Name: Chianti May Uclaray Date: 02 – 26 - 2023

Grade & Section: 11 – Accountability Subject: Practical Research 1

My Favorite Movie: Rio

Ever heard of a blue macaw? If yes, you already know that they’re now extinct which is
absolutely saddening to hear, but if you don’t know what are the blue macaws, well they are one
of the prettiest and smartest bird that I know. But do you know that these blue macaws that I’m
talking about are actually the main characters from the movie Rio?

According to Claudio Carvalho, in Rio de Janeiro, baby macaw, Blu, is captured by

dealers and smuggled to the USA. While driving through Moose Lake, Minnesota, the truck that
is transporting Blu accidentally drops Blu’s box on the road. A girl, Linda, finds the bird and
raises him with love. Fifteen years later, Blu is a domesticated and intelligent bird that does not
fly and lives a comfortable life with bookshop owner Linda. Out of the blue, clumsy Brazilian
ornithologist, Tulio, visits Linda and explains that Blu is the last male of his species, and he has a
female called Jewel in Rio de Janeiro. He invites Linda to bring Blu to Rio so that he and Jewel
can save their species. Linda travels with Blu and Tulio to Rio de Janeiro and they leave Blu and
Jewel in a large cage in the institute where Tulio works. While they are having dinner, smugglers
break into the institute and steal Blu and Jewel to sell them. Linda and Tulio look everywhere for
Blu, who is chained to Jewel and hidden in a slum. Meanwhile, Jewel and Blu escape from their
captors and befriend a group of birds that help them to get rid of the chains. It is Carnival and the
smugglers and mean cockatoo, Nigel, do not intend to give up Blu and Jewel, and chase the birds
through the crowded streets.

All in all, Rio showcases the love and care for the nature, showing the diversity of each
animals and it’s people as well.