Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

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First time viewed: No
Current Release: Yes
Watched With: Myself

Zack Snyder's kick-ass owl movie. Visually stunning and richly detailed in animation and texture, lighting and sound. It's got some great tense moments and scary bits to freak out little kids too. Unfortunately what could have been an awesome action adventure film is ruined with the placement of the most horridly jarring pop song, smack bam in the middle of the film and at the end credits. Curse you Owl City. Curse you.

This film was great in 3d but looks just as amazing on bluray, there is so much detail to chew over. And of course the film is filled with the Snyder speed ramps so you get time to look at them. Unfortunately there is no commentary on the disc but there is one of those funky multimedia in-movie viewing modes that he has on all his films. They are teh funky.

There is some great action in this. It's pretty epic. It's a strange tone, some of the characters are very "kiddy" while a lot of the scenes, especially the stuff with any of the antagonists are pretty intense. I think this unevenness causes it some trouble. It also suffers from that horrible children's book series adaptation syndrome where things are left unfinished in the hopes of possible sequels that usually never come. It's nowhere near as bad as some more recent films, the main arc is completed, but there's definitely stuff there that is left hanging.

But don't dismiss this one, there's a lot here to enjoy and it's definitely worth a watch. The guys over at Animal Logic have done some great work.