Background:
A Bug’s Life is a 1998 American computer animated comedy adventure film.
Summarise:
In the middle of a dry creek led there are group of colony ants living here led by princess Atta and her mother who is the queen. Every year they have to collection enough food for themselves and a gang of marauding grasshoppers. One day, Flik, an individualist and would be inventor accidentally knocks the annual offering into a stream with his latest invention, a grain harvesting device, however, the leader of the grasshoppers decide twice as much food as compensation. When Flik, suggests in earnest that they seek help from other stronger bugs, the other ants see it as an opportunity to be rid of him and send him off.
After Flik leave from his home, he arrive to the ‘bug city’, he meet a group of circus bugs that have recently been dismissed by their money-hungry ringmaster, P.T. Flea, for the warrior bugs he seeks. The bugs looks Flik performers mistake Flik is a talent agent and accept his offer to travel with him back to Ant Island. After they back to the ‘ant island’, the circus bugs and Flik both discover their mutual misunderstandings. The circus decide leave but during the way back a bird attacks the group, and save Dot, Atta’s younger sister, from the bird and send her back to ‘ant island’, they gaining the ants’ respect in the process. At Flik’s insistence, they continue the ruse of being “warriors” so the troupe can continue to enjoy the hospitality of the ants. Hearing that Hopper fears birds inspires Flik to create a false bird to scare away the grasshoppers. However, Hopper tells his gang how greatly the ants outnumber them and worries that they will rebel against them.
The group of grasshoppers decide back to ‘ant island’ check ant’s work, when the grasshoppers arrive to discover the mediocre offering, they take over the island, demanding the ants’ winter store of food. After overhearing Hopper’s intention to kill the Queen, Dot has Flik and the circus bugs return to the colony for help. At ‘ant island the bird initially fools the grasshoppers, but P.T Flea mistaking it for a real bird, lights it on fire, exposing it as a decoy. Hopper realise this is a fake bird and beats Flik in retaliation and proclaims that the ants are lowly life forms who live to serve the grasshoppers. However, Flik responds defiantly realising that Hopper actually fears the colony, and inspiring the ants and the circus bugs to fight back against the grasshoppers. All the sudden begins to rain. In the ensuing chaos, Hopper kidnaps Flik and flees. After the circus bug fail to catch them, Atta rescues Flik. As hooper come, Flik lures him to the nest of the bird he encountered earlier. Assuming that the actual bird as just another fake one, Hopper taunts it but is caught and fed to one of her chicks.
At the end, Flik complete his achievement, his inventions and the quality of life for the colony, and Atta professes her love for him. Atta is crowned the new queen and Dot is second in line to the throne. The ants congratulate Flik as a hero and bid a fond farewell to the circus troupe, Flik, Atta and all ants want they will return for the following year.
Did you know:
- Sully from Monsters inc, was in A Bug’s Life.
- In the movie Hopper really love to say “ So, where is it? where’s my FOOD!?”
- The film is inspired by Aesop’s fable The Ant and the Grasshopper. Production began shortly after the release of Toy Story in 1995.
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