Justice League: The New Frontier is a 2008 animated movie it tells the story of an entity known as The Center and it's coming to Earth to eradicate all of humanity and the Justice League and the United States government must team up to stop that from happening.
- Negatives
One of my issues with this film is The Center isn't really explored enough. All we really get from this movie is "The Center is bad" or "The author of this book tells us The Center is a very dangerous entity". I understand the filmmakers wanted to focus more on the conflict between the superheroes and the government but I really wanted to know more about The Center other than it's evil.
Another issue I have it felt like the film wrapped up to quickly. Right after they defeat The Center it's boom the government and the superheroes are on good terms they no longer distrust another.
- Positives
One thing I absolutely loved about this film is how they put the heroes in issues from the 40's and 50's. They have to deal with things like World War and McCarthyism. It was such a good thing they did in both the comic and the movie.
Another thing to give this film credit is it's actors. Everybody does I a great job with the characters they were given. They really feel like they were meant to voice people like Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. I especially have to give a big thumbs up to Neil Patrick Harris he did an amazing job at voicing Barry Allen/The Flash.
The film also does a great job exploring the distrust between the Untied States government and the superheroes. You understand why the government doesn't really trust the heroes and that is they really can't control this guys they have powers they don't and you understand why the heroes don't trust the government they don't want to be told how to do there heroics or be told what to do with their powers.
The very last thing positive thing to say about this movie is it's animation. It may not be something on the level of Don Bluth's animation but for DVD standards it is nicely done. It has a great mixture between Bruce Timm's art style and Darwyn Cooke's art style.
Justice League: The New Frontier while it has it's problems it's still a film you must watch especially if you're a fan of DC Comics. The heroes dealing with issues from the 40's and 50's adds great weight to the movie, the voice work is spectacular, the distrust between the government and the heroes is done beautifully because it didn't feel like it was in black and white but more in a grey area and the animation is done perfectly.
My final rating for this movie is Good.
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