The Guardians is the type of movie where low expectations will be yourfriend. If you go into the theater expecting The Secret of NIMH youwill be sorely disappointed with the story. Although Guardians doescontain some mature themes, such as racism and war, these themes areexplored more in the setting than in the characters.

The main characters are mostly vehicles for the story. Strangely, it'sthe supporting characters - the villains and the Guardians themselves -who provide the most interesting, and sometimes the most compellingcharacters.

There are no big surprises in this story. Any adult can figure out theentire plot within the first ten minutes. On the positive side, theplot takes off quickly and rarely slows down. If your kids can handle alittle violence they should love this movie. I'm happy to report thatthe villains are appropriately threatening. Metalbeak and his mate Nyaare on the same level as classic Disney villains like Scar and Ursala,so if your kids can handle these films they ought to handle Guardiansjust fine.

Overall Guardians is worth seeing in theaters and, if you can affordit, in 3D. I didn't say much about the visuals because there reallyisn't much to say about them. This movie is stunning at least andmajestic at best, even if the plot is a little dull.

I love this movie. It might not be 100% accord to the books but thatdoesn't matter, the movie is fantastic, now if you liked the movie, goahead and read the books, you won't be disappointed.

If you young children are easy impressive, you might not like themasking you "but why is the pretty bird doing those bad things?" andstuff like that, just imagine an epic movie, you know: knights, kings,queens and battles, but for children and adults alike, it depends onhow much your kids know about epic stories and the implications of war.

The visual designs are awesome and the music is beautiful, it is agreat story.

I've seen a lot of movies these days and in my entire life. And I gotto say that this is the best animated movie I've seen yet! I would evensay that this movie is better than Toy Story 3. This movie is just amust see. You just own it to your self to see this. And if you gotkids, take them with you. They'll enjoy the movie also. But if yourafraid this is a kids movie. Don't worry this is a dark movie at somemoments, but that makes the hopeful moments and the ending that muchmore enjoyable.

If you ask me this movie makes a big chance to gain an Oscar. Somepeople think its sometime to confusing. Well in my opinion, it's not!

conclusion:

STORY/PLOT: Very good, a little bit to much done but good done so notfilm braking.... It starts of quite fast but not to fast, easy tofollow, yet not to easy. And some twists. LOOK/CINEMATICALLY: this is avery very very beautiful film, one of the most beautiful animationfilms yet! Also the world is very good done. To keep it short: its ajoy for the eyes. MUSIC/sound: only one thing: perfect!