(ESP-ENG) Flow | Animal loyalty - Movie Review!
Hello friends, good vibes to all.
This year there have been two great animated films which you would think are the ones competing for the top prize, the Oscar. The Wild Robot and Flow are the nice surprises in this category, the first one I haven't seen yet but yesterday I had the pleasure of Flow. This film is made to fully enjoy wildlife at its best, to understand that animals are much more intelligent than we can think, to enjoy their process of adaptation in the face of adversity and above all how among them there can be an immense loyalty. In short, if you are an animal lover, this film is for you.
This is as simple as it gets. We are in a part of the world where there is no trace of humans and which is completely covered with water. Here we have a cat who had his own house (apparently from his previous owners) but due to the great floods he lost it and was left adrift. A cat in a world full of water, the irony. It turns out that he is not alone, since a kind of sailboat with a capybara miraculously appears. It is at that moment when the journey of our cat friend begins, a journey where he will have to leave differences aside and even more to adapt to what he fears so much: water.
In this trip not only they will be there but also a lemur, a bird and a dog (golden retriever) and between all of them they will try to get along as well as possible despite the great and notorious differences in their personalities. The first thing you need to know is that there is no dialogue whatsoever, the animals communicate in their own way and in the wildest and most natural way they have; this is super curious because as we go along we see how they seem to be able to capture what they want to do and what they want to say to each other sometimes with a look, a gesture or a sound. This makes the experience of watching the film much more immersive and more enjoyable because yes, I highly doubt you'll be bored watching this.
I think what is most striking is the nobility of the animals, you already know that, but to see it here in such a graphic way is very cool. They don't distinguish by species, if there really is a connection they will be the best of friends. Here something happens between the cat and the bird that is really very nice, it is a very strange friendly relationship but it shows us their capacity for empathy, just as at the end of the film it also happens with a whale that helps our feline several times. In the end that is the message, the experiences whether good or bad will always leave us a lesson that will make us change the way we see things and how we treat others, if such pure animals can, why humans can't?
The animation is perfect, full of details and fluidity. The expressions in the animals is brutal, the gestures, the natural spaces, it is very enjoyable. It also has something good and that is that since there is no dialogue, the music and sounds surround everything so you don't notice the lack of a script, if you want to compare with something known it's as if you were watching a National Geographic documentary. The ability to convey things without uttering any words is the real prize of this film. Hyper recommended, I don't know if it will win the Oscar but it's worth 200% to see it. It lasts less than an hour and a half. I leave the trailer here.
¡Un abrazo a todos, nos vemos en la próxima!
Well friends that's all for today, I hope you liked it.
¡A hug to everyone, see you next time!
La idea de animales sin diálogo, sobreviviendo juntos en un mundo inundado suena super original. ¿Un gato y una capibara navegando? Juro que solo la animación detallada y esa vibra de documental salvaje ya me convencieron.
You really need to see the Wild Robot, it’s stunning. I started watching Flow some days ago but it didn’t intrigue me enough to continue. I guess I’ll go back to it. Thanks for sharing
una hermosa pelicula, buena recomendación!
a beautiful movie, good recommendation!
Eso me gustó, el uso que hace esta película del silencio y aunque los animales se comunican entre sí no lo hacen de la forma clásica de las películas animadas - lo que hubiera hecho esta historia menos interesante - así que creo que eso es un gran mérito.
Saludos y gracias por compartir
Well I do love a great animal story and this recently popped into my library anyway so I may as well check it out!