On Friday, I went to see The Bee Movie, starring Jerry Seinfeld. Seinfeld is known for being a comedian, with his own TV sitcom. In this animated flick, Seinfeld portrays a male bee in a very busy hive. He has spent 3 days in school, 3 days in high school, took off one day, then spent 3 days in college, and today is the day he chooses his new job!
This is backward in my thinking pattern. I thought the females had all the jobs!!! This movie shows the men working, and most females walk around gazing at the males with rapture and awe. Anyhow, Seinfeld's friend "Adam" joins him, and they take a tour of the hive. Adam doesn't seem to have trouble picking the job he wants, but Seinfeld joins the "pollen jocks" on a trip outside the hive to gather pollen and nectar. (Again, a wrong outlook...)
While outside, he remembers that bees can't fly in the rain, and they are never to talk to humans! He gets stuck to a tennis ball, loses his way from the group, gets caught in a rains storm, but saved by a human lady... who he MUST thank. So, lo and behold, he speaks. Their friendship grows, and in time, he finds that supermarkets sell bee's honey!!! "That's our honey they are stealing! We make that!" And off he sets to find out who is stealing the honey from the hives, and how he can get it back!
Seinfeld, with the human's help, becomes a lawyer, and represents the whole world of bees. He is able to shut down the Honey Farms and they give all the honey back to his hive. When the hive is overloaded with honey, there is no more work for the bees to do, so they just chill and relax.
In the meantime, no flowers are being pollinated, and everything is dying. The human, who owed a floral shop, has closed everything down, and leaves to see the last Rose Parade in California. Seinfeld realizes his error of trying to do everything himself, and follows her there. Together, they steal a rose-covered float and fly it by plane back to their home. The pilot and co-pilot are freaked out by the bee, so the human has to fly the plane. She follows the bee instructions that Seinfeld gives her and the other pollen jocks come to her rescue and guide the plane to the landing strip. All of the bees begin to pollinate the flowers, and magically, on cue, every flower and free revive. Seinfeld is granted his pollen jock jacket, helmet and gear for helping the hive.
Over all, the humor of this movie was clean and decent. It is very funny for teen to adult age, but not so for younger children. They will not be able to understand what is behind the humor. Enron is joked on, as well as Sting, and "Larry King Hive". The basic viewpoint of this film is that everyone has a job that they must stick to, or things will not work smoothly. Hard work is the best policy, and everyone needs to pitch in. It was not a movie to learn the science of bees from.
This is backward in my thinking pattern. I thought the females had all the jobs!!! This movie shows the men working, and most females walk around gazing at the males with rapture and awe. Anyhow, Seinfeld's friend "Adam" joins him, and they take a tour of the hive. Adam doesn't seem to have trouble picking the job he wants, but Seinfeld joins the "pollen jocks" on a trip outside the hive to gather pollen and nectar. (Again, a wrong outlook...)
While outside, he remembers that bees can't fly in the rain, and they are never to talk to humans! He gets stuck to a tennis ball, loses his way from the group, gets caught in a rains storm, but saved by a human lady... who he MUST thank. So, lo and behold, he speaks. Their friendship grows, and in time, he finds that supermarkets sell bee's honey!!! "That's our honey they are stealing! We make that!" And off he sets to find out who is stealing the honey from the hives, and how he can get it back!
Seinfeld, with the human's help, becomes a lawyer, and represents the whole world of bees. He is able to shut down the Honey Farms and they give all the honey back to his hive. When the hive is overloaded with honey, there is no more work for the bees to do, so they just chill and relax.
In the meantime, no flowers are being pollinated, and everything is dying. The human, who owed a floral shop, has closed everything down, and leaves to see the last Rose Parade in California. Seinfeld realizes his error of trying to do everything himself, and follows her there. Together, they steal a rose-covered float and fly it by plane back to their home. The pilot and co-pilot are freaked out by the bee, so the human has to fly the plane. She follows the bee instructions that Seinfeld gives her and the other pollen jocks come to her rescue and guide the plane to the landing strip. All of the bees begin to pollinate the flowers, and magically, on cue, every flower and free revive. Seinfeld is granted his pollen jock jacket, helmet and gear for helping the hive.
Over all, the humor of this movie was clean and decent. It is very funny for teen to adult age, but not so for younger children. They will not be able to understand what is behind the humor. Enron is joked on, as well as Sting, and "Larry King Hive". The basic viewpoint of this film is that everyone has a job that they must stick to, or things will not work smoothly. Hard work is the best policy, and everyone needs to pitch in. It was not a movie to learn the science of bees from.
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Ahhh... . . thou hast learned bees well young Grasshopper!
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