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The Legend of the Guardians is a kid's adventure movie that has plenty of action, but never soars. The movie is the story of a young owl named Sorin who dreams of someday becoming one of the mythical Guardians of Ga'Hoole (the owl protectors for all owl kingdom), but when Sorin and his brother are kidnapped by the evil owl clan, The Pure Ones, who vow to take over all of owldom, Sorin must fly out to discover the ancient Guardians in order to save owls the world over. It's a straightforward story utilizing Joseph Cambell's "Hero's Journey," but unlike Star Wars, the potential is never reached. Director Zack Snyder does a marvelous job with the action sequences, and the whole movie is one of the most visually striking pieces of cinema this year, but the story is just too simple. The story is sort of like it's still stuck in outline form, following bulletpoints rather than it feeling as if the story has a natural ebb-and-flow. Snyder never takes the time to drink in the fantastical imagery spun by his animators, and the same goes for the characters. Time is never taken to explore these wonderful characters in greater detail, where as these characters probably leapt off the page in the novel by Kathryn Lasky, and had that time been taken it could have added some much needed emotional connection. It's simple to say, had there been more meat to this than just the bare bones 90 minutes, but alas, this is a movie that could have soared up into the clouds, but settles to fall flat. I give The Legend of the Guardians a 5 out of 10!

After hearing it praised as a "wonderful, exciting movie for the whole family" I was really looking forward to "Legends of the Guardians: the Owls of Ga'Hoole"...only to be bitterly disappointed by the movie's confusing narrative, borrowed from fairy-tales (mainly H.C. Andersen's) and the Star Wars-saga (the good owls' island looks like Ewok-land, and the air-fights between good and evil use very similar flight patterns). Plus, I couldn't tell the owls apart! Even their voices sounded alike. It probably didn't help to see "Legends" in 2-D either. My son wished we had seen "Tangled" instead, which he considers a girl-movie. I am not familiar with the books the movie is based on.

The trailer never mentioned that this movie is directed by Zack Snyder(300, Watchmen), so it has many slow-mos. But here's the good news: The movie is not as slow as "Watchmen", & Zack Snyder's slow-mos has improved and it has more style than his other movies. But the bad thing is the stylish improved slow-mos ruined the suspense and the action of the film. And the trailer says the movie is "breathtaking" to be honest "How to Train your Dragon" was more breathtaking (and goosebumps worthy) than this. "Legend of the Guardians" might be the worst animated movie this year. It's not terrible or great, it's just an okay film. The reason why I said it's the worst animated movie of the year because almost every animated film this 2010 are classical and this movie is the weakest of them all. I thought this movie will also be one of the best movies of 2010. The problem of this movie is the slow-mos. It ruins the fun. The story was good but it has bad pacing. and the entrance of the characters is too quick, and Soren makes friends too fast. Now here's the good thing about this movie. The visuals. The visuals reduces the boringness of this movie. Yes the movie could have been boring without the beautiful visuals. and beside the visuals the other good thing that made the movie entertaining is the voice acting. Jim Sturgess, Helen Mirren, Sam Neill, Hugo Weaving, Geoffrey Rush and the rest of the cast did a good job for making this movie less boring. "Legend of the Guardians" is not an Oscar worthy or a waste of time. This is just a movie that you wanted to see in the big screen or else you'll get bored on the small screen. Well I didn't see this in 3D. Besides of "How to Train your Dragon" the trailer of this movie is more breathtaking than the movie itself. I could recommend this to people who wants to see eye candy visuals but if you wanted to see something solid and decent then watch something else.

I have loved animation for as long as I can remember, as far as when I was 2 when I saw The Lion King in the cinema. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole is not one of my favourite animated movies, but it is a long way from the worst. I've not read the books, so I cannot say how good Legend of the Guardians is as an adaptation. But I will judge it on its own terms, as it does deserve to be. I thoroughly enjoyed this film. Sure the dialogue is stilted and sometimes verges on ridiculous with the profound talking about gizzards. At times also, while never dull, not too preachy(even with the death, slavery and indoctrination) and well-meaning, as well as maintaining a serious tone despite some of the writing, the story is rather formulaic and rushed in how it is told. On the plus side, it is really one of the most visually beautiful films I have ever seen, the owls are beautifully modelled, but the landscapes, the camera angles, colours and the flying in the storm scene are just breathtaking to watch. Every bit as impressive is the score, which is really stirring stuff and fits perfectly with the visuals and the goings on in the story. The characters are engaging also especially Soren, who you identify with every step of the way, and the voice cast with the likes of Jim Sturgess, Helen Mirren, Hugo Weaving, Geoffrey Rush, Sam Neill, Miriam Margoyles and Anthony LaPaglia are superb. All in all, even with its faults Legend of the Guardians is a breathtakingly beautiful film. 8/10 Bethany Cox

"I'll wager we'll discover the extent of their plans"??? "Yes, it has been prophesied"??? - who WROUGHT this? LotG:The Owls of Ga'Hoole is an unexpectedly overwrought and embarrassingly neo-Nazi (and not all that neo) take on owldom. Their "owl culture" artefacts, so full of human-built trappings (the metal raffiawork archways atop inaccessible precipices, let alone the handcrafted metal masks and battle-claws for the owls themselves), deny the "culture" much credibility, and instead push the film into uncomfortable anthropomorphisations. Suffering horribly from strict adherence to the book franchise, as well as the overdone accents of its stars – accents which induce deep cultural cringe in Australians – the film adaptation might be breathtaking to look at, but falls clumsily over in the storytelling department. The character names and plot details are difficult to just hear, let alone learn, unless you've already read the first 3 books; and the predetermined happy ending is SO CERTAIN that it's totally embarrassing to watch kids being underestimated like this. Not a scratch on Pixar. As I mentioned, Animal Logic did a fantastic job with the sfx, but because this too is a pre-existing franchise in search of a fanbase, the production house relied too heavily on previz to animate the story, with no room for its voice actors to add much, other than their names. I had to give this film one star for the one idea worth salvaging from the premise - that brothers can turn into mortal enemies due to mere personal shortcomings in one of them, and another for its lovely beats on the joys of flying, feathers, and the physical expressions of love by animals without hands. But such things are too far in the minority. As for the rest, you REALLY need to be a franchise fan just to tolerate such anathema and pure throwback justifications for….war. Embarrassing.2/10.

When I read the reviews on IMDb for this film, I was very excited about watching it, a 7.2 is not easy to obtain on IMDb, and many of the so called 'best' reviews said it was a excellent movie and compared it to How to Train your Dragon and Toy Story 3, it wasn't. This was an awful movie, with dialogue such as 'We must uphold our oath, to battle' some of the most stupid and unnecessary lines were in this movie. This movie is not at all suitable for anyone above the age of 10 as it lacks a plot, and apparently both sides are in a competition of stupidity, the guardians decide to rush into the battle even when they know that the opposing forces have obtained a mysterious material from rat poop and the other side gives the guardians blatant evidence to prove that they have been betrayed so the hero can go save them. And the whole Gizard thing was beyond stupid and lame. All in all, awful movie. Not for anyone above the age of around 7.

I sat through this depthless mess for a few astoundingly good visuals. So bad I have to assume the books fare better in plot and character development. The dialogue is almost completely without personality. The movie relies heavily on contrived traditional story-telling devices without the benefit of careful build-up or dimensional characters to make us care. The interest of non-human trappings is wasted on a screenplay that feels like it's only touching the tips of the books' main plot points without showing us anything between. I'm trying to think of one element that wasn't generic, vague or underdeveloped. I have to reject the idea that this movie had so much ground to cover (3 books) that quality development was sacrificed. Ultimately it doesn't offer anything that couldn't have been squeezed into a 22 minute TV episode. Zach Snyder's track record is starting to read incapable of anything other than looking great. Lot of wasted voice talent in this movie. With no great or even memorable characters I'm not sure why they bothered. To top it off just when you think you're about to make through an animated movie without having to cringe through a cr*p song or musical number, blammo! As I said though, some brilliant visuals.

I love this movie. It might not be 100% accord to the books but that doesn't matter, the movie is fantastic, now if you liked the movie, go ahead and read the books, you won't be disappointed. If you young children are easy impressive, you might not like them asking you "but why is the pretty bird doing those bad things?" and stuff like that, just imagine an epic movie, you know: knights, kings, queens and battles, but for children and adults alike, it depends on how much your kids know about epic stories and the implications of war. The visual designs are awesome and the music is beautiful, it is a great story.