Bee Movie [2007]

Shikyo's Ratings: 1 outta 5 PoPcOrNz!


Bee Grade Comedy, Bee Grade Story, Bee Grade Lines. 
Bee Movie definitely lived up to its name.

Like any other stereotypical B movies there are dumb lines and silly comedy, tossed into a horrible story that doesn't make sense at all. There are many parts where the story completely lost me, and I felt the only redeeming quality to the entire film is their underlying theme -- even though some things seem impossible, it's not always.


And of course, to tie the theme back to the real world, the film opens with a little tidbit of knowledge that scientists were once perplexed at how bees could support flight when their tiny little wings and shouldn't be able to support their big fat bodies.


I didn't expect this movie to be a terrible silly joke. In fact, I rather liked watching Seinfeld, the tv series... it's full of satirical goodness. But apparently as soon as you squeeze adult comedy into a kiddie world of 3D animated anthropomorphized bees, you'll end up with a bunch of confused kids and a bunch of adults wishing for a swift end to a painfully brain-stupefying experience.

* S * P * O * I * L * E * R * S *

Here's where you stop reading
if you haven't seen the film,
and you intend to do so

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Bee-Talk: OMG the bees speak english! That's not the main shocker... all anthropomorphized animals speak english =P So why bring this up? Well, the bees have a law against bees talking to humans. Don't ask why, the movie doesn't even make an attempt to explain it. It's a magick law that needs to magically exist so that the movie can have some sort of "plot" to desperately hold on to.


Bee-Technology: The bees have cars, machines, honey swimming pools, clothes, tv, coffee, pollen-extracting guns, and the list goes on. So why didn't the bees just create machines to automate the honey production process? Instead, they have ridiculous jobs like "Nectar Stirrer" and "Crud Picker" and "Swat-Helmet Tester" -- kinda like giving technology to a primitive race. Also with all that technology and knowledge, the bees know squat about tennis? Wtf...





Bee-Broach: To get into the area where all the fresh flower floats are, Barry needs to disguise himself as a broach on his human girlfriend's jacket. Seriously, why bother. Wouldn't it be easier to, oh I dunno, fly above the human line of sight? Yet another example of painfully dumb attempt at humor.


Bee-Humor: Moar lame jokes -_-" I'm not a fan of them so I'll dish a couple out cuz there are just way too many!
1) The Bee community sues Sting for naming himself after something that's bee-related.
2) Barry proudly announces in court that he's an ordinary talking bee wearing a Ralph Lauren sweater ...and NO PANTS!
3) The mosquito who admits he's been a blood sucking parasite his whole life, now carrying a briefcase, proclaims he's every bit a lawyer!


Despite living up to the film's name with huge helpings of B-grade deliveries, there are some vaguely interesting bits. The movie does attempt to reason why bees fly towards lamps; why insects constantly hit themselves on window panes trying to get out; why insects like to stick on windscreens of moving vehicles; and why bees are important to the plant ecosystem. Because it touched on environmental stuff, I decided not too be too harsh on my review even though the movie itself was a complete waste of time.