Journey to the Blue Sky Episode 6: Rio

In this episode of Journey to the Blue Sky, Patricia and Arun
discuss about the 2011 Blue Sky Studios animated film Rio. A
Spix's macaw named Blu was raised by a bookstore owner named
Linda in Minnesota after being stolen as a chick by smugglers in
Brazil. One day, a ornithologist named Tulio proposes to Linda to
bring Blu to Brazil to mate with a female macaw named Jewel since
they are the last two of their kind left. They then learn that
they are the complete opposites with Blu being timid and
domesticated and Jewel loves freedom and the wild forest.
Meanwhile, they are kidnapped by smugglers to be sold and are
chained together. They end up escaping and try to locate Linda
before they are discovered by the smugglers and their cockatoo
named Nigel. 


When the film premiered in theaters, it made $484 million dollars
out of a $90 million dollar budget praising the animation, the
vocal performances, and the music. It would eventually become
Blue Sky Studio's second biggest franchise behind Ice Age with a
sequel and a 4-D show in theaters. What did Patricia and Arun
think of the film? Listen and find out.