Absolutely beautiful, and probably Zack Snyder's best movie: it's only barely morally repugnant!

it looks nice, but i fail to see the appeal of an owl fairy tale. the story is imaginative, but it doesn't really matter because it was off putting from the get go, on top of that it really doesn't take you for much of a ride. this movie should be reserved for only children eight and under, or if you're really looking for some owl-on-owl combat--never, ever thought i'd say that.

Might be going against the trend here but I didn't think this was half bad. It is a little slow in parts and there are times where it might be a little scary for younger viewers. Beautifully animated.

Owls are cute

Looks very nice, but the plot never really grabbed me and ultimately, I found myself growing kind of bored. Too bad, since the visuals were fantastic.

Beautiful animation and an exciting story, plus quite a few genuinely funny moments... don't know why this wasn't more of a hit.

So owl fights in slow motion you say?

Beautiful and interesting film about young owls who become adults during a conflict between forces of good and evil. But despite the stunning visual and the extraordinary work of animation, the plot seems contained to avoid scaring the children. This becomes problematic because we are talking about war, fear, love, hate, life and death. Excessive caution in tackling the issue weakens the strength of the original story and expands the distance between the audience and what happens on screen.

Ga'hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooole

A stunningly animated feature with a stiff and beaten story. Things are never given time to actually flourish, the plot jumps from one to another in a heartbeat and suddenly the movie ends with a big fight and foreboding warning of a sequel. This is probably one of those movies where you've had to have read the books beforehand to really appreciate it because the only that kept outdoing itself was the quality of animation. And it had Geoffrey Rush, as the most interesting character no less.

Works just fine. The animation is exceptional, and although some of the voice acting is a little dodgy, for the most it is passable. As expected from Snyder some of the cinematography is brilliant. The screenplay is pretty clumsy, but for what is essentially a kids movie the script is more than strong enough. I thought the characters worked pretty good too, and once I was past the weirdness of them being owls I enjoyed this for the most part. Sets itself up for a sequel... which I would watch.

Beautiful on a visual level and I totally mean it. But the story is not engaging enough and I think kids will be scared or even bored by it.

You don't give a shit about anything! The characters are weak, the story is predictable and everything has been seen before. Visually it is very beautiful, but that's not enough.

Great Visual but kids tale.

A film with stunning animation (plus amazing use of 3D) and solid voice work that is held back from greatness by a generic storyline derivative of countless other fantasy films and dialogue that, while often serviceable, occasionally gives way to unintentional laughs (take a shot every time a character uses the work "gizzard" in a sentence). Regardless, it makes for solid entertainment, if not much more.

I was pleasantly surprised with solid heroic story and absence of 'humans destroy nature' references.

The air battle scenes are quite good, but the narrative is irritatingly lazy. I was bored and thrilled at the same time while watching this.

For the first half, I wasn’t really into it. I was too preoccupied with the fact that the characters were owls and with the supernatural plots devices. But I eventually got into it and ended up kinda digging it. It had a pretty conventional plot for a family film, but it was still enjoyable. It had some nice wit to it too; I found myself laughing out loud more than once. The animation was quite beautiful too. So, yeah, if you can get past the owls, it ain’t half bad.

For the 30 Seconds To Mars song in the trailer, lol

Visually very beautiful, had some good jokes, epic owls (!) fighting scenes. Overall I enjoyed it quite a bit. Do not expect anything serious,just accept this movie as it is - film for kids with a sense of childish innocence in it.

I really enjoy this one

It felt like a generic children's movie that Snyder was trying to make into a movie that spoke about being disillusioned as a youngster. Unfortunately the film gives into idealism and morality instead of growing into its potential. I didn't really expect anything else though, it was a children's movie after all. It's a shame though, that we have to spoon feed our kids this rainbow and sunshine BS instead of giving them real world advice.

"3D has jumped the shark. Again." - Paul Schrodt

Sure the story has been told before, sure it has some lousy characters and sure you know how its gonna end, but that doesn't change the fact that Snyder has managed to make a great animated action film about OWLS!? If you can manage to liberate yourself from the frustrationen about the story line youre in for a slow-motion thrill ride of proportions. Superb animation and Snyders trademarks saves the day, uh and did I mention that it was about OWLS, f-ing OWLS!?

Decent enough though I'll forget it all in a day. It takes half the film to build any sort of interesting momentum, the characterizations are annoying and the message is a mess but it has some good moments and nothing terrible.

Guess I can´t comprehend the bad reviews in any way. First of all, The Owl´s of Ga´Hoole is one of the most beautiful animated movies I´ve ever seen. The characters are absolutely great and the story is quiet interesting, too. Zack Snyders first animation movie offers a lot to it´s viewer, and entertains more than all the other animated flicks that came out this year like despicable for example!! Wonderful cinema.

There were some cool slow motion shots... of owls... flying. Yeah, it was bad.

Amazingly beautiful and action-packed.