Review of Bears (2014) by Robbie M — 17 Apr 2014

Who wants to see a movie about bears!? I know I don't! My review of Disneynature's Bears right now.

The story revolves around a family of bears, Sky the mother and her two cubs Amber and Scout as it tells the lives of Scout's and Amber's first year of their lives.

Just being honest, I was made to see this movie by my grandmother so going to see this I was sure it was be a sleep feast. I'm happy to say I was wrong. Bears overall was an entertaining movie.

The three bears in the movie was quite the trio. Even though it had no human characters, the bears showed a lot of personality and layers to make some great animal characters. The mother Sky showed us how mother bears do with their children. She's determined to keep them safe and she's loyal to the end, you don't f*ck with mama. And her two cubs were just the best. Not only were they the most adorable things you've ever seen but it was the way they interacted with each other that was awesome. They played with each other and the way Sky would throw them around was just so funny to watch.

John C. Riley narrated the movie, just letting you know he's voiced Ralph in Wreck-It Ralph and was opposite Will Ferrell in Step Brothers and I liked him in it. His voice was a calm and gentle tone here and he provided some funny moments with just his voice alone, narrating what the bears could be saying.

Bears is beautifully shot with gorgeous cinematography. We get some sweeping shots of the landscape that wowed me in the theatre. Also the making of Bears was just "wow". After the movie ended we get a look on how the movie was made, these people actually followed these bears for an entire year and close so close yet none of them were harmed. It's just amazing to think about!

So Disneynature's Bears was a good family movie. The three bears showed such character and you really route for them, I haven't done that since Joey in 2011s War Horse. The camera was was marvelous and the making of the movie just amazing. We also get a great song at the end of the movie called "Carry On" so if you see the movie stick around to listen to that. It was perfectly paced and I would nominate this for a possible Oscar for Documentary film.

I give Disneynature's Bears a B+.