I'm not one to rain on anyone's parade, but this feels more like an homage to the film maker's boyfriend than a compelling movie. If all you are interested in is a modest nature film with a few spectacular shots of bird behavior mixed in with a lot of pedestrian shots of the bird flock mixed in with some documentary-style talking-head scenes, mixed in with endless shots of Mark feeding birds out of his hand, well, OK.
But IMDb members rate this film 8.0! Didn't any of you get tired of seeing Mark feed the birds? Haven't any of you fed birds yourself? Did any of you feel that if Mark's philosophy was so deep he might have made something more of his life than feeding birds?
As a nature documentary, I'd rate it a 5 (compare the photography to March of the Penguins, for example), but as a feature-length film, it lacked a story, it lacked drama, it was repetitive, it didn't take me anywhere I haven't been, and, ultimately, it just didn't persuade me into believing its "animals are just as feeling as people" philosophy.
But IMDb members rate this film 8.0! Didn't any of you get tired of seeing Mark feed the birds? Haven't any of you fed birds yourself? Did any of you feel that if Mark's philosophy was so deep he might have made something more of his life than feeding birds?
As a nature documentary, I'd rate it a 5 (compare the photography to March of the Penguins, for example), but as a feature-length film, it lacked a story, it lacked drama, it was repetitive, it didn't take me anywhere I haven't been, and, ultimately, it just didn't persuade me into believing its "animals are just as feeling as people" philosophy.