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		List Price: $29.99		Label: Warner Salesrank: 8846 Released: July 28, 2009
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		MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: Blu-ray

Editorial Review:
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 07/28/2009 Run time: 75 minutes Rating: Pg13

Description of Green Lantern: First Flight [Blu-ray]:
Green Lantern: First Flight is an animated and lively origin story about the transformation of test pilot Hal Jordan into a member of an intergalactic society watching over the universe. Flying an experimental jet one day, Jordan (voiced by Law and Order: Special Victims Unit's Christopher Meloni) encounters a dying alien who is a Green Lantern protector of Earth's sector of the cosmos. The alien's ring, a repository of enormous power granted by a council of elders called the Guardians, zips onto Jordan's finger, but neither the Guardians nor other Green Lanterns are ready to accept him as an unproven member. Complicating things for Jordan is the fact that the Green Lantern tasked with mentoring him, Sinestro (Victor Garber), is plotting the destruction of the Guardians with the acquisition of "yellow power," the only force that makes the Lanterns' green power useless.

Jordan's resilience and willingness to throw himself in harm's way for the good of everyone gain respect, but his inevitable showdown with Sinestro is an epic fight. This PG-13 feature is a bit bloody, and there are a few swear words, but most of the violence arises from that familiar, shape-shifting light emanating from Jordan's ring. Happily, there is some of the old DC Comics wit in the way his Green Lantern ring shapes its beam into such imaginative weapons as a golf club and a flyswatter. --Tom Keogh

Green Lantern: First Flight [Blu-ray] Reviews:
Great Anime Movie
2009-12-28 - This movie caught all us watching off guard. We thought this was going to be an typical kiddie cartoon. This was not a Saturday morning cartoon. Action packed and informative storyline. Seriously enjoyed this movie. Watch for the violence not for children to young.

I liked it enough to buy it
2009-12-07 - I rented this movie and liked it enough to buy a copy. What I liked most about this movie, was that it hit upon the theme of Hal Jordan becomming one of the greatest lanterns through his grit and determination. There is even a scene where he must survive without his ring. I just felt the movie captured that key point of him being a hero regardless of the humongous power and responsibility placed upon him. I also liked how it showed his resourcefulness as a "mere" human, reminiscent of the Flash Gordon theme. All in all I felt it also had a decent use of humor and drama. Artwork and story were all good to me...

For Die-Hard Comics Fans ONLY
2009-12-03 - The movie eschews logic and wit in favor of being a big-time action movie with no moral center and no emotional drive.

Which is a shame, b/c any good movie follows SOME kind of logic, and Green Lantern's world has benefited in the past by wit (a Superman episode using 2nd-tier Lantern Kyle Rainer comes to mind) and has most certainly suffered in the past without it (the John Stewart Green Lantern of the Justice League cartoon).

In brief, the film jumps right into the action, turning pilot Hal Jordon into superhero Green Lantern within the first 10 or 15 minutes. While that might sound fun, you end up with no emotional connect with the character. Imagine if Iron Man was missing the first 25 minutes or the first two Spider-Man movies were missing the first 30 -- that's what we have here.

While we see a host of characters fans have clamored for, and the voice work and casting is truly EXCELLENT (including an interestingly cast John Larroquette [Night Court, Boston Legal]), it does nothing to help this brainless actioner be anything but 2nd-rate ideas live-action action directors Roland Emerich or Michael Bay would have tossed aside.

Try Justice League: Savage Time -- far more depth, far more interesting, and far, far more clever.

The best movie yet in the DCU series
2009-11-15 - Green Lantern: First Flight presents us the origin of Hal Jordan becoming Green Lantern. For those not well-versed in the comics history, the initial development is very much in line with the classic origin from the DC Comic many decades ago. A spaceship crashes on Earth with a dying alien on board. This alien commands his ring to find a worthy replacement. This worthy individual is test pilot Hal Jordan.

Jordan quickly finds himself caught up in cosmic-scale events, as the Green Lantern Corps arrest him for possessing the ring without permission of the overseers of the Corps. Jordan faces the accusation that he is unworthy and quickly proves himself to be a natural at wielding the ring, despite his inexperience. He is embroiled in a conspiracy that reaches to very high levels in the Corps, but his own innate talent and determination allow him to overcome great odds in pursuit of true justice.

While the story is not exactly in line with the comic origin of Hal as Green Lantern, this movie does go far to show why he was regarded as the greatest Lantern ever, since despite his inexperience he takes on and defeats the prior claimant to that title. There are a number of violent deaths in this movie, so it's not exactly intended for small kids to watch though they surely see worse in video games these days.

This is a fantastic story told with wonderful animation that surpasses all the other movies in the line thus far. Even with voice actors who I would not have chosen, the creators delivered in First Flight a wonderful origin story for one of the core DCU characters.

Best Feature-Length Comic Movie I've Seen
2009-11-13 - I was basically expecting a 90 minute episode of Justice League Unlimited when I saw this, but I was surprised to find both the animation and writing to be a step up from that tv show.

The movie follows a tale of corruption, betrayal and intrigue that begins with a brief origin story for Hal Jordan, and features a great deal of Sinestro, the classic fallen Lantern. The Green Lantern Corps are depicted to be reminiscent of the Jedi in the Star Wars Universe.

The best scenes were the amazing chase sequences that begin in a seedy tavern on some distant planet, filled with rogue aliens (sound familiar?).

The voice acting is pretty good throughout, and the storytelling has a distinct psychological edge to it that makes some of the plot twists hit home that much harder.

I hope the other DCAU movies are this good.