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Most people, when asked what kind of animal they would be, respond
that they would want to be a bird – to fly the skies in
freedom. Winged Migration gives us that chance. Aided
only with a sparse narration, Migration spends its time
flying the skies with the birds and watching them reacting to
their world. I never would have guessed that watching birds fly
around for an hour and a half could possibly be so entertaining
– but it is.
The picture is always beautiful and the filmmakers capture as
much of the landscape as they do the birds – and Winged
Migration travels all over the world. We get full screen
pictures of all sorts of birds in all sorts of places as they
migrate north and south. We frequently get amazingly close pictures
of a flock of birds flying through the skies, just as if we were
one of them.
There are a few scenes that show the consequences of the human
world on the birds that range from the dangers that come to them
through littering to hunting. But I really don’t think the
point was to send a big “protect the birds” type message.
Rather, I felt like the filmmakers really just want to show us
the world that the birds live in. In addition to the harm that
comes from humans, Migration also shows us danger that
come from within the animal world and nature.
Winged Migration is interesting for its educational aspects,
occasionally amusing in its depiction of bird struggles, but most
of all just fascinating in its portrayal of the flight of birds.
On the other hand, I have to admit that I had seen enough of flying
birds by the film’s end. You can only take so much at a
time. But it really was one fantastic flight while it lasted.
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