I Watched This Underrated Owl Movie LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS THE OWLS OF GA'HOOLE for the first time 

I love how 14 years later this is probably still one of the best looking CGI. Especially the storm/fire.

The snake is a species of eyeless snakes who in the books the owls keep in their nest to eat bugs that could spread disease

i remember this movie came out when I was 7 and my mom wanted me to go watch a movie with her and told me to guess, I said “as long as it’s not that owl movie that keeps playing during commercials” she was so annoyed for the rest of the day😭😭

My soul will forever ache because it deeply needs a sequel that we will likely never get

In the books kludd becomes the leader of the pure ones. Hes metal beak

I love this movie, when this came out, I was only a 9 year old, I'm 23 now but I still manage to watch anytime I want 😊

This movie is actually based on a 17 book series. If i remember it right, the 6 firt books to me more specific. So yeah, it has the potential to a show

since they aren’t making a second movie, imma spoil the books a bit LOL. in the books, kludd is wearing a helmet when he falls into the flames. he lives, but the helmet is melted onto him forever, and he is the next metal beak. he and nyra are now mates, and they become the antagonists for most of the remainder of the series. ain’t that crazy.

Honestly, I agree it's an underrated movie. For me, this and Once Upon a Forest were core memories but I am frequently surprised when people tend to forget them. The moon hypnosis & the dark characters were very impressionable features of the movie. Also, people forget Over the Hedge which I find absolutely criminal. Loved all of Lakia's commentary & getting to rewatch it after so long with her. Great reaction!

I loved this movie when I was a kid! The animation still holds up after all this time. Less popular animated movies: Happy Feet, Thumbelina, Kubo and the Two Strings, Weathering with You, The Last Unicorn, and Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron.

OK, the owls have Australian accents & the animals are Australian animals. 3:26 That looks like a Tazmanian Devil (which they made look as creepy as possible) & 13:10 that's an echidna. NAH HOLD UP WHAT IS ALLOMERE DOING BACK AT THE GUARDIANS' HIDEOUT AFTER THE PURE ONES WERE DEFEATED?! And yes, would love Lakia's suggestion of turning into a more fleshed-out series!

The gizzard thing is supposed to represent their gut, like feeling "I can feel it in my gut!"

It's so funny that you say Soren is such a dad because [spoilers] in the books, he eventually becomes a dad to 3 daughters.

lakia having beef with owls wasnt what i expected

Little fun fact about the movie the character that Soren considers his mentor the screech owl is voiced by the actor who plays Barbosa in Disney pirates of the Caribbean!!!!

this was one of the few movies that was so good in 3d the rain scene is *chefs kiss* so good

Believe it or not, Lakia. This movie is based on a series of books of the very same name for elementary kids and I recall seeing one of those in person but never read it. My first time seeing this was cut short when my mom saw it as too dark for me. Years later, when I finally had the chance, I was amazed of how this one came to be. Like you mentioned, the animation was stunning that every detail is so refined that they look so real. When you noticed that it was directed by Zach Synder, imagine my surprise when I found that out and after taking a closer look, it was definitely his work since he’s known for making dramatic slow-mo scenes. So much so that one scene in a episode of the Animaniacs reboot made a joke about it for doing a slow-mo shot themselves. On a personal note, this is the one movie where I appreciated the beauty and the grace of an owl, especially barn owls like Soren and his family. It’s also interesting that they chose this kind of owl as an imperial force since , their scientific name, are found everywhere from here to Australia. Speaking of which, that’s exactly what they are: Australians, not British as you thought. In fact, they were hints of that with the Tasmanian Devil, the creature that attacked both Soren and Kludd and the Echidna, the spiny guide who showed them the way to the tree. Lastly, it is very fitting that Owl City sang the theme song, hence the name and like you, I too added this to my playlist for Movie Soundtracks. 😁

12:38 in the movies the parents may be alive but in the books both of them got killed

this movie is based on a book series i read when i was younger. the movie is based in Australia so all the voice actors have aussie accents.

Im glad you liked lyze of kiel so much! I adore his character too--i appreciate that a "kid's" movie didnt romanticize war or anything. Lyze is a battered, scarred, and bitter old owl and he doesnt hide it. And when the fight for good comes back around, hes on it, even though hes already done so much. Sorry i just love him so much lol

Omgg the guardians of ga’hoole books were peak in elementary school

OMFG!!! girl i’m so fckin happy you watched this!! it’s sooooo extremely underrated!!

I was 5 when this came out and when I watched the movie I got traumatized. But I watchet it again when I was 8-9 and it became one of my favorites. In fact, it still is one of the animated movies closer to my heart 🙂‍↕️💖

This is my favorite movie for so many reasons!! The book series is also incredible and filled with actual educational facts along with maintaining a fantasy storyline.

a Guardians of Ga´Hoole reaction ?!!! let´s GOOOOOO my life is complete now

This is my favorite childhood movie. Loved the characters, the soundtrack, the plot, the lack of romance. Just a good old good vs. evil story founded on friendship. And when I read the books it's (loosely) based on, I realized how similar the Pure Ones' ideology is to white supremacy and how it comnects to us humans, and liked the movie even more 🦉❤

I was looking for rise of the guardians for my mom to watch, but we found this one and watched them both. I love each of them! 🤩

28:37 wait till ya’ll find out it was a book series first. And that im pretty sure it was a spin off of another book series about wolves.

Kathryn Lasky honestly ate SO HARD with her books especially with so many intertwined like with the wolves and the owls and the horses LIKE GURL!!!! Obsessed

Man I wish they would make a second movie I want to know what happened to Kludd

WATCH HAPPY FEET, THE SAME STUDIO MADE IT😭☝🏽

3:26 that mate is a Tasmanian devil.

14:39 as a german this is too funny

I remember seeing this as a kid saying to myself: "Is it just me, or does this feel like a starwars remake." The main character's brother turns evil due to a greater being giving him praise to then be *allegedly* killed by fire. That's Obi-wan and Anakin's story.

Seeing this movie in 3D at the theaters was SO GOOD

The way you keep reacting to movies from my childhood makes me feel validated

This is a pivotal movie from my childhood!!!! How exciting you are watching it!! And the Owl City song… better days 😭🥰

I have a love hate relationship with this movie, it’s so good, so underrated and I love it- but I think it sucks so much that his brother chose the wrong side, like it’s so sad

I was randomly gifted this dvd as a kid and I just remember being so confused when I watched it.😭

This movie changed ALOT from the books, probably mostly due to time constraints and lack of sequels. It's an amazing film on its own and did a fantastic job of depicting the tree and following the basic plot. However, if you're interested, here's the changes I noticed: - Kludd did not get kidnapped; he pushed Sorren out of the nest one night in hopes he'd die on the ground (but Saint Aggies snatched him). This was part of his initiation into the Pure Ones. He later killed his parents and gave them Eglentine. - The Pure Ones and the Owls of Saint Aggies are two different evil groups. The Aggies owls join the Gaurdians in their war against the Pure Ones later on. - Sorren and Gylfie are stuck at Saint Aggies for months, learning to fly from Grimble and gathering information. To avoid moon blinking but still get enough sleep; the canyon doesn't have enough open space to have everyone under the moon at once, so they march the owlets to change position every hour. They sleep while under a columns shadow and tell each other stories about the Gaurdians to stay awake when they're under the moons' gaze. - Digger is not a goofy comic relief character. He's described as philosophical, always digging for answers or deeper meanings. When he speaks, owls listen. He also refuses to fly when they first meet because he's looking for his parents. Jatt and Jutt (the Aggies owls that stole Sorren) killed and ate his brother while Digger escaped. He doesn't join them on their journey to Ga'Hoole until he learns his parents died, too. - The Journey itself is much longer, lots of cut events. Most memorable was when one of them got injured by a crow mob and they decided to rest by this beautiful lake until they healed. They slowly grew complacent and didn't want to leave. Turns out the lake is called Mirror Lake and enchanted them to be obsessed with themselves and boast about their own beauty while staring into the lake. Mrs. P realizes the danger and forces them to leave, one of the few times she gets angry with them. - The flight over the sea to the tree is much worse. They get lost in the snow storm and fly past the tree. They land in the Northern Kingdoms and are hosted by a family of puffins. When the storm clears they fly back south to the tree. - Ezylryb's depiction is close to accurate. However, he does not fight. He took a vow to never fight again after the last war he was in. Before he came to the tree he fought for the Kielian League against the League of Ice Talons. His brother betrayed him, the love of his life died, and he lost several talons. He joined the Glauxian Brothers and became a famous author. They convinced him to move to the tree to teach. - The Band (Sorren, Gylfie, Digger, and Twilight) spend a great deal of time learning, going to classes in groups (called Chaws) with other owls, and getting their certification as Gaurdians. Lots of cut events before they fight the Pure ones, including Ezylryb going missing and being captured. He gets stuck in a Devils Triangle of Flecks that confuse his sense of direction, almost like moonblinking. Metal Beak wants his vast knowledge and The Band go to rescue him. - After Ezylryb is rescued, The Band, Otulissa, and two others (This group is called The Chaw of Chaws) are sent to Saint Aggies to spy because there was rumor that the Pure Ones were infiltrating Saint Aggies to steal their huge supply of Flecks. They discovered the Pure Ones were gathering in mass to attack the tree and go back to warn them and prepare for war. The Gaurdians manage to rebuff the Pure Ones by multiple tactics, safeguards, and with allies from other Kingdoms. - There is no interspecies attraction. Sorren does not like Otulissa. She is a spotted owl, he is a barn owl. EVERYONE (Sorren included) finds her annoying; teachers pet, history obsessed, rule follower. She goes through a lot of characters development: her teacher dies during the Pure Ones attack on the tree, driving her to become obsessed with invading the Pure Ones for revenge, during this time she falls in love with a pacifist; a healer and prince of an ancient dynasty, Cleve. I still chuckle when I remember how she stretched at him during a silent meditation flight when she learned he doesn't believe in war. They become mates later on. - The turn feather is not Allomere, who I don't remember existing in the books, but an owl named Dewlap, a ryb at the tree. She's repeatedly tries to ban certain books/subjects, enjoys giving harsh punishments to students, is obsessed with the welfare of the tree itself, and smuggles information to the Pure Ones. After the invasion she has a nervous breakdown, not being able to come to terms with Strix Struma's death. She was sent to the Glauxian Sisters Retreat to live out her shattered life. - Eglentine was not taken to Saint Aggies, she was taken by the Pure Ones to a castle stronghold. She and other owlets were forced to sleep in the crypts with the bones of Others (humans), this made them loose their identities, similar to moon blinking. At some point Saint Aggies invaded and stole the owlets. The Pure Ones caught up to them and the battle resulted in the owlets being dropped from the sky, known as The Great Downing. Digger and Twilight rescued many of them including Eglentine on a search-and-rescue Chaw. Her trace was broken by chance when she looked at the moon through a peice of glass being sold by Trader Mags and her apprentice Bubbles, who come to the tree a few times a year to sell her wares. - There was no Metal Beak before Kludd. He and Nyra conspire and he challenges the previous High Tyto to a duel, killing him but getting his scarred face. Kludd becomes known as Metal Beak because he starts wearing the mask to cover his face and protect his brain against Flecks. The final showdown between Metal Beak (Kludd) and the Gaurdians comes after the invasion of the tree. The Pure Ones retreat to the canyons (they stole from Saint Aggies) and the Gaurdians team up with the Saint Aggies owls to invade the Pure Ones. During the invasion Kludd takes Digger prisoner and forces Sorren to come alone. Sorren and Kludd fight, but it's Twilight who kills Kludd, sparing Sorren from killing his own brother. -There's also a lot of characters cut, including: -Skench and Sproon, the leaders of Saint Aggies, who kidnapped and moonblinked owlets because they weren't very smart and needed to feel superior. When the Pures Ones invaded the canyons, they sought refuge with the Gaurdians and then tried to betray them to Metal Beak. Skench was killed by Sorren in the attempt and Sproon was killed by Martin. -Hortense, another moonblinked pretender who smuggles stolen eggs away from Saint Aggies to return the their parents. Zan and Streak, a bald eagle couple who help Hortense and later help Sorren and the gang kill Jatt and Jutt. Streak is the one who informs Digger of his parents passing. -Ruby and Martin are the two other characters in the Chaw of Chaws who go with Otulissa and The Band to Saint Aggies as spies. Ruby was a short eared owl, Martin a northern saw-whet (tiny like Gylfie). -Strix Struma was the navigation ryb, Otulissa's teacher, who is killed by Nyra during the invasion of the tree. Nyra tore her wings off and dropped her into the sea. Otulissa was right next to her and slashed Nyra's face in retaliation (leaving a scar on her perfect face that is very important to future book events). There are 15 books, so you're absolutely correct in saying this would make a good show. I left out a ton, trying to keep it within the events of the movie, which is like the first six books smashed together. I still had to leave out a lot of events, but I hope this was interesting at least :)

I remember picking up this as a DVD from the store when I was nine years old with no idea what it was. I rewatched it recently and oml, it takes itself so seriously. It was one of the most immersive, epic, and beautiful things I had seen at that age and I can safely say this movie influenced my love of epic fantasy.

my mom and i loved these books when I was a kid, and as much as I love the movie and think it so visually amazing, they changed a lot from the the books. kludd had so much more depth in the books and was a really well written morally gray character. he even had his own little redeption arc. but this movie was so ahead of its time with animation and the scene where soren is flying through the storm was carved into my brain as a kid.

The movie came out when I was 5 and I watched it then. Ever since then it has always been my favorite movie. It’s also the movie that got me to like animation and writing but also become the thing that made me like owls so much. I wish I still had the CD for it.

Owls can't digest the bones and fur of their pray, so it gets separated from the meat (which is passed normally) and into the gizzard where it is packed into a pellet that the owl hacks up like a hairball. One liberty this movie did take, probably for the sake of character expression, is that owls also can't move their eyes; their eyes are too big to move around in their sockets, that's why they can move their heads the way they do.

NO OMG THIS IS MY FAVORITE MOVIE EVER!!! Since I was a child 😭😭✋🏻✋🏻✋🏻 finally someone reacts to this

i watched this movie back when i was 8, i’m 21 now. i ended up reading all the books too (which are a lot more gorey and intense surprisingly). i loved them so much i even wrote to the author, and she wrote back.

i had a very faint memory of this movie- all i knew was that it was about owls being soldiers and a lot of fighting- im glad i get to rewatch it again

This movie traumatized me!!!

The animation for this movie has no right looking this good after all this time.

I remember my dad played this movie and I got so scared about the owls I never finished it, now I can finally see it

I cried too many times watching this movie as a kid.... aaannnd maybe even as an adult too..

Such a good movie, it made me go and collect the whole book series and when i tell you i was NOT expecting for how dark it was

i was obsessed with owls when i was younger and this was my favorite movie!!! which now that i think about it is really weird because i was a really big wuss…

Grew up watching it and love it

please watch Arthur and the invisibles, yes, I’m begging

I forgot this movie existed, thank you for reminding me. It was pretty dang good.

The moonblinked thing used to freak me out when i was little thats the main thing i remember about this movie😭

Lyze of Keel is a screech owl, while all the "Pure Ones" are varieties of Tyto (barn owls.) Barn owls are a larger sort, while Screech owls are smaller by comparison, hence why Lyze is so small compared to Metal Beak. Essentially, Pure Ones are just owl fascists. In the books, it goes more in-depth. They only see Barn Owls specifically as the PUREST ones, while other sorts of Tyto are seen as lesser tiers.

MY FAVORITE MOVIE EVER RAHHHHHH

I watched this when it came out and I always loved it. I had ADHD and as a kid I couldn’t sit down and relax as much so whenever my dad put it on I didn’t pay much attention to it but I did love it. Also there’s a book series this movie was based off of and sadly this movie didn’t get enough views back then for any development for the movie series. Most of the fans of the book didn’t like the movie (many changes ect…) so that also had a huge part in no continuation.. Sadness.. I know… 😢

I started reading the books back in elementary when I found out there was a movie little me went CRAZY trying to find out where to watch it and I ended up watching it the very same day I think

I loved the book series! I was so excited when a movie came out when I was a kid

I remember my mom bringing a movie she rented for me and my sister to watch and it was this movie and I loved it would watch it all the time when I could and now after so many years it’s free on RU-vid so I can watch it as much as I want again.

I love this show as well it’s a childhood favorite

I haven't seen this movie in a good minute and that soundtrack plus owl city whoever composed the music didn't have to go that hard lol

I love this movie and it never got a sequal, I want more.

Girl, I literally watched this movie so many times, and only now at 21 years old am I realizing that it is practically a movie about a rejected small town boy, Claude (the bad one), being recruited into a white supremacy gang lol. Whereas Sorren (the good one) is like breaking boundaries out here for the greater good.

I LOVE THIS MOVIE SO MUCH

I love watching this movie. I love Owls. 🖤😍🦉

OMG, this movie is so underrated

Yeah nah that’s the Australian accent. That was a Tasmanian Devil that attacked them and the foretold guy is an Echidna.

In the books, Kludd is straight-up Metal Beak by the way.

Heres an underated movie suggestion: "A dogs courage"

The algorithm has blessed me. Very glad i stumbled across your channel. Also, if you read books pls check them out. The books are so much more violent

I can't wait till you watch Ultraman rising

I'm a fan of Both Rio and Legend of the Guardians, I was looking for more Rio and that movie reaction videos.

So, a few fun facts about the books this movie was adapted from: (Book Spoilers Ahead) 1) The books are SO much darker. The owls who kidnap the owlets and force them to work (not the Pure Ones) are a straight up cult. They don't just kidnap owlets, but also steal eggs from their nests. One of the adults in charge of "looking after" the owlets engages in cannibalism of said owlets, and eggs. It's only spoken about, never described, but... Jesus. Direct moonblinking is a punishment for owlets who prove to be difficult. Before that, they use indirect moonblinking and force the owlets to march in place while saying their names over and over. This generally gives the wanted effect of "brainwashing" the owlets, as it makes their names meaningless and muddles up their brains, like a fog. Direct moonblinking can destroy their minds entirely. 2) Soren and Gylfie (especially Soren) are a lot younger in the first book than what is shown in the movie, and consequently, they are trapped by the cult for longer. Soren is still a fledgling (meaning he still has his baby feathers, not flight feathers) at the start of the book. Which means that, for the first half of the book, it's actually a waiting game of survival, as Gylfie and Soren need their flight feathers to grow in first before they can even think of escaping. 3) Moving away from the cult to the one you actually know about. The Pure Ones aren't mentioned in the first book. (That I can remember) Rather than an enslavement cult, like St. Aggies (the cult Soren is in) they're a fascist cult. 4) Kludd is cruel from the start, and Mrs. P points out that he's a bad egg, without realizing to what extent. It isn't until a later book that it's revealed that Kludd PUSHED Soren out of the nest. He did so because it was an initiation test to get into the Pure Ones. The goal was to murder his baby brother. He then later has Eglantine kidnapped into the Pure Ones, after they have merged with St. Aggies. 5) Soren never sees his parents [alive] again. He encounters their ghosts in a much later book, but they die before he could truly reunite with them. 6) The world is STRONGLY implied to be a post-apocalyptic version of OUR world. A world where humans have died out and owls (along with some other animals) have taken over as the dominant species. They find human objects and treat them like ancient artifacts from a long lost civilization. This is all just off the top of my head, years after actually reading the books. The story acts like a great fantasy-adventure book, but it's got some crazy dark vibes and story beats going on that really test the "child-friendly" genre. Like, had these owls been HUMAN? No way would it be a series for kids. Least of all a third grader like I was, when I first started reading them. 😅

If you liked the movie, i really recommend reading at least the first 3-4 books from Kathryn Lasky (Guardians of Ga’hoole) which the movie was an adaptation from. The movie kinda took diffrent plotlines from the books and mashed them together which was still a good story and the animations were crazy good, but it still doesnt hold up to the books for me, with how the story plots were mixed and some of the caracters where a bit of. A bit of info on the books further down SPOILER: in the books, the moonblink place and the ”pure tytos” with Nyra and the masked leader are two diffrent enemy’s. In the movie kludd is trashy but still feels like he was not to bad and was influenced a lot by Nyra and the tytos views and power, but in the books? Ha well he’s bad, for one he pushed Soren out the nest with the intend that he’ll die on the ground not being able to fly, as well as try to kill the snake nest cleaner bec she saw him push Soren. He’s also a lot more involved with the tytos then you think but in the begining the ”pure tytos” are more like a hiding, lingering threat with the moonblink place seeming like a bigger threat. Also you do get a big training ark in the books and Ezylryb is a bit more snarky and cold but you still like him or get to like him once you get to know him. As well as the story and history of the owl being more fleshed out of course. Also BIG SPOILER now, in the books, kludd meet Nyra pretty much on one of his first flight, Nyra says in the books she saw the pure evil in him right away. Later on kludd becomes the leader of the ”pure tytos” by killing the former leader and the scene were he ”dies in the flames” hes wearing that mask in the books which is then melted into his face. He is able to survive by fly/falling into water where an owl, whos like a pilgrim/priest saves him and takes care of him. While hes doing that Kludd is just disgusted by the fact that the stinking non tyto owl saved him and is close to him. Kludd of course does more that just go to show hes just a disgusting piece of evil.

Such a good movie!!!! Stunning animation and a great story ❤❤❤❤ thankyou for reacting

I AM SOO GLAD YOU WATCHED THIS MOVIE❤❤ AMAZING WORK AS ALWAYS!!❤🎉

This movie was sooooo GOOD!! But mannn Kludd had me so pissed how he did his sister when I was a kid😤😂

This movie was so underrated when it came out (Also if you get the chance you should watch The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbalina + Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs)

In the book Kludd pushes Soren out the nest.

🦉 When you mention Warner Brothers Animation to anyone, the first thing that usually pops into their head is the LEGO franchise. Over the years, the company has also released a handful of good individual movies like this as well. "Happy Feet," (2006), "The Ant Bully" (2006), "Storks" (2016) and "Smallfoot" (2018) are all also well worth checking out. 😉👍

I always thought this movie was a dream

Dude I gasped when I saw the notification I totally forgot abt this movie!!😭

I loved this movie as a kid, even though it always makes me cry haha. It’s not exactly the same but watching this reaction gave me vibes of Vi and Jinx (Arcane) before we had Vi and Jinx 😅

This is one of my childhood movies, i loved it!

"I Didn't know they couldnt fly" they were just being taught how to glide from branch to branch? 🙈

love for lyze, he deserve it 😭

2:26 That’s a Tasmanian Devil.

Laika, you made me laugh when you called the king and his wife the "Hedwig owls!" Like if you agree this voice-acting is awesome!

I love your reaction and I’m loving this movie and I watch it when I was 10 years old and I’m 23 years old now.

help i remember watching this movie as a kid... i thought it was so boring 😭

Yes This Owl Movie is in the same UnderRated Magical Animated Films like Epic and Strange Magic this is the perfect movie for Fall 🍁🎃🦉 Szn too cuz it's kinda Scary & has beautiful nature scenes!

PERFECT I’m about to do my hair and I need something to play while I do

Absolutely adored this film! ❤❤❤

I was today years old when I found out Sam Neill was in this movie, and voiced Allomere

I watched this movie once when I was 9, only remember bits and pieces and I couldn't find it again, I thought I made it up thanks for showing me I didn't😂

I watched this when I was 4-5 years old and almost completely forgot about this movie