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

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There is no way I'm going to remember the title of this. I'm just calling it the Owl movie. Anyway, I wasn't excited to see this, but it was the choice of my three youngest. Turned out to be in 3D, so it was our first 3D movie in a theater! I'm actually kind of impressed with the 3D stuff, although it's a pain to wear the 3D glasses over my regular glasses.

So, it's a nice-looking movie and the story's okay, though there are elements of other famous movies therein, like the mentor's voice telling the main character to "use his gizzard" (I'm not kidding) in pretty much exactly the same way Obi Wan tells Luke to use the force. And at least once, flying owls looked and sounded like those famous battle ships from Star Wars. But for a kid movie that features owls, it was pretty good. Also, the owls looked very much like owls, with several different species represented, in spite of their human expressions. I'm considering having the kids look up different owl species as a follow-up school assignment.

I'd also like to acknowledge that there was a song by Owl City featured. Get it? Ha ha! Owl City! Singing in a movie about owls! Maybe it was irresistible. To the movie's credit, though, there was a pretty cool scene that featured The Host of Seraphim by Dead Can Dance. Okay, so there are lots of movies with Lisa Gerrard's incredible vocals these days, but that doesn't mean I want it to stop. (The video I linked to is kind of hokey--and not by Dead Can Dance--but you don't have to watch; just listen.)

Oh, and the closing credits were quite beautiful.

Comments

  1. ValSunday, October 10, 2010 10:35:00 AM

    Erin--you make me want to see it. Thanks for the post. This movie wasn't even on my radar. I read the first book in the series, but didn't care for it much. I'll have to see it tho'

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  2. ErinSunday, October 10, 2010 5:46:00 PM

    We had a bunch of the books for a while, but I think I got rid of them. I don't know if the kids ever read them. The names were too weird for a movie--I couldn't imagine how they might be spelled, which kind of annoyed me. There were a couple of funny characters that I enjoyed.

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  3. Gram JWednesday, August 31, 2011 5:51:00 PM

    What language does DCD sing in? That music by that lady was interesting.

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