Saturday, November 24, 2012

Video: ?Rise of the Guardians? shows kids a magical world



>>> there's a new family movie in theaters this week, one that's action-packed to say the least featuring everyone from santa claus to jack frost . nbc's emkosinksi is here. good morning, michelle.

>> put them all in here, "rise of the guardian," 3-d dreamworks, takes all these childhood idols, they are working together and the know each other to protect kids' sense of wonder told from the perspective of jack frost .

>> i've been around for a long time. my name is jack frost .

>> reporter: yes, jack, did you know he's that young man in a frosty hood who makes all kinds of winter fun?

>> thanks.

>> you're welcome.

>> reporter: but do kids really believe in him?

>> how about jack frost ?

>> jack frost .

>> i don't really think he exists.

>> you don't?

>> reporter: and that's the point. in this magical word where santa has tatz and a russian accent .

>> jack to the.

>> reporter: toys are made by yeddies.

>> i thought elves made the toys.

>> just let them believe it.

>> reporter: the easter bunny 's australian.

>> i'm a bunny.

>> hello, jack.

>> reporter: and the flutteringly sweet tooth fairy, the glimmering drowsy sandman.

>> sandy, sandy?

>> reporter: all work together.

>> each of those lights is a child.

>> naughty or nice we protect them.

>> you don't want me.

>> reporter: jack's problem is he doesn't feel believed in or very important but is recruited to join them as the newest guardian.

>> music.

>> what makes you think i want to be a guardian?

>> of course you do? to save the world 's children from the villain, pitch black . he makes kids' hopes and beliefs disappear.

>> it's fear. we caught up with the voice of jack frost , actor chris pine .

>> you don't want me. you're all hard working deadlines and i'm snowballs.

>> reporter: must have been tough to do those scenes all alone.

>> i'm not looking at anybody, looking at a page of dialogue and a microphone. they brought alex in for my character jack frost and the santa claus .

>> am i on the naughty list?

>> on the naughty list. you hold the record.

>> reporter: it was actually harder to do with alec there so i was more taken with what watching what alec was doing.

>> the children are in danger.

>> must have done something really bad to get you four together.

>> reporter: your voice embodied in this?

>> it's bizarre. this little kind of waif-like, you know, white-haired child, boy-man that i'm trying to embody.

>> why me?

>> you have something very special inside.

>> reporter: he and his fellow actors, the animators that fully grew these characters, the entire orchestra behind it all fell in love with the story.

>> it's about the kind of -- the joy of being a child and what childhood is all about.

>> i'm not afraid of you.

>> reporter: and jack learns to believe in himself, something that might reach out in 3-d or hg across that screen.

>> jack frost .

>> jack frost .

>> yes.

>> he's real, too?

>> because he -- last night he came and frosted my plants.

Source: http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/49939042/

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