BS: Winged Migration - go see it

21 Jul 03 - 04:36 PM (#987678)
Subject: BS: Winged Migration - go see it
From: GUEST,leeneia

Yesterday I went to see the film "Winged Migration." It is incredible. To say that it is a documentary about migrating birds hardly begins to convey the beauty and uniqueness of its photography. The music is good, too.

Only one fault - I thought it was too long. But others didn't.

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21 Jul 03 - 07:24 PM (#987749)
Subject: RE: BS: Winged Migration - go see it
From: Peter T.

Fine movie, astonishing visuals. Agree with you about the length, it was about 3 minutes too long, you began to get impatient, even at the beauty. I thought the music was crappy (no accounting for taste). yours, Peter T.

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21 Jul 03 - 08:55 PM (#987798)
Subject: RE: BS: Winged Migration - go see it
From: Bill D

funny, Peter...my wife saw it yesterday and said "The music was crappy"....I guess 'taste' is not too uncommon....

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22 Jul 03 - 10:30 AM (#988098)
Subject: RE: BS: Winged Migration - go see it
From: MAG

I saw the previews last time I was in Portland (OR), and plan to see it next time I am near a theater that runs such things.

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22 Jul 03 - 03:56 PM (#988325)
Subject: RE: BS: Winged Migration - go see it
From: Ferrara

Well I loved the movie, absolutely wonderful, beautiful.

I didn't actually say in so many words that the music was "crappy," just that

(a) It was too loud;

(b) Bill would NOT have enjoyed the style of music;

(c) A lot of it sounded like Gregorian chants sung in Danish; and

(d) all too often, the music sounded threatening, as if it was being used to build up fear & tension before something sad happened to the birds. A little much for my nerves; the birds alone might have been better.

The greatest thing about this movie for me wasn't even the flying scenes. It was the close-up and personal views of bird behavior.

It was awesome to see some of the different rituals for meet-and-greet that have evolved among birds to help strengthen the bond between mated pairs.

I do woodburned art these days and have spent many happy hours reading about various bird species as "research" for my woodburning. It was fantastic to see behaviors that I've only read about, in species and in locations that I could never see on my own.

Also awesome to watch an iceberg calve, among other natural wonders.

I would like to see it again. Maybe I'll bring earplugs.

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23 Jul 03 - 11:10 AM (#988826)
Subject: RE: BS: Winged Migration - go see it
From: GUEST,leeneia

Ferrera, you are right about the earplugs. The amplification in the theatre I went to was too high, but that is so common that I carry foam ear plugs all the time. I put my in soon after the movie started.

That said, the music in the film is just a minor part of the whole experience. I loved seeing the glacier calve and the avalanche in the Asian mountains - the Himalayas, perhaps?

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23 Jul 03 - 11:12 AM (#988827)
Subject: RE: BS: Winged Migration - go see it
From: GUEST,MMario

I think it is terribly exploitive to film a glacier calving. Don't glaciers have just as much right to privacy as the rest of the natural world? Bet they didn't even ask the glacier's permission!!!!

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23 Jul 03 - 03:25 PM (#989017)
Subject: RE: BS: Winged Migration - go see it
From: michaelr

I just saw "Microcosmos", the previous movie from the same filmmakers. Lots of close-ups of insect behavior and interaction, beautifully filmed. Highly recommended!

Cheers,
Michael

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23 Jul 03 - 06:56 PM (#989158)
Subject: RE: BS: Winged Migration - go see it
From: GUEST,amergin

roflmao....some one sure has alot of time on their hands....

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