Chimpanzee (2012)

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   essaywhu

   I just want to voice an alternative opinion to the other comment on this page and say that this film is worth-while, especially to families with small children. 80 minutes is not too short at all and I thought the footage captured was very beautiful. My all-time favorite nature program was Planet Earth, also by Fothergill, and this is not in the same class, but I am not the target audience for this film. The Discovery Channel is great but this story is meant to appeal to a younger audience than that channel attracts. It is meant to spur interest in the natural world among a new audience and it is very effective in that regard. Would I have payed theater prices to see it on the big screen? Probably not. But at home, on blu-ray, it was a relaxing watch.
   
   Disneynature is also a conservation effort and helps raise awareness on the subject. To suggest that Disney stick to animation, especially when Disney itself very rarely puts out animated product (usually one film a year), is strange. 10 years 2 months ago
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   Caravellos

   I LOVE nature footage, and especially those based around our closest cousins - chimps, but this really should have been a Discovery Channel special feature and not a full-length feature film. Thank you Disney for another over-hyped project. Yes, I really appreciate that Oscar was adopted by the unlikely foster, but to make a theater movie out of it? Oscar would feel disgraced, if he understood how you exploited him. Had I taken the time and spent the money to see this in the theater, I would have been really angry. I enjoy this type of story all the time on Discovery, NGC, and others everyday, without the $12 fee. Thankfully, I waited until it hit the home market. Too short and too basic a... I hate to use the word 'plot' for a real-life situation, but Disney thought it first. Stick with animation and stop all other projects, Disney. Walt would be ashamed of the Jonas Brothers, Hannah Montana, and this. 11 years 7 months ago

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