From Pages to Pictures: Legend of the Guardians vs. Guardians of Ga'Hoole

[@jsfilms6623]

This movie got a bit of slack when it released, but thankfully time has been kind to it over the years and as is often the case has become an underrated gem. Maybe we’ll get another adaptation in the form of a series someday.

[@lorzryn3711]

I LOVE the movie. The only thing bad is that it doesn't follow the book's storyline too well.

[@medical-cyanide1526]

Aye

[@Arjanator]

People have a bias against Zack Snyder.

[@jaurijantzi424]

JS Films come on warner brothers give us a sequel for this movie

[@fishyguppy1851]

It’s so often hated because it’s a poor book adaptation, probably because it’s multiple books crammed into one movie. Multiple of the characters had certain aspects changed, for example, Twilight didn’t do that song thing he does in the movie series, he did battle chants. Which were only, you know, in battle. I can sort-of understand where combining St.Auggies and The Pure Ones came from seeing as they did have a semi team-up in one of the books. Honestly the thing that annoys me the most is Kludd. Better, I don’t know *why* they separated Kludd and Metal-beak, as they were the same character in the books, and there was no real reason to change that. Also In the books Klud didn’t go to St.Auggies with Soren, he just yeeted Soren out of the next and joined the Pure ones on his own time.

[@liamegan1184]

A round of applause for the tearing up of that dreadful newspaper. I can`t believe that this wonderful movie got horrible ratings, it is my most favorite movie and book series I have ever watched and read. The only question that I have for the people that rated this movie poorly is...WWWHHHHYYYYY??????

[@thespottedowl6792]

ikr...

[@turtlefruit7282]

The entire story is off in the movie. Twilight and Digger are adults from what I saw.

[@sananaryon4061]

And Eglantine is still a kid in the movie. Adaptation, things have to be changed. Lord of the Rings are phenomenal movies, even if they depart from the books, same with this (honestly, LOTR couldn't have made the time between Bilbo's party and Frodo's travels 20 years like it was in the books, and thsi movie couldn't take place over the same amount of time the books do, thus some characters have to change a bit

[@lowgunfire2671]

The movie lacked a lot of character development, cut out a lot of cool characters from the books, and of the characters and story that stayed, they were nerfed to hell. Soren was a crappy leader in the movie. And he fell into a completely out-of-the-blue romance with Otulissa. Gylfie was robbed of her brains. And was turned into semi-comic relief. One of the biggest insults, as already mentioned before, was Twilight and Digger being middle-aged adult owls as opposed to kids like Soren and Gylfie. Digger is even supposed to be the youngest member of the main four, and is supposed to be the owl version of Piglet, but he became fricking comic relief in a movie already chock full of it. As for Otulissa, there was no owl who played the role of the straight man to her arrogance, unlike in the books. Gylfie's sharp tongue was nerfed, as mentioned earlier, Twilight and Digger were too busy pestering each other to straighten Otulissa out, Soren was in fricking love with her, and Martin was non-existent. The traitor subplot changed Dewlap into a boring male called Allomere who betrayed the Guardians out of greed rather than trying to bargain with the Pure Ones for peace. The Pure Ones and St Aegolius were merged into one faction, which cut out a lot of story potential for what could have been a grand movie trilogy. Honestly, elements from the first 4 books were already mostly used up in the movie - without much of the books' substance - leaving only very few plot threads to wrap up, which wouldn't warrant a quality sequel or trilogy. TL;DR = The Books were great, the movie was not.

[@girlnugget293]

Dont get me wrong the movie was great but it cut off around 90% of the story in the books ranging from chamging characters personalities (or making a character fall in love with a character that in the books he hated for a good portion of the book where she was introduced) to removing characters and missing most of the original plot

[@asterrovenator]

Book 1's Most Memorable Characters: Soren: an egg roll Gylfie: a feathery Hermione Digger: a shooketh orphan who's wise Twilight: edgy rapping big boi Kludd: a murder egg roll

[@Faolan-qe9vl]

Murder egg roll, I'm dead xD

[@raianabo8158]

Soren is en egg roll he’s cute,awkward,and adorable he’s the sweetest eggy roll.

[@yellowbellievex697]

Kludd: the freshest egg roll (also self entitled and built to kill)

[@channelinactive.seewormsqu3201]

No offense, but I'm surprised that you didn't touch on how the Barn Owls' eyes were changed to be yellow or brown like Snowy Owls. They were changed to yellow not to creep any kids out XD Yet somehow they got away with owl slavery in a children's movie XD

[@darklordmaguire207]

Then again this is a zack synader film

[@boboboy8189]

@@darklordmaguire207 did you watch ZSJL movie?

[@darklordmaguire207]

@@boboboy8189 no not yet

[@lilithium3940]

i mean in the book it was very much Owl Nazism so they definitely PG'd that up as much as they could

[@Cali_wcGacha]

Yes because owl nazis are way less scary than a realistic owl 😂

[@keeganfirecloak4695]

This movie has the... -Best animation I’ve ever seen -Best soundtrack I’ve ever heard -Is the best book to movie adaptation I’ve seen (I love Harry Potter but I never read the books I have however read the Owls books) And yet this still only has one movie?! Actually the fact that they haven’t made a movie adaptation of Wolves Of The Beyond is insane, cause I love that book series even more and would love to see a movie on it!

[@something298]

It wasn't the most faithful adaptation, but it was a beutifyl movie. So sad it got bad ratings.

[@dianadunajska7769]

It’s spelled “beautiful” not beutifyl

[@NurseOrysia1]

@@dianadunajska7769 lmao

[@tytoalbasoren9457]

For the ones asking about sequel, the wiki says: "According to Animal Logic's CEO, Zareh Nalbandian, there have been discussions for a sequel to Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, but nothing solid as to when production would begin, as such a sequel would come in behind several other films Animal Logic will be producing or already is producing with Warner Bros. Jim Sturgess and Ryan Kwanten have both said in an interview that they would reprise their roles as Soren and Kludd if a sequel ever entered production." Here's the link for the wiki: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Guardians:_The_Owls_of_Ga%27Hoole I hope this helps!

[@Person-wz6iy]

And Animal Logic were focusing on The Lego Movies more.

[@boboboy8189]

This articles is back in 2010

[@Person-wz6iy]

@@boboboy8189 I know but still.

[@twizzpaw900]

I liked how you talked about this, I was one of those kids who's never read the books so I got an outsiders perspective and I liked it. I didn't know there even was a book series until after the fact. Just because the movie adaption isn't exactly the same as the books, dosen't mean you discourage others who haven't watched it. The majority of people haven't read or known about the books for different reasons and since this came out in theaters worldwide (NOT just in America) then you should take in consideration that alot of human beings are gonna have a different view when debating this (and other movies) objectively.

[@Ratchet4647]

Wow! This was great! A detailed and respectful analysis of both the books and movie! I loved this series as a kid! I would skip prologues and epilogue back then as I thought they were authors notes at the time, and I was impatient to get into the book. I later realized my mistake. I liked this movie, although I did notice the changes, like the St. Egg's and Pure Ones merger. Just missed many of them as a result of how much time had passed since I'd read them. I really enjoyed your video! You've got yourself a new subscriber! I've got to re-read these books and that wolves series.

[@s.knaturegirl9895]

And let's not forget the song take to the sky by Owl City

[@crazyratopia6472]

I'm pretty sure Digger's family was killed by the two lieutenants from St. Aegiolus, not Pure Ones. But aside from that, great rapping.

[@pidgedidge]

CrazyRatopia Jatt and Judd or Jutt I can't honestly remember.

[@YumeQueen]

Were jatt and jutt in fact

[@DabWolfer]

Yeah and one of digger's brothers got eaten.

[@bolillo997]

Many years have passed and this is still an amazing piece of art.

[@tytoalbasoren9457]

In the novel Otulissa did actually flirt with Soren, although she was drunk at that time.

[@peachtea7269]

OWLS CAN BE DRUNK?!

[@stewedtea]

On bingle juice apparently

[@boboboy8189]

@@peachtea7269 it's fantasy book. Not history book

[@peachtea7269]

@@boboboy8189 um, owl biology is not going to be in a history book, first. Second, I'm aware it's fantasy.

[@starlightsoiree]

A couple years late for me to watch it, but this was lovely to see! I really enjoyed the books with all of their lore and the dark tone. I enjoy the movie as a separate thing; it took the concepts and other things from the books to make its own story, or at the very least, reshape it into something that's more kid friendly. I don't think cannibal owls would have gone over well at cinemas.

[@liliumaa]

Really makes me mad that they called it a rip-off of star wars, when I watched it I never even thought of star wars (except when Nyra and her guards I guess where flying and it sounded like a ship sound from star wars)

[@vorpal997]

I KNEW I couldn't be the only one who read Twilight's songs as raps! WHAT A GANGSTA

[@magnaknight9252]

Here's an idea of the Guardians of Ga Hoole, instead of having it as a movie, why not have it as a show just like what Netflix did in A series of unfortunate events. I mean there are 31 books if you are including the spin-offs and companion books. I think people will like it better if it was a show instead of a movie.

[@leeobrien2004]

I made a video talking about my ideas for a TV Show. Here's a link if you wanna see it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKq6ZmOmgKafi6s

[@wolfkitty42]

The spin off series are uh... Very brutal. BOI is like wayyyy dark with the whole uh... *clock where literal bear cubs are sacrficed* WOB is a in between.

[@magnaknight9252]

@@wolfkitty42 seriously is that brutal?

[@adaboncoi2724]

It would have been amaising if this happened. I feel that the movie was moving too fast and it really hurt me. The animation is stunning and I would have loved to see more. The story is pretty interesting and I think that if this was a series then the characters would have had more depth and would have reached the audience a lot easier.

[@acornheart465]

I feel like they could do something like the watership down miniseries too and it would work out

[@sheungyinng4670]

Ten years ago...wow...this bring back some memory. Always good to come back to these title.

[@BiggMilk]

Thank you for mentioning Dumpy. He is the unsung hero of book fifteen and no one can change my mind

[@logansouthall5566]

My favorite book series ever! Love the movie as well! It should have done better but oh well...great video! You did a great job!

[@thespottedowl6792]

Logan Southall do u know that there is a small fandom of this on both wattpad and fanfiction.net? The fandom is one of the least cancerous fandoms out there, I am proud to be part of it. I really recommend you to join😀

[@crown5104]

this movie was literally my childhood (I watched soooo many times) and I'm on my 9th time reading the series

[@liamegan1184]

same here, such a disappointment that the movie has really bad ratings.......Thank you world for screwing my childhood over. :-)

[@mariusdavid85]

I've seen the film 6 time ( If I havent lost the number ) and all the book 1 time ( but I'm re-reading the book, buying it on my e-book ) ( I'm actually to 8 )

[@pidgedidge]

I've read it like fifteen times

[@pulsarhappy7514]

Maybe I should rewatch it then, I remember being really upset as a kid after watching it and thinking they just completely messed up the source material. I've always thought of it as a different world altogether and avoided everything related to it (except the wii game cuz you could fly owls which is a banger). To be fair, it was probably the first ever movie I watched after reading the source material and I did not know directors change stuff when they do that. I've read the books twice (and some of the wolf spin-offs) and it really felt like being betrayed at the time.

[@susanresha8107]

I think you would enjoy looking at "Howl's moving castle". There is a really interesting divide between book and movie fans and the author herself had a really interesting way of looking at the movie adaptation. Not to mention that both the author and the head of the animation studeo had lived through WW2 as kids and used their respective careres as a way to cope with that trauma but did so in completely diffrent ways. One created a world where kids could escape the horors of war and the other making sure to show just how horible war was.

[@PhoenixRiseinFlame]

The Guardians of Ga’Hoole really needs to be a series as opposed to a movie.

[@thecaptain4826]

Everyone is talking about the movie while I’m here admiring the Beauty of this seven-year-old masterpiece

[@justatiefling9528]

This is one of my favorite movies! I never read the books, but they've always interested me.

[@chibibluemouse]

I just want to say THANK YOU for that rap of Twilight's battle song. I've always read his battle taunt songs as raps. And I really kinda . . . HATED what they did to Twilight and Digger in the movie. Especially Twilight. So much so that I was completely taken out of my enjoyment of the rest of the film. Sure, I was . . . annoyed that they mixed St. Aggie's and The Pure Ones in the movie, but, hey, it's a movie! And it's compressing three of the books into one story. It was a reasonable annoyance and one I could live with. But I could not get over what they did to Twilight and Digger. Now, I won't say I HATE the movie (like I used to), but . . . I don't think it's by any means a masterpiece. Does it have great animation? Of COURSE it does! The animation is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! However, I still can't really get over the character assassinations of Twilight and Digger to enjoy the film. I read the books first, and I find The Band more compelling there. But I do agree with you; Lasky only using not EVEN a page to describe Soren and Pellimore's relationship and how they met really bugs me. So much so that when I was still writing fanfiction, I tried to tackle what was left 'offscreen'. Er . . . I should have quit when I was ahead with that story. It would have been better that way. XP I always meant to finish it but . . . I started college, moved out of my house and . . . my books are still back there. And I'd hate to go back to writing that story and . . . not have the characters fresh in my mind. Got distracted - On your view of the movie, I think you're right to rip up that newspaper article. That headline was ridiculous. XP I may not love the movie, but it's not a Star Wars rip off by any stretch of the imagination. (Okay, maybe a DETERMINED stretch of imagination, but come on.) And I may not like the movie, but I don't think it's terrible by any means. Heck the only real thing that kept pulling me out of my immersive state was movie Twilight's . . . "battle songs" . . . If I could make the quotes bigger, I WOULD. Everything else? Honestly, not bad for a book to film adaptation. Certainly better than . . . some . . . OTHER . . . franchises I could mention . . . I think the movie is a great introduction to the franchise. Have a friend who isn't much of a reader but want to share this story with them? Show them the movie. It'll have some differences, but maybe it'll get them interested enough to give the books a shot. Or, at least it'll give you something to talk about that they can follow along with. The books I'd recommend as a definite 'buy . . . if you can afford it' rating, while I'd put the movie on a 'rent/stream on hulu/netflix/amazon and watch with friends/family' level. In closing, I enjoyed your video and I feel you made some very good points comparing the book to the film. I feel your judgement in favor of the book was fair, but also agree that the movie was rather . . . sabotaged and got a worse rap than it really should have. It was harmless, beautifully animated, fun. And more people should really know about this franchise, so thank you for doing this video in the first place.

[@blod9862]

I always imagine him breakdancing mid-air when singing

[@fenderbender9996]

Long comments...

[@fenderbender9996]

You're mean!

[@fenderbender9996]

How DARE you hate this movie!

@@fenderbender9996 yeah seriously, it's a Zack Snyder movie and good lord he managed to pull of something descent! And I thought he's involvement would keep it book loyal ironic isn't it?

[@sirtuna8066]

First off only clicked on this because i wanted to know if the books are worth reading but i was not expecting one of the best intros i have ever seen so good work dude

[@Jaimetud]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@jimkol8799]

I think this movie should have a sequel. Also Glaux is the Greek word for owl. Γλαυξ.

[@eliphant_1199]

Just found this gem of a video and channel makes me wanna get the books awesome video dude !

[@mercadesgregory745]

The books were a major part of my childhood. Though, there was one scene in the books where Soren thought that Outalissa was flirting with him, and he didn't like it XD.

[@thehaloscrolls391]

13:00 the problem with that is that in the books the story of Lyze of Kiel had nothing to do with the Guardians, he was a warrior owl of the northern kingdoms and was kinda like the Erwin Rommel of his faction of Rommel had been with the Allies, and before anyone says that “oh at the end of the story he went to the tree” Yeah, I know, he later became Ezylryb, but no version of the story besides the movie version (which didn’t even state it outright) mentions how he went to the tree since in canon no one knew until book 3 that Ezylryb and Lyze were the same owl besides Octavia, his nest maid snake, and some other people who knew him from before he went to the tree and became a scholar, no version of the story besides the book “Rise of a Legend” (which came out two years after this video if I remember) mentions him going to the tree, so the film makers kinda screwed up in making the story of Lyze of Kiel be a story about the Guardians Of Ga’Hoole

[@boboboy8189]

It's the writer who decide it. You need to remember, they need to cramped 3 books in 90 minutes movie. It's impossible task to do 100% like books unless they slim everything down and make it dumb down basic story. They didn't even know this movie will got sequel or not. Unless they make it series which has plenty of time to do 100% adaptation from books.

[@sapphirewingthefurrycritic985]

Why did Soren have a crush on Otulissa? They aren't even the same species.

[@mercadesgregory745]

Soren didn't even like the idea of Outalissa flirting with him in the books.

[@leeobrien2004]

@Kira Whitwell Soren should be with Gylfie.

[@deinonychus2312]

@@leeobrien2004 i dont know how to feel about this lmao

[@sananaryon4061]

I enjoy the movie, despite the changes. Sure, some were a bit weird, like making Digger a comedic relief, but hey, kids movie. Most of them seem to make sense for a movie. Shortening down the time the story took place over made it a bit easier to follow, since movies can't easily show stories taking place over long time the same way a book can, and the merging of St. Aggie's and Pure Ones made it a bit easier to follow

[@cutelittlefoxy7730]

That's me when he rips up the paper cause I LOVE guardians of gah'hoole and the movie so much

[@usernameunknown9940]

I feel like this movie could've used an extra 20-30 minutes for better pacing (I thought some events happened way too quickly) but besides that it was still cool. The visuals are so good 👌

[@eyelove_owlcity]

Legend of the guardians is a Star Wars knockoff? That's like saying Back to the future is a Rocky knockoff.

[@Spikethealligator]

Or harry potter is a star wars knockoff

[@seanMmaguire1]

people at the library obviously never heard of "The Hero With A Thousand Faces"

[@ffhsapt08productions53]

Owls are my favorite animal, so naturally I was inclined to check this movie out a few years ago and, I wasn't disappointed...But then I found out it was based on a book series

[@Jaimetud]

I recommend ;-)

[@ffhsapt08productions53]

Jaimetud Funnily enough I own the first 8 books in the series. I just never got around to reading them 😐

@@Jaimetud treasure planet could come someday?

[@keytocave6935]

Well after I watched this review I was like Bruce Wayne yelling his assistant "why haven't I seen this?!". Considering this video is uploaded in 2014... Nice job man. I watched this movie today (second time after a long while) and wanted to do some research to learn more details about it and I ended up here. I have to say I really enjoyed watching this while learning a lot about the story itself. Your way of expression and the effort that's been put in this video is awesome. Subscribed!

[@Jaimetud]

Glad you enjoyed and don't forget to share!

@@Jaimetud I gotta ask:"you think in 1995 Peter Jackson+Disney could've made an awesome animated hobbit"? I had this idea while watching:m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6jYiox4a5iBbtU

[@Ztryga]

Perhaps now that the film has entered netflix and started to gain more of the attention it deserves, they may come to recognize the possibility of a sequel or something related. Let's hope for the best.

[@xanthoconite4904]

Honestly, this is such a good comparison, it's been an extremely long time since I read the book series but I distinctly remember how utterly absorbed and fascinated I was by them. And although the movie is just an extremely condensed version of the books (not including the numerous story arcs that were left out) it's still really good. Also, one difference that I thought was pretty significant was the fact that the flecks power in the movie was cut off because the fire burned through the winch causing the container to close whereas in the books they are disabled because of heat itself (unless I'm misremembering).

[@leilarandall9518]

Can't believe I haven't found you until now.

[@Jaimetud]

It's never too late to start 😉

[@Jaimetud]

Don't forget to sub

[@stephaniefriasfranca]

The Watership down series looks like the legend of the guardians, you know

[@Schwa_]

I love your book and movie reviews so much. I still return to this one in particular every now and then. Your videos are funny, sincere, and awesome dude.

[@yuyaricachimuel555]

This makes me think that this can work better as a mini series, and with the dark tone and violence and more important story and plot elements from the books.

[@wolfkitty42]

I was so darn pissed when they cut Hortense and the eagles. I think a TV show would be a lot better. Or a Wolves Of The Beyond movie. That would be great. Yes, stuff would need to be cut, but you could easily put the first two/three movies together. I would LOVE to see Faolan growing up with Thunderheart and learning to yknow live (easy montage) then seeing Faolan lose Thunderheart and find the rest of the wolves (probably with a slightly more pg outclanners) Seeing all the characters in the 3D style would be epic and mm, that Faolan jumping the wall of fire would be AWESOME. After that you can show Faolan solving the malcadah’s murder and working through the gaddergnaw. I realized that if I would want to see the Sark and Gwenyth that it would be smarter to just use the first two books. Either way, you could squeeze three lovely movies out of the books.

[@SujiGyutie]

I feel like every kid who read the series always tried singing or rapping Twilight's lyrics at least once

[@pulsarhappy7514]

I remember seeing an ad for this movie in the street while I was in the backseat of my mother's car. I was around 15 and was in the middle of binge reading the whole Ga'Hoole book series. It is to this day the best series of kids novels I've ever read. I went on to watch the movie very excited and I was very disappointed, it had good visuals though. The only real upside is that it must've brought many new readers to the book series, and it gave us a fun video game on the wii that I enjoyed cuz you could fly an owl and that was all I ever asked.

[@ShadowkoiDragonMaster2791]

When I saw this video for the first time,I was very curious about the books.I've already finished the first 4 books.Thank you!!!

[@goldenfredbear7074]

Ya know, I read just about all the books and the movie and I love this video but you did miss something about Soren asking Eglantine what happened to her in the books. the reason he waited to ask was because, after Eglantine came to she didn't remember what really happened until they removed the other piece of glass and that was when she remember being kidnapped by the Pure Ones and forced to sleep in a stone room filled with bones, being "stone stunned". Also if we were to get a possible sequel, I'd love to see some hagsfiends and the truth When Nyra transforms into a hagsfiend. Would love to see that. Sadly it'd be too early in the story to see Coryn and the wolves.

[@lokii3970]

8:00 nope, he lost them to Jatt and Jutt from St. Aggies, NOT the Pure Ones. The Pure Ones came in MUCH later, and weren't the main strife until being talked about after Ezylryb's disappearance and finding Eglantine if i'm not mistaken.

[@averongodoffire8098]

I remember my friends father told me how he read him these books as a kid and how he only asked recently how so much blood could be spilled within the pages that none leaked out when opened or closed r

[@robertcooper4th259]

So did they remove the blood in the film

[@skbdora9639]

"If you like the sort of things" Yeah I love the sort of things. Of course I saw the movie first but then I bought every guardians of ga'hoole book. This books are unique.Characters,world,and story. Awasome. But If someone ask me again How you want to see a guardians of ga'hoole movie.? I would say I want a Trilogy from the first six book. And much more characters will show up and some references from the next nine book. Maybe If Peter Jackson created there had be better...? But Jaimetud thank you for showed us not just watching movies reading books also can be fantastic fun.

[@The-Vixenator-3000]

People still know what this is?! I have the DVD! One of my favorite movies of all time! ^^ I only got it because Owl City’s song was in it. 💕

[@Funnyanimalperson]

3:57 we have achieved peace

[@Jaimetud]

Everyone seems to love this moment. Mayhaps I should do more of these shreddings in the future. :P

[@Itz_Mothii]

I LOVE THIS MOVIE! Though it is underrated which is sad.

[@Jaimetud]

Hence why I made the episode

[@Itz_Mothii]

@@Jaimetud yeah sorry I lack common sense XD

[@cesarsain3731]

I'm so glad u made this video. Can't belive 8 years

[@freshj749]

Dope video! I loved the books as a kid and I used to say, “I hope they make this into a movie one day!” When the trailer dropped in 2010, I was HYPED! That “Kings and Queens” song in the trailer really stuck with me too. I understood that the movie adaptation was gonna have big changes, I was just glad that the movie was actually happening lol. Visually stunning and I enjoyed it a lot!! Great review brotha, very comprehensive and enjoyable to watch 🤙🏽

[@greeblecultist2213]

I remember really hating the movie when I was a kid because they deviated so much from the books, but honestly watching this makes me want to go back and give it another try

[@boboboy8189]

It's impossible to cramped 3 books into 90 minutes movie. I read alita battle angel comic and i understand why they need to changed things. Unless they make it series and ruin the story, so i will angry too.

[@QAoA]

You, sir, have just earned my subscription.

[@micahclark3606]

I love this movie, and I'm also a fan of the books. I was glad with what they did, putting the first three films into a single movie. Best way to adapt it in my opinion.

[@leeobrien2004]

Micah Clark I started the 1st book, it's pretty decent although from what I know, it does seem pretty accurate to the books as a movie

[@joshuaj.chinda9873]

Micah Clark worst way they omitted characters they shld just do a reboot tv show like games of thrones

[@VirtualGobllim47]

I JUST LOVE the fact that the book one is just setup, it kept me reading like a maniac

[@tytoalbasoren9457]

3:44 I found it satisfying for some reason, maybe it's because i love LotG

[@michellesmith3703]

I loved this movie - watched it when it first came out! I only read first 4 books so far, so thanks for explaining where they got all their ideas from all the other books

[@slinkkangaroo2305]

I kinda liked that the books didn't focus on romance. It let her focus on the plot and i'd rather someone not try to write romance if there not good at it. Otherwise I really liked the movie, it was nice for people that read the books but made a new story with some weird choices that I wish they didnt. (Looking at you Digger) sorry for the long comment but i finally watched this movie since I read the books years ago, I really liked your review and definitely subbing.

[@spilltherainbow]

Library: decides to call Legends of the Guardians a knockoff of StarWars Me: but.... but... StarWars is a knockoff of StarTrek! Also, 8:47 Oh gosh your voice and the animation of the owl line up almost perfectly! 😆

[@leeobrien2004]

@ The sequel sadly won't happen. Not many people went to see the 1st movie in cinemas so it only made $140.1 million with an $80 million budget. It's a massive disappointment honestly. I absolutely adore this movie and it needs a sequel.

[@berengustav7714]

Star Trek is optimistic science fiction, actual science experts advised it and it's a utopia. Star Wars is fantasy pretending to be Sci-Fi in a almost Dystopian place because evil goverment.

[@alexischavez7086]

Even if this is an old vid I wanna give my take on the story changes. While i adore how books tell their story with the much detail that movies cant due to time i am reading the books now and find that i would have been much more invested had we seen some things the movie changed. I saw the movie well before i ever got my hands on the books so was expecting it to be more similar, mostly how they did Kludds character. I adored his arc in the movie and when i got the books was whole expecting to see his growth of being manipulated and groomed to fit a pure one top soldier while soran was trying to save him, not believing his dear brother turned evil It was cool to see the more favored roles in the pure ones vs the bad conditions soran and gilfie had. While im only almost done on the first book now i was sill incredibly disappointed with kludd at the begining to being always a "bad egg" i wanted to see that fall from grace Its kinda like how when I watched Coraline i loved wybie and got the book just to read about him only to find he wasnt even there. Lovely book no matter what but disappointed the things i loved about the movies proved to not exist in the books

[@almightykellus2585]

Kathryn has said that there were things put into the movie that she wished she had come up with, so Kludd's backstory is most likely one of those things.

[@alexischavez7086]

@@almightykellus2585 i wouldn't be surprised if it was. Its one of the bigger changes that really give more depth to a character over then. Born bad and always bad

[@pulsarhappy7514]

@@alexischavez7086 I don't know, I really liked in the books how little we knew about Kludd. Kludd is doing his own things and growing apart, fueled by the pure blood owls. One day you don't realize how but he turns on you and you don't have an explanation for it. And maybe you didn't get that because you were "spoiled" by the movie, but at first you don't know that Kludd is fully evil, Soren is lost and wants to find his family. It is only later that you know for certain that Kludd was with the enemy all along. It's mostly through Soren eyes that we see the world, and unfortunately he did not get to know his brother very well before he was radicalised. On so many levels Ga'Hoole is a tragedy and explores very dark and somber themes which is very original for a kids book series. I feel like Kludd is more threatening in the books, kind of how Darth Vader was before the prequels was released and you realise he's a whiny boy. More one-dimensional but you don't always know everything about the villains.

[@Sparklewolfgirl67]

I dislike how they changed Otulissa’s species because that’s an important part of her character where she’d always talk about her heritage and Strix Emriella or Strix Struma

[@marcuscarana9240]

This is one of my favourite book series and I absolutely loved the movie as well even if it was far from the source material.

[@ZaroTV]

I was gonna sleep but heard an owl, remembered this movie and found your video. Im going on a manhunt

[@ponyfairyVania]

Daymares make sense to me since owls are active during the night and sleep during the day. Beautiful movie scenes and I didn't know it was in 3D. As a kid living in a large family we didn't often go to the theater since movie tickets are expensive and when you're a family of eight it just makes it even more expensive. I first saw the movie when we rented it from Netflix. Haven't read the books though.

[@sananaryon4061]

James Blish had a word for such reterminologied words: Shmeerps; Words made up to make the language sound more foreign and special, despite having the exact same meaning as something we already have a word for

[@painthedoll]

Also, Jatt and Jutt are cannonly cannables!(they ate digger's brother))

[@painthedoll]

@ yep! The books are much darker ^^'

[@painthedoll]

@ probably idk- Ya i personal love the book series cause the characters Don't melt into just stereotypes

[@ShadowLightMewEndlessOceanMew]

Still love the movie, wish we had gotten the sequel

[@leeobrien2004]

ShadowLightMew EndlessOceanMew We might be in 2021, they have an unknown project set for December 22nd 2021

[@ShadowLightMewEndlessOceanMew]

Unkown so it can be anything. Would be nice if it's indeed a sequel but we never got anything hopeful officially thanks to what was addressed in the video. I can't believe people wanted to attack this movie. It did decent in Europe but still not a big rescue. Don't know if the DVD did better

[@leeobrien2004]

ShadowLightMew EndlessOceanMew Would you like to sign my petition for a sequel? www.change.org/p/warnerbros-pictures-zach-synder-zach-synder-please-make-legend-of-the-guardians-2

[@ShadowLightMewEndlessOceanMew]

Signed and i will share in the hopes the makers will hear the voice backed by many

[@leeobrien2004]

ShadowLightMew EndlessOceanMew hopefully

[@Kae.the.Selkie]

Your videos should be way more pupolar! Subscribed! So does this mean there wont ever be a sequel?

[@Jaimetud]

+Kaylee Gaertner I'd say not, but that's what the books are there for.

[@carson6495]

+Kaylee Gaertner Zach and Animal Logic said they were thinking about it a long time ago and they haven't said anything about it besides that. If there is nothing said about it by 2017 I doubt they are making a sequel. Here is the page about it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Guardians:_The_Owls_of_Ga%27Hoole#Possible_sequel

[@visibletoanyonen]

Hi there! If you wondering where is sequel, its will be actually in 2020. His name is Legend of Guardians 2: Snow and Rain from 3rd to 6th book.

[@fenderbender9996]

It's 2020, and there's nothing.

@@fenderbender9996 I checked it myself and fake doesn't even begin to cover it!

[@maplesunflower2067]

6:50 IS LITERALLY ME (i’ve been rereading the books recently)

[@GingerTyPerior]

I got so disappointed when I first saw the trailer for Rise of the Guardians because I thought it was going to be a sequel!

[@leeobrien2004]

I remember my family always got confused with LEGEND for RISE, I think both movies are outstanding and Rise of the Guardians deserves a sequel, but LEGEND NEEDS a sequel, however both are in my top 10 and are based on Books

[@felixwishes1011]

I've read the first book, second, then the third! I loveee the series so far

[@ms.pirate]

I was wondering what happened to kludd at the end. It left on a cliffhanger, and found out this movie was based on the books years later. I wanted to know what happened. Interesting that he was supposed to become the beakless villian. I guess he was talking to himself in the movie

[@Winglesscat]

Why do people hate this movie it’s so good and plus it’s really good animation and any 2019s

[@joshuaj.chinda9873]

Blaze the fox it's not a fantastic movie would have been as a tv show not a theatrical release.

[@Benzinilinguine]

why the fuck isn't this more popular

[@tree2226]

the books are amazing, and the visuals in the movie are great! I wish they followed the book series WAY closer.

[@leeobrien2004]

butt blaster if the changes weren't made. It'd be the exact same thing

[@theredeft5319]

This was one of my favorite book series. I was really hyped for the movie. It looked gorgeous, but they butchered and genericized the story so much. I'm sorry but the choices they made to the story made it so weak. I get that they probably wanted to get to the part in the story where they reach the tree, but I honestly think Hey should have adapted the first 2 books and stopped when they got to the tree. Left the amazing guardian and fight for a 2 movie if it were to happen. They could have done the books justice, had that dark edge the books had, really suck you in with the constant danger, but nope that's what they did. I remember the St Aegis orphanage being terrifying as a kid. The indoctrination of the baby owls, the creepy bloodletting from the bats, the danger of the journey to the tree. Also poor digger. He was kind of the Michelangelo of the group. By that I mean he wasn't book smart like Glyfie, but introspective and intuition. He wasn't one note comic relief. Also holy shit his family was cannibalized. That happened. I get they didn't want to put that in a movie, but I kind of think that really shows the terror of the St Aegis Owls. Also nitpick, but I really wish they didn't given Soren irises. Barn owls have pure black eyes to the point some people are scared of Soren. I know it was probably for marketing to make him look more natural and appealing to viewers, but one thing I really liked about the books was it was trying to be educational too about owls. Sort of took it out of the movie.

[@mysryuza]

Since that a Warriors Movie was announced, whenever the movie is released in several possible years, will you ever consider on making a Pages to Pictures review video about it?

[@Jaimetud]

That Crazy Fuzzball when was that announced?

[@mysryuza]

Back in October of 2016, I believe.

[@yungmoney6272]

+That Crazy Fuzzball I was just about to comment the same thing

[@fenderbender9996]

It's coming out in 2023.

[@fenderbender9996]

No, seriously look here: m.imdb.com/list/ls090392955/

[@Person-wz6iy]

Thank You Animal Logic. The Bird Droppings at Netflix are acquiring them!

[@Jaimetud]

Eyyup

[@stephaniefriasfranca]

Que dizer que a Netflix vai fazer a continuação de ga'hoole

[@otulissa6956]

If I could have a favorite video from all my favorite videos, it would be this one. Good job by Glaux!

[@Wowkittykat9wow0]

that name disturbs me, otulissa..

[@otulissa6956]

spryapples Uh, why?

[@Wowkittykat9wow0]

because otulissa is like my fave character in guardians of gahoole or the movie

[@otulissa6956]

spryapples Oh nice then

[@thespottedowl6792]

+spryapples same

[@yasquerda]

4:00 I agree

[@RodaMoonknight]

I just found out this channel because I've started reading this series. Awesome video :) I love this series too and the movie

[@yallaenglizi]

One of the best movies I have ever seen ❤️

[@avaarrow7478]

Who actually has all guardians of ga’hool books? Aside from my 5th grade school library? I’m jelous, hands down, NGL.

[@robertcooper4th259]

When I saw the film on tv someone shut it off and said it’s inappropriate and I guess they knew of the book and didn’t want to chance it with me.

[@Jaimetud]

Inappropriate how?

[@robertcooper4th259]

@@Jaimetud my guess is that they knew of how the original has gore or something, it’s a foggy memory from ages ago that might not be fully accurate

[@oatmeal_hen]

@@robertcooper4th259 Probably, there is a lot of mature things in the books. (Examples: owls getting bled by bats to quench their flight urges, lots of brutal battles, owls getting literally ripped apart, dictators, cults) But it also might just be because the movie contains lots of violence, although watered down compared to the books.

[@robertcooper4th259]

@@oatmeal_hen so how are the books for a family audience? Because if it was accurately adapted it would be something I would expect to see at like midnight on adult swim

[@oatmeal_hen]

@@robertcooper4th259 I think the books are directed at preteens and teens, not family audiences. However, series that are originally intended for more mature audiences are often adapted to appeal to all ages, because it can rack in more money and reduce the chances of angry parents complaining about themes in the movie. Honestly, it would make more sense to have a game adaptation, because then you could fit all the lore into a longer time span. Games can appeal to all audiences and don't have to conform to the same standards as a movie. Even if all the themes were kept in the movie, Guardians of Ga'Hoole just can't be condensed into an hour and a half.

[@ms.pirate]

This movie is now free on KZbin without premium!

[@syppy7416]

anyone else heard the name Pure Ones and immediately knew they were the Owl Nazis?

[@scotttrail522]

I like to think of the Owl of Ga'Hoole as an updated version of Bambi's debut movie.

[@lukeborst2751]

Im just Reading through the books now im Reading the First collier Sally i havent read the two books before that

I gotta ask, do the shards from the movie appear in the books? Or if your not there yet please let me know.

[@pbandjake7737]

Welp. Better get the bingle juice, this is gonna be a long day.

[@masteroftheassassins]

You've got yourself another subscriber my friend. I really enjoyed this video.

[@Jaimetud]

Thanks! Don't forget to share!

[@User02741]

Finally! A cover of one of the songs from the book! I've been searching for so long. If it's not too much trouble, can you please make a cover of night song.

[@spyrocyndersword6516]

Finnaly someone mentions coryn he is my favorite charcter

[@sananaryon4061]

I can't believe I live in a world where the Percy Jackson movies got a sequel, and this didn't