Looks like my wife and I will be seeing this film today. I was hoping to catch either "Mudsharks in Love" or "Manta's in Motion" instead, so the "March of the Penguins" was not on my short list. My wife insists,a nd she wins99.44% of the time.
My 0.56% decision is scheduled for October, 2007, and I am not gonna waste it this decade like I did last one.
"The smarter mysteries are hidden in the light" - Jean Giono (1895-1970)
So the boy and I finally saw this tonight. Great stuff, though a bit quiet and slow for a cartoon-fed 6-yr-old in places. It's just stunning visually, and the subject is pretty damn amazing. I had no idea what those animals' lives were like. Bring the kids if you like, but it'd also make a fine date movie (for geeks like me, anyway) it's quite romantic, really. The love scene is incredibly moving. And I'm not kidding.
selfmademug wrote:So the boy and I finally saw this tonight. Great stuff, though a bit quiet and slow for a cartoon-fed 6-yr-old in places.
Actually, it was a bit slow for this classic-cinema-fed grown-up a lot of the time. An amazing achievement considering the impossible conditions and all, but I'm surprised to be saying only a so-so film, though I'm obviously in the minority.
In any case, considering how tough the poor birds have it, year after year, I think they should have titled it, "It Sucks to Be a Penguin."
bobster wrote:
In any case, considering how tough the poor birds have it, year after year, I think they should have titled it, "It Sucks to Be a Penguin."
Heh... that just brought back to mind one of the best lines in the animation Madagascar. The penguins, after finally hijacking a boat and navigating their way to Antarctica (something they have always dreamed of doing) are standing on the ice in the freezing winds and one eventually looks to the others and simply says: "this place sucks!" - they then proceed to pack up and head off to the tropics.