Does "Guardians" look good?
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This is the second animated feature from the studio that brought us Happy Feet. I think it looks incredible! (I think anything that has really loud music in the trailer like 9 looks good, but whatever. 
) Happy Feet was very well done, so I have high expectations for this one. This wonât be nearly as good as TS3 though. 
Wow, I havenât even heard of this movie! I voted yes though, because Happy Feet was very well done, and I expect good things from this studio.
It is exciting to see them back!
Iâve seen the trailer for this a couple of time in cinemas, and I kept meaning to get around to making this topic, but clearly someone is more dedicated than me.
In answer to the question - yes. In fact, the trailer is the best-looking trailer since the one for Return of the King (and letâs face it, you canât beat âThis day, we fight!â). Seriously, the footage in the trailer is amazing, and if the rest of the movie looks anywhere near that good, then this will be the best-looking film of 2010. The anthropomorphisation seems to be kept to a minimum (well, with one exception that will be obvious to anyone watching the trailer - it looks cool, though, so it might work, even if it doesnât make sense). It reminded me of the movie of Watership Down for that reason.
Of course, looks are only one aspect of the film. We arenât given much of an idea of story from the trailer, though it is based on a series of books, so anyone really wanting to know plot details could probably find out from there (though not necessarily - a certain movie about dragons springs to mind). Assuming the movie is fairly accurate to the books, then I am hopeful, since the story presumably works in one medium.
One problem that did stick out for me is the voice acting. Itâs very underwhelming, especially compared to TS3 (assuming it keeps the quality from the first two films) and, to a lesser extent, HTTYD. In particular, something about the main characterâs voice (I donât think the character is named in the trailer, but Iâm fairly sure heâs the hero) just really bugged me, and some of the others suffered from some fairly flat delivery. Of course, even the best voice actors mess up some lines, so perhaps this is nothing to be worried about.
The song they use in the trailer is awesome. I have no idea if they made it for this film or not, but I hope it finds its way into the end credits of the film itself.
All in all, I am very excited about this, moreso than I ever have been for a non-Pixar CGI film. I intend to make it to the first screening in my area, hoping that the film lives up to my expectations.
I just watched the trailer; wow! It was really great. Owls are pretty darn cool.
This film should be very epic!
Talking owlsssss
I must definitely see this one - are the books any good? A friend of mine has read some, Iâm still searching for them.
Also, isnât it made by Animal Logic? Those guys are also gonna make the Bone movie. What, I thought that was cool.
I happen to live a bus-ride away from the studio that made this film (Itâs Animal Logic). We even had employees that worked on this production come to my school to give a talk on jobs in the animation industry (but no exclusive cliffhanger clips/previews, Iâm afraid!). They referred to it as âLegends of GaâHooleâ and I was like âHUH?â 
Anyway, the footage here skirts dangerously to Uncanny Valley territory, and it does seem at parts they are merely âshowing offâ the visuals when the story has barely been touched on. But Iâm willing to give this a chance. I immensely enjoyed Happy Feet (even with its disturbing last act), and Iâm hoping this will likewise blow my mind!
And like Badger says, has anyone read the books and can vouch for their awesomeness?
What I love about this film is that, even though it has an A-list cast of voice actors (Jim Sturgess, Hugo Weaving, Helen Mirren, etc.), theyâre not really showing off the voices as just celebrities. Theyâre actually character acting for the roles theyâre portraying. Actual voice acting in character? In a non-Disney animated film? What is this madness?
That, and the visuals look amazing. Also, the movie is being directed by Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen). I havenât read the books, but I now plan on at least looking at the first one before this film comes out. Canât wait to see it.
New Behind the Scenes Featurette Just Released!
More footage, and a bit of a story background now⊠this just increased my excitement for it tenfold! September canât come quickly enoughâŠ
Wow, this really reminds me of Mouse Guard⊠except GaâHoole probably came first as the books⊠
Interesting things to note in the trailer (If youâve already seen the featurette, just go ahead and highlight the spoiler tags):
[spoil]- Nice movie frame behind Mr Snyder. I wonder who is âMetal BeakââŠ
Almost every scene is bathed in an etheral glow.
And thereâs lots of âgrinder sparksâ⊠one of my favourite movie effects⊠but where do they come from?
And fog! And smoke! Again, from where?
The elf owl sighing is so adorable!
Almost every owl has an Australian accent.
Lots of falling and staring down great heights⊠like Happy Feet.
The featuretteâs music sounds amazing⊠hope itâs on the soundtrack.[/spoil]
Yup⊠seems very exciting! If only there was a world with burning sparks everywhere and Australian-accented owls⊠
Iâm gonna borrow the books posthaste!
I thought Happy Feet was sooooooo boring! And this movie looks boring too. But I do like the owlâs accents.
[spoil]Actually, Jim Sturgess (Soren) is British.[/spoil]
Regarding the accents, I was under the impression that the studio was actually Australian on some level. Certainly, in all those âdonât pirate Australian movies because youâre destroying the future of our film industryâ they always show a poster of Happy Feet.
As epic as the sequences look, Iâd have to agree with you. Maybe itâs the surreal dream-like compositions or the constant slow-mos⊠they kind of lull you into a sleepy mood⊠
Basil: Which was why I said âalmostâ. But really, a lot of Aussies sound like Brits anyway. I mean, Russell freakinâ Crowe sounded Irish in a recent movie!
Youâre right. Itâs being produced by Animal Logic, an Oz animation and special-effects studio. Theyâre only 15 minutes from my house, but Iâve never seen their facility yet!
Yeah, something tells me the full movie wonât have quite as large a percentage of slow motion as the trailer.
[url]Nostalgia Critic says 'No!' - YouTube
'Nuff said. I honestly think the movie is going to completely ruin the books. You CANâT make one movie from a series of fifteen books and still keep it intact. Iâm a fan of the books and while I WOULD like to see a movie, I donât want to see it in CGI (shiney CGI at that), Australian accents âflyingâ everywhere (I donât have a problem with that, but why for GaâHoole? WHY!?), and possible lack of my favorite character, Mrs. Plithiver. I loove Mrs. P X3 . Sheâs too awesome. It really wonât be the same for me. The plot of the movie just seems completely wrong. Kludd shoves Soren AFTER theyâre BOTH fledged and they BOTH fall and get captured?! [url]Nostalgia Critic says 'No!' - YouTube
@Esmedes: In case you didnât know, this movie is only based on the first three books of the series, and with all book to movie transitions, thereâs obviously going to be some cuts and changes. Having not read the books, I still think this movie looks like it could be very well done.
Besides, a very loose adaptation is generally agreed to have worked well for a certain other recent movie about flying animals. Massive changes from the book are always going to be a cause for concern, but donât necessarily hurt the movie and may in fact help it.
Second trailer just released. (click this text)
And we get a little bit of an action clip here. Man, this just pumps me up even more.
Thanks for the link Basil!
Iâm now reading the first book, âThe Captureâ, and itâs nice to see the characters you imagine in your head on-screen. I really like the depiction of Gylfie, Kludd, Eglantine, and Grimble⊠though Soren looks a bit too similar to baby-faced Mumble Happyfeet (even his voice actor Jim Sturgess sounds like Elijah Wood!).
Favourite parts of the trailer⊠when Eglantine talks and Gylfie sighs in relief (they really got the âCute Factorâ down pat), [spoil]the battlefield with the burning embers[/spoil] at 00:43, the [spoil]rain-flight[/spoil] at 1:40, the [spoil]dive attack from above[/spoil] at 1:52 (which I bet would be mind-blowing in IMAX), and the [spoil]GaâHoole tree[/spoil] at 2:09 (If youâve seen the trailer, you can go ahead and read the Spoiler Tags).
If does look a little show-offy, though. I wouldâve loved more talky scenes and the use of a pop song as the âclimax pieceâ of the trailer just annoys me (Why couldnât they have used the likes of Immediate Music/X-Ray Dog/Future World Music ochestrals?).
But as Grimble would say, I want to âbelieveâ this will be good. Hopefully, itâll fly (pun unintended) with us.
EDIT: First poster released:
I like the water effects, but they shoulda gived Soren a more fierce and determined look instead of âmoon-blinkedâ eyes⊠
Yeah, the facial expression is a bit of a turn-off for me, but other than that, Iâm liking the poster. The water effects are amazing, and the dark, mysterious quality really fits the focus on owls.