We all remember Rio - the lovely animated story about Blu, the Macaw who is captured by smugglers and taken to America. He's lucky and ends up in the hands of Linda, who loves him and cares for him, and eventually he meets Jewel, another rare Macaw, and his soulmate.
Rio 2 is out on DVD from next Monday August 4th. Rio 2 sees Blu happily living with Jewel and their 3 children - Carla, Bia and Tiago - when they discover the possibility of more rare Macaws in need of help, and set out to find them.
The Rio movies have a fantastic ecological message, the bad guys in this movie are illegal loggers, and looking after our wildlife and rainforests a major feature of the movie. They're caring films with heartwarming messages, and make great full family movies.
We've watched Rio 2 today, and it was great. My 4 and 5 year old boys
really enjoyed it. There were a couple of belly laughs from the boys,
and the movie held their attention throughout. It's beautifully animated
and the characters are very likeable - well, except the mean characters!
The
storyline is easy to follow and the fact that Blu really has no idea of
how to survive in the rainforest is very funny. There aren't many birds
carrying around a stash of equipment including lip salve and a GPS!
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The elephants as they fascinate me with their trunks! I'd also love to have a swim under a waterfall (like the one in the film 'Carry on up the Jungle)! LOL Loved that film!
ReplyDeleteHahaha.....so do I! There's a blast from my childhood! :D
DeleteI'd absolutely love to see monkeys in their natural habitat x
ReplyDeleteDefinitely monkeys!
ReplyDeleteAshleigh
Colourful parrots, red, blue, green you name it. Love parrots!
ReplyDeleteparrots and monkeys thankyou
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ReplyDeleteI would like to see the multicoloured and rare birds that might be flying about, I would be hoping to avoid some of the tropical spiders and scary animals
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ReplyDeleteTrees... and rain!
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ReplyDeleteLemurs. Caught a glimpse of them once in Madagascar, and would love to spend more time seeing them.
ReplyDeleteWould love to see lemurs, my daughter is mad about them x
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ReplyDeleteThe Monkeys being in their natural enviroment xx
ReplyDeletethe monkeys interacting with each other
ReplyDeleteI would love to see the monkeys in the trees.
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I'd love to see monkeys!
ReplyDeleteHas to be monkeys, just to see them in their natural surroundings would be amazing.
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ReplyDelete@jaizduck
monkeys :)
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ReplyDeleteA clouded leopard...oh to be so lucky!
ReplyDeleteStacey Melia
parrots
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ReplyDeletelove to see animals in wild
ReplyDeleteI would like to hear the noise in the canopy.
ReplyDeleteThe parrots love the colours
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see parrots. We had a similar experience when we went to Disney and walked through a rain forest.
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ReplyDeleteI think seeing Bengal Tigers would be fantastic!
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ReplyDeleteAnimals in their natural habitat and hopefully stumble across a tribe of hidden people. See how they truely live.
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ReplyDeleteWould like to see the cheeky monkeys
ReplyDeletefrogs. I love frogs. We even have some in our house. They just fascinate me
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ReplyDeleteThe monkeys!
ReplyDelete@Jakeysmummy2006
Everything! The plants and the animals, it would be the trip of a lifetime
ReplyDeleteAll the birds.
ReplyDeleteAll of the colours, sounds, animals & plants that I'd likely never get to see again.
ReplyDeleteI would look forward to seeing the entire thing and maybe getting a little bit of peace and tranquility
ReplyDeleteParrots :D If im honest just the scenery would be nice
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ReplyDeleteI'd love to see the Monkeys and the Elephants
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ReplyDeletelove to see the amazing plants and trees
ReplyDeleteto spot any animal in the rainforest would be amazing,i would look out for the monkeys x
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see the monkeys again
ReplyDeleteHas to be the monkeys :)
ReplyDeleteMacaws - we had a couple when we were little in Dad's aviary, I love them.
ReplyDeleteMonkeys
ReplyDeleteDefinately the cheeky monkeys and the tropical birds
ReplyDeletelove to see all the colourful birds
ReplyDeleteBig trees and definitely not the creepy crawlies
ReplyDeleteMonkeys - so fascinating with their human like features.
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ReplyDeleteI would love to see snakes, they are very fascinating although I wouldnt get to close
ReplyDeleteWould love to see all the brightly coloured birds. I'm sure it would be amazing. :)
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ReplyDeleteThe birds :)
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ReplyDeleteThe animals :-)
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ReplyDeleteAll the pretty birds
ReplyDeleteKay panayi
All the creepy crawlies .. the huge spiders and snakes
ReplyDeleteThe bower birds..they make such funny dances!
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