Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

It must be the first time that a wonderful trailer made me look forward to an animation film and the result could not be other than disappointment. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole would be very good if it was consistent. It’s a very dark fantasy where evil owls use an almost Nazi rhetoric on the one hand, but on the other, it’s a childish family movie with cute plush animals. Hmm. Visually, it’s beautiful, but I wasn’t a fan of the random switch between one mode and the other, though the darker passages were a lot of fun. The rating is 7/10, but in this case, four stars would be too much, so three. (09/12/2010)

Beautiful, elaborate animation, Snyder's sense for the visual aspect of the film and for action scenes reasonably interspersed with some pretty spectacular slow-motion versus a story seen hundreds of times, which brought nothing new, and a not very likable main character. Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole is good to watch, a real feast for the eyes, which passes by quite quickly and doesn't particularly offend, I think. As family entertainment it’s good. But it also shows that it wanted to be something more - perhaps the cornerstone of a great feathered saga. And unfortunately it didn't give me that feeling. I wouldn't watch this cartoon again of my own free will. Three stars and a bit for only to the aforementioned positives, the music (Williams theme!) and the original dubbers.__P.S. If you want top animation and a great story, watch Rango. (03/07/2011)

This film features the action of 300, the epicness of The Lord of the Rings, and the childish humor of all sorts of cartoons. However, you just can't get everything done in ninety minutes, so the originally planned animated event of the year remains only a technological treat (will there be an Oscar?) that works in HD for the eye but SD for the brain. I wouldn't take the kids to see it but the adults. Snyder was quite off with this one. I give it a weaker three stars. (14/12/2010)

Nice animation, and I liked the soundtrack at one point. But otherwise? NOPE. Maybe I'm squeamish, but I absolutely hated the owls fighting with each other. Plus it was such an infantile story, boilerplate characters, weird ambitions and goals, even the motivations of the protagonists and antagonists. I didn't like it. There are thousands and thousands of other and better cartoons out there. A weak 2 stars. (16/11/2011)

There aren't many animations that one would sometimes hear odes about and other times absolute damnation. "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole" is exactly such a movie. There are voices that damn it and others that absolutely adore it. I tend to lean towards the more positive ones because I quite enjoyed the film. It's not a particularly new story, but it's presented with love for animated movies and children. That's what I liked about it. (25/02/2014)