Rise of the Guardians: Review

Hey Guys,
Guess what!!!!! I got to see Rise of the Guardians last Saturday. And can I just say. WOW. This movie was really beautiful, amazing, gorgeous, heartfelt, real, and every other thing a movie should be. It wasn't what I thought it was going to be. It was better. People were clapping at the end. (I have a qualm about clapping at the ends of movies unless I thought it was REALLY good, so I didn't clap, but it was REALLY good.)

The movie is about a boy named Jack Frost who doesn't remember anything from his childhood/past. He remembers when he became Jack Frost, but he doesn't know why he was made into Jack Frost. All he knows is that the Moon made him that way. Anyway, Jack Frost gets taken to the north pole by the Guardians and finds out about a villain called Pitch (The Boogie man). Basically the movie is about this battle with Pitch. However, you really can't put the movie that simply.

I left the theater feeling totally awe struck. It was freezing cold, but I didn't care. (Jack Frost made the cold. :-) ) I looked for the moon. I couldn't find it because the clouds were covering it. *Groan*
Anyway, it was a REALLY good movie and you REALLY need to see it.

As I thought about it, I sort of came up with something I could take away from the movie. In the beginning of the movie, Jack was created by the Moon. He didn't understand why or how, but he was created. He waits for a REALLY long time before he finally discovers why he was created and who the Moon created him to be. And when he finds out why he was created, he embraces his destiny (so to speak) and charges into the battle with Pitch head first. At the very end of the movie he says, "My name is Jack Frost, and I'm a guardian. How do I know that? Because the moon told me. So when the moon tells you something, BELIEVE IT."

God made us. At first, we don't know why God made us or who he created us to be. However, eventually we discover who God wants us to be. And then we have a choice. We either believe what he's telling us and become who he made us to be, or we resist him and say, "But I want to be this!" And then we don't discover the infinate beauty of the thing we were meant to be. Jack was meant to be a guardian. And when he did become a guardian, he ends up saving lives/the world. Jack is much happier in the end then he was in the beginning. Because he belonged somewhere and he knew who he was supposed to be. He didn't feel meaningless.

So just imagine what would happen if you became the thing you were meant to be. And next time, when God tells you who you're meant to be. Believe him.

~ Aloisa Quintal
"So when the moon tells you something, believe it."