Blog 7 - the Kestrel's Eye

This movie was unlike any documentary I have ever seen - considering the fact that there was no commentary on anything that was happening, it was at first hard to get in to. It was strange to just be able to sit and watch birds in their natural habitat, undisturbed, and without trying to put words to what was going on.

This non-commentary documentary did present a problem for me. It was hard for me to watch the birds and not place human emotions with them, anthropomorphism. Watching the two birds, and especially while the female was feeding her brood, I tended to put emotions such as awe and love. When the female bird left her nest, I also added fright to the list of emotions, that a prey bird would come and kill her eggs. Now obviously what I was feeling wasn't everything the birds were feeling, which was why it was so hard to just sit and watch.

Lastly, like Emily W. said, it was cool to see all the humans that are so close to the birds, yet they never notice them. Even with all the chirps and flutter of the wings, it was weird that not one of the people looked up to see where the noise was coming from. This added to the fact that while we never really take time to look at the birds, this is exactly what this movie was making us do -- watch and take extreme notice of the birds.

Overall, this movie became very good and relaxing even though I couldn't put these emotions into what and why the birds were doing what they were.