Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

It was inspiring, but a bit violent for a kids movie. If you make the owls humans a not animated it would be rated R.

Yes, it's got fluffy looking, beautifully rendered owls but make no mistake it's a movie about war and has long, intense scenes. I would have preferred a bit more character development and a little less action for my son. As with many movies, I am left wondering who the target audience for this movie is. Kids over the age of 14 aren't going to see "a movie about owls" and children under 10 are going to find themselves exposed to war themes and scenes.

First of all, the animation on this one is gorgeous. The storyline was so good we watched it not once but TWICE. It's a variant on a good twin/bad twin fairytale. Two owl brothers, one kindhearted and family oriented, one grasping and jealous and hoping to become more successful than his brother, are kidnapped by nefarious villan owls and given a choice- to be among the elite and overlord, as they are the "right kind of owl" or to choose to stay together and help others. The kind brother, of course, is given the worst work because he will not betray his new friend, a smaller female owl of the "non-chosen" breed. The other, the jealous brother, is trained as an elite soldier in the new evil army. The choices they make, from identical upbringing, show how our choices can truly bring our heroism or downfall, and although the ending is intentionally left slightly open as to the end consequences (it is, after all, the first of a series of books which this excellent movie is based upon), the righteous owl gets reunited with his family, saves the whole group, becomes courageous and rescues his own mythical hero in the end. It is an excellently moral choice, not too scary for my (easily frightened stage) 8 and 10 yr olds, beautiful enough for my two year old to watch with them, but with enough gorgeous scenes, depth of character development, and dynamic characters to please not only parents viewing, but to get the kids to beg to see it again. Parents might choose to discuss how the villians choose those like them to be "the chosen" breed, even though many of the owls are smart, intelligent, and beautiful in their own way, whereas the owls of Ga'Hoole, the legendary heroes, choose from all different types and ages of owls, to work together in their strengths to be a team, and have no such prejudices. And if you like the movie, you will want to try the books.. I want to read them all now!

This is a really bad movie. I would not see it again. It was a huge waste of money, but at least my brother liked it. It was violent and the voice acting was just awful. Use your gizzard- don't see this movie.