Phenomenal

Rating: 10/10 (29 June 2011)

Whenever I decide to do a review about a movie, I always like to look at the "Loved it" reviews, and the "Hated it" reviews. The fact that I saw 43 "Hated it" reviews astonished me. However, most of them said almost the exact same thing, "Cliche... Predictable... Unoriginal..." Anyone who reads these reviews will undoubtedly expect the bad things, but now to give my point of view and hopefully make up some people's minds about this movie. First off, when I first saw this movie, I noticed the vivid color and amazing scenery portrayed right off the bat.
In the beginning you are introduced to Rio in it's natural habitat and then you are introduced to Blu, who is captured and shipped to a town in Minnesota. He is found by a young girl, Linda, and she vows to take care of the little Blue Macaw. This is where the true adventure begins because it shows Blu's normal life, and in a flash Blu is traveling towards a 'foreign' land known as Rio De Janeiro. Linda is running her book store as usual, when a man approaches her and after much convincing and begging he gets Linda to consider his proposal to keep Blu's species alive.
Once I saw how Rio is portrayed I was stunned and completely awestruck at the detail, roads, and beaches; almost identical to the actual city itself. As said in the beginning of the movie, Blu is the last male of his kind and just recently they have found the last female of his kind as well. As the usual love story goes the relationship between Blu and his new female counterpart, Jewel, is rough, but through an extraordinary adventure of meeting two hip-hop birds, a very helpful toucan, and a drooling dog, Jewel and Blu experience Samba, hang- gliding, and riding on a trolley at sunset.
There is only one bad thing that I could find with this movie, and that is when the adventure is over, I didn't want it to end. With this movie you get a connection with the characters and feel as if you were actually on the journey. All the way to the last credit in the movie I couldn't wait to watch the movie the next night. There were absolutely no flaws and the music was very catchy and mesmerizing, especially the samba song.
However, if someone were to ask me if there should be a "Rio 2", I would have to say no. This movie could not have been any more perfect. I feel a sequel would only end with people having a bad taste in their mouth, but I could be wrong. I would see the sequel, and who knows maybe I would be just as surprised as the first time I saw this movie. I hope this review is helpful and I hope that if you had any hesitation for seeing the movie before that you have made up your mind. This movie is a high recommendation by me.