What's Wrong with Jerry Seinfeld's "Bee Movie"
Top 5 Scientific Inaccuracies in Jerry Seinfeld's "Bee Movie"
#5: Bees going to college
In this movie, Barry (Jerry Seinfeld) goes to college to learn to produce honey. In real life, it is primarily instinct that drives the bees to do what they do. At best, there may be some on the job training.
#4: Money
Not only do the bees producing honey get paid in this movie, Barry sets out to sue the human honey producing mega-corporations for stealing honey from the bees. In reality, there is no evidence that bees use any medium of exchange other than honey itself, unless you count bee pollen.
#3: Nuclear Family
Barry has a Mom and a Dad, who worry about the fact that their son may not want to follow in his father's footsteps and become a honey-stirrer. In a real hive, there is only one "Mom" - the queen. The larvae and young bees are brought up by nurse bees (much like children in Hollywood). Contrast this with movies like Happy Feet from Warner Brothers, which also had singing and dancing animals, but at least presented a somewhat accurate representation of the life cycle of the penguins.
#2: Male worker bees
As most elementary school students know, real worker bees are all females, although the queen is the only adult female that isn't sterile. Males are all drones who exist for only one purpose, as potential mates for new queens (who mate once for life). Whether or not the drones are successful in their quest during there one and only mating flight, they die shortly thereafter. No wonder Barry has some questions about his identity and his destiny!
#1: Antz it ain't
This film has been heavily promoted in print, TV, radio, and trailers shown in theaters and on the internet. In fact, there have been several "fake" trailers showing Seinfeld in a bee costume in live-action shorts in an attempt to drum up interest and discussion. Will these tactics pay off? Can Bee Movie follow in the footsteps of DreamWorks' release of Antz? This may very well be the #1 fallacy of the film, because Jerry Seinfeld is no Woody Allen.
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23 Comments
Post a CommentBees don't go to college? I thought everyyyybody goes to college these days.
HAHAHHAhaha d:)
Good article. And I though I was bad for being annoyed about the chickens in "Chicken Run" having teeth. ;)
Since you commented on one of my articlesI though I'd come see what you were up to. I really enjoy your writing but this particular article made me laugh out loud...a lot. Thanks for taking the time to pop a few bubbles!
I've wanted to see this for a while now.
have not seen this, I think I have had an overload on antimated movies for awhile. Now maybe I will take a look at this one.
Very cute! I agree that it wasn't everything it was hyped to "bee" (uhuhuhuh!), but it was still a cute movie. I though this analysis was a good laugh, though! Good job!
A fun article with interesting, tongue-in-cheek analysis.
You are so right, but the movie would have been pretty short if they told the real story. Barry the bee would have been waiting around for his shot to get lucky with a queen and then died. I don't think getting lucky and dying are good topics for a children's movie. (giggle)
Bridget - thanks for the comment. It wasn't a review, really, it was supposed to be more 'tongue-in-cheek' than it came across, a humorous look at some of the points in the movie. You're not the first person to express this criticism (the article is published elsewhere), but by far the nicest.