Rating:  -
A bit anti-climactic, given the advertising, but it is kind of cool to see these heroes in their circa 1950's uniforms. It's nice to see the Hal Jordan Lantern, too. But overall I was disappointed in the length of the film, most specifically it's brevity. And padding the disk with extra JLU episodes doesn't help, since the story itself is a total departure from the version depicted in the earlier JLA storylines regarding the formation of the league and the advent of the Watchtower. Not to mention that any self-respecting comic fan who would shell out their dough for this disk has the previous disks already, as a matter of course. Good for a rental only, unfortunately -for me, twenty-three bucks or so poorer- IMO. But Wonder Woman in combat boots almost makes up for it. Almost.
Rating:  -
As a lifelong comics fan, this DVD was a real treat. The story, the animation style, and the characterizations all felt like stepping back to the beloved stories of my childhood, the late 50s and early 60s. I had not read Darwyn Cooke's original series, upon which this was based, but I had heard good things about it, and I was not disappointed. I am also a fan of Bruce Timm's' various animated treatments of Batman, Superman, and the Justice League. This ranks right up alongside those top flight efforts. And the casting was dead-on. Neil Patrick Harris as Barry Allen/Flash, David Boreanaz as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, and Jeremy Sisto as Batman (Bruce Wayne is curiously absent) were all inspired choices. And Lucy Lawless as Wonder Woman? Need I say more? The only way to improve on this would have been to make it a live-action movie, using these same actors. I consider this money well-spent on my tight collector's budget!
Rating:  -
After watching the Justice League TV show and Justice League Unlimited TV show, I was a little disappointed after watching this movie. Perhaps I was expecting a continuation of the TV show, and that's not what this is. The voices were good, but the animation was not as good as it was in the TV show and seems to have been written completely differently. In the end, however, the movie was entertaining and I really did enjoy watching it.
Rating:  -
This is a great superhero movie. An quality story in its own right, and a faithful adaptation of the excellent graphic novel it is based on.
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I liked the JL series characters much better than the ones used in the New Frontier.
Here is a comment to all animated series directors/producers: Could you please be consistent. In one episode, Superman is all powerful and almost nothing can hurt him, in another he is beaten easily; same for all the other characters. Also, the Superman series, the JL series, the Superman movies, the new animated Batman series, the old Super Friends series, and now the JL New Frontier movie, all have somewhat a different background story to tell about each of the characters, how they came to be, how the league started, who started and leads the league, etc. Finally, as for any Sci-Fi film, have you noticed that the good guys never add to their arsenals what they have learned from other encounters!
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