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REVIEW: Rise of the Guardians [Kamrin DiSandro]

Introduction to the Story

Rise of the Guardians is a 2012 American 3D computer-animated action fantasy film based on and serving as a continuation of William Joyce's The Guardians of Childhood book series and The Man in the Moon short film by Joyce and Reel FX Creative Studios. Peter Ramsey directed the film, while Joyce and Guillermo del Toro were executive producers with voice acting by Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher, and Jude Law.

Produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures,1 it was released on November 21, 2012. Despite receiving generally positive reviews and grossing $306 million against its $145 million budget, it was a box office bomb, due to production and marketing costs, losing DreamWorks Animation $83 million.

Set about 300 years after the book series, the film tells a story about Guardians Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, and the Sandman, who enlist Jack Frost to stop the evil Pitch Black from engulfing the world in darkness in a fight of dreams. The film was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film.This was the last DreamWorks Animation film to be distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

The Plot of the movie starts as Jack Frost as he wakens from a frozen pond with amnesia. Upon realizing no one can see or hear him, he disappears. Three hundred years later, Jack, as the young Spirit of Winter, enjoys delivering snow days to school kids, but resents that they do not believe in him. At the North Pole, the Man in the Moon warns Nicholas St. North that Pitch Black is threatening the children of the world with his nightmares. He calls E. Aster Bunnymund, Sandy, and Tooth, to arms.

They are then told that Jack Frost has been chosen to be a new Guardian, and has him brought to the North Pole by Bunnymund. North explains to Jack that every Guardian has a center - something they are the Guardian of, but a call for help from Tooth's fairies ends the conversation. Visiting Tooth's world, Jack learns that each and every baby tooth contains childhood memories of the children who lost it, Jack's teeth included. However, Pitch raids Tooth's home, kidnapping all of her subordinate tooth fairies except Baby Tooth and stealing all the teeth, thus preventing Tooth from sharing Jack's memories and weakening children's belief in Tooth.

In order to thwart Pitch's plan, the group decides to collect children's teeth. During their journey, a quarrel between North and Bunnymund awakens a boy, Jamie. Since he still believes, he can see everybody except for Jack. Pitch's nightmares then attack, provoking Sandy as the Guardian of Dreams. Jack tries to intervene, but Sandy is overwhelmed and killed by Pitch.

As Easter approaches, the dejected Guardians gather in Bunnymund's home. With the unexpected aid of Jamie's little sister, Sophie, they begin the process of painting eggs for Easter. After Jack takes Sophie home, he is lured to Pitch's lair by a voice. Pitch taunts him with his memories and fear of non-belief, distracting him long enough for Pitch to destroy the eggs, causing children to stop believing in Easter and Bunnymund.

Losing his trust in the Guardians, a shamed Jack isolates himself in Antarctica, where Pitch tries to convince him to join his side. When Jack refuses, Pitch threatens to kill Baby Tooth unless Jack gives him his staff, the source of his magic. He agrees, but Pitch breaks Jack's staff and throws him down a chasm.

Unlocking his memories inside his tooth, he learns that he was a mortal teenager who fell into the frozen pond while saving his younger sister. Inspired, Jack repairs his staff and returns to the lair to rescue the kidnapped baby fairies. Due to Pitch, every child in the world except Jamie disbelieves, drastically weakening the Guardians.

Finding Jamie's belief wavering, Jack makes it snow in his room, renewing Jamie's belief and letting him become the first person to ever believe in and see Jack. Jack and Jamie gather the boy's friends, whose renewed belief bolsters their fight against Pitch. Pitch threatens them, but their dreams prove stronger than his nightmares, resulting in Sandy's resurrection.

Defeated and disbelieved in, Pitch tries to retreat, but his nightmares, sensing his own fears, turn on him and trap him in his lair. Afterward, Jamie and his friends bid goodbye to the Guardians as Jack accepts his place as the Guardian of Fun.

Characters and Actors

The cast and characters include; Chris Pine as Jack Frost, the spirit of winter. Jack Frost is a teenage hellion who enjoys creating mischief and has no interest in being bound by rules or obligations; he just wants to use his staff to spread his winter magic for the sake of fun, but also wants to be believed in. At the end of the film, Jack became the Guardian of Fun. While he cannot fly, per se, he can be carried on currents of wind, allowing him to span great distances.

Jude Law as Pitch Black (the Boogeyman), the essence of fear and the Nightmare King.

Alec Baldwin as Nicholas St. North (Santa Claus), the leader of the guardians,and the Guardian of Wonder.

He lives at the North Pole in the Ice Castle and is served by loyal North Pole natives, the Yetis (who built the castle and workshop) and the Christmas Elves. He carries a Russian accent/culture persona.

Hugh Jackman as E. Aster Bunnymund (the Easter Bunny), the fabled keeper and bringer of Easter eggs and the Guardian of Hope. He has an Australian accent.

Isla Fisher as Tooth (the Tooth Fairy), the mythical tooth collector and the Guardian of Memories. Tooth is part human and part hummingbird. Assisted by mini fairies that are split-off extensions of herself, she collects the children's teeth, which hold their most precious memories. Tooth stores them in her palace and returns memories when they are needed the most.

Sandy (the Sandman), the Guardian of Dreams is the oldest of the Guardians and the first Guardian chosen by the Man in the Moon. He does not speak, but communicates through sand images that he conjures above his head.

Disclosure

This is my all time favotire DreamWorks despite a box office bomb. I do believe this DreamWorks film dose give more creddit is do. I personally love it and if your into these kind of films I'd check it out, if this film is something your don't think you will like more power to you.

Theories: How could have rise of the guardians be Fixed [Kamrin DiSandro]

Let's start with the company I don't thing DreamWorks should have put his name on the series. Personally I think this film would have done better if it was on Disney since personally I think they do better with fantasy adventures where yes DreamWorks has worked with fantasy they perfer to use more modern steam punk stuff.

Next I would not have had the story set in Modern times. Where yes Kids are the sorce of their existance they aren't really as focused. Keeping it is a more fantasy setting would really cover the mythology.

Also maybe adding more of the mythology for the holidays like maybe we see the home of Jack Frost and maybe have some of his backstory be simuler to the Rakin Bass film. You can still have Jack Forst past be a focuse and he can still have amnesia.

For Pitch can be the same, but maybe make it that his threats to Jack is just as personal as with the Guardians especailly since in the Books the Guardians of Childhood technically Jack was the original guardian he was another spirit named Nightlife who battled and defeated Pitch and then later became human.

We could be shown more about the Guardians backstory like especially since unless you read the books your not gonna know where they come from cause tehcnically not al the guradians were in the actual movie the was a fifth member before Jack came alone who was also Jack's love intrest in the books.

The Jammie Bennete kid could still be worked in the story maybe make Jamie more rude to her sister and not caring and then later after Jack gets his memories he gives jamie some advice on how to be a better older brother.

I think Rise of the Guardians is a good film is it great no, but it do believe this film needs more dedication than's whats kidding. This is Kamrin DiSandro and those are my thoughts what are yours?