"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

http://www.antville.org/static/videos/images/avalon_hi.jpg

ok i have never taken a close look at this cover and have always mistaken that helmet for a flying whale

Really!? I always saw it as a warrior dude's helmet.

which it is. i want to see the flying whale.

a triple-pronged whale

i just looked at with only one squinty eye and saw the whale! he is flyin away from u, his fins are up and he is wearing a very tall hat. cover is much improved by this.

the full title for this movie breaks my brain every time i see it.

was "the guardians of ga'hoole" just not ridiculous enough all by itself?

they felt obliged to warn people that it was owls

I felt this was the best place to put this picture

http://i.imgur.com/3j31n.jpg

good call

i am anticipating this film. saw the trailer when i saw cats & dogs II and it looks killer

I am so glad I'm not the only one that thought it was a whale on that Roxy Music cover! I finally noticed the helmeted dude a few years ago after years of thinking it was a whale mid jump.

Well then:

http://www.vevo.com/artist/owl-city

I am so glad I'm not the only one that thought it was a whale on that Roxy Music cover! I finally noticed the helmeted dude a few years ago after years of thinking it was a whale mid jump.

I always did as well, and never even thought to question whether it was a whale or not until this thread. I guess this owl movie was at least good for something.

If you all thought that was a whale exactly what did you think was next to it? A roc?

It was a flying whale!

http://www.wyland.com/

every time I see this ad I picture the incredibly awkward dance an owl would have to go through to get a helmet on its head

Maybe they hit something and it just falls on their head.

No, but there is Hatebeak, the death metal band with a parrot for a lead singer.

can we discuss this for a second

wonder if they ever did a show with Caninus

Placed on head by enslaved mice iirc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1IsxEyThbQ

xpost -- what the

Oh so this must be the tribute band:

http://www.myspace.com/micesslave

I mean, Cinderella could train animals to do this, and she's not ever dangerous. Imagine what she could've accomplished w/a beak and claws.

http://rlv.zcache.com/cinderella_with_birds_and_mice_poster-p228245743216659882trma_400.jpg

I'm kinda irrationally excited about this film. I love owls, I love how the WARRIOR OWLS look in the posters, and for some reason Lord of the Rings with owls as made by Disney sounds like THE BEST THING EVER to me. Even seeing the trailer didn't manage to kill my enthusiasm. I can't really explain these feelings.

Interview with Zack Snyder

Owls.

But at the same time, the movie is so realistic about owl physiology.

I liked that they had stunt men from 300 fighting each other in owl suits for animator reference.

a friend of mine sent me a cellpwn pic of a giant billboard for this and i realized i know nothing about it - for some reason i thought that even tho it had owls in the title it did not actually have owls in it. but it does! and owls are great! so i want to see this.
also, that picture of an owl in a toque omg lol <3

Oh, Snyderpaws: But within seconds of its opening, a feather drifts off an owl’s wing, spins in midair in ultra slow motion, then slams into full speed again.

I liked that they had stunt men from 300 fighting each other in owl suits for animator reference.

An actual clip of that sequences sounds like it would belong in a film starring Jack Black.

Also, this is just making me laugh uncontrollably for some reason:

http://a.onionstatic.com/images/media/movie/11686/Legend-Of-The-Guardians_jpg_595x325_crop_upscale_q85.jpg

SO BIG EYES

The one on the left looks like it's saying "Does this bug you? I'm not touching you..."

i have cried actual tears every time i've seen this trailer too but they have been borne of lol

i always want to deface the posters i see on bus shelters but i can't even come up with a coherent heckle

"this is a fucking owl...haha"

Okay then...:

Helen Mirren says she thinks American actors are very good at voicing animated films because they approach the job with such abandon.
The Oscar-winner says British actors are more controlled and circumspect.
Because of that, Mirren says, she was a bit intimidated by her role in the animated 3D film "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole," which opens today.
Part of the reason she wanted to voice the character of the evil owl Nyra was to learn to be more free.

http://www.sirearevalo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/LGFC-0018-1023x434.jpg

"I AM FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

I liked that they had stunt men from 300 fighting each other in owl suits for animator reference.

― Mormons come out of the sky and they stand there (Abbbottt), Wednesday, September 22, 2010 9:10 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark

this should be the movie no?

http://i55.tinypic.com/hvsz0p.jpg

from the pic i thought this'd be dark and gritty owls vs rats warfare or something. just looks like 'where the owl things are' to me tbh.

Too bad Christopher Nolan didn't direct this.

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

^ thought this only five mins ago.

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.

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.

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

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

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.)

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!"

http://blog.flickr.net/en/2011/06/21/owls-with-stupid-expressions-on-their-faces/

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.

ga'hoole

ga'hoole

OTM

OWLS, never forget

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?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOcsy9bh-wI

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.

Hahah

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

So where's the Snyder Cut of this