Saturday, July 18, 2020

Born to Be Wild (2012)

  This is not the 90s movie about the kid who befriends a gorilla.  This is a documentary about two women on separate continents rescuing orphaned endangered animals and raising them until they can be released back to the wild.

Hey there, Quarantine Friends!  Is your life a screaming hellscape of fear and uncertainty?  Are you panicked about what's going to happen to you, your children, your friends and family because your government has decided you are less important than their stock portfolios?  If so, congrats on living in the U.S.!  Also, maybe you need to take a break and watch something soothing before your brain melts.  I can recommend Born to Be Wild.

It has:  Baby adorable animals!
            Rescued babies!
            Baby elephants using their trunks to pet and hug each other!
            Baby orangutans on jungle gyms!
            Community and found family!
            Morgan Freeman narration!

Doesn't that sound good right now?  What's the catch, I see you asking suspiciously because it's 2020 and we can't have nice things.  Well, it's only 45 minutes long and it conveniently leaves out most of the horrible realities of deforestation and poaching so that sense of relief and contentment is mostly false and short-lived.  But what isn't right now?  Anyway,  it's on Hulu and it might help you forget the world for a little while.

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