However, it could be justified by the fact that a vast majority of stars are not in the habitable zone of a galaxy. Of course, he could have been speaking metaphorically.
%%* ArsonMurderAndLifesaving: [[spoiler:Sinestro delivers it at the end]].
* AsteroidThicket: Hal and Parallax fly through one during the final battle.
* BadassCreed: The Green Lantern Oath. Its first two lines serve as a tagline for the film (see poster above). [[spoiler: [[SurvivalMantra Hal recites it during his battle with Parallax and it marks the turning point in their fight]].]]
%%* BigBad: Parallax.
* BodyHorror: Hammond's head expanding. It's rather quite painful.
* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: Abin Sur advises Hal to say the oath to activate the ring's battery. When Hal, who doesn't know what "the oath" is, tries every activation phrase he can think of, he finally gets to the ''actual'' "[[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 By the power of Greyskull]]!" itself.
* CarCushion: An extended one happens during the battle against Parallax. Though it's not a vertical fall, Hal being thrown back into the side of a truck, flying out as it turns over and crashing into an SUV, then finally stopping against another parked car, definitely qualifies as an example.
* CatchAndReturn: In the climatic battle, Jordan lands a blow against Parallax by creating a catapult to catch one of the monster's energy blasts and fling it back into his face.
* ChainsawGood: In a duel with Sinestro during Hal's training, Hal makes a sword construct, Sinestro counters with dual wielded swords. Hal counters with a chainsaw. Sinestro counters with a chainmail net to smother Hal's chainsaw, rendering it useless. It's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment.
* CheckPlease: During one of his classes, [[spoiler:Hector Hammond]] starts to have an emotional breakdown as the [[spoiler:infection from Parallax]] takes its toll on his body and mind. After using telekinesis to attack a student who was thinking insulting thoughts about him, the students panic while [[spoiler:Hammond]] acts as if nothing strange has happened. He then deadpans, "Class dismissed."
* ChekhovsGun: Quite a lot, mostly well placed. The robotic planes, Hal's father's sayings, Kilowog's "Ring Slingin'" lesson, etc.
* TheChosenOne: Literally, and the ring choosing Hal is brought up quite often.
* TheChosenMany: All of the Green Lanterns were in fact chosen by their rings.
* ClarkKenting: Subverted, ''hilariously''. When visiting Carol, Hal tries behaving a little more cocky, wears his mask and lowers his voice Franchise/{{Batman}}-style. She is briefly overwhelmed but soon sees through the DominoMask.
-->'''Carol''': Oh my God, Hal?
-->'''Hal''': How did you know it was me?
-->'''Carol''': I've known you my whole life! I've seen you NAKED! You don't think I would recognize you because I can't see your cheekbones?!
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Played with, if only subtly. Green is known as the color for "Go" (such as with streetlights, devices that use a green button for "YES" or other confirmation, etc.), which represents the Lanterns' lack of fear and their willingness to push forward against even the greatest of threats. As mentioned in the "EstablishingCharacterMoment" entry below, Hal Jordan exhibits this quality in spades, often rushing into things without much thought. In the film, the color green is said to represent will, which is the strongest force in the universe. Meanwhile, the color yellow, associated in the film with those who use the power of fear (most, if not all of whom are the antithesis of what the Green Lantern Corps represents), is known as the color of cowardice in the Western world (this is referenced as well in ''Quotes/InjusticeGodsAmongUs'').
* CombatPragmatist: Kilowog gives Hal a clear lesson in this by pretending to help him up and using that to punch him again. Hal returns the favor with [[GroinAttack green light to the junk]].
->Your enemy is not gonna play fair.
* CompositeCharacter:
** Parallax. It has the same basic characteristics as the Fear Demon of the comics but it has its origin taken from other foes: The Guardian that was possessed is identified as being Krona in various supporting material for the film, his role as Abin-Sur's archenemy and DeathByOriginStory is taken from Legion and/or Atrocitus; whilst the idea of a Guardian being possessed by Parallax was used with Ganthet in ''Green Lantern: Rebirth''. He may also have parts of Appa Ali Apsa, a well-intentioned Guardian who ended up insane.
** Hal Jordan himself has a few elements borrowed from fellow Lantern Kyle Rayner in this film. In the comics, Hal was much closer to the Green Lantern ideal, being 'a man without fear'. Like Kyle, though, the film's version of Hal finds that knowing fear and being able to overcome it is what gives him the strength to face Parallax. Though it is Hal in the comics that figures out how to turn that to their advantage. Kyle knowing fear was able to identify the threat but stayed on the run until meeting the other Lanterns who were fearless.
** Hector Hammond is a merging of various comics versions of the character but his powers and deformity is tied in with being corrupted by Parallax and having a few related powers.
* CoolCar: Hal ''makes one'' out of a helicopter and his powers.
* TheCorruption: Touching any little bit of Parallax gives you PsychicPowers and a PsychicLink to him, along with, er, turning you evil. Although [[TheDragon Hammond]] is the only one this happens to, he threatens to do it to Carol. [[spoiler:This is also how Parallax was "born." He/it is a former Guardian who explored the potential use of yellow fear energy-- he was infected by it and became the [[EldritchAbomination monster]] Parallax, feeding on the fear of others]].
* CrazyPeoplePlayChess: Hector Hammond, shortly before being infused with yellow fear energy, is seen playing chess on his computer.
* CreditsGag: the closing credits takes place in a montage of seven quasars, each quasar a specific color of the rainbow. This is based on the emotional electromagnetic spectrum, a Green Lantern theorem that states each color is based on a specific emotion.
** Both the credits of Ryan Reynolds (Hal Jordan) and Mark Strong (Sinestro) glow with both green and yellow light; Jordan and Sinestro were Green and Yellow Lanterns in the comics.
** Blake Lively (Carol Ferris)'s credit glows with a violet aura; in the comics Ferris was a Star Sapphire, who wielded the violet power of love.
** Peter Sarsgaard (Hector Hammond)'s credit glows with an orange aura; in the comics Hammond was possessed by Ophidian, an entity formed from the orange power of avarice.
** Temuera Morrison (Abin Sur)'s credit glows with an indigo aura; in the comics Abin Sur was the founder of the Indigo Tribe, a corps which wields the indigo power of compassion.
* CrowdChant: "We! Are! The Corps!"
* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler: As Hal punches Parallax into the sun he had exerted all of his energy and passed out, drifting into the sun himself only to be rescued by the other Lanterns. He sprawls out slightly but it isn't a full on cross-shape]].
* CurbstompBattle: In their training fight, Hal pulls off a couple good moves, but ultimately is absolutely no match for the far more skilled and experienced Sinestro.
%%* DeadpanSnarker: Hal. Then again, it's Creator/RyanReynolds.
%%* DeathByOriginStory: Abin Sur.
* DeathGlare: During Sinestro's addressing the Corps on the situation with Parallax, he mentions Abin Sur's death, and specifically that he could never be replaced, prompting a few Lanterns in the crowd to give a few angry looks straight at Hal, his successor.
%%* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: It's a superhero film. It's basically required.
%%* DescriptionCut: "Don't [superheroes] always get the girl?"
%%* DevourTheDragon
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Hal defeats [[spoiler: Parallax]] by ''literally'' punching him out [[spoiler: and into the sun]].
* DisastrousDemonstration: Hal's scenario-breaking defeat of the drone planes subverts this, as Carol is able to salvage the company contract with some fast-talking arguments.
* TheDragon: Hammond to Parallax. Something of an unusual example in that Parallax never meant to recruit Hammond and didn't seem to even know of him until near the end of the movie, when Hal links to Parallax psychically through Hammond. As well Hammond is clearly inferior in power to Parallax and other than bringing him to Earth Hammond didn't seem to be actively working for him.
* DramaPreservingHandicap: Surprisingly averted. While many storylines in the Franchise/GreenLantern series, as well as most adaptations, have the Ring lose power and have to be recharged at some kind of pivotal moment, the only time Hal is out of power when he wants to use the ring is when he goes to show it off to his buddy, and it's got plenty of charge throughout the climax.
* DrillSergeantNasty: Kilowog, Hal's trainer as a Green Lantern, revels in this: "Welcome to Ring-Slinging 101, poozer. Or as I like to call it, 'the worst day of your worthless life.'"
* DrivenToVillainy: Hammond. All his acts of villainy would never had happened if it wasn't for Parallax infecting him & giving him the means to lash out at the world.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Hal was late to the test flight and was also trying to wrap a package, leaving him to almost hit an oncoming car in the other lane. Hal swerves back into place with the horns blaring from the other cars, muttering "[[HypocriticalHumor Asshole.]]"
* EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Thoroughly averted (Oa is), as it was treated as pure coincidence that Abin Sur crashed on Earth and Hal is chosen as the next Green Lantern. Parallax taking an interest in Earth is also directly connected to a fragment of Parallax (from Sur's body) infecting Hammond and attracting the EldritchAbomination.
* EldritchAbomination: Parallax, a near-formless EmotionEater feeding on the fear of the countless worlds he invades. He could also be considered a OneManArmy due to the fact that he was able to consume on several worlds as well as take out Sinestro's group in one scene. He ultimately heads to Earth thanks to his dragon Hector Hammond, and tries to absorb Earth as well before Hal gains enough power to lead him away [[spoiler: and destroy him using the sun's gravitational pull, finally ending his threat]].
** Hector Hammond is this to a lesser extent. Gaining his powers from the above EldritchAbomination, Hammond has the powers of MindOverMatter, {{Telepathy}} (and its subtrope TouchTelepathy), and has WellDoneSonGuy issues as well as a disturbing obsesson with Carol. Before his run-in with Abin Sur's body (which contained a small portion of Parallax) [[FromNobodyToNightmare he was a disrespected biology professor]]. As his powers grow, [[MyBrainIsBig so does his cranium]], and by the end of the movie he can't even produce enough body strength to prop himself up, requiring the use of a wheelchair [[spoiler: and Hal's ring, temporary as it was]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Hal is first seen late to work, jumping out of bed with a woman in it, rushing to a test flight against two advanced AI fighters, which he defeats by some unorthodox strategy (he lets his partner "die" in the simulated dogfight, and then flies to an altitude at which the jet cannot function, causing the brand-new F-35 to crash and burn). Throughout the film he is shown rushing into a situation with no hesitation, which leaves his life rather chaotic and unorganized but the instant he saw an injured Abin Sur he takes off like a bullet to help with the same fearlessness. Notably this holds true in the extended cut, where a 10 year old Hal is shown rushing ''towards'' his father's downed jet while everyone else is running to safety. [[spoiler:Then his father's jet explodes, stopping young Hal in his tracks, and presumably killing his dad instantly. Hal struggles to get past the trauma of that moment throughout the film]], but his tendency to rush into situations remains.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: The biggest reason for Parallax's downfall is because he was incapable of understanding what true courage is: He thought it meant the absolute absence of fear, it really meant not giving in to fear. Made especially apparent when Hal Jordan, despite having fear in him, managed to defeat Parallax and not allowing him to feed on his internal fear.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler: In the credits scene, Sinestro takes the yellow ring and puts it on, switching his Green Lantern uniform to a movie version of his [[ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar Sinestro Corps]] uniform]].
* EvilCounterpart: The film heavily parallels Hal becoming a Green Lantern with Hammond being empowered by Parallax. Both Hal and Hammond are part of the same social circle and have several very similar psychological hangups, including daddy issues and chronic underachieving. This is quite a contrast to the comics, where the Hammond character was a fairly minor villain with no personal or thematic connection to Hal.
* EvilLaugh: Hammond the more he becomes evil. [[spoiler:Sinestro after putting on the yellow lantern ring.]]
* EvilMentor: Sinestro actually averts this, believe it or not. His TheReasonYouSuckSpeech directed at Hal (i.e. the mentoring, as well as his bullying Jordan during their training) was motivated by disappointment in ring's choice rather than malice and he was otherwise helpful in informing him of the dangers of fear. [[spoiler: He never performs a single evil act the whole movie (unless one counts putting on the yellow ring) and even congratulates Hal at the end. If there had been a sequel, however, he would've inevitably became the BigBad.]]
* EvilPlan: Parallax's goal is to devour as many people and worlds as he can on his way to Oa so he can destroy it for revenge.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Sinestro. If he ''hadn't'' turned evil by movie's end, it would have been a major subversion. His name, pointy ears (without being an elf), evil moustache, abrasive and brutally honest demeanor, perpetually downward-slanted eyebrows (he ALWAYS looks pissed) and most importantly, (sometimes) yellow eyes, all scream "Bad guy" with a giant neon sign pointing right at him. See also ForegoneConclusion and NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast below]].
* FantasticRacism: Of a sort. Most members of the Corps are ''really'' disdainful of humanity, but it seems to be because they feel humans are immature and need some time to grow rather than believing humans are inherently inferior. Still, they treat Hal with much disrespect without even giving him a chance to show that he's different (which he isn't, but to be fair, they had no way of knowing that-- they just assumed so based on his species).
* ForegoneConclusion:
** Sinestro [[spoiler:puts on the yellow ring. This looked like it might actually be averted, despite the fact that ''every'' adaptation of ''Franchise/GreenLantern'' has Sinestro make a FaceHeelTurn and gain a yellow power ring. After Hal beats Parallax, Sinestro leads the group that saves him from burning up in the sun and gives a speech indicating he's come to respect Hal and see him as a worthy successor to his friend Abin Sur. Then he retrieves the yellow ring and puts it on anyway.]]
** [[spoiler: Sinestro's eyes appear quite yellow when dueling with Hal]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** The credits show [[spoiler: multiple swirls of colored light spreading and expanding throughout the universe, hinting at the rise of the Emotional Spectrum and the coming War of Light.]]
** In the beginning of the film, Sinestro's holographic message malfunctions, [[spoiler: making his suit look yellow]]...
* FourIsDeath: Parallax kills four Green Lanterns when Sinestro led a squad to confront him.
* GatlingGood: Hal summons a gatling gun during his duel with Sinestro.
* GeniusSlob: Hector Hammond's introductory scene shows him in a cluttered room, eating Chinese takeaway over the computer on which he's playing chess.
* GenreSavvy: Tom shows signs of this-- he even outright says "You're a superhero!" after seeing Hal in his costume up close. During this same scene, Tom brings up the fact that the hero usually gets the girl, and [[DescriptionCut the scene immediately shifts to Carol's home]].
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* GilliganCut: Carol repeatedly turns down Hal's offer to dance. Guess what she winds up doing.
* GoodIsNotNice: Most of the corps, with the exception of Tomar-Re, but especially Sinestro.
%%* GravityIsAHarshMistress: Invoked when Kilowog creates the pull of a ''sun'' behind Hal. And then shuts it off without warning. He even states a cruder version of the trope names.
-->'''Kilowog:''' Gravity's a ''bitch.''
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* GroinAttack: Kilowog sucker-punches Hal after offering to help him up, warning him that "Your enemy isn't going to play fair." Hal takes the advice to heart and returns the favor with one of these.
* HelicopterBlender: Hal constructs a propeller engine, which he uses like a drill.
* HeroicBSOD: Sinestro has a very subtle one when [[spoiler: he tries and fails to contain Parallax with some of the finest Lanterns under his command]]. Mark Strong's facial expressions convey that Sinestro is ''freaking out'' when [[spoiler: Parallax shatters the bonds of his Lantern's constructs]]
* HeroicResolve: Parallax makes the mistake of EvilGloating when it thinks it has Hal on the ropes. Hearing it tell him it's going to destroy all he cares about along with Jordan [[SurvivalMantra reciting the Green Lantern Oath to himself]] is what gives Hal the true resolve to continue the fight and defeat Parallax alone.
* {{Homage}}: The dog fight with the AI shares a lot of the elements of ''Film/TopGun'': Hal does Maverick's quick-climb trick to duck behind pursuing fighters (it doesn't work this time), he freezes up mid-flight over memories of his father, and he ultimately loses the plane when it goes into a flat spin.
* HowDoIShotWeb:
%%** Occurs when Hal tries to figure out how to activate the power ring.
** After Hal puts the ring in the lantern he finds out this trope is defied. Providing a 'knowledge base' is part of the ring's higher functions. Hal has basic control instantly. He can suddenly recite the Green Lantern Oath perfectly, and knows other information of which he would have no knowledge otherwise.
--->'''Tomar-Re:''' I am Tomar-Re, protector of Sector 2813 and home to--\\
'''Hal:''' 80,012 galaxies. 2.34 million sentient species. [{{beat}}] ... how do I know that?\\
'''Tomar-Re:''' The induction process. It activates the ring's higher functions, including a working knowledge base.
* HumanoidAliens: Filling up the third of the Corps that aren't HumanAliens[=/=]RubberForeheadAliens or StarfishAliens. This is {{lampshaded}} by Hector; after studying Abin Sur's body he talks about the staggering implications of aliens being humanoid.
* HumansAreSpecial: The official synopsis and the movie itself state that Hal's special as a Lantern since unlike all other Lanterns, he possesses humanity. The film posits that humanity's special trait is the ability to recognize one's own flaws and weaknesses, as exemplified by the phrase "I'm only human." In contrast, Hal accuses the Guardians of being "afraid to admit [they're] afraid."
* HurlItIntoTheSun: [[spoiler:Hal's eventual solution as to how to defeat Parallax]].
* IBelieveICanFly: Double subverted. During his briefing as a new Green Lantern, Hal's "tour guide," a Xudarian named Tomar-Re, casually invites him to fly, as if it's a power that all Green Lanterns ostensibly have. Hal, being a fighter pilot, confidently muses "I can do that." ... before dropping like a rock from the ledge he's standing on. After a short {{beat}}, however, he shoots back up into frame, imbued with the power of the ring, flying with very vocal excitement.
* ImaginationBasedSuperpower: The Green Lantern rings allow their users to shape light into any form they can imagine.
* ILied: Hammond promises he'll let Carol go if Hal gives him the ring, and naturally tries to kill Hal as soon as he has it. Of course, Hal lied too - [[spoiler: since the ring didn't choose Hammond, he can't use it, and it backfires on him]].
* {{Illuminati}}: Hinted at - the popularly held "all-seeing eye" logo can be seen on the hard drive containing Hammond's autopsy of Abin Sur. It's the symbol of the US [[http://www.dailyblam.com/sites/all/files/imagecache/watermark-medium/IMG_9413.JPG Department of Extranormal Operations]], likely being set-up for future DC-universe films.
* ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin: Abin Sur dies and passes his ring on to Hal.
* InstantExpert: Hal Jordan demonstrates considerable skill with a Power Ring after minimal training. Although its is established that it downloaded all its knowledge into his head which presumably included the manual.
* IronicEcho: "I just want what's best for you." Kind of weakened in impact since it was repeated ironically only a few minutes after it was first said.
* ISurrenderSuckers: Hal Jordan gives his ring to Hector Hammond in exchange for Carol Ferris' life. After playing around with the ring for a bit, this happens:
-->'''Hector''': Hal, ILied! (tries to blast him, but the blast stops inches from Hal's face)
-->'''Hal''': [[spoiler: ILied, too. (sends the blast back at Hector)]]
* JerkJock: Hal is an [[WhatTheHellHero insensitive]] [[KickTheDog bully]] several times to [[{{Woobie}} Hector]] [[ButtMonkey Hammond]], and [[JerkassRealization only seems to recognize]] this in himself after his [[TrainingFromHell brief training montage]] by Kilowog and Sinestro. However, he [[RefuseToRescueTheDisliked never tries to help]] the [[TheVirus Parallax-mind-controlled]] [[CosmicPlaything Hector Hammond]]
** Many viewers objected to how Hal's treatment of Hector parallels real world bullying.
* JerkToNiceGuyPlot: JerkJock Hal Jordan learns a lesson about responsibility and being a better friend when he is chosen as the bearer of the Green Lantern Ring.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Jordan himself, as well as Kilowog and several members of the Corps who don't exactly take kindly to an "Earthman" being granted a spot in their group. They all eventually get over it.
%%* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:How Hammond kills his father.]].
* LikeFatherLikeSon:
** Hal's father was a test pilot; Hal becomes a test pilot.
** This is actually one of the psychological hang-ups that Hector has with his dad. Hector is a mild-mannered bookworm who doesn't aspire to much despite his intelligence while he is drafted into a government project because of his dad's connections, implying that Senator Hammond wanted Hector to at least come somewhere close to his own field.
* LogoJoke: Both the WB and DC logos are ring creations.
* MarqueeAlterEgo: {{Lampshade}}d by Carol, but also cleverly played with in such a way that it has an in-story justification. The mask is an extension of the ring's will-generated constructs, which means it appears only when the wearer feels the need to protect his identity and is not present otherwise, which means we also see Sinestro, Tomar-Re, and Kilowog without their masks.
* MerchandiseDriven: That tiny throwaway bit where Hal activates his nephew's Hot Wheels loop-the-loop toy? Done so that Hal could replicate it with the ring for RuleOfCool, but also because of a merchandise tie-in with Hot Wheels.
* MoodRingEyes: Hal's eye change from brown to very light blue whenever he has the mask on, when his ring signals danger and when he first learns the oath. Hammond has a version of this too, overlapping with SupernaturalGoldEyes.
* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: Averted. Despite the Green Lantern Corps traditionally wearing green and black in the comics, they wear ''bright'' green and [[BuffySpeak kinda-darker-green]] in the film.
* MrFanservice: Hal is nearly naked after he first arrives on Oa. Again, it's Creator/RyanReynolds.
* MsFanservice: Carol wears a dress to the party that shows off her cleavage and toned broad shoulders. Again, considering the fact she is portrayed by Creator/BlakeLively, its not surprising that she would qualify as this.
* MyBrainIsBig: Hector Hammond after becoming infected with Parallax. Also, the Guardians.
* MythologyGag:
** Carol's callsign is "Sapphire" and she's got an eight-pointed star (the Star Sapphire symbol) on the side of her helmet. Probably also counts as {{Foreshadowing}}. An an article about her possibly becoming head of Ferris Aircraft has the headline "Rising Star."
*** In a bit of a StealthPun in the same vein as the above, among Hector's newspaper clippings of Carol is... a ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Sapphire Version]]'' cartridge.
** Ferris Aircraft's big project is testing out the effectiveness of A.I. fighter jets, which Hal ruins by outmaneuvering and destroying the jets, despite being told they react faster and better than human pilots. In the comics, Hal continually performs the same song-and-dance against the [[AIIsACrapshoot Manhunter robots]].
** The beautiful fractal that Tomar-Re generates for Hal while training him to focus his will to use the ring is a 3D representation of the Mobius strip the Green Lanterns use as a form of greeting in UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} comics.
** When the [[spoiler:yellow ring is forged, Sinestro tells the guardians that after he's mastered how to use it, they can make more, and he'll teach recruits in using them, effectively creating an [[ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar entirely new Corps under his command, using yellow rings]].]] Not to mention TheStinger showing [[spoiler:Sinestro putting on the ring and triggering a literal EvilCostumeSwitch.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Sinestro. More than one article about the movie has noted that with a name like that, he's obviously not going to stay a good guy. And that is without knowing the comics. Strangely, he's actually ''nicer'' than his comics counterpart, who was an arrogant control freak even ''before'' he left the Corps and put on the yellow ring.
* NeutralFemale: Hal tells Carol to stay out of his fight with Parallax and she quickly agrees. [[spoiler:When he gets in trouble, however, she turns on a jet and fires its missiles at the monster. Then she grabs Hal's ring and throws it to him.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: How Hal treats Hector back when [[LastSecondChance Hector's redemption]] was still possible.
** Thanks to Hal going out of his way to shoot down the A.I. fighter jets, Ferris Aircraft looks like it'll lose the government contract they were looking to get with the display and a lot of people are going to lose their jobs. [[spoiler:Thankfully, Carol's able to turn it around; she pointed out that Hal broke the rules to do so and the engineers were able to fix the jets' flaw. Of course, Hal pointed out the same thing immediately after the simulation exercise, but didn't get any credit.]]
** [[FridgeLogic Military's fault for letting one company both produce and define the perimeters of the test run.]] Hal actually helped everyone avoid what would've been a catastrophic weakness.
* NonUniformUniform: All the Green Lantern's have a similar look to their uniforms, but they all have slight variations. In the case on Tomar Re, his suit has a sort of fish-scale texture to it. Sinestro has a more militaristic appearance while Hal's has a pattern resembling human muscle tissue. It is hinted at least twice that this is because the "uniform" consists of the ring giving you ''transparent green skin''; the texture looks different based on your skin and muscle textures.
* OffstageVillainy: We see Parallax eat the souls of a few aliens and Green Lanterns directly, but he ''completely devoured'' four planets before coming to Earth.
* PaperThinDisguise: Subverted! Tom immediately sees through it at Green Lantern's big entrance at the party (though he was already in on the ring from the dying alien), whilst Carol realizes it's Hal once she gets a chance to actually look at his face. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in what is probably the most hilarious scene in the movie:
-->''I've seen you '''naked''', you think I wouldn't recognize you because I can't see your cheekbones?!''
* PatrickStewartSpeech: Hal's "I'm only human" speech.
* PervertedSniffing: Hector Hammond does this to Carol Ferris when they share a hug at the gala for the Ferris Aircraft company. This, among many other things, do such a good job at making Hammond look like a complete weirdo creep that it's arguably strange and unnerving when he acts ''normal.''
* PlanetEater: Parallax has been upgraded from a rather large bug that's the embodiment of fear to a [[spoiler:Guardian turned EldritchAbomination]] who devours the populations of entire planets. [[Film/FantasticFour2005 Sound familiar?]]
* PlayingWithFire: Hal makes a flamethrower during his first fight with Hector.
%%* PrecisionFStrike: In the form of precision ring placement...
* ProductPlacement: Verizon Phones & Hot Wheels. There is also a shot showing a rack full of Dell servers.
* PsychicPowers: Hammond gains telepathy and telekinesis from Parallax's DNA, as well as a PsychicLink with the latter.
* RaceLift: Tom Kalmaku, an Inuit in the comics, is played by a New Zealander of Maori descent.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: After proceeding to [[CurbStompBattle curb stomp]] Hal, Sinestro looks over him and says he's an insult to Abin Sur's memory when he wears that ring.
* {{Recut}}: The Blu Ray exclusive "Extended Cut" - It restores the full version of Martin Jordan's death between the revival of Parallax & the attack on Abin Sur, but nothing else.
* RedShirt:
** The three aliens at the beginning who open the lid on Parallax's [[SealedEvilInACan can]]; and the squad of Lanterns that Sinestro later leads in an ill-fated attempt to stop Parallax from taking any more worlds. Did you ''really'' think anything good was going to happen to them?
** Sinestro leads an elite squad to confront Parallax and assess the power of their adversary. At least four of them die rather swiftly and none of them appear to be a comic-established Lantern (unlike some in the big crowd scene during Sinestro's speech to the Corp). Sinestro is the only one we see return from the encounter.
%%* RefuseToRescueTheDisliked: Pretty much the entire way Hal treats Hector in the film.
%%* RubberForeheadAliens: Sinestro and Abin Sur, as they're the only aliens that aren't SerkisFolk.
%%* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Hector Hammond. No wonder he gets no respect.
%%* SealedEvilInACan: Parallax.
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: Hector Hammond makes two attempts - after bringing down his father's helicopter fails, he kills his father after the latter tries to vivisect him.]]
* SequelAdaptationIconicVillain: Had the franchise continued, Sinestro would have become this, being the primary antagonist of a sequel film after the first focused on lesser known villain Hector Hammond and the EldritchAbomination Parallax.
* ShoutOut:
** While trying to figure out the oath, Hal mentions [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory "To infinity and beyond!"]] as well as [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983 "By the power of Greyskull!"]] as he gets more frustrated not knowing how to use it.
** A copy of Pokemon Sapphire can be seen briefly within Hector's room as he slowly gains his psychic powers.
** When Hal goes all GatlingGood during training, Sinestro summons up a [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica familiar-looking round shield]] to deflect the bullets - then throws it at Hal.
** The placement of green and black on Kilowog's suit (black "pants" with green everywhere else) make him look like the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk.
** The radio transmissions of an [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Imperial Probe Droid]] are heard early in the movie.
** Parallax's defeat is identical to that of Jubileus in ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', minus Parallax's soul flying out.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Hector Hammond is first shown playing chess over the internet.
* StalkerWithACrush: Hammond. There's a joke online that the actor was doing an impression of [[Creator/MaggieGyllenhaal his girlfriend's]] male fans. [[TakeThatMe Most likely started by one of said fans.]]
* StarfishAliens: A whole lot of the Green Lantern Corps.
* StartOfDarkness: For Sinestro, though like several comic book movies, it'll take several installments.
* TheStinger: [[spoiler: Just before the entire credits roll, we get to see Sinestro slip on the yellow ring and be consumed by its power.]]
* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: The Guardians of Oa are a race of immortal blue dwarfs with [[MyBrainIsBig huge heads]] that have outfitted an army of space cops with [[GreenLanternRing semi-sentient rings]] that can focus raw willpower into any form imaginable by the user.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Although the DominoMask is meant to protect Hal's identity as a Green Lantern, someone who knows Hal personally, like Carol, easily sees through his PaperThinDisguise, when comes to visit her.
* SurvivalMantra: Hal uses the Green Lantern Oath as a survival mantra [[spoiler:in his fight against Parallax, and it does indeed give him the necessary will to continue, and win, the fight]].
* SympatheticSentientWeapon: Hector Hammond by the time [[TheCorruption Parallax]] gets through with [[WasOnceAMan him]].
* TakeThat:
** Among the many Green Lanterns that Hal sees in the Corps is a [[Film/TheGreenHornet a green, flying, stingered insectoid]], a production in-joke on a similarly green but non-superpowered hero film also released that year.
*** While it might be an in-joke, that particular member of the Corps is Bzzd, and he has existed on the comics for a few years before the film started production.
* ThatPoorCar: When Hal punches three guys at once (first time he uses the ring) it causes all the alarms in the parking lot to go off.
* TouchTelepathy: The movie has Hector Hammond infected with a strain of Parallax and gradually gain psychic powers. He starts reading minds naturally but learns he can tap into deeper memories via direct contact.
* TragicMonster: The film version of Hector Hammond (just ask WebVideo/HonestTrailers or WebVideo/CinemaSins)
* TrailersAlwaysLie: The trailers paint the other Corps members as having a more prominent role than they actually do.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: [[spoiler:Trailers have shown Parallax draining Hector Hammond's body of energy, leaving behind a crispy corpse.]] In one of the clips released before the film, some fans recognized a ChekhovsGun when Kilowog explained to Hal the dangers of flying in space,[[spoiler: including the gravity of the Sun. In the trailers, Hal appears in front of the Sun]].
* TrainingFromHell: Both Kilowog and Sinestro put Hal through his paces, Sinestro bordering a NoHoldsBarredBeatDown.
* TronLines: Most of the variations of the Lanterns' uniforms have streaks of energy running around them, but it is most notable on Hal. When he starts exerting more power/will you can see the energy flowing around his body and through the ring.
* TheUnfavorite:
** Hector seems to resent Hal for generally being more successful than him, and it presents itself as his father greets Hal with more warmth and praise than ever given to him.
** The [[{{Recut}} Extended Cut]] shows that Hector's relationship with his father was like this ''as a child''.
%%* WellDoneSonGuy: Hammond.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
** Remember those three guys Hal injured (and possibly killed if you consider the guy who got smashed through a brick wall) in the parking lot? He sure doesn't.
** An early scene has Hal's attending his nephew's birthday and talking with his extended-extended family for a time. While it builds a bit of Hal's character (and subtly sets up a ChekhovsGun) they don't show up again. As evidenced by the DVD[=/=]Blu Ray release, more scenes were shot with them, as one DeletedScene features [[spoiler:Hal flying in to save his nephew from Parallax]].
* WhatTheHellHero: After reporting that Abin Sur's final message to him was simply "It's Parallax" to the Guardians, only for the Guardians to respond that they are assessing the situation; Sinestro angrily points that whilst the Guardians "assess," innocent lives will be lost.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Unlike the [[Franchise/GreenLantern comic book]] [[{{Sadist}} Hector Hammond]], the film's [[DesignatedVillain Hector Hammond]] is a harmless [[ButtMonkey sad sack]] who is [[CosmicPlaything corrupted just for being at the wrong place at the wrong time]] by [[TheCorruption Parallax]]
* YouAreNotAlone: When Jordan, [[spoiler:forced to battle Parallax alone, defeats the entity and threatens to fall into the sun himself after losing consciousness, Sinestro, Kilowog and Tomar-Re arrive to rescue him and take him back to Oa.]]
* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler: Parallax kills Hammond for failing to kill Hal - he even says the line word for word.]]
* YouShallNotPass: Basically what Hal is saying once he recites the Green Lantern Oath while fighting Parallax. Doubles as SurvivalMantra. [[spoiler: Also inverted; his goal is to lead Parallax ''away'' from Earth instead of stopping him from reaching it.]]
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* AlternateSelf: Given that footage was used in Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019 and this film takes place on Earth-12 in the ''Arrowverse'' multiverse, Amanda Waller has counterparts on [[Series/{{Arrow}} Earth-Prime]], [[Characters/SmallvilleGovernment Earth-167]] and [[Characters/DCEUTaskForceXOfficialsAndAgents an undesignated Earth]]. Abin Sur also resembles a human named Thomas Curry on [[Film/Aquaman2018 an undesignated Earth]] (they are both played by Temuera Morrison).
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* AlternateSelf: Given that footage was used in Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019 and this film takes place on Earth-12 in the ''Arrowverse'' multiverse, Amanda Waller has counterparts on [[Series/{{Arrow}} Earth-Prime]], [[Characters/SmallvilleGovernment Earth-167]] and [[Characters/DCEUTaskForceXOfficialsAndAgents an undesignated Earth]]. Abin Sur also resembles a human named Thomas Curry on [[Film/Aquaman2018 Thomas Curry]] and Thomas Kalmaku looks just like the first [[Film/TheSuicideSquad Ratcatcher]], both characters existing on [[Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse an undesignated Earth]] (they are both played by Temuera Morrison).Earth]].
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The film was intended to launch the DC Comics counterpart to the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse like ''Film/IronMan1'' did, but ultimately this was not realized due to the film's poor financial returns. Instead, Creator/WarnerBrothers decided to retool ''Film/ManOfSteel'' into the actual launchpad for what would become the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse, ultimately with greater success. Having got off the ground, the DCEU is planned to feature a ContinuityReboot of the ''Green Lantern'' series with ''Green Lantern Corps'' (starring Hal Jordan, John Stewart and other prominent Green Lanterns), with possible appearances from the characters prior to that. Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim, who wrote the screenplay from this film, would go on to create the tv show Series/{{Arrow}} which would lead to the Series/{{Arrowverse}}. In the 2019-2020 crossover event Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019 footage was used from this film to confirm it takes place on Earth-12 in the ''Arrowverse'' multiverse.
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* NotSoDifferent: Hal and Hammond each other points this one out.
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* RealityEnsues: Although the DominoMask is meant to protect Hal's identity as a Green Lantern, someone who knows Hal personally, like Carol, easily sees through his PaperThinDisguise, when comes to visit her.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Although the DominoMask is meant to protect Hal's identity as a Green Lantern, someone who knows Hal personally, like Carol, easily sees through his PaperThinDisguise, when comes to visit her.
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* ArsonMurderAndLifesaving: [[spoiler:Sinestro delivers it at the end]].
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* DeadpanSnarker: Hal. Then again, it's Creator/RyanReynolds.
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* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: It's a superhero film. It's basically required.
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* GravityIsAHarshMistress: Invoked when Kilowog creates the pull of a ''sun'' behind Hal. And then shuts it off without warning. He even states a cruder version of the trope names. See also IdiotBall below.
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** Occurs when Hal tries to figure out how to activate the power ring. See also ShoutOut below.
** After he puts the ring in the lantern he finds out this trope is defied. Providing a 'knowledge base' is part of the ring's higher functions. Hal has basic control instantly. He can suddenly recite the Green Lantern Oath perfectly, and knows other information of which he would have no knowledge otherwise.
** After he puts the ring in the lantern he finds out this trope is defied. Providing a 'knowledge base' is part of the ring's higher functions. Hal has basic control instantly. He can suddenly recite the Green Lantern Oath perfectly, and knows other information of which he would have no knowledge otherwise.
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* JerkJock: Hal is an [[WhatTheHellHero insensitive]] [[KickTheDog bully]] several times to [[{{Woobie}} Hector]] [[ButtMonkey Hammond]], and [[JerkassRealization only seems to recognize]] this in himself after his [[TrainingFromHell brief training montage by Kilowog and Sinestro]]. However, he [[RefuseToRescueTheDisliked never tries to help]] the [[TheVirus Parallax-mind-controlled]] [[CosmicPlaything Hector Hammond]]
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* JerkJock: Hal is an [[WhatTheHellHero insensitive]] [[KickTheDog bully]] several times to [[{{Woobie}} Hector]] [[ButtMonkey Hammond]], and [[JerkassRealization only seems to recognize]] this in himself after his [[TrainingFromHell brief training montage montage]] by Kilowog and Sinestro]].Sinestro. However, he [[RefuseToRescueTheDisliked never tries to help]] the [[TheVirus Parallax-mind-controlled]] [[CosmicPlaything Hector Hammond]]
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* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:How Hammond kills his father.]].
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* RefuseToRescueTheDisliked: Pretty much the entire way Hal treats Hector in the film.
* RubberForeheadAliens: Sinestro and Abin Sur, as they're the only aliens that aren't SerkisFolk.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Hector Hammond. No wonder he gets no respect.
* SealedEvilInACan: Parallax.
* RubberForeheadAliens: Sinestro and Abin Sur, as they're the only aliens that aren't SerkisFolk.
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* YouShallNotPass: Basically what Hal is saying once he recites the Green Lantern Oath while fighting Parallax. Doubles as SurvivalMantra. [[spoiler: Also inverted; his goal is to lead Parallax ''away'' from Earth instead of stopping him from reaching it.]]
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* YouShallNotPass: Basically what Hal is saying once he recites the Green Lantern Oath while fighting Parallax. Doubles as SurvivalMantra. [[spoiler: Also inverted; his goal is to lead Parallax ''away'' from Earth instead of stopping him from reaching it.]]]]
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* ClarkKenting: Subverted, ''hilariously''. When visiting Carol, Hal tries behaving a little more cocky, wears his mask and lowers his voice Franchise/{{Batman}}-style. She is briefly overwhelmed but soon sees through it.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Amanda Waller, who in the comic books is an obese, stubbornly middle-aged woman and not a very nice one, is played by ''Creator/AngelaBassett.'' To the movie's credit, she is depicted as a respectable government agent and downplays Bassett's model-looks.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Amanda Waller, who in the comic books is an obese, stubbornly middle-aged woman and not a very nice one, is played by ''Creator/AngelaBassett.'' To the movie's credit, she is depicted as a respectable government agent and downplays Bassett's model-looks. Also, the movie came out shortly before the launch of the Comicbook/New52 line, in which Waller also got adaptationally attractive.
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* AdaptationalJobChange: While the ComicBook/AmandaWaller of the comics does hold a doctorate, it is for political science, whereas here features her as a xenobiologist.
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* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Hal gives one to the Guardians and Sinestro once he realizes why claiming you are fearless is self-defeating.
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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: Tomar-Re claims that a sector is a thousand times larger than the stars you can see from Earth on the clearest night, which numbers around 5000 maximum. Given 3600 sectors, that adds up to 1.8 billion stars. The Milky Way alone consists of 400 billion stars. However, it could be justified by the fact that a vast majority of stars are not in the habitable zone of a galaxy.
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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: Tomar-Re claims that a sector is a thousand times larger than the stars you can see from Earth on the clearest night, which numbers around 5000 maximum. Given 3600 sectors, that adds up to 1.8 billion stars. The Milky Way alone consists of 400 billion stars. However, it could be justified by the fact that a vast majority of stars are not in the habitable zone of a galaxy. Of course, he could have been speaking metaphorically.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: When Hal shows the Lantern uniform to Tom and how it all works, he visually demonstrates "[[RingOfPower Ring]]... [[FlippingTheBird Finger]]."
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The Green Lanterns are an intergalactic peacekeeping force, whose members are given a ring that "turns thought into reality." The greatest danger to the corps is Parallax (Creator/ClancyBrown), who represents fear and the yellow energy. When respected Corps member Abin Sur (Creator/TemueraMorrison);is fatally injured, his ring leads him to Earth, and chooses a replacement: a brash test pilot named Hal Jordan (Creator/RyanReynolds).
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The Green Lanterns are an intergalactic peacekeeping force, whose members are given a ring that "turns thought into reality." The greatest danger to the corps is Parallax (Creator/ClancyBrown), who represents fear and the yellow energy. When respected Corps member Abin Sur (Creator/TemueraMorrison);is (Creator/TemueraMorrison) is fatally injured, his ring leads him to Earth, and chooses a replacement: a brash test pilot named Hal Jordan (Creator/RyanReynolds).
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A {{superhero}} film and the first LiveActionAdaptation of Creator/DCComics' Franchise/GreenLantern released in June 2011.
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The Green Lanterns are an intergalactic peacekeeping force, whose members are given a ring that "turns thought into reality." The greatest danger to the corps is Parallax (Creator/ClancyBrown), who represents fear and the yellow energy. When respected Corps member Abin Sur (Creator/TemueraMorrison);is fatally injured, his ring leads him to Earth, and chooses a replacement: a brash test pilot named Hal Jordan (Reynolds).
The Green Lanterns are an intergalactic peacekeeping force, whose members are given a ring that "turns thought into reality." The greatest danger to the corps is Parallax (Creator/ClancyBrown), who represents fear and the yellow energy. When respected Corps member Abin Sur (Creator/TemueraMorrison);is fatally injured, his ring leads him to Earth, and chooses a replacement: a brash test pilot named Hal Jordan (Reynolds).
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A {{superhero}} film and the first LiveActionAdaptation of Creator/DCComics' Franchise/GreenLantern released in June 2011, intending to serve both as an [[SuperHeroOrigin origin story]] for Hal Jordan, and an introduction to the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse, with Creator/RyanReynolds in the lead role.
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The Green Lanterns are an intergalactic peacekeeping force, whose members are given a ring that "turns thought into reality." The greatest danger to the corps is Parallax (Creator/ClancyBrown), who represents fear and the yellow energy. When respected Corps member Abin Sur (Creator/TemueraMorrison);is fatally injured, his ring leads him to Earth, and chooses a replacement: a brash test pilot named Hal Jordan(Reynolds).
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The Green Lanterns are an intergalactic peacekeeping force, whose members are given a ring that "turns thought into reality." The greatest danger to the corps is Parallax (Creator/ClancyBrown), who represents fear and the yellow energy. When respected Corps member Abin Sur (Creator/TemueraMorrison);is fatally injured, his ring leads him to Earth, and chooses a replacement: a brash test pilot named Hal Jordan
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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Played with, if only subtly. Green is known as the color for "Go" (such as with streetlights, devices that use a green button for "YES" or other confirmation, etc.), which represents the Lanterns' lack of fear and their willingness to push forward against even the greatest of threats. As mentioned in the "EstablishingCharacterMoment" entry below, Hal Jordan exhibits this quality in spades, often rushing into things without much thought. In the film, the color green is said to represent will, which is the strongest force in the universe.\\
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* CombatPragmatist: Kilowog gives Hal a clear lesson in this by pretending to help him up and using that to punch him again. Hal returns the favor with [[GroinAttack green light to the junk]].
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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: Tomar-Re claims that a sector is a thousand times larger than the stars you can see from Earth on the clearest night, which numbers around 5000 maximum. Given 3600 sectors, that adds up to 1.8 billion stars. The Milky Way alone consists of 400 billion stars.
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