African Cats
Third documentary hosted by Disney to celebrate Earth Day, “African Cats” hardly captivate the whole family. The big cats may be cute, but after five minutes, you must move on.
Savanna in Kenya has many dangers for its inhabitants, including a mother cheetah and her children, as well as lions who are caught in a turf war. Like what does survive often to little things: hunting for food, take a group to be protected and know escape to see the sunset.
For three years now, the Disney Studios to develop documentaries remind young and old alike the virtues of Earth Day. After the pleasant “Earth” in 2009 and the spectacular “Oceans” in 2010, it’s time to go through the dunes Africa. Like its predecessors, “African Cats” directors Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey is a very beautiful thing to watch. The scenery is beautiful, the shots are often spectacular, and anyone who wants to embrace these young lions who are particularly touching.
It does not have unfortunately anything else of very drinkable one to the menu. Instead of simply to film the animals in their natural element in order to let reality prevail, a narrative was composed. No, mammals do not have a voice Like the irresistible “The March of the Penguins” but they seem to have a quest, even more tangible that the one of “Artic Tales”. Narration (Samuel L. Jackson in the original version and Gregory Charles Quebec, then it could be very well Morgan Freeman and Jean Lemire) explains the various missions of cheetahs, lions and company, as if its was a acting in a vivid recreation of the classic “The Lion King”! An interesting idea to start pretty quickly that irritate historical dialogues ubiquitous and bombastic moralizing about the importance of having a family and has especially mother. Everything is included in a boring and bombastic soundtrack severe rehearsals, both in terms of The arrangement (the hunting scenes are all designed the same way) thats the messages (How often do we recall mama lioness that did not for much longer?).
Despite its 90 small minutes, the lengths do themselves quickly to feel within this particularly violent exercise (it is necessary to eat or to be eaten), that will terrify definitely the children down below age. If The canvas only repeats The eternal cycle of life, the result is not nearly as magical as a “Bambi” who, decades Earlier, Already established rules to follow: to have confidence in the intelligence of the spectator while not feeling the need of all to explain, but be quiet itself and leave speak its pictures that already are so strong. A spoiled apprenticeship that gives only the taste to be going to see elsewhere, side of “The animals in love” for example.
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