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Now THIS is how DC is going to put Marvel's animated movies to shame. It blows their previous release, Superman: Doomsday, completely away! I was only able to read Vol. 1 out of the two trades released from the DC comic series, and the trade was very good. The movie glazed over several plot points in the interest of time but what we have left is 75 minutes of heart-felt story that takes our favorite DC characters and adds new dimensions to them. At it's heart, New Frontier is mainly Hal Jordan's story. Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman all play their roles but I think Hal is the core of this story. It tells the story of how the DC heroes reacted to the world giving in to the Red Scare during the beginning of the Cold War years and shows how they deal with it. The main antagonist of the story is a being called The Centre, an ancient creature that has been on Earth since before the dinosaurs and hates that humans have taken it over. We also get The Flash and Martian Manhunter heavily engrained in the story. And with the PG-13 rating, the violence is not held back. Plus, the DVD bonus features are great! I especially loved the history of the Justice League feature. I highly recommend this one.
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I rented this for our children, ages 5-13. I quickly found out that even though this is marketed for viewing by children (despite a PG-13 rating), it is anything but appropriate for kids.
Before the credits even appeared, the movie depicted a suicide. The movie shows a character picking up a pistol, turning it toward the camera (which is the viewpoint of the character), and pulling the trigger. There is a bang, and the screen goes black. Then there are credits.
The next scene takes place at the end of the Korean war. An American soldier a Korean soldier are struggling with a knife. The American manages to pull his pistol, place the muzzle alongside the Korean soldier's cheekbone, and shoot the Korean soldier in the head. There is an explosion of blood and what appears to be brain matter. The Korean soldier falls back in slow motion as the blood flies, and the American lies on his back with his enemy's blood splattered across his face.
The short bit that we watched before I turned it off also contained profanity.
My kids are not fainthearted, and I am not a prude. This movie was just terribly inappropriate for kids and should be avoided by all parents who don't want their children exposed to scenes of gratuitous, bloody, explicit killing of human beings.
Rating: -
Loved the whole retro feel, but please watch this before you show it to the kids. It is PG13, and besides some mild language there is a very disturbing scene in the first 5 minutes I wasn't prepared for. It was tastefully done, but I really wished I had known. I thought the Green Lantern story line was great, but the last part felt like Origins from Justice Leage and wasn't really necessary. It was kind of rushed at the end, but it left me wanting more.
Rating:  -
I didn't think I'd like this movie but I enjoyed it a lot. I was totally surprised by the people they had as voice actors and actresses for Batman and Wonder Woman, Lois Lane and Superman.
PS, if you like Justice League and Justice League Unlimited then you will enjoy this movie. The only problem I had with this movie is that it wasn't long enough. I give Justice League - The New Frontier a 5 out of 5.
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.
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