What do you get when you have the director from 300 and Watchmen going back to his childhood and bringing a beloved book series to the big screen in 3D? Well what you don't get is a bad evening since most of the people I was supposed to go with bailed and it wound up just being me and my friend, whose name I will not mention but she knows who it is. What you will get is an extremely enjoyable movie that I wouldn't mind seeing again.
Based on a series of children's books (and by children's books, I mean how The Hobbit is a children's book despite being very dark and sometimes violent), Legend of the Guardians tells the story of Soren, who is kidnapped alongside his brother, Kludd, and are taken someplace that vaguely resembles a concentration camp (I kid, it doesn't. It's just a bunch of rocks and stuff). Soren escapes alongside his friend Gylfie and they both fly off to find the legendary Guardians of Ga'Hoole, protectors of the kingdom.
It has a very formulaic plot that likens back to the cartoons of old and my narrative media studies teacher will be glad to know that I recognized every aspect of the Hero's Journey in this movie. But despite being formulaic, where it truly shines are its characters, which are all lovable and funny in their own ways, including some of the enemies that kidnapped them, where they keep talking about how their mean faces look.
This movie isn't just for kids, however. You guys remember in Sleeping Beauty, how it had a very light-hearted and colorful plot and story and characters, but also had some extremely dark elements. Well, this movie is just like that. It has a very colorful plot, colorfully humorous characters, but it does have a real-life tone, where the stories and legends aren't like what they're made out to be. Don't worry, there's no blood and the deaths are somewhat only implied by pained screeches and such, but I wonder if there is a version what has blood. That would be awesome.
This is a movie directed by Zack Snyder, so there are tons of slow-down scenes, but don't worry. They actually enhance the action, where you can see every clash of steel, every duck under blades and such. Who would've thought that it would be so cool just to watch a bunch of armored owls slash each other with blades?
Watch this movie, if only for the hell of it. It's a fun movie and good way to kill 2 hours.
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