Green Lantern: First Flight (2009) (V)

Director:

Lauren Montgomery

Writer:

Alan Burnett (written by)

Release Date:

28 July 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Beware His Power

Plot:

Test pilot Hal Jordan finds himself recruited as the newest member of the intergalactic police force, The Green Lantern Corps.

Plot Keywords:

Lantern | Green Lantern | DC Comics | Superhero | Based On Comic

Cast

Christopher Meloni	...	Hal Jordan / Green Lantern (voice)
Victor Garber	...	Sinestro (voice)
Tricia Helfer	...	Boodikka (voice)
Michael Madsen	...	Kilowog (voice)
John Larroquette	...	Tomar Re (voice)
Kurtwood Smith	...	Kanjar Ro (voice)
Larry Drake	...	Ganthet (voice)
William Schallert	...	Appa Ali Apsa (voice)
Malachi Throne	...	Ranakar (voice)
Olivia d'Abo	...	Carol Ferris (voice)
Richard Green	...	Cuch (voice)
Juliet Landau	...	Labella (voice)
David L. Lander	...	Ch'p (voice)
Richard McGonagle	...	Abin Sur (voice)
Rob Paulsen	...	Weaponers (voice)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi action violence.

Runtime:

USA:77 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #45354) | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (edited version) | Australia:M

Company:

DC Comics

Trivia:

Carol Ferris is voiced by Olivia d'Abo, who previously voiced the same character's supervillain alter-ego, Star Sapphire, on several episodes of "Justice League" (2001).

Goofs:

Continuity: It is obvious there were multiple cartoonists on this movie. The "Green Lantern" symbol is very detailed and true in some scenes and on some characters. In other scenes and characters a like the symbol is very crude and poorly detailed.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Hal Jordan: I'll tell you, Carol, it's quite a sight up here. All those stars, the blue water. Reminds me of that night in Cabo. Remember the restaurant?
Carol Ferris: Hal, stay on the flight.
Hal Jordan: A lot of sangria that night. Boy, could you put it away.
Carol Ferris: Hal.
Hal Jordan: I don't know how we ever made it back to the hotel...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Ryan Reynolds/Lady Gaga (#35.2)" (2009)

Always a treat from the animation studio

I've said it before, I'll say it again. The people who put together Warner Brothers animated DC universe movies have a lot more on the ball than the people who spend millions of dollars putting together the live action films.

Fans already know the story... A dying aliens finds test pilot Hal Jordan (the second of five Green Lanterns) and bestows upon him the ring of the Green Lantern. He is teamed with Sinestro, a Green Lantern with ambitions of his own. Sinestro makes a deal with the Weaponers of Qwad to develop a Yellow Power Ring that gives him the ability to beat the Lantern Corps.

Okay, that's the basics, but this movie really elevates an old story into an art form. Christopher Meloni of Law and Order Fame does a respectable job as the voice of Jordan. The action scenes are quite intense for an animated film (almost being on par with Anime) and I'm almost inclined to say too intense for small children, but what do I know.