‘Rise of the Guardians’ Brings More Great 3-D to Theaters
Calling in the voice talents fo Alec Baldwin and Hugh Jackman, among others, DreamWorks Animation put together a company of superheroes made up of such childhood idols as the Easter Bunny (under the slightly different name of E. Aster Bunnymund), Santa and the Tooth Fairy. If that sounds a little mixed up, eight-year-old KIDS FIRST! youth film critic Morgan Bertsch finds that to be part of the 3-D movie’s charm. “It mixes up holidays, so you can watch it year around and get into the mood for the seasons,” she says. And there are plenty of heroes to go around: The Guardians need to protect the children from losing hope, but it’s the children who keep the world safe by having hope.
Paramount Pictures will be releasing Rise of the Guardians (the last of the titles it will be handling for DreamWorks) on November 21, just in time for Thanksgiving.
Rise of the Guardians
Reviewed by Morgan Bertsch
(See her full review on video.)
This movie is brought to you by DreamWorks. It arrives in theaters Nov. 21. As a KIDS FIRST! film critic, I got to see it before everyone else at a preview. I have seen a lot of movies, and this movie had the most amazing graphics and best 3-D I have ever seen. I felt like I was in the same room as the scenes. The snowflakes come right at you and make you feel like it is really snowing on you.
The Man in the Moon needs the help of The Guardians to defeat the evil Pitch.
The Guardians are amazing. The animators and writers did a stupendous job of creating believable characters.
The Guardians consist of Santa, who is from Russia. He is jolly and lives in an amazing castle. He has the cutest elves with jingle bells on their heads. They are very funny and helpful.
The Easter Bunny is tough. He’s from Australia and has a boomerang. His adorable eggs actually have legs and can run around.
The Tooth fairy is very different. She is a bird. She has pink wings and blue and green feathers. Her baby birds that help her are the sweetest little creatures.
The Sandman is the one who makes all your dreams come true while you are sleeping. The graphics for his amazing talents were fabulous.
Jack Frost was one of my favorites. Everything he touches turn into frost. The animation of the frost covering everything was absolutely beautiful.
Pitch wants the world to be dark and sad and to lose all hope.
The children keep the world safe by having hope. Santa has a magic globe, which is bright with lights as long as the children believe, but once they stop believing their light goes out.
The intricate design of the scenery was the best I have ever seen. Everything, from the smallest detail to the large wandering dinosaurs, is breathtaking.
This movie is humorous, adorable and magical.
My favorite scenes are when the Easter Bunny goes on a sleigh ride with Santa Clause and also when the baby eggs are running around. The sandman’s magic makes your heart glow.
The message is to stop and find out what makes you special. You have to find out what it is that you do best and find your center so you know how to make yourself and others happy.
I love this movie. It mixes up holidays, so you can watch it year around and get into the mood for the seasons.
I recommend this for ages 6 and up. Pitch is frightening. The oversized Santa might be too much for the little ones because — I am not joking — he looks like you are right next to him.
I give this movie five *****out five twinkling stars.
Photo: Morgan Bertsch at the Rise of the Guardians red carpet premiere
