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The Big Year
2011 · Film · 102 min
Directed by David Frankel
Three fanatical bird-watchers spend an entire year competing to spot the highest number of species as El Nino sends an extraordinary variety of rare breeds flying up into the U.S., but they quickly discover that there are more important things than coming out on top of the competition.
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Into the Wild, this perhaps romanticized / dumb idea that blindly chasing your passion to your demise may still be worth it. Dying from mushroom poisoning doesn't seem so fun though...
Walter Mitty and Big Year, similar adventures about people chasing their silly passions (but not fatally).
Transcendence, Her, and Robot and Frank, some of the very few AI-optimistic movies. I've always believed in the transformative social good of AI, since I first heard of the Borg, but most people and media are staunchly against it. It was nice to see a more friendly viewpoint.
I really enjoyed Arrival too and hope we have an experience like that someday, but the whole time travel thing was a turnoff.
A great story about an extremely impressive undertaking. For those wanting more about obsessive birding there's Mark Obmascik's non-fiction book "The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession". [0] The book was made into a charming movie "The Big Year" in 2011 which starred Jack Black, Steve Martin and Owen Wilson. [1][2]
[0] https://www.amazon.com/Big-Year-Tale-Nature-Obsession/dp/145164860X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=PQJZ51XZX17U&keywords=the+big+year+mark&qid=1685886565&sprefix=the+big+year+mark%2Caps%2C104&sr=8-1
[1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1053810/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCBAP2wId5M&ab_channel=RottenTomatoesTrailers
Got one where the video didn't work properly:
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"completeists" -- This reminds me of Big Year [1], i.e. ridiculous.
I've been to a lot of the world's major museums, but I've never been to The Netherlands (or Russia). I really don't get the attraction of a "private viewing." As long as there aren't so many people that someone's always walking in front of me (like at the Uffizi), I'm fine with other tourists there. Once in a great while, someone will say something interesting about it.
[1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1053810/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Off topic, but if this your thing, might I suggest checking out this relaxing movie - The Big Year. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1053810/
is 'Big Year' a common phrase? Otherwise you might get into trouble with the movie - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1053810/