Eco-Criticism

Furry Vengeance

Plot

It all started with a prairie dog screaming after Riggs' (Rob Riggle) car passes by it and throws a cigar, disrespecting the environment. This causes an unnamed raccoon to allow a mink to release a boulder that pushes Riggs' car down a cliff. After that, the raccoon throws the cigar back to Riggs, who yells "you're a bad raccoon!". The raccoon then blows the car down the cliff.

Riggs quits from Mr. Lyman's company, so a real estate developer from Chicago, Dan Sanders (Brendan Fraser), is given the task to turn the forest into a residential development by his boss, Neal Lyman (Ken Jeong). This all transpires much to the objections of Dan's son, Tyler (Matt Prokop), who discovers that Rocky Springs is a forest reserve. He warns his father that "many tried to conquer it but failed". His wife, Tammy (Brooke Shields), is also unhappy in Rocky Springs, where she misses Chicago life. Unfortunately, the animals, led by the raccoon, who live in the forest do not intend to watch their forest being destroyed. They manage to turn the tables on Dan by disturbing his progress- interrupting his meetings, and humiliating him. So Dan signs orders to have forest rangers capture all the animals and cage them up.

Tammy is forced to plan an "eco-friendly" fair with a senile teacher (Alice Drummond) at the high school and Lyman's company decides to sponsor it. The Sanders family are ignorant to the fact that Lyman and his company are actually not eco-friendly and want to cut down the forest to build housesand a shopping mall "with a forest theme". Dan releases the animals. The raccoon and his friends wreak havoc on the eco-fair, causing the guests and entertainers to flee. Lyman accidentally tranquilizes Mr. Gupta, who attempts to break their deal. He flees into a "worm tunnel" with the animals in close pursuit. They begin to attack him, as a bear drives the golf cart (pulling the tunnel) away into a bush.

Three months later, the forest is reclaimed as a nature preserve. Dan is a ranger, fining anyone $1 million for violating this ruling.

Analysis

Ecocritics investigate such things as the underlying ecological values, what, precisely, is meant by the word nature, and whether the examination of "place" should be a distinctive category, much like class, gender or race. Ecocritics examine human perception of wilderness, and how it has changed throughout history and whether or not current environmental issues are accurately represented or even mentioned in popular culture and modern literature. 

Eco-criticism focuses on nature, the environment and how all of this affects us. It also shows way on how to preserve and conserve the nature and environment.

This movie gives a good lesson, which is to treat the environment better. It sends a message to younger kids that they can help improve the way society treats animals’ habitats. Basically the movie is trying to tell that by ruining the nature or the forest doesn't only affect the animals but also us. It is said that nature has it's own way to make as pay. The movie is encouraging people to help save the environment and to prevent the people who is trying to destroy it.