? For birds, this is a wonderful short film, there are only a few minutes of fun and charm left during which you will encounter a group of fifteen somewhat implicit and irritating birds, which will provoke laughter and something else when they encounter a different and different one. eccentric bird.
If you have children at home, do not hesitate to take the time to see with them this production that Pixar gave us in the 2000s. The short film was directed by Ralph Eggleston, a well-known name in the animation industry. and appears in films known as “Up”, “Toy Story”, “Wall-E?”O?Find Nemo ?.
- Our protagonist is a rather strange bird.
- It has long legs.
- Long neck and its voice is different from that of fifteen birds.
- Is our bird of another species and wants.
- Like everyone else.
- To fit in with those with wings like him?.
But, as we all know, being different is usually a problem with consequences. The strange and different bird of this short film does its best in this regard.
This scene that opens the short film is probably familiar to you: many similar birds whispering, very noisy and moving proudly through a scenario that they control in an almost military way, are like teenagers trying to dress the same way, as officemates. who form homogeneous groups at work?
In life, we find ourselves in many situations similar to those depicted in this court. The arrival of a foreigner revolutionizes the community, the high school class, the neighborhood island, the grouping of neighbors.
Our fifteen blue birds are shocked to discover the arrival of this great eccentric bird, far from integrating it, far from responding to its benevolent arrival, they begin a deafening murmur like vultures that conspire with threatening eyes.
There is a wonderful aspect in the short film: the attitude of the protagonist, the way in which the strange and eccentric bird confronts the group of angry birds who see his presence on the electric wire with such fear.
His smile does not dissolve in an instant, it is his business card, his strength and charm, this friendly smile instantly becomes a curious and pious expression, because in front of a group of negative and hostile creatures, the only strengths that are worth, without a doubt, are kindness and kindness.
He doesn’t give up. No matter that none of the birds return the greeting, no matter that they leave you no space on the wire, our protagonist resists and persists, and far from slowly breaking the ice, decides to settle down. the center of all.
This brazen act arouses many criticisms, whispers, irritating rhythms and adorable gestures that bring us a thousand smiles and laughter. The result of the short film is one of Pixar’s most epic, so much so that in 2001 he won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, in addition to the Annie Award and another mention at the Sitges Festival.
Sometimes our commitment to being all the same and the same can leave us stripped of our own characteristics, it does not happen with authentic people who know that being different is being special.
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