Rise Of The Guardians

Even though it came out about 10 years ago, I never heard of it until a YouTube reviewer I subscribe too talked about it and it got me interested. I saw it on Netflix so I decided to watch it. I really enjoyed it. Unfortunately, it was only available in Netflix for a limited time. I was able to get it on Amazon. The story is a good story line, giving you the background of Jack Frost, Santa Claus (known as North in this film), the tooth fairy, the Easter Bunny, and the Sandman. It deals with how our heroes have to deal with Pitch (the boogeyman). It was enjoyable.

Arrived on time and as expected; package had been abused a bit but the contents were in perfect shape. Good job on the packaging, Amazon!The good parts of this review: The eggs are too cute. The movie comes with Blu-Ray, Standard DVD, and a Digital copy unlocked by using Ultraviolet. While i don't use Ultraviolet because their system was still buggy when I first bought something that used it (Green Lantern) and I still have problems getting through their system, I don't need the digital copy at this time. Because it's not necessary to my enjoyment, I only detract a half-star and cannot 'round down' here, so. This is generally a good packaging of a very good movie. I'm not going to review the movie itself... well, OK, a little.The cultural characters of Santa Claus, the Sandman, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, all came from a series of beautifully illustrated, fanciful children's books, by William Joyce, which are described here at this website: [...]Joyce recreates the characters completely from their embed in real human historical things - there is no Saint Nicholas of Myra in this Santa, there is no rabbit of the Goddess of Spring in the Easter Bunny, there is no analysis of why Christmas or Easter deserve prominence, because it's not about the religious background.For some people this will be bad. For others this will be good. Until I knew that this was from a series of stories, I didn't know that it wasn't just a deliberate removal of the religious background from two of these characters, but the focus of the movie was on the extremely engaging character of Jack Frost, voiced by Chris Pine. So far as I know Jack Frost is not part of the books (yet).Jack Frost is intangible and inaudible except in the way he exerts his power of cold, because nobody believes in him. He's a "bad boy" - a very mischievous youth (at 317) who was changed by the Man in the Moon - another character from the original books, who appears in the movie only as the full moon, and never speaks aloud so that we can hear him.The movie tells three stories. The first is a story of Jack Frost - the young man whose delight in the fun of living is being eroded by the constant reminder that he is not 'real' to the people around him. He knows he was made by the Man in the Moon, but doesn't know anything about himself from the moment he awoke underwater in a partially-frozen pond, dragged out of the fear and the dark by the brightness of the moon. His coming into himself is the first story; the second is his becoming, and being accepted, as a Guardian of Childhood, one of the elite mythical beings who inspire the positive feelings of childhood.The third story is that of 'the boogy man' - Pitch, the Nightmare King, ruler of darkness of fear and doubt and pain who wants to spread them over the world, who has slowly grown stronger since his last defeat. He has returned, and he has everything he needs to overcome the Four Guardians... except for this interloper Jack Frost, who isn't sure he wants the job of Fifth Guardian.Even if you don't like the secularization - the story is filled with positive, uplifting narrative, with strong moral values.The packaging is cute, though a bit disposable, and the eggs are amusing.Now for the less thrilling aspects, the production of the Blu-Ray disk and the content wrapper. You may skip this if you don't enjoy rants, because I do rant a bit there at the end.There were two "interactive games" and a number of language subtitle options, including director's information, which I will be exploring later. For now, though? The movie was good, and all I needed was to make popcorn to make it as enjoyable as the movie theatre experience. Playback was not as simple as it should have been.Fortunately, I watch blu-ray movies using a blu-ray drive on my personal computer.As happens with many Blu-Ray products, I once again had to upgrade my commercial Blu-Ray software because in the never-ending paranoid attempt to explain to us how we're all thieves, the movie industry has made it yet again a format incompatible with my previous software. At this point, I suspect that any Blu-Ray player I would have purchased before last year would be worthless to play this movie. Further, they hammer the viewer with several mandatory warnings, threats, and bluster-fests wherein they explain that the world is ending because people don't respect copyright. It must be fun living in a world where everyone caters to your whims and terribly upsetting when they stop putting up with you (and I'm talking to the Studio people here) but in the real world, people don't respect people who start out by showing their own disrespect in the first place.Make stuff available that people want and they will pay well to see it. Make crap and people will probably pay what it's worth.Make good stuff unavailable, and people will find a way to get it. That's been true for as long as recorded civilization.The FBI warning? Unnecessary, reading it doesn't make me do anything but resent you.The bit at the end with the earnest message of "how you can go educate yourself (because you're obviously an ignorant pirate) about how PIRACY has been destroying our ECONOMY" ... uhm, yah, no.What's been destroying our economy is a combination of things involving greed and overreaching, but one big part of it has been fraudulent acts on the part of banks that grossly inflated then collapsed a major part of our economy to below the point before the inflation was started. That's an entirely different kind of piracy.But I promise that I won't take the DVD and Blu-Ray disks that I just PURCHASED for MONEY and make copies of them for everyone else, if you promise to start looking at realistic ways to make piracy not worth it, by making it easier to get your stuff and by making it easy for people to pay you what they feel it's worth - and that's usually more than you'd get otherwise if it's any good.One Hint: Continually changing formats, messing up things with DRM, and generally insulting your customers? That won't do it.

My children (7, 6, &4) love this movie! Kept their attention and was great entertainment for the whole family. Very happy with this purchase. No problems with the disk play, fast shipping and delivery, overall very satisfied!

This was a gift for my grandson, a very special movie.

i cant believe he fell in and died in the very same lake jack frost did 300 ish years ago and was reborn into elsa from frozen(2013)

Overall I personally liked this movie a lot. Watched it with my 17-year old son and we both enjoyed it equally.Just feel that I should warn folks that maybe don't know that there's a bit of violence in it. No blood or gore of course, but Santa is walking around with 2 swords and "killing" scary horses made out of the stuff of nightmares, the Easter Bunny is doing the same with a boomerang and so on. It also touches a little bit on death in the story line, but I won't post a spoiler with the details.The gist of the story line is cute if a little formulaic. The boogeyman (named Pitch Black) is trying to get kids to not believe in the Guardians (Santa, Easter Bunny, Sandman and Tooth Fairy) by giving them nightmares. The Man in the Moon (or, as I see it, their representation of God) suggests that the Guardians let Jack Frost (a mischievous teenager who can fly, has various abilities around ice and cold and who has no idea of his past) join their team to help them. I'll outline the characters below so you can see how different they are from the norm:Santa is Russian and has tattoos on his arms ("Naughty" on one, "Nice" on the other). He also has Yeti working for him in the shops as well as elves (tiny critters who generally aren't as helpful as generally believed). Not your typical Santa as he's more of a "tough guy" but they do point out his gentle side and love for children and the "wonder" in all things.The Easter Bunny is over 6' tall and has a bit of an attitude. He travels by making magical tunnels in the ground that lead to wherever he wants. He wields a boomerang and has an Australian accent. He starts off the movie not liking the idea of having Jack Frost join them (thinks he's just a trouble maker).The Tooth Fairy is a bird-like woman who has thousands of little birds actually taking teeth and leaving rewards for children. These teeth hold the memories of the children in them so she safeguards them closely.The Sandman never actually talks, communicates with his ability to shape magic (sand/the stuff of dreams/whatever) into different forms. Like when he is curious about something, a question mark will form above his head, etc. Interesting character, probably my favorite of the Guardians.Jack Frost has a magical staff/stick that he uses to fly with and to shape/manipulate cold, ice, snow, etc. He likes to roam around and be mischievous, but he also has a strong love of children and enjoys giving them snow days, making their sled riding more fun and adventurous, etc. Nobody can see Jack Frost though, like they can see the other Guardians if they aren't careful.The Boogeyman (Pitch Black) is a tall, dark, brooding character that can manipulate children's dreams and make them nightmares. His arch-enemy, while he of course works against any of the Guardians) is clearly the Sandman for obvious reasons. His goal is to get children to stop believing in the Guardians because if nobody believes in them any more then they lose their powers.Overall the characters are well done and interesting, but quite different from the "norm" as you can see. If they weren't it wouldn't be a movie!I recommend the movie, just suggest you consider the non-bloody violence if you are concerned about your child(ren) watching that.-D

Lots of action, but I didn't like the dark side of this animated movie. It's your typical good vs evil flick and I just wasn't impressed.

I’ve loved this movie for years and was excited to see it available here.

It's hard to write a review about your favourite film that isn't just gushing out all of its merits, so I'm not going to try!Firstly, the animation. The animation is absolutely stunning. The way that the light streams through windows, and bounces off objects and characters... It's beautiful. Even moonlight, and subtle candlelight is so nice to look at, you forget that there isn't an actual moon hanging in a sky on the screen. The animation is smooth, and expressive, and characters actually feel like people you care about in our world, they have personalities and depth! You want the Guardians to succeed in their endeavours and feel for them when they struggle.And the story, even though it's a kids film, I really think is paced in such a way that anyone can enjoy it. My 24 year old brother enjoyed it just as much as my 46 year old mother. It really does transcend ages and gender - it can raise a laugh, a smile, even a tear at points.It is truly everything that can be enjoyed in any film. If you want a good, enjoyable time watching a feel good movie, which the whole family can really enjoy then watch this. I'd recommend it to anyone.

very interesting film and very good visual effect. I just a bit concern about the age range because for a very little child it could be very scary and it target some points like death that can scare a little child so I would recommend to watch it with an adult close that can point it out a few thinks during the film an help your child not to be afraid during the film.Other than that it is a beautiful film and can be watch at special times of the year like Christmas or Easter, as special family day film.

I BOUGHT THIS AFTER SEEING THE TRAILERS AND SEEING THAT ITS PRODUCED BY DREAMWORKS. SO FAR I HAVE WATCHED ONLY THE DVD VERSION, VIA SCART, ON A LARGE FULL HD TV. ITS GREAT. THE PICTURE DETAIL IS VERY GOOD AND THE STORY KEEPS EVERYBODY INTERESTED. WITH A GREAT STORYLINE MIXING TOGETHER VARIOUS CHILDREN'S FABLES AND GOOD VOICING OF THE CHARACTERS ADDS VARIETY. THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON THE BACKGROUND,THAT I AM SURE IT WILL BE WATCHED MORE THAN ONCE BY ADULTS AS WELL !

Probably my favourite 3D movie. Sometimes 3D can give you a headache but this one is great. Theres loads of action and a great storyline. Im 28 years old and love this film. Its easy to watch, funny but also clever with the different characters. I dont think it got enough credit. Definately worth buying!!

As an adult couple trying out our new 3D TV we decided to try this, even though it was a kids cartoon. We were amazed at the 3D, and also at the film itself, which was really entertaining, watchable, and well written. Recommended if you like 3D, or like a good film.