“The Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole,” an enjoyable animated movie from the studio that made “Happy Feet,” is the story of a young owl’s journey to reunite with his family and find his heroes, the legendary Guardians of Ga’Hoole. While on his adventure, Soren, the story’s main protagonist, forms a group of friends and learns about an evil owl’s plans to defeat the Guardians and conquer their world.

The film’s cast was well-chosen and is made up of well-known actors such as Jim Sturgess, from “Across the Universe” fame, who voices Soren, and other actors such as Helen Mirren (“The Queen”), Sam Neill (“Jurassic Park”), and Geoffrey Rush (“Pirates of the Caribbean”). While none of the voices seem mismatched to their characters, Geoffrey Rush’s addition to the film as Ezylryb, the owl who has plans of world domination, was particularly enjoyable.

Visually speaking, “Legend of the Guardians” is awesome. The computer animation is both realistic and imaginative, allowing the audience to appreciate the depth of detail given to each of the characters and their surroundings, while also making the fictional world, which is hilariously somehow engineered by owls, very believable. Although the movie is filmed in 3D, a technique that is not exactly lacking in the cinematic scene today, the effects were neither overdone nor unnecessary. Instead, the technique is skillfully used to accentuate the sweeping landscape and aerial shots.

While Zack Snyder, director of “300” and “Watchmen,” isn’t exactly known for having the limits of a PG rating, he is able to hit the mark with this film. Snyder is able to mix the right amount of storytelling with eye-catching owl air battles, without tons of vulgarity and endless amounts of blood like Snyder fans are used to seeing.

Overall, the film was enjoyable. While at times the story seemed far-fetched, even for a movie about talking owls, the visual aspect of the film more than made up for it, and made a trip to the movies worth making.