Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)

When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.

Director:

Zack Snyder

Writers:

John Orloff (screenplay), Emil Stern (screenplay)

Stars:

Jim Sturgess, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham

4 wins & 23 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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)

Storyline

Soren, a young barn owl, is kidnapped by owls of St. Aggie's, ostensibly an orphanage, where owlets are brainwashed into becoming soldiers. He and his new friends escape to the island of Ga'Hoole, to assist its noble, wise owls who fight the army being created by the wicked rulers of St. Aggie's.

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Plot Keywords:

owl | escape | soldier | ruler | barn owl | 

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Taglines:

On his way to finding a legend...he will become one.

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some sequences of scary action

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 September 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Guardians of Ga'Hoole

Filming Locations:

Fox Studios, Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Box Office

Budget:

$80,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$16,112,211, 26 September 2010, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$55,675,313

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$140,073,390

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, Animal Logic

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min 101 min (IMAX Version)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film is based on the first three books of the series. "The Capture" "The Journey" And "The Rescue".

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Goofs

When Eglantine is carried away in a basket, Pete can be seen amid the crowd of onlookers, despite the fact that he is still as St. Aegolius at the time.

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Quotes

Twilight: If I have to hear another of his Owl Jokes!
Digger: What? They're a hoot!

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Crazy Credits

After the main graphics in the end credits have rolled, a blue silhouette of Pete comes on screen and dances for several seconds.

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Alternate Versions

German theatrical version was cut by 3,5 minutes taking out the scenes towards the end of the movie to secure a "Not under 6" rating. The uncut version was released on Blu-ray.

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Connections

Referenced in That Fellow in the Coat: A Look Back at the Animated Features of 2010 (2010)

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Soundtracks

TO THE SKY
Written and Produced by Adam Young
Performed by Adam Young
Courtesy of Universal Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

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")