Bears

Bears

Rating 7 out of 10

One of my favorite movie times is when I get to share a theater seat and a small bag of popcorn with my lovely granddaughter.  This time we saw Disney's Bears.  This was a movie she picked.  It was either this or Rio II.

When I was a young tike I would ride my dinosaur home from school and watch a tv show called Wild Kingdom with a very old guy named Marlin Perkins and sponsored by some insurance company.  It was a nature show and this movie reminded me of that show very much.

Bears is a year in the life of a momma bear and her two cubs.  It starts with the bears in their hibernation cave and follows them in their trek for food and their dangers.  They walk through the beautiful Alaskan mountains on their way to the oceans and rivers where the salmon spawn and fill the bellies of many large bears.  The movie is masterfully narrated by John C. Reilly.

The scenery and visuals are incredible.  I was amazed at the end of the movie when they showed how they filmed much of the bear scenes.  The hour and twenty minute movie kept my four year old granddaughters attention for about half of that.  There were some scenes of the bears eating their salmon that was a big much for her.  "that's disgusting" she said.

I enjoyed the movie.  Enjoyed the company more.