May 17 2007Bee Movie Trailer Destroys Cartoon Logic
I was reasonably excited about Jerry Seinfeld's computer-animated comeback Bee Movie, but this new movie has really turned me off, raising too many questions about both this movie and the very nature of anthropomorphic animal movies in general.
Like A Bug's Life or Antz before it, Bee Movie tells the story of an insect doing typical shit with other insects, making fun of the nature of insects, their social structures, etc. It's all very cute. Where they lose me is the part when Jerry Seinfeld bee talks to a human! Wha?!
Hold the phone there, buddy. I had been assuming for all of these movies that the idea was that these animals are doing these very human things but that man was incapable of seeing or understanding it, either because animals have a strict code of hiding their humanity or that it's just being translated for audiences. If it turns out they can just talk to people whenever they want, are are willing to do so, that's somehow more ridiculous. How am I meant to believe it hasn't happened prior to this movie, in all of history? Am I completely off base here?
I really hope Bee Movie clears this all up in the actual film, because my over-analysis of the trailer has left me baffled. Maybe Stuart Little already covered all of this anyway.
Reader Comments
1. Emily Oswald - May 17, 2007 12:59 PM
Animals cannot talk to humans UNLESS there's some evil scheme where a skirt or suit needs that sweet sweet cash, so they sell 'em to the entertainment biz...Then the animal finds a way to escape and spends the rest of his days with a curly head little girl who appreciates him for who he is.
It makes me sick, sick I said!!!!!!
2. Scott - May 17, 2007 1:43 PM
Remember when Jerry Seinfeld was funny? Ahhh... the good old days.
3. Big Nog - May 17, 2007 4:20 PM
Iunno, looks pretty funny to me.
4. KC - May 17, 2007 5:56 PM
Lost me there. It looked funny to me.
5. sva1994 - May 17, 2007 10:41 PM
I don't see what "cartoon logic" is being referred to here. There are loads of stories about humans who can understand animals that can talk only to them. Ratatouile has the same thing. The cipher in the kitchen is actually able to understand the rat, who for some reason, is a skilled chef.
6. Praz - May 18, 2007 11:13 AM
No, in Ratatouile the rat can understand the chef. He can't actually talk to humans, only to other rats. Nit-picking aside, I thought this trailer was hilarious.
7. carlos monzon - May 18, 2007 11:39 AM
i dont know jerry is trying something new and if anyone can pull it off it should be him the guy is freaken hilarious and im pretty shure he will bring his "A" game to this movie.
8. shmoo - May 19, 2007 1:25 PM
what about the fact that all worker bees are female. cartoon logic!!! i bet they don't even include the waggle dance.
i hate movies. why am i here?