Wow! Such a good movie.

So much average

Best movie ever!

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill was one of those most amazing films I have seen at the Nuart in Los Angeles. I saw this film with my father. who has had parrots for as long as i can remember. I may be partial to this film because of my bringing up. it just reminded me of visiting my family. It had everything i needed. I felt a strong connection with the entirety of this film. i absolutely loved the personal story telling. The connection to the parrots and the house. And it did not hurt to see it end in a love story. All in all i just really want to live in a secluded house with wild parrots all around. I would and i do suggest this movie to my friends even to film profressor's at SMC.

"The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill" is wonderful documentary that tells the story of Mark Bittner, who essentially protected, and helped maintain a flock of wild parrots that live in the heart of San Francisco.It is a truly inspiring story of a man with a huge heart, and great capacity to see that there is more to the existence of life than just being a friend to animals. He feels that we are all one with each other in this universe. One source of energy and life.Mr. Bittner took care of these wild birds for over three years while living (God knows how, since it's never really explained what he does to make money)in a small, modest apartment. What he lacks in worldly possessions, he makes up for in the love and devotion of these birds.It is wonderful to see someone take a pragmatic view of the plight of the birds. When it becomes clear that he cannot take care of them anymore, he does not want them herded up and placed in a zoo or aviary. He just wants them to be left alone, able to survive on what nature provides them with.And he's right. On the DVD, one of the extras is an update on the birds one year after he's left them on their own. It's amazing to see that not only has the flock survived, it has flourished.A truly, magical, inspiring story.8 out of 10

I just finished watching the DVD. We have flocks of the same birds down here in Southern California that are always fun to watch in the palm trees (I think that Mark Bittner was right in saying that these are monkeys more than they are birds). I never knew much about them; I just assumed they were migratory flocks from Mexico. The way this film took a simple story--an eccentric with a thing for wild parrots--and wove it into a larger lesson about existing in a universe that is bigger than any of us as individuals, was masterful. This is not a documentary about wildlife as much as it is a parable about our connection with everything that surrounds us. I am normally a cynic, but I found this film to be very moving. If only more people were able to slow down and feed the birds.

It has been rare to see this kind of innocent movie lift one up as much as this one did for me. I would place the movie in the same category as the March of the Penguins, except done with a much less polished style, which adds its own charm.It's a documentary about a simple man, who, because circumstances estranged him from mainstream society, is sort of forced to seek a much humbler and more simple means of connectedness, and in the end finds a much greater connectedness, i.e. with nature and life in general. He achieves a synergy with nature that is rare to achieve unless one is really in harmony with it, and it would be hard to do that with something as simple as wild birds coming up to one's backyard unless one has a lot of time, a certain amount of introspection, and a definite extroversion to nature, or i.e. inclination to get in synch or in touch with the nature that is host to the place where one lives. This nature is so often taken for granted or under-appreciated.It's a beautiful and simple movie that gets at what I think is a basic truth about our existence, i.e. our underlying connectedness, and is very uplifting.