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Top Five Scientific Inaccuracies in Jerry Seinfeld’s New “Bee Movie”
Five fallacies presented in the new “Bee Movie” from writer/producer/director Jerry Seinfeld.
Nine years after the final episode of Jerry Seinfeld’s successful sitcom aired on network television, Jerry returns to the screen as writer, director and producer of an animated family film, Bee Movie. Kids will no doubt like this movie, as cartoon movies featuring insects and animals have done exceptionally well over the last several years.
With the creative force of Jerry Seinfeld as a worker bee questioning the fact that his career choices seem limited, along with an appearance by Chris Tucker as a mosquito, there’s bound to be plenty of humor geared toward adults as well.
Aside from the whole anthropomorphic concept of talking insects, here is a countdown of the top five scientific inaccuracies presented in this 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 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 their 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 DreamWork’s 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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WTF? THIS IS A CHILDREN’S MOVIE. of course it’s going to be nonsense.
Thanks, Kelly. At least I know someone gets it.
To WTF: I’m not saying it’s a bad movie. You missed the “Tongue-in-Cheek” nature I was trying to convey. If nothing else, think of it as a source of conversation topics with your kids after they’ve seen to movie.
To Passerby: Oh my. Literary criticism from an anonymous person who resorts to profanity in order to articulate an opinion. How will I ever cope?
The things you learn in a day!Good review and much appreciated.
I was going to add a comment about the unlikelihood of rats creating gastronomical delights in a restaurant kitchen, but now I’m scared.
Good job, Joe!
And love your verbal barrage at the “drive-by shooter”! Although I’m sure it went right over his head! lol…
Very educational….er…and funny!
Also, pollenation doesn’t work you that. You can’t use a bunch of flowers to pollenate all plant life on the planet. Moreover, plants don’t wilt when they don’t get pollen. One of the many inaccuracies that kids are fed these days! We must fight this! For the children! For science! Revolution!!
Great spoof, and funny.
It’s great article for people who gets it…Keep writing Joe..
You’re right, Seinfeld is no Woody Allen. Because Woody Allen was quirky and fell short of funny most of the time, whereas Seinfeld is the most hilarious human being of all time. There’s really no comparison. And Bee Movie was better than Antz.
Before someone says, “OMG THIS IS SATIRE YOU MORON” I get the joke of the article, but that’s not what I wanted to say something about. Unless you were also joking about the Woody Allen thing, in which case by all means, let the insults fly.
James - Thanks for the input - I value it, especially since you can articulate an opinion without resorting to profanity. I should point out that this article was written before the Bee movie was released, based solely on information that was released by pre-screeners and in interviews with the cast, so this was by no means a review of the movie’s overall quality. You understood it for what it was meant to be, a poke at the scientific reality, and again, I appreciate your feedback. As for Seinfeld being the most hilarious human being ever, let’s just say I disagree, because no, that wasn’t part of the joke. To each, their own.