"Tonight we dine...on mice!" -- come anticipate or at least acknowledge 'Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole' as directed by Zach Snyder

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Y'know what? Somebody really needs to get started on some Duncton Woods movies now.

dociah t. azzahole (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 26 September 2010 19:43 (fourteen years ago) link

^ thought this only five mins ago.

i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Sunday, 26 September 2010 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link

This was pretty fun. My only complaints were:

1.) the Owl City song, which wasn't egregiously bad as much as just completely out-of-place.
2.) There's a line in the trailer where someone cautions the young owls: "When you've flown as far as you can, you're halfway there!" which makes you think that it's gonna be some huge epic, LOTR questing thing. This particular journey takes a little over a minute.

Altogether though, our family thoroughly enjoyed it. Great owl vs. owl dogfighting scenes. The 3D wasn't overwhelmingly great (like How To Train Your Dragon was), but there were still some cool showpieces.

kkvgz, Sunday, 26 September 2010 21:00 (fourteen years ago) link

Guys, the climax of this movie featured an own setting a bucket on fire in slow motion while Dead Can Dance's "Host of the Seraphim" played.

Mormons come out of the sky and they stand there (Abbbottt), Saturday, 2 October 2010 02:02 (fourteen years ago) link

posters for this are up in this city, saw some last night and could not stop going "owls...fucking owls...for two hours...owls!!" to my friends

Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile (dayo), Saturday, 2 October 2010 02:08 (fourteen years ago) link

things left unexplained:

-- how metal flakes can create a force field thing that traps owl's "giblets"
-- why owl racism exists
-- how come they are supposed to be active at night but are only every doing anything in golden hour
-- what moon-blanking is/why it happens
-- how owls make weapons and helmets
-- why the brother owl turned evil

I'm a DUDE, Dad! (Viceroy), Saturday, 2 October 2010 02:13 (fourteen years ago) link

Guys, the climax of this movie featured an owl setting a bucket on fire in slow motion while Dead Can Dance's "Host of the Seraphim" played.

o_0 (Partially because I've had that song in my head all day for some reason.)

how metal flakes can create a force field thing that traps owl's "giblets"

...this sounds wronger than it must be. (I hope.)

Ned Raggett, Saturday, 2 October 2010 03:41 (fourteen years ago) link

No the metal flecks are a big thing in the movie. I was giggling so hard whenever the evil owls were like, "We have collected nearly enough flecks to control the world!"

Mormons come out of the sky and they stand there (Abbbottt), Saturday, 2 October 2010 03:42 (fourteen years ago) link

Maybe this whole thing is an elaborate troll on someone...somewhere. But who?

Ned Raggett, Saturday, 2 October 2010 03:45 (fourteen years ago) link

The bad guys were driven by some sort of owl eugenics wherein barn owls are the master race, and the metal flecks give them power.

Mormons come out of the sky and they stand there (Abbbottt), Saturday, 2 October 2010 03:45 (fourteen years ago) link

I think the whole thing is a troll on Don Bluth, if anyone...after so many years of him making movies with evil owls, giving a whole movie about evil owls and very very obvious Pure of Heart Goodness themes to Zach Snyder.

Mormons come out of the sky and they stand there (Abbbottt), Saturday, 2 October 2010 03:50 (fourteen years ago) link

So wrong, to do that to the great man.

Ned Raggett, Saturday, 2 October 2010 03:57 (fourteen years ago) link

I predict that this will be the better than any other movie that Zach Snyder has made to this point...

also can I just affirm for a moment the undiluted awesomeness that is The Secret of Nimh?

snitch revvy-rev (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 2 October 2010 04:06 (fourteen years ago) link

Feel free. Hey, revive this, even:

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH/The Secret of NIMH

Ned Raggett, Saturday, 2 October 2010 04:07 (fourteen years ago) link

Rock-A-Doodle, however...best not to think about it. But it did have a lot of evil owls. They sing a song, even.

Mormons come out of the sky and they stand there (Abbbottt), Saturday, 2 October 2010 04:10 (fourteen years ago) link

iirc the song is about batteries

Mormons come out of the sky and they stand there (Abbbottt), Saturday, 2 October 2010 04:10 (fourteen years ago) link

Haha, I was about to post that link.

Ned Raggett, Saturday, 2 October 2010 04:14 (fourteen years ago) link

I am amused & shocked that this memory was correct.

Mormons come out of the sky and they stand there (Abbbottt), Saturday, 2 October 2010 04:15 (fourteen years ago) link

two months pass...

that aesthetic is so played out ugh

the nagl is the nagl (dayo), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:21 (thirteen years ago) link

I mean, not owls

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/77/Interpol_-_Our_Love_To_Admire.jpg

the nagl is the nagl (dayo), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:22 (thirteen years ago) link

two months pass...

havent read the thread but saw this last night—so it's basically lord of the rings, but with owls sporting war-helmets and australian accents?

Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Sunday, 27 February 2011 17:26 (thirteen years ago) link

I think this explains it pretty well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS5i7y3fZqM

five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 27 February 2011 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link

Is that you?

bamcquern, Sunday, 27 February 2011 18:55 (thirteen years ago) link

is there an owls in hats thread?

Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Sunday, 27 February 2011 18:57 (thirteen years ago) link

ga'hoooooooooooooooooooooooole (cookie crisp voice)

ℳℴℯ ❤\(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Sunday, 27 February 2011 19:07 (thirteen years ago) link

http://media.sbs.com.au/films/upload_media/site_28_rand_472682847_legend_627.gif

― Lamp, Tuesday, August 24, 2010 10:25 PM (6 months ago) Bookmark

this pic cracks me up every time

ℳℴℯ ❤\(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Sunday, 27 February 2011 19:11 (thirteen years ago) link

Is that you?

lol, no

five gone cats from Boston (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 27 February 2011 20:10 (thirteen years ago) link

It looks like the hey soul sister guy.

bamcquern, Sunday, 27 February 2011 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link

two months pass...

not forgetting http://www.theonion.com/articles/owls-are-assholes,9307/

Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Saturday, 21 May 2011 21:02 (thirteen years ago) link

ga'hoooooooooooooooooooooooole (cookie crisp voice)

― ℳℴℯ ❤\(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Sunday, February 27, 2011 12:07 PM (2 months ago)

I still think about this periodically and crack up to myself over it. Esp great if you imagine an emo owl saying it & like thumping his back leg around in crazed doggy desire.

free inappropriate education (Abbbottt), Sunday, 22 May 2011 18:12 (thirteen years ago) link

haha i think about it all the time!

farty f baby (Princess TamTam), Sunday, 22 May 2011 23:23 (thirteen years ago) link

one month passes...
one year passes...

Finally saw this last night. Really has to be one of the most insane fantasy films ever. The almost palpable realism of the face fluff, making us want to pet the screen. The relentless cognitive dissonance of the premise. The Dead Can Dance Moment (so glad you warned me about this Abbs). My wife loved it so much I think she was having an irl out of body experience.

We also watched this at like 1 in the morning so there was an added layer of hypnagogic delerium on my part.

the clown's reflection is incorrect (Jon Lewis), Friday, 21 December 2012 19:29 (eleven years ago) link

ga'hoole

turds (Hungry4Ass), Friday, 21 December 2012 23:14 (eleven years ago) link

three months pass...

ga'hoole

turds (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 18 April 2013 03:33 (eleven years ago) link

OTM

brad palsy (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 18 April 2013 03:47 (eleven years ago) link

one year passes...

OWLS, never forget

Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 21:11 (ten years ago) link

There are so many movies (2) with "Guardians" in the title the past couple years and it's like – why are you fucking with me and using the word "Guardians" if there aren't Zach Snyder golden hour owls carrying buckets of fire to Dead Can Dance songs?

when you call my name it's like a prickly pear (Crabbits), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 00:39 (ten years ago) link

one month passes...

Weeks on, I am *still* briefly disappointed every time I see the title "Guardians of the Galaxy" and realize it is not a sequel to this movie.

when you call my name it's like a prickly pear (Crabbits), Sunday, 24 August 2014 20:35 (ten years ago) link

Hahah

Ned Raggett, Sunday, 24 August 2014 21:54 (ten years ago) link

Legend of the Rise of the Guardians of the Ga'hoolaxy

before you die you see the rink (Jon Lewis), Monday, 25 August 2014 06:22 (ten years ago) link

five years pass...

So where's the Snyder Cut of this

Ned Raggett, Monday, 24 August 2020 01:09 (four years ago) link


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