Rise of the Guardians

Ophelia Zhao

Rise of the Guardians

  If I were a kid I would probably really love this movie. I mean I still like it, but not really that much. This movie is about the evil vs. good. The good sides are the Santa Claus, Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, Sandman and who finally become the last guardian—Jack Frost; And their goal is to stop Pitch Black from giving nightmares to children also they have to fight back to make children believe that the guardians are real, otherwise they could not be seen by the children.

  So, Pitch Black knows that Jack Frost could not seen by children and this makes him wants to pull Jack to his side. But, Jack refuses. And he ends up saving the other guardians from being unseen by the children. Also the children could see him at last.

  This is also a movie about individual battle against a society. When everyone in the group is tight together, they have the power to destroy the individual; especially the individual is the evil side. And Pitch Black wants people to fear them because he once used to be the guy that is fearful to everyone. But, after the guardians rise, no body believes in him anymore. So, he wants his revenge and to show those guardians that it is his time now and he wants to destroy the guardians by taking away children’s hope in them.

  On the other hand, this could be an example of “coming of age story”. Because when kids grow up, no one will believe in Santa Claus, Tooth Fairy or Easter Bunny anymore. Just like me, I do not think Santa Claus is real anymore. So, when children are still young, the light on the map shows audience that they are still naïve. And one day when they grow up, all those things that they once believed in will be abandoned.

    But, I think the part that Jack Frost gets his memory’s part could be more difficult or intense or maybe they could make Jack once to join Pitch Black or something like that. I think he get his memories back to easy.

  So overall, 3.5/5