Re: Random movie talky stuff.
So. Rise of the Guardians. In 3-D.
First off, basic plot: In the background of the world, the creatures of the myths and legends we all know do exist, and a select few are selected (by the Man in the Moon) to keep watch and ensure the children of the world are safe and sound. These souls are refereed to as the Guardians, naturally. Meanwhile, the story focuses on not only the Guardians (A Russian, ice sculpting Santa Claus with Naughty/Nice gunboat tattoos/a mute, short, surprisingly ass-kicking Sandman/gratuitously Aussie Easter Bunny (by gratuitous I mean he freakin does a 'you call that a knife' reference)/surprisingly normal, if tooth-obsessed Tooth Fairy and a army of humming-bird-fairies), though the story mostly takes the perspective of Jack Frost - who in this story has spent 300 years essentially isolated and unbelieved in by practically everyone. The villain is in a similar boat, who to avoid too many spoilers I'll refer to his less giveaway name, Pitch, and during the course of the film breaks forth a Xanotos Gambit to rid of the Guardians once and for all so he can bring nightmares and terror back to the globe.
The plot is very well written, and while admittedly ya spend a good chunk of time in the North Pole in the film, the pace keeps going without dragging out, and there's quite a few moments of awesome, sad, and feel-good placed right where they should be, and with the focus on neutral party Jack Frost, the story keeps unique and doesn't bog itself down too much. While admittedly you can probably see a few twists coming as a adult audience a decent clip away, it does a good job trying to hide what will happen.
The 3-D effects I personally have to give the developers credit for. There's nothing too obnoxious or out of picture with the effects, and half the time you can't even tell they're there except the most subtlest of things, which is much better in my opinion then several out-of-the-frame gratuity shots like you see in a lot of 3-D movies.
My opinion is you definitely want to see this one, if not at least check it out when it hits the shelves eventually. It's a good piece of writing and very well done for a not-so-holiday-holiday-movie.
