Free Birds

I may find myself saying this on this blog a lot, but ignore the trolls on IMDB who say its propaganda or anti-family or against American standards or whatever. What happened to when movies could be movies and not have to worry about being stupidly criticized? Ok, rant over here's the actual review. To everyone who expects this to be like Chicken Run, just forget that film exists before you see this. Erase it from your mind. This is a completely different film. After a turkey named Reggie is kicked out of his farm for warning the turkeys about how dumb they are for accepting corn from the farmer, because he knows what's going to happen on Thanksgiving, he's pardoned by the President of the U.S. (it's not Obama, he actually looks and sounds more like Bill Clinton) he spends his time watching Spanish telenovelas and ordering pizza. But when another turkey, Jake, convinces him to go back in time to the first Thanksgiving to prevent turkeys from becoming the main course, things get turned upside down. See? Completely different from Chicken Run. It's no surprise that Pixar had some involvement in this, although its not technically a Pixar film. By the way, it's not historically accurate (obviously) but the film felt it needed to make that point known at the beginning of the film with a disclaimer that reads: "The events in this film are fictitious. Except for talking turkeys, those are totally real." Along with Doctor Who references, it also manages to poke fun of other time travel films, like Back to the Future. This movie is just absolutely hilarious, but since the people who run the Academy now clearly don't appreciate great films (i.e. Brave winning instead of Wreck-It Ralph for Best Animated Film) this probably won't be nominated for that category. And even if it is, it most likely will not win. They just are biased towards Pixar. Oh, well. Grade: A+ 10/10 5/5 stars