Based on the books by William Joyce, RISE OF THE GUARDIANS tells about Jack Frost, a carefree immortal figure who creates winter fun for children who don't really believe in him. Everything changes when Pitch Black rallies his nightmare forces to cause worldwide despair and make children stop believing in the Guardians of Childhood: Santa Claus , the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and the Sandman. When the Man in the Moon tells the existing Guardians that Jack Frost has been chosen to join them, they must convince him to take up the cause before Pitch can snuff out the light of hope in every child of the world.
A major success of this movie is the creative approach taken to visualize these characters and their environments in a new way. The human world is fairly realistic – something made very apparent during a roller-coater-like sled ride through busy urban streets early on. Adversely, the worlds of North, Tooth, Bunny and Sandy are direct reflections of the characters themselves; colorful, material-rich and quite frankly… just plain cool. The animators did an amazing job of utilizing long panning and tracking shots to show the vast spaces the audience has been taken to. There are probably some of the more fun flying shots I've seen in an animated film as well – the camera even shakes during fast descents, making you feel like you're free-falling through the air with the characters.
The main point of this movie is that childhood is about having fun. Jack Frost took a while to find his center, and when he did, horror and desperation brought by Pitch Black were all gone. We have grown up and we don't have that purity of children anymore. Life has taught us a lot. It's never easy. It is full of stress and unknown. We could fall into asleep as soon as our head touched our pillows, or we could be afraid of unknowns and stop advancing anywhere . As the movie told us, whenever we feel stressed, our teeth took by Tooth Fairies will always keep our memories and remind us that life is about having fun, too.
According to William Joyce's book, the Guardian League tells the story of Jack. Jack is a free undead who makes snow fun for little kids in winter, but no kid knows he exists. That all starts to change when bad guy Pitch gathers his army of nightmares to walk the world in desperation and make little ones stop trusting the Guardians. The Guardians are Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and Swish. The Man on the Moon tells the existing Guardian that Jack has been chosen to join them, and they must convince him to join and stop Pitch from removing the ray of hope for every child in the world.
The main success of the film is in visualizing these characters and their environments in a whole new way. The human world is quite realistic, as was evident in the early days of riding on roller coater sleds through busy city streets. Instead, the worlds of Santa, Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, and Swish are a direct reflection of the characters themselves; they're colorful, textured, and very candid. The animators did a fantastic job of using long panning and tracking shots to bring out the expansive spaces the viewer was already exposed to. Having seen some of the more interesting flying shots in animated films, the camera shakes even on fast descents, making you feel free to fall with the characters.
The main point of the film is that childhood is about having fun. It took Jack a while to find his center, and when he did, the horror and despair that Pitch brought on was gone. We grow up and we don't have the purity of a child anymore. Life has taught us a lot. It's never been easy. It is full of stress and unknown. We may fall asleep to the point of exhaustion, or we may become afraid of the unknown and stop progressing. But as the movie tells us, whenever we feel stressed, the teeth that the tooth fairy takes away from us will forever hold our memory and remind us that life is fun too.
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