Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
Average Rating: 5.6/10
Reviews Counted: 121
Fresh: 60 | Rotten: 61
Legend of the Guardians' dark tone and dazzling visuals are to be admired, even if they're ultimately let down by a story that never lives up to its full potential.
Average Rating: 5.7/10
Critic Reviews: 18
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 9
Legend of the Guardians' dark tone and dazzling visuals are to be admired, even if they're ultimately let down by a story that never lives up to its full potential.
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Acclaimed filmmaker Zack Snyder makes his animation debut with the fantasy family adventure "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole" based on the beloved Guardians of Ga'Hoole books by Kathryn Lasky. The film follows Soren, a young owl enthralled by his father's epic stories of the Guardians of Ga' Hoole, a mythic band of winged warriors who had fought a great battle to save all of owlkind from the evil Pure Ones. While Soren dreams of someday joining his heroes, his older brother, Kludd,
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Cast
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Sam Neill
Allomere -
Geoffrey Rush
Ezylryb -
Hugo Weaving
Grimble, Noctus -
David Wenham
Digger -
Emily Barclay
Gylfie -
Abbie Cornish
Otulissa -
Adrienne DeFaria
Eglantine -
Ryan Kwanten
Kludd -
Sacha Horler
Strix Struma -
Miriam Margolyes
Mrs. Plithiver -
Helen Mirren
Nyra -
Jim Sturgess
Soren -
Essie Davis
Marella -
Joel Edgerton
Metal Beak -
Angus Sampson
Jutt -
Leigh Whannell
Jatt -
Deborra-Lee Furness
Barran -
Gareth Young
Pete -
Barry Otto
Echidna -
Bill Hunter
Bubo -
Anthony LaPaglia
Twilight -
Richard Roxburgh
Boron -
Tony Cogin
Additional Voices -
James Evans
Additional Voices -
Amanda Bishop
Additional Voices -
Lelda Kapsis
Additional Voices -
John Xintavelonis
Additional Voices -
Trent Dalzell
Additional Voices -
Andrew McDonnell
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All Critics (122) | Top Critics (19) | Fresh (62) | Rotten (62) | DVD (8)
There are a handful of soaring, immersive and at times beautiful fight-and-flight sequences which utilise 3D in the best imaginable way.
Top CriticA splendid adventure sure to thrill children and fantasy buffs, while leaving everyone else passably entertained.
The film's look can't overcome all its shortcomings, but it helps them go down easier than its title.
Snyder and his crew have made a film for an improbably narrow audience -- I can imagine 12 1/2-year-old boys being enthralled by it -- but they've made it with such skill and care it's more a shame than a failure.
May be a hoot, but for all its pyrotechnics, it fails to soar.
The script is merely serviceable and too reminiscent of similar fantasy tales. But kids will instantly relate to the gentle Soren, while watching wide-eyed as he faces each challenge.
In an age of "let's all get along" pabulum, there's much to like in a cartoon not afraid to show its talons.
While it was a delight to look at, it might have been something really special had it had a stronger, more compelling story behind it.
the story's inherent sense of fantasy and genuinely felt moments of exhilaration...and danger...keeps us engaged - for a time, at least
It's a shame that the painstaking work of the CGI animators was ultimately doomed to failure by the script.
A wrong-headed and milling attempt at a "final conflict" tale like the Fellowship of the Ring.
It's tough-minded and anything but happy.
Only the most saintly of viewers could forgive the film all of its storytelling lapses [but] there's always going to be some stupidly gorgeous tableau to hold your attention.
The repetition fatigue that plagued 300 also weakens Legend of the Guardians, but otherwise it's an entertaining, action-packed fable
...Legends Of The Guardians is nonetheless an excellent adventure that comes with plenty of heart, spectacle and that welcome darker edge that helps make a family movie great.
This 3-D animated film is for the birds.
Elements of the story drag on longer than expected, but the film is lifted up by its dynamic visuals, exciting set pieces and terrific voice cast.
...a pretty amazing step forward for a major studio work of animation.
Had everything it needed to be unique, but instead it emerges as unmemorable and run-of-the-mill.
The visuals alone can't carry the show. Where it should have soared upward, it takes a dive. (Blu-ray Combo Edition)
Audience Reviews for Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
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- Barran: Follow me!
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- Barran: Follow me!
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- Gylfie: And wait, what is your name?
- Otulissa: Are you going to keep interrupting me?
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- Soren: Kludd!
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- Boron: Bubo, sharpen the battle claws. To arms!
- Allomere: To arms!
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- Gylfie: What did he say?
- Digger: Were halfway there!
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Foreign Titles
- Die Legende der Wächter (DE)
- Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (UK)
