Recently Guillermo Del Toro was made a creative consultant at DreamWorks Animation. For me this is the first time that you can see his influence in a more obvious way. The design of the characters in 'Rise Of The Guardians' certainly looks like something that Guillermo would have come up with. However the look of the film is probably its strongest asset. As usual with DreamWorks films it looks wonderful. The animation is top notch. The area that is lacking is the story. The basic concept is excellent but I just feel the execution has not been taken into consideration. My problem is that there appears to be a backstory about the Guardians and where they came from that needed further explaining. The film opens with an explanation of how Jack Frost came into existence but I do not think that was necessary. They should have given us an explanation of how the Guardians came together. I felt that there was an epic story here which needed further telling. Other than that the film is good and it is nice to see these characters come together in the one film.
This would have to be one of the better voice casts assembled. Chris Pine has played the rebellious rapscallion so often that he knows this type of character really well now. Alec Baldwin does a very good Eastern European accent and makes North (aka Santa) something a bit different to what you normally seen. Hugh Jackman put on the strong Aussie accent to play the Easter Bunny which I found slightly annoying. Fellow Aussie Isla Fisher does better as Tooth. Jude Law was my favourite as Pitch. He brings a great deal of evil and nastiness to his voice which suits the character.
A decent animated film which lacks the depth to make it a truly brilliant film. Perhaps the Guardians will be expanded more if they make sequels.
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