The Bird that Couldn't Fly

As many of ya'll must have heard there is a new movie called Rio out in theaters. The one-and-a-half hour movie was released on April 15th and to my surprise, is number one in the box office. Rio is about a domesticated Macaw by the name of Blu which never learned how to fly. His entire life he had lived a very comfortable life in the small town of Moose Lake, Minnesota with his owner and best friend Linda. Both he and Linda think that he is the last Macaw out there, but they learn that there is another of his kind in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil named Jewel and thus make the decision to go to Brazil to find Blu's future girlfriend in the hopes of propagating the species. However, Blu and Jewel are forced to put their intended romantic relationship aside when they are kidnapped by a group of animal smugglers not long after they meet. With Jewel's streetsmarts and smooth-talking wisecracking city birds, she and Blu escape. Despite Blu's ans Jewel's escape, their kidnappers are still hot on their trail and Blu still doesn't know how to fly. With the help of his new friends, Blu must learn how to fly, evade being re-captured, and return to his best friend and owner, Linda.  

By: Gaby Garza