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Legend of the Guardians

Legend of the Guardians (Guardians of Ga'Hoole)

2010

Zack Snyder

Animation, Voice: Jim Sturgess, Emily Barclay, Ryan Kwanten ...

6.2

7,048

Animation. Fantasy. Adventure. Action Soren, a young barn owl, is kidnapped by owls of St. Aggie's, ostensibly an orphanage, where owlets are brainwashed into becoming soldiers. He and his new friends escape to the island of Ga'Hoole, to assist its noble, wise owls who fight the army being created by the wicked rulers of St. Aggie's. The film is based on the first three books in the series.

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel	"A gorgeously animated combat fantasy - 'The Lord of the Rings' meets 'Happy Feet'"
		Andrew Barker Variety	"Though visually stunning and blessed with immaculate 3D work, film is fatally bogged down by tackling an essentially ridiculous premise"
		Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News	" Zack Snyder certainly knows how to stage spectacles. And in "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole," he proves he can child-size an epic without losing its intensity"
		Andy Webster The New York Times	"Every feather, sunset and 3-D perspective (...) is rendered in impeccable detail. The voice talent (...) is also top-notch. If only the premise weren’t so familiar and the female characterizations so tiresomely backward"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"[A] likable family movie (...) It's all very weird sometimes, but engaging (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Betsy Sharkey Los Angeles Times	"[It makes] such good use of the 3-D technology you can almost feel the pure freedom and joy of flight. But there’s a confusion that you can sense as well"
		Todd McCarthy IndieWire	"Despite a stellar vocal cast, ends up feeling like a pale rehash of so many similar kid-friendly ventures that have come before"
		Dan Jolin Empire	"This is unlikely to win Kathryn Lansky's antipodean owl fantasy any new fans, but even the bemused (and confused) can luxuriate in some grand-scale visual storytelling (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

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