Rise of the Guardians Movie Reviews

When I was five, I got a tough dose of reality from my friend Mark. “There’s no such thing as Santa Claus,” he told me. “Santa Claus is really your mother.” Learning this was no great tragedy, though it did take me a while to figure out exactly what he meant. It is every child’s prerogative to believe in nonsense, and every child’s fate to lose at least a portion of that belief. Rise of the Guardians works so hard at celebrating wide eyes and naive joy

Rise of the Guardians has been described as a sort of children's equivalent of The Avengers, what with its similar premise of mythical heroes coming together to defend the world against a dastardly villain. But despite the beautifully rendered animation and some impressive voice work, the film feels bloated from packing in too many things at once, and simply doesn't offer compelling enough characters to make the journey with

IT'S that time of the year again when, as children tell us they believe in Santa, we sincerely hope they aren't saying it just so the adults can sleep easy. However, Rise of the Guardians by DreamWorks Animation doesn't just hope that the children of the world still retain wonder, hope, faith, belief -- plus any other words you may want to throw in -- it goes out to underline it in every twist, turn, slide, slip and slight lifts of this 3D animation