Winged Migration (Le Peuple Migrateur) Reviews

I liked the birds that ran on the surface of the water the best, they were so funny.

This may be a 5, but it's been since the film's release that I've seen it, so I want to give it another view.

The Scenes in this are unbeleiveable. I have seen Mallard Ducks for years but never noticed how flat they are when they fly. You fly with the birds, you will be in awwwww.

The photography is amazing but it gets a little old after the first hour. The documentary on the DVD is almost more interesting. Definitely worth seeing at least once.

Winged Migration works because words are kept out of it. Rather than having a mind numbing narration that doesn't really add to the drama, we just have the biirds..and all kinds of them attempting that they had done oodles of time previously in cross crossing the planet as a matter of survival.

This is beautiful, but it was absolutely ruined for me when I learned that they raised the birds from birth to flock around humans and their hang-glider. Lame.

It's pretty but quite simple.

Odyssey three years in the making, amazing experience, impressive and moving, the main focus to portray the grandeur of birds in general. An intimate, poetic portrait that conveys the majesty of all birds.

A crisp documentary about the migration patters of birds. While this movie deserves all the praise in the world for the amazing cinematograhy, I wshed for a bit more contextual narration to actually learn something about what I am looking at. Still, if you are into documentaries, camerawork, bird or nature you should not miss this one.

Winged Migration (2003) -- [7.0] -- How they shot "Winged Migration" is almost more fascinating than the subject matter. The filmmakers rigged camera equipment to ultralight planes and imprinted with hatching birds of various species to get as close to their subjects as possible. The resulting cinematography is breathtaking, especially if you love birds. The film focuses solely on the migratory patterns of birds all around the world, so the shots of birds flying -- while mesmerizing for a while -- can get old. The film also shows a few points of danger in the birds' everyday lives, including several birds shot out of the sky by hunters, one who gets stuck in factory sludge, and one with a broken wing who gets devoured by crabs. As a bird lover who doesn't want to see these things, I was at least thrilled with the part where a captured blue parrot is wise enough to escape a poacher's cage. The filmmakers don't linger too long on any of the tragedies, thankfully. Overall, more of a technical marvel than a revealing educational piece -- but gorgeous to look at.

Nice film aesthetically - soundtrack is pretty good and footage is fantastic. But the film completely missed out on an opportunity to educate about the fascinating lives and behaviors of the dozens of bird species that they filmed. I can understand if the purpose was to make an aesthetic film as opposed to a documentary, but in that case, why bother putting in the tiny and virtually pointless bits of narration at all?

Is Netflix ever wrong with the rating predictions? Here I thought I would give a five-star rating and it fluctuates from two to three. ha. Winged Migration begins with a disappointing and highly repetitive sequence of similar footage where various birds are starting out with their flight patterns. It beats me how the filmmakers got that close to the birds in observing them from right beside their aerial 'V' but they did it and my pupils dilated. However, this goes on for longer than necessary. The different species of birds aren't even discussed fully. You notice that English-speaking viewers will have some information omitted if you have subtitles on which tell more about the birds than the narrator. Oh, and the narrator isn't even heard that often - mistake. I think it was the last forty-five minutes where things picked up. The birds reach their destinations and since there are so many of the birds' locales, brilliant shots are captured. Then come in the PETA messages, some of which were filmed mysteriously. As in the filmmakers transcend any rules between humans and birds and PETA members and poachers. What impressed me about this documentary was its editing which I have to say was particularly good. It goes along with the questionable filming techniques.

Classic naturalist cinema with jaw dropping detail captured through some modern, some McGyver ish camera work.

Awesome, stunning photography. Visual poetry with beautiful symmetry, and just enough social commentary to make its point.

Amazing camera work that is with a reasonable sound track make this shine but the Voice Over is lack luster and the text on screen ruins the rich imagery.

Amazing viewpoint of in flight birds. Great scenes of the world. I wondered how the shots were done for quite some time. The bonus DVD feature answered all my questions. So much preparation went into this film.

I can appreciate this one for what has gone into making it but I think I may have missed the point as I just found this award winning documentary boring.

A literally uplifting documentary about birds and their migration. Beautiful scenery, animals, and a music score.

Winged Migration is one of the better documentaries out there. The way the cameras get so very very close to the birds and and you can see all the aspects of their flight... totally amazing and totally beautiful.

While the camera work is impressive and the photography gorgeous, "Winged Migration" is also repetitive and occasionally dark.