Pollen

The documentary shows the importance of pollination for human survival. There is more than beauty to "Pollen", the documentary serves as a wake-up call as the romance between flowers and pollinators is threatened by pesticides, habitat loss, mites and environmental stress imposed by humans.

The result is a visually stunning film!

"The important food for the community would not be produced or distributed worldwide if it weren't for the millenary collaboration between a bee and a flower" beautiful comment on the importance of pollinators for biodiversity and human existence, beautiful images, super zoom and slow motion, we are graced with this beautiful documentary, beautiful, beautiful... "Plant us in the backyard or on a roof garden."

*Advanced Warning!* - I strongly recommend that you watch this DisneyNature documentary without the truly irksome "I-am-a-flower" narration (spare me!) from veteran, Hollywood actress, Meryl Streep.

I suggest that you turn off Streep's droning voice and turn on some of your favourite ambient music and enjoy watching Wings Of Life (WOL, for short) in that much more pleasant mode.

With Streep's preposterous narration aside - I guarantee that the images you are about to see in this 80-minute documentary are, without question, a truly fantastic and wonderful feast for the eyes.

When it comes to WOL's visuals - It was so clear to see that absolutely no expense was spared to present to the viewer some of the most vivid and astoundingly beautiful imagery imaginable.

Believe me, had it not been for Streep's annoying narration, then I would have not hesitated giving WOL a full 8-star rating, no questions asked.

I have heard of Disneynature before but, it was a trailer for "Chimpanzee", but back then I thought it was going to be just another documentary about creature's lives, formed into a story.

At first when I looked at this documentary, "wings of life" my first impression was it was going to be about butterflies, and birds and bees and all those flying pollinators. but I was in for a surprise. That surprise was what got me hooked up, the documentary was literally turned into a story, like a nature ballet and the "star actors" are the flowers, inanimate and slightly motionless yet "given souls" as though the flowers were talking themselves, whereas the pollinators are more like supporters in the play. Disney has earned credit for that many times (if you still remember "Flowers and Trees"), turning objects into actors with souls.

Even though Disneynature is just a division of the major company, its documentary still carries that surreal magic, its a great movie, I would recommend it to anyone.

There is an interesting core to this film about the role and evolution of flowers and some of their various pollinators, and it probably could have been edited into a better, shorter movie.

Where the movie falls short is, firstly, on the narration. Wishy-washy dialogue drags on and on, trying to sound magical or something. I'd prefer straightforward, factual narration that would be simpler for kids to understand.

The second problem is that the ending gets into environmentalist propaganda. I'd prefer if the movie was just an innocent nature documentary and not pushing an agenda to turn our kids into activists.

Strictly from a visual perspective - I was quite impressed with this nature documentary (concerning butterflies, bees, hummingbirds, bats, and flowers) from Disney Productions.

Yes. "Wings of Life's" frequent use of awe-inspiring high-speed filming techniques certainly succeeded in holding my rapt attention throughout this colorful and educational 80-minute presentation.

But, on the down side - Unfortunately, "Wings of Life" was seriously marred by its dreary and downright demented "I-Am-A-Flower" narration that was lifelessly recited by veteran Hollywood actress, Meryl Streep........ Like - "WTF!!??"