Kestrel Movie

The movie we viewed in class was very different than what I was expecting to see. In the beginning I was confused and not very interested, but as the film went on I found myself engaging into the story of the male and female birds. I was amazed at the point of view of the film in that it was from that of the bird. I almost felt as if there was another bird somewhere out of sight looking at the male and female bird as well as noticing the little action from the humans around the church. I liked the idea that the bird would see someone planting flowers or hear someone start the car without it being too disturbing. The neighborhood was relatively calm and had very little going on throughout the film which is very different than many other areas of the world. This film showed an ideal enviornment for both the humans and the birds. Differing from other movies about animals, the main focus was on the lives of the 2 birds and there was a story built upon this idea rather than making a story about humans involving animals. Every action made by the birds was noticed by this "all seeing bird" and the other 2 birds, but not the humans. However, and perhaps the point of the movie, every single action made by the humans was noticed by the birds. This reiterates the point that the human way of life without a doubt affects nature. We need to be more self conscious of what we do and we need to understand how it is decreasing the population of many animals.