2012 holiday season marked the premiere of DreamWorks Animation’s striking cartoon “The Rise of The Guardians”. Based on William Joyce’s book series “Guardians of the Childhood”, the cartoon brought together all childhood’s mystical creatures from different parts of the world: the Sandman, the European Santa Claus, the Australian Easter Bunny, and the American Tooth Fairy.
The alliance, teamed up by the Man of Moon, has to fight against the evil Pitch, the man of fears and nightmare, to protect the innocent kids around the world. The movie reaches its peak when Pitch takes advantage of the guardians’ weaknesses to make all kids in lose trusts in the guardians. With the help of the new guardian, the maverick Jack Frost, will the guardians be able to save the kids’ dreams and hopes?
Although “The Rise of the Guardians” does not amazed viewers byits stories and plots, it took their hearts by its smooth animated motion, thrilling backgrounds, beautiful characters’ outfit and humorous scripts. I was totally attracted by the Tooth Fairy’s embellished palace, the Santa’s toy workshop and Easter Bunny’s oasis garden with a variety of tropical plants and colorful dye rivers where Easter eggs are dipped in. The animation which depicts Jack Frost’s magic when he turns the drawings on the frosty windows into real is speechless. The whole movie is very creative but I would say the most creative part lies in the way DreamWorks Animation breaks the ordinary image of those guardians and depicts their appearances in totally new way. Typically, the appearance Santa Claus, with the big black fur hat, swords and tattoos in his forearms, is nowhere near to his ordinary one.
”The Rise of the Guardians”, after all, has restated DreamWorks Animation’s top position in the animation industry. If you have not watched this movie, I strongly recommend that you hit the DVD and purchase one for this weekend!