Winged Migration
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Movie Reviews of Winged Migration
Movie Review: From a birder
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this video while birding at Point Pelee, Ontario (it was raining). The work is fascinating, covering bird migrations (mostly ducks, geese and cranes) from Europe to Asia to Africa to the US and South America. A few scenes are not for children, such as an attack by crabs on a wounded bird. There is almost no political preaching, for or against the interaction of birds with humans. This is a solid couple of hours of intelligent and instructive entertainment. The price is ridiculously low for the value one receives (much less than an evening at the movies), especially the parts where the filming and "parent-fixating" is explained. I learned something and had a lot of fun doing it. This is an excellent video for birders and non-birders alike, as long as one enjoys nature.Movie Review: Majestic and uplifting
Summary: 5 Stars
In one of the special features, you learn that the filmmakers actually hatched the birds they filmed flying at close range and trained them so they take off and return on command -- most of the time. Then they took their birds to the parts of the world where they would live and migrate in the wild and filmed them in flight. The birds had learned to get use to the sight and sound of what looks like a bicycle with wings on which the videographer and a pilot rode along with them. This special feature of the making of the movie was actually more interesting than the movie.
Be prepared for occasionally seeing a bird get killed or sadly left behind, or....shot by hunters!! Bad hunters!
Movie Review: Journeying with the birds...
Summary: 5 Stars
This enchanting and educational video takes you all over the world with migrating birds. The photography is breathtaking; the DVD version includes a special section documenting the techniques used by the film crew which makes you appreciate just how much work went into the production.
The film makes me marvel at the determination of these many beautiful birds on their perilous and tiring migrations every year. I would recommend it for adults, teens and pre-teens. I'd recommend it to children only with two reservations: there are a few scenes were birds die, and some scenes of birds flying may not hold the attention of a child used to ADD-promoting cartoons.
Movie Review: Winged Migration
Summary: 5 Stars
Simply superb,- the photography, the dedication to bring this film about. In the world of film documentation, it will be a classic for years to come. For the young ones a wonderful way to spend with nature, perhaps also in small installments, as they have the patience to sit still, as this is not a Disney kind of entertrainment.
A wonderful way of talking to children about the wonders of birds, what makes them fly, how man tries to imitate and succeeded, the people involved to film this story, their dedication, and that good things take dedication and time; miracles - like this documentary - take even longer. But what a result. Thanks
Movie Review: Jaw-dropping photography of birds in flight
Summary: 5 Stars
My wife and I sat through the first half hour of this film convinced that it HAD to be somehow done with computer trickery. How could a camera possibly go wingtip to wingtip with a flight of birds? After a while, we let the skepticism go and just enjoyed the most wonderful nature photography we have seen - stupendous backdrops and a a literal birds-eye view. After letting the film sink in, we watched the "how we made this" short, which is, in its way, just as amazing as the film itself. My whole attitude about birds has changed, and the expression "bird brain" no longer works for me. What amazing creatures, and what an amazing film!