History YMMV / LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole

* CompleteMonster: [[TheMole Allomere]] is a traitor to his people and the [[BigBad true villain]] of Shard's quest. Long ago having secretly aligned with the Pure Ones [[AmbitionIsEvil in the name of power]], Allomere paved the way for the Pure Ones to slaughter the Glauxian monastery, which Allomere framed the innocent Grettir for. Allomere then hunted down and killed Grettir and his mate to silence all loose ends, narrowly prevented from claiming the life of Grettir's son Shard, too. Years later, Allomere continues to serve the Pure Ones' purposes and give them inside info that helps their wicked plans to enslave and [[MindRape moonblink all owlets]]. Allomere reveals himself as the traitor by trying to trap and murder a large group of the heroic Guardians, and when confronted by Shard, Allomere smugly boasts of his hand in the deaths of Shard's parents.

* CompleteMonster: [[TheSocialDarwinist Metal Beak]], real name Surtr, is a [[OminousOwl savage owl]] and the leader of the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Pure Ones]]. Embarking on a war of conquest to kill all who oppose him, Metal Beak is fond of "moonblinking" victims, turning them into mindless slaves and robbing them of their identities, with even children subjected to the process. His intention behind enslaving them is to use magical flecks to set up a trap to kill all of the Guardians and moonblinked owls by [[VampiricDraining draining their blood]] with bats after their gizzards are severely weakened, using his traitorous spy Allomere to lead them to certain death. When Allomere [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness is no longer needed]], Metal Beak leaves him to be devoured by the bats after falsely promising to make him King of the Great Tree, and later on attempts to kill the hero Soren in front of his sworn nemesis and Soren's teacher, Lyze of Kiel, out of little more than savage spite.

** Allomere crosses this when he leads the Guardians to their doom so he can become King of Ga'Hoole as promised by Metal Beak.

* NightmareFuel: The movie is chock full of it, including: [[spoiler: Allomere]] getting dragged off by vampire bats, the bats themselves, the Battle of the Ice Claws (Deleted Scene), [[spoiler: Kludd]] falling into a raging fire while screaming in terror, [[BrainwashedAndCrazy the moonblinked owlets]], etc.

** While it wasn't made specifically for this film, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnJOH5PImrw The Host of Seraphim]], played when [[spoiler:Soren flies through the forest fire to ignite an oil lamp and destroy the fleck-based mechanism]]. And for the trailer we have [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTMrlHHVx8A Kings and Queens]].

* AnimationAgeGhetto: Many Creator/ZackSnyder fans tend to show indifference towards this movie, refusing to watch it just because it was animated.

* CultClassic: Despite its AudienceAlienatingPremise, the movie has its fandom.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Something absolutely ''everyone'' can agree on is that the animation is phenomenal. The movie is nearly 10 years old, but the animation still looks about as photorealistic you can get without making the characters unreadable. The rainstorm scene, the opening, the final battle in the wildfire, and the astrolabe in Ga'Hoole are especially amazing.

* BrokenBase: Whether or not the film is a good adaptation if even a good movie on its own.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: [[spoiler:The ending borders on this as it really goes its lengths to describe how perfect everything is, and how Soren and his friends have been crowned Guardians overnight even though it was earlier narrated how such a position took ''years'' to strive for.]]

* TheWoobie: Soren, Gylfie, and Eglantine.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: The film was ''not'' well received by fans of the book for its multitude of changes, like [[spoiler:Kludd and Metal Beak being split into 2 characters]], Nyra showing up despite only appearing in book 4 onwards (due to the film taking the plot of the first 3 books), turning Digger and Twilight into comic relief, several characters from the books missing, or having their species changed, missing key locations from the books, and certain characters being saved/killed off when they weren't in the books. [[http://duckyworth.deviantart.com/journal/DT-LOTG-Owls-of-Ga-Hoole-2010-REVISITED-396728950 Duckyworth]] would become one of the most prominent (and vicious) critics towards the film. (Heavy spoiler warning for the first 3 books and the film in the outgoing link.)

* TastesLikeDiabetes: [[spoiler:The ending borders on this as it really goes its lengths to describe how perfect everything is, and how Soren and his friends were crowned Guardians overnight even though it was earlier narrated how such a position took ''years'' to strive for.]]

* TheWoobie: Soren, Gylfie and Eglantine.

* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Something absolutely ''everyone'' can agree on is that the animation is phenomenal. The movie is nearly 10 years old, but the animation still looks about as photorealistic you can get without making the characters unreadable. The rainstorm scene, the opening, the final battle in the wildfire and the astrolabe in Ga'hoole are especially amazing.

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Metal Beak]], real name Surtr, is a [[OminousOwl savage owl]] and the leader of the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Pure Ones]]. Embarking on a war of conquest to kill all who oppose him, Metal Beak is fond of "[[MindRape moonblinking]]" victims, turning them into mindless slaves and robbing them of their identities, with [[WouldHurtAChild even children]] subjected to the process. Having one of his own allies devoured by bats, Metal Beak attempts to kill the hero Soren in front of his own brother, leader of the Guardians, out of little more than savage spite.