Review: Rise of the Guardians

[Guest]

A reasonable plot tying together an excellent fusion of bedtime characters centering of course on Jack Frost. A Russian-accented Santa (Alec Baldwin) and a disgruntled Easter Bunny (Hugh Jackman) are a nice touch. Jack Frost and the re-booted Captain Kirk (both played by Chris Pine) have a lot in common personality-wise which is no bad thing. The tooth fairy (Isla Fisher) is no horror show but could have been less platonic; she entertains serious romance with Frost for about 0.68 seconds ("For an android, that is nearly an eternity"); you might miss it and no, it's not when she examines his teeth.

I could have easily sat through an additional hour of plot development if they had it. Would have liked to have seen more plot on Pitch (Jude Law) such as his childhood memories or more of a battle between Frost and Pitch and their memories but that might have tipped this movie into PG-13. More development on the other characters, such as the Man in the Moon, origins as well would have been great. What this movie (book, based on the novel by William Joyce) does nicely though, it put a new spin on otherwise familiar characters while maintaining that which makes them iconic.

There is little reason why this movie should be PG whereas say, Monsters Inc., gets to be G. Perhaps it's the darkness (literally) of the evil character and the death of one (or perhaps two depending on how you see it).

It's all about finding your "center" and hopefully it's not blow pop. Kids of all ages will love this movie and all but the most hardened bah humbuggers will enjoy it too.

Move over Rudolph and almost every other holiday movie since then: 7.5 of 10.

P.S. A little more additional cuteness a few of minutes into the end credits. They don't make you wait too long. No new The Hobbit trailer on this one unfortunately.

[_Gadianton]

what is an example of a movie that gets 9 out of 10?

[_Everybody Wang Chung]

what is an example of a movie that gets 9 out of 10?

I recall bcspace said that "Brokeback Mountain" was a 10.

[_bcspace]

what is an example of a movie that gets 9 out of 10?

Saving 9 and 10 for something extraordinarily spectacular. You could call this one a 9 in it's class. Otherwise, I haven't seen anything 9 or 10 yet.

[_Everybody Wang Chung]

bc,

Based on your avatar,you might like "Spirited Away", "Castle in the Sky", "My Neighbor Totorro","Secret World of Arriety" or "Whispers of the Heart".

in my opinion all are Studio Ghibli masterpieces.

[_bcspace]

Based on your avatar,you might like "Spirited Away", "Castle in the Sky", "My Neighbor Totorro","Secret World of Arriety" or "Whispers of the Heart".

in my opinion all are Studio Ghibli masterpieces.

They are. I have and love them all. My kids do too. My fav remains Princess Mononoke, probably because that's the first one I saw.