Nemesis Bird
26Jan/126

Uncovering The Big Year

written by Drew Weber

This video was made by The Big Year publicists to build some anticipation for the release. Like Robert at Birding is Fun!, I am not sure how to take this clip. I don't think that it at all goes with the movie which I enjoyed and is actually kind of offensive. Leave a comment on your thoughts!

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  • Aggravated Birder

    Drew- How can you say you don’t know how you feel about this clip? It is insulting! After the movie’s failed box office performance, the studio’s publicity department has stooped to the level of merely making fun of birders in a desperate attempt to sells DVDs. I have not seen the film because I was unwilling to support this type of humor. I am deeply disgusted by the clip and I urge you to both remove it from your site, as well as to denounce the film itself, in order to save the respectability of your otherwise outstanding blog.

    • http://nemesisbird.com Drew

      Well said Aggravated Birder. I personally did enjoy the movie, however. It was a better portrayal of birding than I was expecting. This clip on the other hand was exactly what I was afraid of when I went to see the movie. However, the clip’s portrayal of birders is so far off even old stereotypes that I am not sure where they got their material.

  • Laurence B

    While I enjoyed the clip as an independent bit of fun, I think
    this it is potentially misleading in the same way that a lot of the
    advertisements for The Big Year were misleading. Basically, The Big Year is a
    sorta heart-warming tale about a couple guys finding contentment, and one guy
    losing it. Incidentally, it involved birding, but there wasn’t a lot of birding
    humor in the movie, and taking birding out of the movie and replacing it with
    some other pastime wouldn’t have required much change to the plot line. It was
    packed to be a rock n’ roll comedy with Owen Wilson, Steve Martin and Jack
    Black, and I think a lot of people were expecting deliberate hilarity more
    along the lines of that SNL special a while back where Steve Carrell goes to a
    birding festival.

     

    A lot of people came in expecting the movie to be lots of fun. It
    turned out to just be nice and pleasant, which left most of the non-birders
    disappointed. Here this goofy clip is trying to brand it again as an out-n-out
    comedy, instead of the feel-good story it really is. I enjoyed both of them,
    but I think The Big Year is stuck between two genres. Of course, birders have
    to, err hem, flock together, and I support the Big Year undertaking. However, I think Aggravated Birder is right that this is rather base advertising, and is not really helpful.

    • Laurence B

      hmm

  • Laurence Butler

    While I enjoyed the clip as an independent bit of fun, I thinkthis it is potentially misleading in the same way that a lot of theadvertisements for The Big Year were misleading. Basically, The Big Year is asorta heart-warming tale about a couple guys finding contentment, and one guylosing it. Incidentally, it involved birding, but there wasn’t a lot of birdinghumor in the movie, and taking birding out of the movie and replacing it withsome other pastime wouldn’t have required much change to the plot line. It waspacked to be a rock n’ roll comedy with Owen Wilson, Steve Martin and JackBlack, and I think a lot of people were expecting deliberate hilarity morealong the lines of that SNL special a while back where Steve Carrell goes to abirding festival.A lot of people came in expecting the movie to be lots of fun. Itturned out to just be nice and pleasant, which left most of the non-birdersdisappointed. Here this goofy clip is trying to brand it again as an out-n-outcomedy, instead of the feel-good story it really is. I enjoyed both of them,but I think The Big Year is stuck between two genres. Of course, birders haveto, err hem, flock together, and I support the Big Year undertaking. However, I think Aggravated Birder is right that this is rather base advertising, and is not really helpful.

  • Deuane

    While not offended in the least I found that promotional clip to be absolutley stupid! Poorly done, plain and simple.

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