Review of Winged Migration (2001) by Seth S — 19 Oct 2012

Winged Migration is an insanely high regarded movie. It holds a 96% on the TomatoMeter, and scored an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary. Granted, I only saw this once, and I was young, but I remember enough.

The premise of this movie is simple. It follows the migration of dozens of birds. The birds come from different places, and eventually wind up in different places. Obviously the scenery and images are the attraction of the movie. And there are plethora of beautiful images of the birds in flight.

But it's the very idea of the movie that downs it in the end. When it comes down to it, I'm not interest in watching birds for 85 minutes. Sure for the first 20 minutes it is a wonder to behold. But eventually it just becomes a drag. I can understand the love for this movie, because it is beautiful, but pretty images are only so interesting for so long.

"The story of bird migration is the story of promise - a promise to return." 4/10.