One of the best animated movies of the year for sure

Rating: 9/10 (8 December 2012)

First we had classic monsters together (HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA); later video game characters (WRECK-IT RALPH); and finally this, with classic folklore characters that the kids believe in. 2012 was like the year for doing a crossover in animation (hell, not only in animation since we had THE AVENGERS too!) and RISE OF THE GUARDIANS is definitely the best one, therefore one of the very best animated pictures of the year; alongside FRANKENWEENIE, BRAVE and PARANORMAN.
Part of the success, I think, comes directly from having really good characters. The key character of the story is Jack Frost (voice of Chris Pine) – we learn everything about him and his background (why he became Jack Frost) is so great you just want to learn everything about the rest of the characters. All of them, as you already know, are traditional characters that most people, especially in Europe and the United States, know since their childhood; we have Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Sandman, the Easter Bunny and the already mentioned Jack Frost (as well as the bogeyman).
The film deals with the thing of being a kid that still believes in those characters. Who can't relate to that? Yes, I'm from Mexico and as a kid didn't give a damn for Santa but I did for the equivalent (los Reyes Magos) – the believing thing is universal and is really well used here and definitely brings freshness to the same old story of "evil threatening the world and heroes saving it". It's a soulful fantasy for kids that will get 'em in the most emotive mood for Christmas.
*Watched it on 01 December, 2012