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Rio
 April 19, 2011
Blue Macaw, smiling at me
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nothing but BlueMacaw, do I see...and we know that love makesyou fly, fly away, come fly, come fly with me.Okay, I
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m a sucker for bluebirds singing lovesongs!
One Word Movie Review: Great
Love makes you fly, which is the moral of thisbrilliant tale of the last two BlueMacaws on our blue planet. In thiscolorful Brazilian carnival of rhythmand bluebirds, your eyes feast on thegorgeous scenery of Rio, the whirlingfeathered dancers and the zillions of animated 3D pixels flashing all overthe screen. The city never looked thisgood in real life, but as rendered bythe folks at Blue Sky (those guys who gave us the IceAge movies), it becomes one big party town sosqueaky-clean you could brush your teeth on thesidewalks.The story of Rio swirls around two birds, onedomesticated and brainy and one wild and free. Thebrainy guy (Blu) has lived his life in Moose Lake,Minnesota after being caged and shipped to Americaas a little chick freshly fallen from his nest. He never
 
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learns to fly because his life is contained within thehome walls of his protector and life-long friendLinda. However, their sheltered Minnesota life underthe bookstore microscope is about to be penetratedby a biologist from Brazil who has searched for amate for his female Macaw (Jewel), revealing thenear-extinction threat if these two birds do not mate.This thrusts Linda and Blu travel to Brazil,complications ensue until love swallows fear and ourtwo birds fly happily ever after in a protectedsanctuary, safe from poachers. Apparently, that
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wild life
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utopia.This movie is a world-wide hit and it
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s easy to seewhy. It is a joyous celebration of life beyond borders,of liberation from our cages and the power of musicand love to conquer all threats, both human and clawedcockatoo.
The Story
The story is simple: child stolen at birth, raised by kindlyspinster, forced into an arranged mating ritual, kidnappedand caged for money, escaped but chained together likeconvicts (think The Defiant Ones) and saved fromcertain misery by colorful friends who sing a lot andpound anything hollow to drive a salsa beat. In the end,our flaws become strengths and love forces our courageto the surface and yes, we can fly because our hearts arefluttering with love.
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