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African Cats Reviewed!

posted 13 years ago by WorkingAuthor
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By and large, animals are only interesting when humans can relate to their behavior. For instance, watching a mother fight off a predator to protect her progeny will always swell the hearts of viewers because everyone can understand the gravity of the situation on a primal level. The filmmakers behind African Cats have gone even further in humanizing the animal kingdom, which will delight audiences of all ages who will find themselves sympathizing with the “characters” in the film on many occasions. It’s only when the animals behave in purely animal ways does the spell break.

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[–] OmegaWolf747 13 years ago

I'm sorry that anyone thinks that way. I'm fond of animals whether or not they behave like people.

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[–] milbankj 10 years ago

Same for me. In fact, I prefer other animals over people (we are a species of animal, after all).
As I wrote in my review of this film, I also have no problem with anthropomorphic descriptions of the behaviour of animals. I have seen close-up the behaviour of big cats in the wild on many occasions, and there is no doubt the basic emotions they show (particularly in their eyes) are no different from basic human emotions...anger, fear, hurt and so on. I've had a lioness stare at me with the same anger I've felt from fellow humans. That said, everybody to their own opinions. Mine is that we would become a better species if we abandoned the arrogant view that the basic emotions mentioned above start and finish with humans.