Discussion YMMV / RiseoftheGuardians

This feels like an Easter movie. Not just because of the time it's set at, but it also carries many of the same themes as the Christian holiday. The old guardians have shifted away from their true purpose, so a new, more 'humble', voice has been sent in to set them straight. There is even Sandy, who dies, then rises in three days to liberate people from a great force of evil. Jack even had kind of a Jesus in Gethsemane feel, being happy to fulfill his duties, but unwilling to commit to everything the unseen ultimate force of good asks of him. It's probably not intentional symbolism, hence why it's here, but if anyone can think of a fitting trope for it, let me know!

As Unfortunate Implications Ive put these here in case someone wants to readd them with the proper formatting.

• Unfortunate Implications: Bunnies in Australia are often used as a symbol of the evils of Imperialism, so the Easter Bunny being based off white Australians like Crocodile Dundee has caused controversy.
  • Not only that, but there have been movements to remove bunnies from Easter in Australia, replacing them with the native Bilby, as rabbits are known as pests and have a negative impact on the Australian ecosystem.
    • The poor Easter Bunny is full of these. It's pretty understandable for Christianity not to be mentioned too explicitly in a mainstream kids' movie...The closest are the "t" in the "EASTER EGG HUNt" sign, which is clearly a cross, and Bunny mentioning that Easter is about "new life" and "hope"... but why does he live in a Buddhist garden?
    • The eastern bunny is the one thing about easter that is indisputably pagan; see Eostre for more information. Ten thousand new cans of worms and Unfortunate Implications are opened because of said paragraph above.
  • Tooth's base is in Asia, as is her past according to background information, so why is she white? This was also a source of Internet Backdraft before the film came out.