By now we’ve seen a lot of swooping, soaring, screeching and shrieking. But what we haven’t seen is anything truly, authentically jaw-dropping.

Luckily, that arrives in a final scene that sees Soren taught how to fly like a Guardian by his new mentor Ezylryb.

In driving rain, Soren learns not to battle the elements but give into them and become one with nature – to use the Force, if you like.

This allows him to finally cut loose in a stunning slo-mo sequence set amidst the most convincing rainstorm we’ve ever seen created in this hi-tech medium.

It’s here too that the point of making Legends Of The Guardians in 3D becomes clear, Soren’s wingtips appearing close enough at one stage to almost brush our faces.

We’re not too sure if this scene is representative of the whole. But it was certainly the most impressive of the five snippets we saw.