When character posters get ridiculous: LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS
First, let me state that I’m not making this up– this here is real. I had to double-check and make sure it wasn’t some lame attempt at a bad joke, but it’s fair-dinkum. I’ll start with the title: Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole. If you’re in a public place, read that out loud and count how many people point and laugh at you. I’d be interested to know those statistics.
If you’re up for a good chuckle yourself, feel free to watch the trailer for this animated piece of magic. You’ll notice this is directed by Zack Snyder (yes, the same director behind 300 and Watchmen) and is voiced by such Australian actor luminaries as Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush, Hugo Weaving, and Sam Neill.
Just to underline that this is definitely an animated fantasy film about warrior owls and such, here’s the logline:
Soren, a young barn owl, is kidnapped by owls of St. Aggie’s, ostensibly an orphanage, where owlets are brainwashed into becoming soldiers.
The real reason I’m posting this is because of the incredibly hilarious and painfully humiliating character posters (below). Character posters are cool for releases of franchise films where we’re keen to see famous actors portraying characters we know and love already, like Spider-Man, Harry Potter or even Watchmen… but Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole??
I mean… they’re owls! At least the bad guy is named METAL BEAK. That’s bad-ass, right there. Don’t ever fuck with that owl.
Despite the film oozing Australian voices, we need to wait until 9 December 2010 to take the kids to see Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole. The States will suffer the consequences as early as 24 September 2010.
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:S Its based on a book written by Kathryn Lasky. The books are; Guardians of Ga'hoole.
I would have to agree with you on everything you said.
That is, if it weren’t based off a series of books which I particularly enjoyed, if you get past the childlike themes to keep it PG rated.
Get past Twilight’s general faggotry, and the occasional songs, and it would be more standable for adults. Hell, make all the characters human and it would become Knights of the Round Table gone World War II.