Green Lantern: First Flight (2009) (V)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

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:

The Guardian Appa Ali Apsa is a major player in the DC Comics crossover event known as Millennium.

Goofs:

Continuity: Sinestro's skin tone often changes from pink to a flesh tone, then back again, between scenes.

Quotes:

Sinestro: [to Hal] Let me tell you, friend. The only way to operate out here is by fear. They hit, I hit harder. They attack, I annihilate. I am the one constant, unassailable force against their chaos and you made them forget that. You think I enjoy this? Look at the universe the Guardians have created. We have the greatest power in the cosmos and what have they made us? Garbage collectors! We pick up the trash.
[blasting away at garbage with Power Ring]
Sinestro: A thief here, a killer there. Scum, dirt, filth! There's no end to it, but there could be. It's my dream that one day all of this rot will be wiped away. A new order will prevail, one that will end the chaos but it won't be built by the faint of heart. You got soft on me back there, Earth boy, and that I will not tolerate.

Movie Connections:

Features "Duck Dodgers: The Green Loontern (#1.9)" (2003)

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 Green 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.