Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

2010
PG
1h 37m

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6.9/10

89K

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Jim Sturgess, David Wenham, Emily Barclay, and Adrienne DeFaria in Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)

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The young owl Soren is kidnapped by the evil owls of St. Aegolious who want to turn him into a soldier. He escapes with some of his friends and warns the mythical guardians about the evil pl... Read allThe young owl Soren is kidnapped by the evil owls of St. Aegolious who want to turn him into a soldier. He escapes with some of his friends and warns the mythical guardians about the evil plan.The young owl Soren is kidnapped by the evil owls of St. Aegolious who want to turn him into a soldier. He escapes with some of his friends and warns the mythical guardians about the evil plan.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

89K

YOUR RATING

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Awards
- 4 wins & 23 nominations total

Soren
(voice)

Hugo Weaving

Noctus
(voice)
…

David Wenham

Digger
(voice)

Emily Barclay

Gylfie
(voice)

Abbie Cornish

Otulissa
(voice)

Essie Davis

Marella
(voice)

Adrienne DeFaria

Eglantine
(voice)

Joel Edgerton

Metal Beak
(voice)

Deborra-Lee Furness

Barran
(voice)

Sacha Horler

Strix Struma
(voice)

Bill Hunter

Bubo
(voice)

Ryan Kwanten

Kludd
(voice)

Anthony LaPaglia

Twilight
(voice)

Miriam Margolyes

Mrs. Plithiver
(voice)

Helen Mirren

Nyra
(voice)

Sam Neill

Allomere
(voice)

Barry Otto

Echidna
(voice)

Richard Roxburgh

Boron
(voice)

Director
- Zack Snyder
Writers
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Trivia
The animators went to an owl sanctuary to learn how to properly depict owls in flight and the ruffling of their feathers, as well as owl behavior and their dietary needs.

Goofs
Several of the owl species featured in the film are not found in Australia, where it is set. This is because the original books were set in North America.

Quotes
Soren: Why didn't you tell me?
Ezylryb: What difference does it make what I call myself?
Soren: Because Lyze of Kiel was my hero.
Ezylryb: Yes, well, fancy it must be hard meeting your hero and seeing that he's real, not a myth.
Soren: You're just, you're just not...
Ezylryb: What did you expect? Some Tyto Alba with gleaming armour and battle claws, the moon rising behind him?
Soren: Uh...
Ezylryb: Well, this is what it looks like when you've actually fought in battle. It's not glorious, it's not beautiful, it's not even heroic. It's merely doing what's right, and doing it again and again, even if someday you look like this.

Crazy credits
At the very start of the film Soren's father, Noctus, is shown flying through the sky at sunrise passing through the Warner Brothers and Village Roadshow logos, before diving under the film's title.

Alternate versions
Also released in a 3D version.

Connections
Edited into The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Alice in Wonderland/Stolen/Brooklyn's Finest (2010)

Soundtracks
To the Sky
Written and Produced by Owl City (as Adam Young)
Performed by Owl City
Courtesy of Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

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Featured review

7/10

Very Impressive Animation

The owl Noctus never gets tired to tell the epic stories of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole to his young barn owlets Kludd, the dreamer Soren and their younger sister Eglantine. Soren and Eglantine delight with the narrative, but the jealous Kludd gets bored and upset with the tales of the protectors of the Kingdom of Ga'Hoole. One day, Soren and Kludd fall out of their nest while learning to fly alone and they are kidnapped by evil owls to work for Metalbeak and Nyra. The owlets are divided in soldiers or hard workers in the Pelletorium collecting owl pellets to extract a fleck to generate a magnetic field. Soren befriends the elf owl Gylfie and they learn that the owlets are "moon-blinked" by the moon while sleeping and awake brainwashed, working like blinded zombies. They resist and sooner Gylfie's captor Grimble teaches them how to fly and meet the Guardians of Ga'Hoole to fight against Metalbeak and Nyra and the evil army of The Pure Ones.

"Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole" is a very impressive animation. The story is only reasonable, with the eternal conflict between good and evil inspired in the Nazis in a scenario that recalls Avatar. However, the awesome quality of CGI and the voices (Eglantine is delightful) deserved a better story. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "A Lenda dos Guardiões" ("The Legend of the Guardians")