"Antz" and "A Bug's Life" were both about individuality, then "Bee Movie" comes along to add to that same narrative. I'm just waiting for the termites and wasps to come out with their movie about breaking away from the hive/colony.
In "Bee Movie" Barry (Jerry Seinfeld) doesn't want to do the job he's been assigned to do. What's more, he is repulsed by the idea that humans collect all the sweet honey bees make. Barry wants to do his own thing and he wants all bees of the world to be free to not have to make honey. To achieve that Barry takes the honey manufacturing companies to court.
The biggest difference between this insect movie and the two aforementioned is that these insects are even more anthropomorphic. The bees speak English, can argue in court, and Barry even has a crush on a human.
This movie had its moments. It was funny at times even when it was being absurd. Even with suspended disbelief, though, some of the scenes were too much. It had an individualism theme with a touch of misanthropy-- "I want to be me and mingle with a person, but most people are bad (or at least the ones who farm bees for honey)." If only we could talk to bees and get their approval to eat their honey then the world would be a better place.
In "Bee Movie" Barry (Jerry Seinfeld) doesn't want to do the job he's been assigned to do. What's more, he is repulsed by the idea that humans collect all the sweet honey bees make. Barry wants to do his own thing and he wants all bees of the world to be free to not have to make honey. To achieve that Barry takes the honey manufacturing companies to court.
The biggest difference between this insect movie and the two aforementioned is that these insects are even more anthropomorphic. The bees speak English, can argue in court, and Barry even has a crush on a human.
This movie had its moments. It was funny at times even when it was being absurd. Even with suspended disbelief, though, some of the scenes were too much. It had an individualism theme with a touch of misanthropy-- "I want to be me and mingle with a person, but most people are bad (or at least the ones who farm bees for honey)." If only we could talk to bees and get their approval to eat their honey then the world would be a better place.