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Marcus Green 2012-05-22 00:29:02

A true trip down memory lane!!!!!

I know that many hardcore comic fans may pick this movie apart. Ireally don't care about their opinions. There is a line between comicgeek and fan. I grew up reading comics when they were 10 cents each.You had to save up to get a few a month and would read them over andover again. Jack Kirby was truly King then. This movie took me back notonly in the style of the animation, but the storyline as well. This wasmade for the old guys, when comics weren't milked of their innocence byhipsters. The message of fear being pushed by the government of thatera was as relevant as today. Once again, we need real heroes. Asstated, this is for the fan who doesn't care if it is accurate to everystoryline written. This is real nostalgic entertainment. I could seegrandparents watching this with their grandchildren and enjoying itmore than the kids.

2012-05-21 11:10:27

Just awesome!

Since I was a child, I have always been a big fan of the "Justice League" comic book series. I actually grew up reading Justice League, Justice Society and Legion of Super Heroes comic books from the 70's and 80's and even up to the 90's.For me, it was the comic to get because all the major DC Super Heroes were featured. You had Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, the Flash, Green Arrow and many others. So, when you bought these comic books, it was a bang for your .25 or .65 cents (depending when you started reading comic books) unlike the several dollar per issue cost that they are now.As for "Justice League: The New Frontier", this animated film is based on Darwyn Cooke's award-winning graphic novel featuring the Justice League during the Cold War. The heroes under government suspicion, the end of the Korean war and the heroes created with a look that looked unique for that era (despite it being created in several years ago).This animated film continues DC's continued work to feature our heroes but not cookie cutter as in Saturday's morning cartoons. From the Justice League Unlimited series that was on the Cartoon Network to the last DVD release of "Superman Doomsday", "Justice League: The New Frontier" continues animation for adults.The film centers around the super heroes as Superman is loyal to the government (despite the government not trusting the heroes); Wonder Woman as the Amazon blood thirsty fighter; Batman as the dark knight that is labeled as an anti-hero, thus being a good guy, is looked at as an enemy due to media portrayal. The Flash as the latest new Hero with super speed who is just emerging onto the scene and the series introduces Hal Jordan (aka the Green Lantern) and how he becomes the one of Earth's heroes and Martian Manhunter, brought to this world but disliked because he is an alien.Needless to say that each hero has their storyline tied together but the main heroes focused on are Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and the Flash. Hal Jordan as the risk taker, Martian Manhunter aka Jon Jonzz trying to assimilate into American culture via trying too be human and the Flash who feels his power of super speed is not so important.You do also see a few cameos by other heroes such as the Blackhawks, Adam Strange, John Henry and more.But all unite together to take on the toughest enemy Earth has ever faced but can the heroes work together despite their differences and will the US government work with them.All in all, "Justice League: The New Frontier" is a refreshing animated film, something different, that DC fans will just enjoy. It's unique and something that many people familiar to original comic book series may not be accustomed to but moreso, to watch something that is for mature audiences. For example, Hal Jordan having to fight for his life and having to kill and have the blood of the enemy splatter all over him after shooting him with a gun. Again, this is not for the kiddies.As for the DVD, the special features are simply awesome.For one, the featurette on "Super Heroes United! The Complete Justice League History" is probably a documentary that I would have bought the DVD just for it. Interviews with past and present DC Justice League writers and history on each heroes and overall, pretty cool featurette on the Justice League. Simply awesome.The exclusive sneak peak to "Batman Gothic Knight" left me giddy as DC chose to work with Japanese anime creators to create the upcoming Batman animated release.I have listened to Darwyn Cooke's audio commentary as he talked about the film, the differences between the film and the graphic novel. Actually pretty cool to hear the original creator of the graphic novel chime in on the animated series.As for the animation, I felt that the animation in correlation with the era this animated film takes place worked quite well. The voice acting is superb with voice acting by well known actors and actresses David Boreanaz ("Bones", "Angel"), Brooke Shields, Lucy Lawless, Kyra Sedgwick, Neil Patrick Harris, Jeremy Sisto and Kyle Maclachlan. Just awesome!

2012-05-19 09:22:37

Big Fan...Big Disappointment

I grew up on the stories of DC and Marvel. I watched Superfriends as a kid (which wasn't really good until the Legion of Doom arrived). I read comics until my late 20's and then gave them up, just because the number of interweaving storylines in multiple different titles made it an expensive hobby. Now in my mid-30s with a son of my own, I have passed on my love of superheros. My 5 year old and I loved the Justice League (and Unlimited) series and were hugely disappointed when it was canceled (we now own all those DVDs). We had been waiting for something new to enjoy.I have not read the New Frontier graphic novel that this DVD is based on, but I can tell you that this movie was a huge disappointment for several reasons.#1 The plot made no sense and actually, was fairly boring. I understand from other reviewers that several things were cut out of the original novel. After reading the synopsis on the cover and seeing that the movie length was only 75 minutes, I was worried that this might be the case. "The Center" was never fully explained and left me with several questions what it's history was and on how such a powerful being was so easily destroyed.#2 The characters were not fully developed. We never learn much about each characters past actions that lead up to the movie's events, except for GL, who we spend way too much time with. #3 Most of the voices were okay, except for Batman, who I felt was completely miscast. I am fairly flexible with accepting different actors playing the same role, but this one did not work for me. I highly recommend not buying this movie. Get the Justice League TV series instead (I wish they would bring that back).The lesson I learned from this (I pre-ordered) is to wait to read reviews before purchasing.

2012-05-19 03:44:27

Justice League is super!

As a life long Justice League fan of 35 years, it was wonderful to see my life long heroes come to life on tv! Great to see Hal Jordan "the real" Green Lantern take center stage. Look forward to many, many more JLA adventures!!

Richard 2012-05-17 09:29:14

Leave Politics out of DC Comics.

There was way too many political inuendoes and there was no need to add profanity it didn't help the story it just help me to decide that my 5 and 7 year old couldn't watch the DVD. The Animation and the 50s retro time period was the best thing about the movie.

2012-05-17 02:20:07

NO LONGER A SHOW FOR YOUNG PEOPLE!!!!!!!!

I'm 17 and I thought the movie had WAY too much potlitics and violence and swearing in it. What happened to the great JL I watch every night at 11:00? In the first scene a guy is shot and they actually have the nerve to show the blood and everything! Truthfully, I didn't even watch the whole thing. My family was about to get it on Netflix but we decided against it. I would sincerely not recommend this movie to anyone, especially if you have kids. POLITCS,BLOOD,VIOLENCE, and CURSING!!!!

2012-05-13 19:53:31

Waste of time

The storyline was poorly implemented with too many unfinished elements running around to make a good movie. The value system also paints certain heroes is a bad light.For example *spoiler*When Hal and Flagg are in the rocket, Hal asserts that he can safely land back on Earth. Flagg however analyzes the situation and deems that it would be too dangerous because of the weapons on board and tries to self-destruct.This just makes Hal an irresponsible fool that is selfishly trying to save himself. How this leads to him being selected to be the green lantern in the movie is just too illogical.I would say, stick to the comic books and the cartoon series if you want something worth reading/watching.Stay away from this movie.

2012-05-13 02:19:37

JL New Frontier - Nothing New

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!

2012-05-10 09:24:39

Ignore the Haters

Saw this movie on Saturday and was blown away. YES if you have not read the book things may be slightly confusing but like the creators said at Wondercon, this was made for the fans. People who appreciate DC, Bruce Tom and love serious and faithful takes on these characters. I shall be purchasing this bluray disc version the day it comes out.Also thumbs WAY UP on the killer soundtrack. Overall it may be a bit too stylised for some haters but people who love or appreciate atomic age/pulpfiction/Superhero style visuals and love Superman/Batman Wonderwoman/Greenlantern should take a look at this.Also one of the coolest interpretations of Batman, from his voice to is lines, just wicket.4 stars, minus one for possible confusion among non DC/comic readers. This is a super faithful adaption of New Frontier and a trillion times better than the Superman Doomsday which I did not like.

2012-05-09 12:35:01

Classic art form.

(I live in the United States of America and my Freedom of Speech is being violated here on Amazon.com so I will NOT be Selling and/or Buying anything from Amazon.com. I will say Thank You for all those people who left comments on my review of the documentary called: The Atheism Tapes which was Wrongfully Deleted. I Will NOT be posting anymore Reviews on Amazon.com! I WILL Only be responding to comments and that is all I will be doing here on Amazon.com! Thanks again.)Justice League: The New Frontier is unique. I really like it for it has a classic look to it. The classic look is a 1940s to 1960s art form to it. I loved it when Martian Manhunter transformed into the classic and famous cartoon character named: Bugs Bunny. I love Bugs Bunny it brought back childhood memories seeing Bugs Bunny drinking soda. Justice League: The New Frontier has action, the guest appearance of Aquaman, Supergirl and others. My boy Superman was not there for the main action but Superman is there and I Love Superman. The Centre is the enemy as a resolute it is worth seeing.

2012-05-03 12:01:27

NOT APPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN!!!

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.

2012-05-03 02:40:22

Totally enjoyable!!

Some people reviewed this cartoon adventure and complained about everything...I just watched and enjoyed it completely!! If you want to pick it apart go ahead, I'd rather just have fun watching!!

2012-05-02 01:48:07

Great cast. Weak story. Weaker Animation.

Lucy Lawless is a great talent for genre films. In general, there is some great voice direction and acting. The music composer did a great job with moving the film forward. It is too bad that these voices and music are giving life to a story with no "center". The subtext has a good morality play for our times, but this is lost among the mess. The saddest part is the lack of quality control on the animation. In one scene some detectives looked like they had no waists. My kids do better (they are young animators themselves). They consistently got things as basic as Superman's uniform wrong. A travesty. Hopefully they didn't spend much money on this...because there are soooo many more worthy projects.Justice League - The New Frontier (Two-Disc Special Edition)

tedbragg 2012-05-01 16:51:07

A terrible letdown, HORRID voice acting

After enjoying years of Batman: TAS, the Superman series, and then thestellar JLA and JLU shows, I had high hopes for this video. Alas, theanimation and character styling was crude, and the HORRIBLE VOICEACTING killed it.The hoopla surrounding the PG-13 rating has to do with the bloodshedand downright gross, disgusting display of savagery, plus some severelystiff delivery of swearing peppered throughout. The famous actors theygot for the parts didn't telephone their performances in, theytext-messaged them.No, I did not like this video. And honestly, I can't understand why NewFrontier turned out so bad -- the same winning team on Superman:Doomsday were at the helm.What went wrong? Boy, I sure hope Target will exchange this turkey...

2012-04-29 17:32:44

Writers are ignorant of history or just don't care.

This review is from: Justice League: The New Frontier Special Edition [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray) The story is great, the animation is fantastic, but,the writer and I assume also producers, seem to think that North Korea and South Korea are completely equivalent societies. I had to pause the DVD and explain real history to the kids watching, and that sometimes people in "Hollywood" are just ignorant and you have to look past that ignorance and enjoy the art and talent.

2012-04-29 13:14:20

It Was OK But Nothing Special

I've never really been a fan of the animated comic book movies, but I decided to give it a try as still being a fan of the heroes I find the Justice League interesting. What I was given was good, but nothing amazing and it certainly didn't change my perception of these types of animated movies.The story is set in the 1950's and focuses around the original formation of the Justice League of America. Batman and Detective John Jones are trying to solve the mystery of the Centre, Superman and Wonder Woman are soldiers for the US Army, Flash is trying to live a normal life with Special Agent King Farraday always on his tail and Hal Jordan has been selected for a special space mission to Mars. The whole centre mystery primarily focuses around the Martian Manhunter and the birth of the Green Lantern. It's a good little story, but seems to be a film that's trying too hard to appeal to all audiences.Be warned, the violence is quite graphic and at times the language used is quite colourful. I guess the writers and animators felt that this would help create a higher level of adult realism to the film. On the contrary in fact, it came across as forced and quite ridiculous as a whole.It's an enjoyable film none the less, but I feel kind of dirty even calling it a film or movie as it's just over an hour long and in my eyes a true film has to be 90 minutes or more. I can imagine that if you're a fan of the old school comic saga or TV shows then this is a film you will love, but to me it was just nothing ground breaking.

2012-04-26 19:20:49

Fun Ride in the DC Universe

I really enjoyed this version of the DC Universe and its characters. Set in the 1950s, at the height of the Red Scare, the heroes are being viewed with suspicion, yet they still do what heroes do; they save the day. It was fun to see the Blackhawks in action, as well. A really fun alternate-version of the late Golden-Age of comics, with some interesting character choices and excellent voice acting. If you love comics, or DC characters, you need this. I'm glad I bought it.

2012-04-26 00:36:18

Not for kids

Great story, fairly graphic. Not for children under 13. Parents, I strongly urge you to PRE-view animated films before showing to children.This is probably the best animated direct to DVD film Bruce Tim has done yet. Among other more super powered issues it touches on the witch-hunt politics of the McCarthy era.

2012-04-26 11:08:59

New Frontier

Great movie. Not quite an accurate adaptation of the comic, but close enough - and it did succeed in capturing the look and feel of Darwyn Cooke style.

2012-04-26 05:11:04

Justice League - The New Frontier

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.