Powerful

Absolutely the worst movie.

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

This very dark kid's cartoon tells a trite and predictable good versus evil story, with owl-enslaving owls who talk about conquest and purity set against owls who just go around being noble because that's just what they do.There are really good moments in this movie, including a terrifically exciting escape scene and an amusing bit with a porcupine soothsayer, and the animation is technically very well done, even if I find this sort of hyper-realism rather dreary, but overall this is a rather dull Star Wars wannabe.

Zack Snyder's first animated feature. You know what that means. Dark and lackluster plotting predicated by his inveterate practice of tacky slow-motion. But seriously, if anybody can get you to love a slo-mo sequence, it's Zack Snyder. It's like a guilty pleasure, watching his films. Bolstered by strong animation from Animal Logic, you have a gorgeous feast for your eyes. While Snyder's films typically miss the emotional mark, you can still count on a good time. He will always be that director with the fun-to-watch films, so long as you're not expecting much else. Sometimes fun is enough. 6.5/10 — watching Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole.

This movie gave my eight year old Night mares, not because it was scary but, if these where humans it would not be pg, (spoiler alert) given he is forced to kill his brother at the end, and stabs the evil leader with a burned branch still glowing from the coals, its not for the feint of heart but definitely one of the best movies I've seen.(end spoiler) much of the quality of this movie I would attribute to director Zack Snyder, the cinematography by Cyrille Caron and the story by Alexs Staderman. this was a superbly made movie, Zack Snyder's directing really shows through here (in a good way) topping even man of steel which is saying a lot.

I'd heard that this movie is surprisingly dark. Well, it isn't that bad. Sure it's got some themes that are quite heavy for a kid's movie, but so do classic Disney animations (The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast). Legend of the Guardians is your basic fantasy adventure with a kind, young protagonist and his wacky companions. They must fight a villain who's assembling an army of bad guys and the protagonist's brother chooses The Dark Side.The thing is, all the characters are cute owls. They look gorgeous - you can see every feather stirring in the wind. All the visuals are pretty much breathtaking (for an animated film).There are some fight scenes but nothing really graphic happens. The owls wear funny pieces of armor and it's implied that they tear each other apart with their talons but the film is bloodless. In the end everybody learns a lesson. The story is based on a young adult fantasy novel. Personally I would've preferred an animation film like this based on Redwall.