Friday, April 24, 2009
earth - The Movie
Today we took our fourth graders to see earth at the movies. I was very proud of the way all of our students behaved. The movie tied in very well with what they have been learning in science about animal adaptations and predator/prey relationships. Visually, it was absolutely beautiful. I have to say, though, that I did not enjoy the movie very much. Even though the movie wasn't bloody, I felt like the movie's producers focused too much on the harshness and brutality of life. They took special care to show how fragile day-to-day existence is for many species, but it just felt to me that they always ended on a pessimistic note. Of course, the movie ended with what was supposed to be an uplifting montage with inspiring music and several shots of animals who managed to survive, but it just wasn't able to erase the impression that the previous ninety minutes had made on me. From hearing the students talk, it seems that most of them enjoyed the movie. If so, I am glad. Fourth graders, I would like to know what you thought. Please let me know.
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Dear Mr.Butler,
ReplyDeleteI thought that the Earth Day movie was a great movie!Also I loved the part where they showed the Baby Polar Bear sliding down the big mount of snow.The baby Polar Bear was so cute and small!But some parts were creepy!!!That is what I thought of the Earth movie.
I loved it. The best part was when the shark ate the seal.The worst part was when the poler bear died:(
ReplyDeleteMr Butler,I thought that it was a great movie!!The best part was when the bird jumped out of the tree and when the polar bear started attacking the walrus it was so funny i wish that the polar bear died i feel bad for him but its ok,my next thing that i like when the cheetahs attacked the elephant but it was kinda sad and funny.But i hate when that cheetah chased the deer it was sad because the deer should go to there parents not in the cheetahs stomach.Ok here we go the best part was everything!just kidding it was the bird of pardis.
ReplyDeleteDear Mr.Butler,
ReplyDeleteIthought the Earth Day movie was spectacular.
The part I liked the most was when the baby Polar Bear was was sliding down the ice. I loved the part when the bird that had the blue eyes and the blue mouth tried to empress the girl bird. The most frightneing part was when the Lions where attacking the Elephant. The popcorn,soda and candy was good too. Another part that was funny was when was cleaning the tree with that thing in his mouth. When the calf (the humpbck's young) was being acrobatic was cool. Watching the papa Polar Bear suffer from the ice melting was the saddest part. But at least he made it until he tried to attack the walruses. Then he died. That was the best movie i ever saw. I will try to beg my mom to let me watch the ovie again.
Dear Mr.Butler, I had a amazing time at Cinemark.The Earth movie was amazing because at the begining the mama Polar Bear came out and she looked hungery.Then the baby Polar Bears came out and they looked cute.It was funny when they started to slip.I can not belive that the mom as not at in 5 months that is along time to not eat.The birds are funny I like the one that was the magic bird it was funny what he turned into.
ReplyDeleteOh its so sad.The movie we just saw was kind of sad because you saw how they catched their prey and if they couldnt catch their prey they didnt have anything to eat.It talked about 3 families that sufferd when they travaled. These were the families first the Polar Bears then the African Elephants and last Humpback Whales.The African Elephants when they travaled they were looking for water. When they finally found water they had to share it whit tigers.The most creepy thing was the elephants knew that the tigers wanted to eat the baby calves. So all the adult elephants made a circle around the babys one elephant lead them to another direction so they wouldnt get the babys.After we watched the Polar Bears they were in January and they had just comed out of a hole the mother bear had had 2 baby cubs. Their dad was some where else far away looking for food . The family tried to get to his father but they couldnt. After the ice melted the father travaled back to his family. But there was a problem . The ice was so thin now that the bear broke the ice when he steped on it. He had to swim to get to a shore that was by the home of his family. There he found walruses. He tried to catch and eat some he couldnt he was despirate to eat that he fought one in the water the walrus slipped out of his and all of them swam away. He finally found his family and thatsv how we go to the Humpback whales. It talks about a mother and her calve are migrating. On their way they found trouble.The baby is like a new born baby. It could verly swim. On their way they find sharks and they are hungry. They have to go to the bottom of the ocean for 2 reasons 1 because thats were they are going to find food and 2 because they have ti hide from the shark. She helps the baby because she has difficulties. When they are at the bottom of the ocean you can see whats happening at the top. The shark an animal but you couldnt tell what it was. At the end they finally reach their destination. Thats how the movie ends whit happy endings. I loved this movie so much that I would watch it againg.
ReplyDeleteI thought the earth movie was a good movie it is one of my favorite movies. One of my favorite parts was when the great white shark jumped out of the wster. I liked all three stories of the families. It was a polar bear family a humpback whale, and african elephants. My favorite story was the story of the polar bears. It was about a mother bear and her two cubs and how their father was hunting for food. When the father didn't return with food the mother bear had to go hunting for food. Meanwhile there dad was hungry and tired. He was desperate for food but, the ice was starting to melt and he could be lost at sea. the cubs mother was leading the way but unlike humans polar bear cubs didn't always listen to their mother so she had to go up to them and the cubs came to her. so they where back on trail. there father was now at sea and he was really exausted. If he didn't find land soon he would drown. To me that was a little scary because drowning was a really bad way to die and I don't like the thought of smothing dieing. Anyway, he found land and he also found some walruses. He attacked them but they had tusks that could hurt the bear, so when the polar bear attacked the walruses he got stabed with the tusks the walruses fled to saftey at the water and the bear was really exausted now. Something sad happened next, the father bear died. To me that was sad because like I said before I don't like deaths. One year passed and the cubs lived left their mother and went off to live their own life. That was my favorite story. I'm not going to tell the other stories but i'll give a short summery. The whales where in warm waters but there were no fish to eat so they migrated soyth and when they got south they ate alot of krill and shrimp. the elephants were also moving but they were looking for water because they had been in the dessert a long time. A mother and her son got lost durring a sand storm and it was night soon so they had to sleep there. The others slept close to lions so they protected there young but one elephant was eaten. Thy didn't show how it was eaten. The mother and son made it back to the herd and they found water. If you liked the stories then you shoud go see the movie called "Earth". I was lucky enough to go see it. It was as a field trip and we got free refreshments. I liked the movie so much that I'll tell my parents to rent it as soon as it comes out on DVD if, it does. There was a part in the movie were a calf was being chased by a cheeta and when it got cought by the cheeta smeone sounded like if they were going to cry. I could understand becaus it was sad. At least she didn't scream. There was a part were a bird puffed up its feathers and it looked like a dancing face! The bird started dancing and some people laghed becaus it was a little funny.
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ReplyDeleteDear Mr.Butler,
ReplyDeleteWhen we went to the movie hove earth I was excitied it was my 4 time going to the movie in Cine Mark .Then we went inside it was big, I got sprid and we got popcorn and air-head .We sat down we got the coolest sites it took a long time for the movie to start .Finale the movie start the ma`ma bear came out from her house .She had some two little cubs, they where cute .I gust wanted to huge them .The dad was sepreated from the ma`ma and the cubs .The dad was starveing and the bad part was that the ice was melting if the ice melt`s the polar bear will die.The next family was the african elephants my ant like elephants .2 elephants where lost with out food .
Dear Mr.Butler,
ReplyDeleteLike I was saying the elephants got lost by a sand storm .The little elephant is hongre and tearste, later the elephants find there way back to the herd .Then the elephants found water , but thears where lions the elephants where protecting there childs .The lions there wating for the signale ,then the lions started to atake the elephants .But thelions there after the babie calf .I wanted to cry but I didi`nt .The next family has the HumpBack Whale , I`m scard of whales I don`nt now thy but ya.it all started at the ocean the mom and the son where at the ocean ,but something was rong the ocean was warming up .The whale neded to swim to another ocean or they will die .I coudln`t belive what has going on .So the whales swam to the other ocean and so they maid it . I was happy to hear that happen .The funny east one was that there was a bird that maid funny faces. It look like the was cleaning his house with wood .He atractide another bird the look like the was dancing or something .This is the coolest movie I ever sean ,I can`nt wait to see "Earth" movie agian .If you see it you will love it ,If I did you will too .Pease out :]