In order to truly understand how OWL 300 is the talking bird movie for our times, one must also explore the quintessential talking bird movies of other eras. And the one that came to mind when I thought about that was the one from 1974, JONATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL. I don’t know if you guys remember this one, but it was a huge book at the time, but not a kids book like all movies are based on now. It was seen as this inspirational, philosophical type of deal. (read the rest of this shit…)
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Friday, October 1st, 2010Tags: ???, bird movies, Hall Bartlett, not much happens, talking animals
Posted in Fantasy/Swords, Reviews | 29 Comments »
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