Justice League: The New Frontier (2008) (V)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Dave Bullock

Writers:

Stan Berkowitz (written by)
Darwyn Cooke (additional material)

Release Date:

26 February 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

In the 1950s, a new generation of superheroes must join forces with the community's active veterans and a hostile US government to fight a menace to Earth.

Plot Keywords:

1950s | Batman | Wonder Woman | Green Lantern | Superman

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 2 nominations

Cast

David Boreanaz	...	Hal Jordan / Green Lantern (voice)
Miguel Ferrer	...	J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice)
Neil Patrick Harris	...	Barry Allen / The Flash (voice)
John Heard	...	Ace Morgan (voice)
Lucy Lawless	...	Wonder Woman (voice)
Kyle MacLachlan	...	Superman (voice)
Lex Lang	...	Rick Flagg (voice)
Phil Morris	...	King Faraday (voice)
Kyra Sedgwick	...	Lois Lane (voice)
Brooke Shields	...	Carol Ferris (voice)
Jeremy Sisto	...	Batman (voice)
Joe Alaskey	...	Bugs Bunny (voice)
Jeff Bennett	...	Sportscaster (voice)
Corey Burton	...	Abin Sur (voice)
Townsend Coleman	...	Dr. Magnus (voice)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violent content/images.

Runtime:

75 min

Country:

USA

Language:

Portuguese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-11 | New Zealand:M | USA:TV-14 (cable rating) | Australia:M

Company:

Warner Bros. Animation

Trivia:

Hal Jordan's fellow co-pilot, Ace Morgan, is the leader of a group of adventurers called The Challengers of the Unknown, who starred in several incarnations in the comics. The other team members (or "Challs", as they are called) can be seen during the final battle with the Centre. They are wearing the same lavender shirts and white gloves that Ace is wearing.

Quotes:

[first lines]
The Centre: [narrating] Like all things on this hurtling sphere, I emerged from the molten center of creation. But mine has been a unique path. Isolated, I developed attributes beyond those of lesser beings. Then the sphere was struck by a vast celestial stone. Black chunks of death filled the skies and the world became a chaotic world of doom...

Movie Connections:

References Steel (1997)

The best film DC has ever produced!

This is what fans have been waiting for. This film did an excellent job of following Darwyn Cooke's vision of the JLA as well as provide great continuity to the DC Universe. As for the negative comments about the characters from one certain naysayer. Get educated in the mythos before you critique it 1. That was superman's original 'S', read the damn books before you criticize. Understand the character's roots first.

2. Hal Jordan was the original Green Lantern from Earth. Jon Stewart is the third. The JL series is not DC Dogma.

3. They followed Bob Kane's Batman to the umpteenth degree. From the first issue he appeared in up to where Robin is introduced.

Overall, this is the best film DC has ever produced, I'm keeping in mind Richard Donner's Superman and Tim Burton as well as Chris Nolan's Batman films. As far as the comics go, this film is the best.

I also appreciated the followup to the issue of the JSA where the heroes were confronted by McCarthy to give up their secret identities, and quitting saving an ungrateful nation. The Red scare despite red being part of the trinity of colors on our own flag. After WWII America becomes less and less American, and this movie played off that. This movie couldn't have been told at a better time.

GOOD WORK DC! Hope the momentum keeps going up.