Saw Rise of the Guardians, a very whimsical children's film that constructs some elaborate mythology around childhood mythelogical characters, such as the Easter Bunny and Santa. These are the titular Guardians who defend hope and the magic of childhood and whatnot. The protagonist, Jack Frost, is a young boy with the voice of an adult man who is cool in a horribly children's-movie sort of way and who wears a hoodie and guy-liner. It's pretty weird. He's clearly supposed to be a teen heartthrob or something. Anyway, he and the guardians have a cute little adventure saving the world from Pitch Black (which is apparently the real actual name of The (or A) Boogeyman.)
The film is pure escapism. I knew it would be and relished the escape from reality. This film is a bit limp when it comes to plot, but the art design is amazing. I suspect the concept art would be a lot of fun to look at. Clearly a lot of creativity was spent on this film. There's all these little flourishes of world-building that don't go anywhere. For example, they seem to have some kind of semi-religious relationship with the moon that's never explained. It's sort of crypto-pagan but then many holidays are so it's appropriate. Anyway, a good bit of fluff that unfortunately got a bit cringey for me (remember, the protagonist is Cool.) Kids would probably like it.
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