Heaven Hi!!!

Well the latest “buzz” in Hollywood is the buzzing sound of DreamWorks new venture Bee Movie, starring Jerry Seinfeld and Renee Zellweger. This height of hilarity film tells the story of Barry B. Benson. Barry is a young ambitious little bee that has just graduated from college, and now has aspirations to go out into the world and make a difference. Barry is very disappointed to find that as fate would have it for the little insect; he is forced to work for a honey factory so conveniently titled Honex.

Barry feels that this inhibited drone lifestyle is not suited for him and decides to leave the hive. Barry reveals his passion for live and decided to break out of his comfort zones, to not be just another drone. He teams up a group of bees who go out into the world to collect pollen, and just as luck would have it he gets mis-tracked and runs into a kind hearted Renee Zellweger. Once Zellweger calms down from her shock in finding a bee that can speak she quickly befriends Barry and they exchange their knowledge about their differentiating perspective of the world being that one is a bee and one is a human. A love story of the ages. But it’s not all love and roses. Barry finds out one devastatingly shocking fact. His ignorance is soon revealed by finding out that humans sell the very honey that his fellow bees produce. He accuses human beings of stealing and decides to sue them for buying and selling honey that rightfully belongs to the bees. As we delve into what my book talks about the six components that make up human behavior we see that, Barry’s character is 50% humanities, 25% passion, and an obvious 25% humor.

Seinfeld brings his very popular acerbic with to the big screen causing his character Barry to deliver all of his components in a very brilliantly humorous way. His newly found pal, Zellweger, is almost the human incarnation of Barry’s character. She shares in comprador with Barry as they become quick friends. Zellweger’s character is also 50% humanities, 25% humor, but 25% being sexuality as she uses it to persuade her boyfriend Patrick Warburton that Barry is harmless.

The film dynamic makes Bee Movie a pleasure to watch, and even though Jerry Seinfeld once said, “there’s no such thing as fun for the whole family,” this proves to be the exception. Bee Movie proved itself to be an A movie. Pick up my book, Acting For Real, and watch how you can break down a character utilizing the six components that make up human behavior.

BEE BOP!!!

Thom