Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole2010
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
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Critic Consensus: 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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Cast
as Soren
as Kludd
as Boron
as Barran
as Eglantine
as Ezylryb
as Allomere
as Noctus/Grimble
as Strix Struma
as Digger
as Gylfie
as Otulissa
as Mrs. Plithiver
as Nyra
as Metal Beak
as Marella
as Jutt
as Jatt
as Pete
as Echidna
as Bubo
as Twilight
as Additional Voices
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Critic Reviews for Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
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There are a handful of soaring, immersive and at times beautiful fight-and-flight sequences which utilise 3D in the best imaginable way.
A 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.
After the frightened kids run screeching from the theater, adults may wonder what this vicious flick was trying to teach us. But as a guardian of unhatched spirits, I say: Hoo-hoo-hoo cares?
Audience Reviews for Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
This is probably one of the most beautifully animated CG films I've ever seen. The director did a fantastic job at telling this story,which figures since he did Watchmen and 300, and if you've seen those movies you'll see some similarities to those movies in this, such as A LOT of slow-motion, especially during the fights. The cast all did a fantastic job and were all wisely chosen, such as Helen Mirren as the villains wife, Geoffrey Rush as the good, worn down old warrior, now story writer, and the best being Hugo Weaving as the villain (of course) Metal Beak. But the other actors do good jobs as well, Digger and Twilight both being the funniest. The conflict between the main two brothers is very well done and told, and the ending fight between the two is so satisfying to watch.
Super Reviewer
Let's be honest, it's a movie with owls fighting each other while wearing helmets. Sounds horrible? I agree. But, as it turns out, the movie deserves a chance. It may be a bit too scary for the really young ones and a bit too cute for older teenagers, everyone in between and adults young at heart should have a good time with this, though. The animation is breathtakingly beautiful, as are the landscapes that give this world a sense of depth and mythology. That works great for the film's fantastic atmosphere. The characters are likable enough, the story engaging and even offers a surprise or two. That makes for a really entertaining adventure that showcases what animated films can do in terms of photorealism. I stand corrected.
Super Reviewer
Zack Snyder has stooped very low to male a film like this but there are a few good cinematics.
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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole Quotes
| Twilight: | I'll get you closer!! We're going to lock talons. Trust me, I know what I'm doing!! |
| Soren: | Yeah, but have you done this before?! |
| Twilight: | No... but I've always wanted to try it!! Hold on!! |
| Echidna: | The warrior!! |
| Twilight: | A poet warrior, please, thank you. |
| Twilight: | Ahah!! Danger, intrigue!! The stuff of song. |
| Digger: | Oh, no, not the lute. |
| Twilight: | But such things have no effect on me!! For I am a poet, as much as a warrior. |
| Boron: | We only seek the truth. |
| Soren: | The truth? We told you the truth. The Pure Ones exist. They will enslave us all and rule our world without pity!! I know that the only proof I have are my words... but words were the only proof I had that you existed, and still I believed. |