Warner Bros brings us another exciting
adventure from the DC universe in the straight to BLU-RAY
animated movie: Green Lantern: First Flight. Director
Lauren Montgomery director of Superman Doomsday, and
Wonder Woman adds another great production to his
repertoire , and even thought the Green Lantern does not
have the action, intensity, and storyline, (probably
because I know little about this hero) as the previous
productions, its animation still looks as beautiful and
colorful as Wonder Woman ,and it will with out of doubt
gives you a good amount of laughs. As many if the DC
universe movies this one is fitted for all general
audiences, with the exception of a scene that involving
Bodika, since it does not have any strong material. Green
Lantern: First Flight will be available on BLU-RAY and Blue
Ray on July 28 2009.
The movie tells the story of the origin of the EarthLink
Green Lantern, Hal Jordan. When former Green Lantern Abin
Sur is deadly wounded and forced to make an emergency
landing on Earth, he is forced to forfeit his magical ring
to worthiest keeper. In just a few seconds the ring finds
trainee pilot Hal Jordan, and he is transported to Abin
Sur’s presence. Hal receives the ring and becomes the
Green Lantern, kind of a space guardian, of sector 2814.
However, he is first put to a test by the Green Lantern
Corps , since humans are not trust worthy. He is placed
under the surveillance of senior Lantern, Sinestro. In his
training Hal discovers a terrible conspiracy against the
Corps, and all that it stands for, and it is up to him and
his friends to stop it.
As we presence the origin of The Green Lantern and his
Nemesis, we get to see a great display of imaginative
animation, colorful and appealing characters, excellent
voice actors and a share of funny and electrifying
situations. However, the movie fails in delivering a
convincing and engagement story. It is true that is hard
to depict all the Lantern’s mythology in a 77 minutes
movie, nonetheless, previous productions show that it is
possible to show the essentials. I mean, the movie follows
the origin of the hero, granted, it also introduces the
main characters granted again, but story wise it seems to
easy. Hal learns almost instantly how to use his ring,
even before he introduces his hand on the ring’s charger,
the main character lacks human struggle, the plot is also
very predictable with a play out final fight, and for a
superhero movie it lacks action.
The movie does deliver in some comedy though, there are at
least five scenes where the Hal and his comrades will
steal some laughs as they use their rings, also some of
the characters actions are hilarious, specially Killowog.
The cast performance is also great, they add volume to
their character, specially Christopher Melony and Victor
Garber as they depict Hal Jordan and Sinestro
respectively. All the supporting characters also adds
their share to the movie. Over all the movie is mildly
entertaining, it feels like a long episode of the Justice
League, but in my opinion it would not encourages to know
more about the hero. I really believe that this movie will
be more enjoyable for fans of the hero and fans of the DC
characters, however I do not think it is a most have.
VIDEO:
Widescreen (1.78:1) 16x9 1080P
AUDIO:
English 5.1 and 2.0 Dolby Digital
Subtitles - English Spanish
SPECIAL FEATURES: I have
to say that Technically speaking the blue ray version is one
of the best releases I ever. It definitely increases the
experience to another level. The video is just amazing, each
character is sharply and beautiful depicted with striking
and bright full colors contrasting with the darkest space.
The 1080 p transfer make each character come alive; the
sound is crystal clear in all aspects, from dialogues,
explosion, and soundtrack making this movie a great feast.
Also the Blue Ray presentation is excellent, it attracts the
audience just by looking at it, and special features wise it
has a great selection, it explains the mythology of the
hero, villain, along with 137 minutes in episodes from the
Justice league and Duck Dodgers unfortunately this are shown
in a 480p standard definition format.
A First Look to
Superman/Batman: Public enemies: This is a great
teaser of the upcoming DC animated movie featuring DC’s
pillar characters engaging in an exciting detective story,
which promise to be a great movie directed by Sam Liu
(7:44).
From Graphic Novel to Original
animated Movie: Justice League The New Frontier:
This is a short documentary about the movie, it gives the
opinions of the crew and staff from the movie as well as DC
president and publisher Paul Levitz (10:44)
Wonder Women: Amazon
Princess: watch a sneak peak of the released animated movie
Wonder Woman, which seems to be as good as the justice
league movie, in it as the previous option the cast and crew
give their opinion about the film (10:25).
Batman Gotham’s Night:
a mini documentary advertising the first DC anime movie and
one of the best release ever by DC. Crew and cast discussed
the cape crusader, and directors and producers explain their
aim with this project. (10:09)
Blackest Night: Inside
the DC Comic event: This is a mini documentary of the
upcoming project featuring DC’s greatest heroes in what
seems to be a great movie, which seems to have a better
develop story, this one I can wait to see. (8:51)
Behind the story with Geoff
Johns: American comic book and television writer
Geoff Johns gives us a short summary and teaches us about
the hero‘s mythology, and everything that has make this hero
gather all his fans. Also he gives his insides and opinion
on Green Lantern : Rebirth (9:00)
I am the Ring: This in
my opinion is the best feature of all, it is a mini
documentary discussing more in depth the mythology of the
series, it discuses the characters, the items, and symbols
of the green lantern, and its similarities to classical
myths and legends. With opinions from Paul Levitz,
Christopher Vougler, and anthropology professor Sabina
Magliocco (23:00)
Sinestro: This is a
short take on the villain, describing his personality and
attitude towards the Green Lantern Corps (4:00)
The Guardians of the Universe:
Also a short take on this interesting and enigmatic
characters along with their philosophy and perceptions
(4:00)
Duck Dodgers in the Green
Loontern: This is a great short featuring the crazy
Daffy duck. In it Duck Dodgers receives a magical powerful
ring. This is a great adaptation of DC heroes meet loony
tunes. (22:00)
Bruce Timm’s Top Pick: (115:00)
Character designer, animator, and producer Bruce Timms Pick
5 episode from the Justice League series featuring the Green
Lantern. This is also a great feature since each episode is
exiting and look pretty good although they are shown in 480p
standard definition. This are the five episodes
Hearts and minds part one
Hearts and minds part two
Once and future thin Part one
Once and future thin Part two
The return
Digital copy
Review
By Milo
milo@smartcine.com
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