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Zack Snyder has a talent for bringing the visual effects of a film to the point of awe-inspiration without them overwhelming a strong story. In Legends of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, Snyder is working from a world so vivid, it is almost blinding.

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“Soren’s story is perhaps the hero’s journey in its purest form. It is a timeless, universal narrative of bravery, growth, and sacrifice, and one that can stand alongside any of those of the heroes of legend.” - Zack Snyder, director of Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole Soren is an adolescent male Barn Owl and the main protagonist of Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole. He is the son of Noctus and Marella, and brother of Kludd and Eglantine. Unlike his brother Kludd, Soren

Released Year: 2010 Directed by Zack Snyder Casted by: Jim Sturgess as Soren Ryan Kwanten as Kludd Emily Barclay as Gylfie Helen Mirren as Nyra Joel Edgerton as Metal Beak Hugo Weaving as Noctus and Grimble Miriam Margolyes as Mrs P Geoffrey Rush as Ezylryb Sam Neill as Allomere Story: Soren, a fledgling barn owl, lives peacefully in the forest of Tyto with his family; his father, Noctus; his mother, Marella; his older brother, Kludd, his younger sister, Eglantine and Ms. P the family's nest maid. Noctus enjoys telling Soren and Eglantine stories of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole, a mythical group of warrior owls, who once saved all owlkind from the evil "Pure Ones" in a great battle in which the Guardians' leader, Lyze of Kiel, defeated the Pure Ones' leader Metal Beak. Kludd, however, thinks Soren soft-headed for believing in such stories. One night, while branching, a jealous Kludd pushes Soren and loses his balance in the process, and they both fall to the ground below. They are attacked by a Tasmanian devil but are saved and also kidnapped by a pair of Long-Eared Owls named Jatt and Jutt. They are taken to St. Aegolious, home to the Pure Ones, where Soren meets an elf owl named Gylfie and her captor, a (boreal owl) named Grimble. The two are roughly thrown into a crowd of other kidnapped owlets. Nyra, second-in-command of the Pure Ones and the mate of Metal Beak, claims that the owlets now work for the Pure Ones as slaves. Soren and Gylfie protest, and are sent to be pickers, along with most of the captive owls. Kludd denies his brother, and goes away to be a soldier with other selected owls. They are tutored by Nyra in the ways of the Pure Ones, who believe that Tyto owls (barn owls and their relatives) are the strongest owls and that, because of this, they have the right to rule the owl kingdoms. The other captured owls are forced to sleep under the full moon. Gylfie informs Soren that this will cause "moon-blinking", a trancelike state in which owls lose all sense of will and individuality. Soren and Gylfie stay awake, which means that they are not moon-blinked. They are brought to a large cavern to pick through owl pellets for small metal flecks. Soren discovers that the flecks en masse cause weakening pain in owls, when he is ordered to deliver a fleck to the bag they are kept in. The full bag is then carried away by a large bat to a gigantic metal container. Metal Beak (Joel Edgerton) and an unknown owl watch from above, making a bargain in which the unknown owl will receive a portion of the owl kingdoms and the Tree in return for laying a trap for the Pure Ones' enemies, the Guardians of Ga'Hoole. Grimble secretly takes Soren and Gylfie to his library, where he reveals that he is not truly a Pure One. He also tells the two owlets that his family was captured by the Pure Ones and forced into their service. He teaches Soren and Gylfie to fly, so they can warn the Guardians of the Pure Ones' plans. Kludd has become a strong soldier, and his promise prompts Nyra to ask him about Soren's similar potential. Hoping to recruit him, the Pure Ones interrupt Grimble's flying lessons. Nyra attacks Grimble, Soren and Gylfie. Kludd joins the fray on Nyra's side, ignoring Soren's pleas. Grimble sacrifices himself to hold them back, and Soren and Gylfie just barely escape to begin their quest. On their journeys, they meet a (burrowing owl) named Digger; a (great gray owl) named Twilight; and Soren's old nestmaid, a (snake) named Mrs. P. They join Soren with the promise of leading him to the Sea of Hoolemere, the location of the Great Tree and the home of the Guardians. Soren and his allies are mobbed by (crows) on the way to the Sea and they nearly lose Twilight's lute, in which Mrs. P is riding. The battle brings them to the shore of the Sea of Hoolemere and the home of an (echidna) mystic. The crows deliberately led them to the meeting so that the Echidna could give them their bearings to the Great Tree. Far out over the ocean the group encounters a fierce hurricane, and Digger falls towards the sea. Soren dives to save him, only to find Digger being rescued by an enormous (snowy owl) with an armored mask - a Guardian of Ga'hoole. The Guardian leads Soren and his friends through the storm to the Great Tree. Digger's saviors are Boron and Barran, the king and the queen of the Tree. The king and queen, as well as the ranking officers of Ga'hoole, hear Soren's tale. The search-and-rescue squadron leader, a (great gray owl) named Allomere, expresses doubts about Soren's story. But battle-scarred (whiskered screech owl) Ezylryb (Geoffrey Rush) defends Soren. Boron decides to send a scouting party, led by Allomere, to St. Aegolious. Soren, Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger begin their training in the different trades of the Tree. During one lesson, Ezylryb takes them out to learn how to "really fly," using a powerful storm to teach the young owls how to use the wind currents instead of fighting them. Soren briefly masters the technique of flying by instinct, only to lose control and to be saved by Ezylryb. After the lesson, Soren converses with Ezylryb in his hollow tree and learns that Ezylryb is, in fact, Lyze of Kiel. Soren is disillusioned with the seemingly heroic stories when he sees his hero's disfigurements and hears that the battle in the stories wasn't as heroic as he thought. Allomere returns without his scouts. He tells King Boron that they were ambushed; that the scouts were killed; and that he barely managed to return with two moon-blinked owlets. One of the moon-blinked owlets is Eglantine, who was kidnapped by Kludd. Outraged, the Guardians go to war. At the urging of Ezlyryb, Soren reluctantly stays to tend to Eglantine. She soon awakes, but with shocking news: she wasn't rescued, but given to Allomere by Kludd. Allomere is revealed to be a traitor, and Soren and his friends rush to the Guardians' aid. When the Guardians arrive at St. Aegolious, they are drawn into a trap. Allomere peels off at the last moment and the Pure Ones unleash the power of the flecks against the Guardians, leaving the owls helpless on the ground. Soren and his friends arrive minutes too late, just as Metal Beak and Nyra send the bats to finish off the defenseless Guardians. Soren sends Twilight, Digger and Gylfie to hold back the bats. He plunges into the burning forest fire, carrying an oil lamp that becomes engulfed in flames after flying through the fire. The band's arrival causes Metal Beak to distrust Allomere. Believing that he has been betrayed, Metal Beak orders a group of bats to viciously kill Allomere. Soren plunges into the flecks' magnetic field to drop the flaming oil lamp on the mechanism which holds open the lids over the flecks. The fire spreads across the machine and burns through the ropes. The lids slam down, freeing the Guardians. With his plan disrupted, Metal Beak orders the Pure Ones to fight the Guardians. Ezylryb and Metal Beak square off, as do Soren and Kludd. Their fight leads to them ending up in the burning forest. Soren tries to talk some sense into Kludd, who tells his younger brother that the Pure Ones believed in him when no one else did. He attacks Soren with renewed vigor, sending them both tumbling over a fallen tree and causing Kludd to break a wing. He convinces Soren to save him, only to attempt to pull his younger brother into the flames. Soren dodges the attack, and Kludd falls into the flames instead. Soren sees that Ezylryb, Metal Beak, and Nyra are engaged in fierce combat. Filled with rage, he snaps off a burning branch and flies off to help Ezylryb. He takes Metal Beak by surprise, arriving in time to save Ezylryb. Metal Beak easily overpowers Soren and throws his branch away. Soren regains his weapon, just as Metal Beak moves in for the kill. Metal Beak impales himself on the branch, and Nyra retreats with the remaining Pure Ones. Soren and his friends return to the Great Tree with the owlets, and Soren is greeted by Eglantine and his parents. Soren, Gylfie, Twilight, and Digger are made Guardians of Ga'Hoole. In the epilogue, Soren reveals that Kludd's body was never found and Nyra is still out there with a contingent of Pure Ones. Kludd is then shown to be alive, now with the glowing red eyes of the other Pure Ones. He walks around and stares down at Metal Beak's body and mask, hinting at a sequel with Kludd as the new Metal Beak. After being interrupted by an owlet ,Soren says he doesn't want to give him daymares. Ezylyryb insists on taking flight, so they all fly across the sea. L² Scored: 8.5/10 L² Comment: This is a best animation which i have missed last year in cinema. The movie is great - storyline, graphic, music and the casting.... The owls are so cute... make me feel like i wanna get one for my hse too~ lol. I believe there will be a sequence of this movie since they are grossing quite well last year. Hope to see it soon :)

Who would have thought a movie with talking animated owls would be so awesomely badass. So we got Zack Snyder director of 300 and Watchmen doing one of the most shocking career shifts I have ever seen, doing animation and a fantasy animated film at that. And I have had my problems with his overuse of slow-mo's in the past but Snyder has finally found a way to use that slow-mo to great effect. I fucking love this movie. So the movie is an adaptation of a series of books that follows an owlet, Soren who gets kidnapped along with his brother, Kludd to live in an evil brainwashing clan where he is forced to mine a magnetic element which will be used by the so-called 'Pure Ones" to defeat the Guardians of Ga'Hoole, legendary owl warriors on the scale of King Arthur where everyone has heard of them but no one knows if they exist. Soren escapes the clan and goes on a journey with his new found friends to find the Guardians. A few months ago I was discussing in a post my predictions for Best Animated Feature for the Oscas, and think Legend of the Guardians has a strong chance of getting nominated just based on the film's spectacular visuals. The company that animated Legends did Happy Feet and the visual effects of the film was so detailed and beautiful. These guys really know how to make birds man. The visuals alone are so gorgeous who cares how limited the story was, I was mesmerized watching this on the big screen and even better in 3-D. I think if there is any flying whatsoever in a film, it's gonna look amazing in 3-D. The biggest compliment I can give the film is that these owls look real. The feathers, the postures even down to the smallest movements seem realistic, you almost forget this is an animated film. The voice cast in this was great. We had Hellen Mirren, Hugo Weaving, Jim Strugess, Geoffrey Rush and David Wenham in this. All giving great voice work which I think is the better formula for animated films to have voices that suite characters instead of just throwing in celebrity voices that are so easily recognizable that it throws the audience away from the main focus of the film, which is the story. But the writing of Legends leave much to be desired. One being the villains of the film which were poorly undeveloped. I mean they really didn't have much motivations to be evil and go kidnap children and force labor them. They weren't filling their bank accounts being evil, they were just bad because it was a plot convenience I never like seeing in the film. But that's one of the very few complaints I have about Guardians. Another movie reviewer also pointed out how similar the storyline and characters of Guardians relate almost coherently with that of Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. And I do see where they are coming from when they make that criticism and to some extent I believe they are right but I felt that the story was more of coming from the same source as the other two instead of a blind rip-off. The biggest complaint though was a montage scene they did in the middle of the film where the owls were training for a fight and they have a song played in the background that was sung by no one other than Owl City. I mean..... C'mon!! Amidst the flaws, this is one magical film for the holidays. RATING: 7/10

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole is a video game made by Krome Studios for Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3, Xbox 360/Live based on the film of the same name. The game takes place at the same time the movie does. It focuses on a young owl named Shard, who embarks on a journey across the world of Ga'Hoole to uncover the truth about the evil Pure Ones and stop their plans. The game was composed by Winifred Phillips and written by Peter Aperlo. For the DS/DSi/DSiXL versions by Warner Bros i

The Art of Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'hoole is a book containing pictures of the concept art, designing process, and creation of the characters and scenes in the animated film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'hoole. It was published by Animal Logic. Originally sold as a limited run in the years after the movie's release, the book was once again for sale for a period of time in 2021. As of 2023, the book is sold out. All of the following artists' art was included in the book: