# Winged Migration **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 25, 2003, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winged-migration/177460 "2003-05-25T21:44:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winged-migration/177460/21 "2003-09-05T21:22:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by burundi \* > \*\*What an incredible film! I saw it a couple of weeks ago and promptly recommended to everyone I know. I still get over how weird it was seeing all of these Canadian geese in the North American desert. > > **Cranky** , the crab bit was honestly one of the most disturbing things I’ve ever seen on film. I kept thinking, “If I ever break both legs and wind up stranded on a beach somewhere, I’m in such trouble.” \*\* Since the stated mission here is to fight ignorance, I will gently point out that they are called “Canada Geese”, not “Canadian geese”. If they were Canadian, we wouldn’t let them across the border without a strip search. ---
**Author:** ![yawndave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/43a26b/32.png) [@yawndave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yawndave)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winged-migration/177460/22 "2003-09-09T17:58:59Z")
I first saw birds filmed this way at an IMAX-type 3D presentation at EXPO 86 in Vancouver. Even today, the images grab me and bring out the wonder of the natural world. I just want to be up there flying with them! ---
**Author:** ![sjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@sjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sjc)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winged-migration/177460/23 "2003-09-10T21:27:39Z")
Ehhh… Nice, but some flaws in my opinion. The soundtrack was mostly obnoxious and the narrator, while not entirely bad, could have been given better things to say. **Microcosmos** worked a lot better IMHO. I think that you’d lose a lot if you saw **Winged Migration** on video instead of on the big screen. Amazingly enough, this is not the case with **Microcosmos**. It is still quite cool even on the small screen. I thought **Microcosmos** worked better. As a story, conceptually, and in other ways. In **Winged Migration** you are seeing stuff that you could observe yourself really. (At least where I live you can see Canada Geese and Bald Eagles and Herons pretty often). And you can see humans and their stuff quite a bit in **Winged Migration** which makes it clear to me that the scene is staged. I liked it I guess, but it could have been much better. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winged-migration/177460/24 "2003-09-10T23:28:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by burundi \* > **the crab bit was honestly one of the most disturbing things I’ve ever seen on film** I missed this on its Seattle run (I know, I’m kicking myself), partly because I was wrestling with whether my wife would like it or not. We both loved _Microcosmos_, and I think _Winged Migration_ would be right up her alley, with the critical exception of the scene described. For comparison, I showed her _Baraka_ a couple of years ago, which she also enjoyed, except for that brief bit where the baby chicks are having their little beaks burned. :eek: I’d forgotten that bit, and it got a horrified exclamation, “Oh Jesus,” out of her. So given what I’d heard about the crab attack, I went back and forth with myself: Do I take my wife, and lean over at the proper time and say, “I think you’ll want to go get popcorn right now,” or do I not take the risk and just see it myself? Since I never resolved the internal debate, I missed the movie. Now, of course, I’m having the same question re a home viewing. So: How bad is the crab scene, really? How long is it? “Okay, sweetie, cover your eyes for seventy-five seconds, starting… now.” 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Prize](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Sir\_Prize](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Prize)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winged-migration/177460/25 "2003-09-11T01:00:03Z")
It was beautiful. I’ve run a marathon but I felt out of shape watching those birds. Can you imagine the patience to capture some of those shots? The narration was kind of sparse on info about the birds. I wanted to know more. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winged-migration/177460/26 "2003-09-11T04:12:40Z")
Nothing (other than a bird with a broken wing) explicit is shown, but a lot is implied. The final image in that sequence is the crabs all mobbing _something_ but you can’t see what it is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winged-migration/177460.md?page=1)