Sure,
you know the ending but can you predict the events that will take you there?
Vaguely,
yeah... you can. Fact is though, you’re going to be pleased in what you’ll see
in Rio. Set in Brazil and Minnesota, it
is a story of a rare poached bird that needs to return to his homeland in order
to save his species. As the only living male blue macaw, Blu needs to
mate with the Jewel, the only living
female blue macaw. However, Jewel hates humans and wants to stay undomesticated,
often torturing Blu with the “pet” tag. Another problem will then surface as their
rare status makes them crime-worthy. In order for Blu and Jewel to save
themselves, they must get away from the criminals’ before the Carnivale ends.
Voice-wise,
the characters are awesome. I was never a fan of Jesse Eisenberg (shock but I haven’t seen The Social Network) but he breathe character to Blu. While I think Anne Hathaway is somewhat overexposed
at the moment, you can’t say nothing at how she voiced Jewel. Jamie Foxx, Rodrigo Santoro, Leslie Mann,
George Lopez, Tracy Morgan, Jemaine Clement, Bernardo de Paula, Robin Thicke,
Carlos Ponce, and will.i.am also had commendable performances. Jake T. Austin was somewhat alright but
Wanda Sykes and Jane Lynch had almost cameo roles. I never knew Neil Patrick Harris was in the movie
until I browsed Wikipedia.
The
soundtrack of the film is great. Sure, it has a lot of samba feel in it but
non-samba lovers could like what they’ll hear. My GF thought Taio Cruz is awesome and maybe I can
give his music a shot. The Jamie Foxx song was awesome. I loved will.i.am’s
speaking voice (where he was like singing) more than when he actually sung but
that doesn’t mean that his singing is crap. It is not. I just loved hearing him
bust the rhymes as the cool cardinal.
If I’m
going to diss the movie, I’m going to rant about the story. Sure, it didn’t
need to be deep but I wished it had a lot more things to offer as well. It felt
like there is room for improvement in the movie. The kid was also a downer
because he is one of those characters that you can live without in the story.
The bodyguard that had the shiny gold brief could have been a better role to
expand in place of the kid.
However
you can’t discount that this is a wonderful movie. In some ways, it was brave
because it introduced three not-so-kid friendly scenarios. Uno: the Carnivale
is a celebration filled with almost naked Brazilian women. Numero dos: poaching
is a heinous crime abundant in Brazil. And finally, it didn’t pull back in
exposing the life in Brazil aside from the beaches and the forests. The huge
chunk of poverty that can be seen when Blu and Jewel escaped via a roof is an
indication why there are people resorting to crime to live lavishly.
Maybe
this should wake up the Brazilian government in making an effort in cleaning up
their image.
Nonetheless,
this movie is a must watch... especially in 3D.
Game
over.
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