Theater Whore: Rise Of The Guardians

Let me start off by saying that I loved this movie. I really did. There have been few things that had such an emotional impact on me. To name a few there was An American Tail, Antwone Fisher, John Q., and watching Eddie Guerrero tributes on Youtube. I didn’t expect this movie to be as good as it was and it was a super surprise to me. Okay. Now that that’s out of the way lets begin.

This is about Jack Frost who is pretty much the ignored spirit of the holidays. He’s hanging out in a small town helping some kids have fun by creating a snow day for them. He feels unappreciated by everyone and asks The Man In The Moon aka Sky Jesus to help him out and gets no answer. At the North Pole Santa Claus senses that something is wrong and calls all the guardians together including Frost who is confused since he doesn’t consider himself one of them.

Sandman aka Sandy, Bunny, and Tooth Fairy show up and are told that Pitch Black otherwise known as The Boogieman is back and ready to wreck stuff. Frost and Bunny do not get along due to an incident years ago where Frost snowed out Easter. They all need to fight together to keep children believing in them or else they will no longer exist.

They arrive at Tooth Fairy’s place and it is being swamped by shadow horses that they fight off. They discover that all of the fairies have been taken and kids across the globe wake up with no gift under their pillows and begin to not believe in her anymore so her powers start to vanish. They decide to help her out and race around the world giving gifts for teeth. His kis named Jamie wakes up and spots them in the room and is eventually knocked out by Sandy…along with everyone else in the room. Jamie’s little sister grabs Santa’s globe and teleports away.

Pitch Black finds out that they are all working together and tries to convince Frost that they are alike since no one believes in neither of them. Black has been infecting kids minds with nightmares. Sandy and Frost fight Black with Sandy kicking his ass. Sandy doesn’t talk so little images made of sand pop up over his head when he communicates with everyone. Black ends up spearing him and he dies. It was sad as hell.

Even with the loss of Sandy they still need to help Bunny continue Easter. They get to his land and Jamie’s sister is almost attacked by them when Bunny senses something wrong. They get all the eggs ready and Frost volunteers to take the little girl back home. While there Frost and a little fairy named Baby Tooth end up chasing down Black into his lair. Frost doesn’t remember his life before becoming what he is and Black mocks him. All childhood memories are held in our baby teeth apparently.

Black ends up snapping Frost’s staff and tossing him into a cavern. He checks his tooth and gets a look at his life before he got powers and escapes. He arrives and Bunny’s land is wrecked and now there is no Easter. Kids around the world give up looking for eggs except for Jamie who still believes. Still, Bunny loses his powers.

Black starts to win with kids all across the world not believing in any of the guardians anymore. Santa cant fly his sleigh, Tooth Fairy loses her wings, and Bunny is now a tiny cute little bunny with the same tough voice. They begin to battle Black and get help from Jamie and his friends right before Jamie loses hope in the guardians altogether. The final battle is pretty damned cool and I cheered at some surprising twists.

I’m having a hard time explaining why this movie was so much fun. When I was little I believed in Santa and the Tooth Fairy. This movie made me feel kinda bad for not anymore. If you loved How To Train Your Dragon you’ll love this as well. It takes a lot for me to like a CGI film let alone love it. I got goosebumps watching it multiple times.

And I have to mention the crazy ass elves in the movie. They aren’t in it a ton but when they are they are funny as hell. If you have a kid please see this movie. This movie featured the voices of Alec Baldwin, Chris Pine, Jude Law, Hugh Jackman, and Isla Fisher.