#1581 H is for Hawk

[Roughale]

#1581 H is for Hawk on imdb:

After losing her beloved father, Helen finds herself saved by an unlikely friendship with a stubborn hawk named Mabel.

[Roughale]

I struggled a bit with rating the film as the story was weak in placves and a bit too long here and there, but aside from a usually excellent Brendan Gleeson, that hawk stole the show. I think there may have been some trickery at work here and there as some captions looked so stunning, but how could these be filmed, like the hunt through the trees in that forrest, catching that rabbit in the end. But these tricks worked well, it did not bother me at all. But the scenes of the bird and its boss played by Claire Foy were eye candy for me, the eyes of the bird especially made me forget the rather slow story and so I ended up with a 2- of which most credit goes to the bird...

[Kasi Mir]

Hallo allerseits,
Filme mit Tieren als Hauptdarsteller habe es bei mir ja immer schwer - das eingentliche Problem von "H is for Hawk" waren für mich jedoch die Menschen. Helens Werdegang in dem Film war einfach nicht interessant genug für zwei Stunden, und blieb auch an der Oberfläche von Trauer und Depression hängen. Von daher war der (offensichtlich gut trainierte) Habicht nicht das Problem, und die Jagdszenen waren auch gut gefilmt; aber für mich war das zwei Stunden Langeweile, und somit eine "Vier".

Gruß
Kasi Mir