March of the Penguins
Still waiting for my vacation photos to be processed (I have a 35mm, not a digital.) So, enjoy these penguins instead.
Having a cinematic choice between Jessica Simpson in her Daisy Dukes and a bunch of freezing penguins, I chose the penguins... maybe something's wrong with me! Seriously, I recommend March of the Penguins to anyone who loves animals or wants to learn more about them. The movie is similar to Winged Migration, in that it follows the penguins of the South Pole as they travel on foot and on their bellies to an area they go to yearly to mate. Don't worry, mom and dad, nothing explicit here, it's a G movie. The only thing that may be upsetting to some younger kids is that some of the penguins die along the way, victim to either the extreme cold (80 below at times) or to predators. Even the scene where a seal eats a penguin is handled tastefully, no pun intended.
Morgan Freeman is the narrator and although I'm sure he was in a warm studio, the camera operators weren't that lucky. I can't wait to see the behind the scenes stuff which I'm sure will be on the dvd, to see how they got the footage of this amazing ritual. Maybe the ritual is more instinct than love, although the film is publicized as a love story. Either way, it's one I recommend seeing.
posted by Steve Parker @ 6:05 PM
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I saw March of the Penguins also. What a great film! Anyone who loves animals should see it. Some scenes did make me cry though!
Maybe they should have had Danny Devito reprise his role as "the Penguin" from the Batman movie for this movie. They could have had him running in the middle of the pack of Penguins, screaming at the top of his lungs, "Those polar bears are gonna get it!!" They could also show footage of him throwing the dead penguins into the back of a pickup. As part of the promo, he could be standing on top of the pickup, yelling, "This movie is for the birds!" (I hear Hollwood calling me now, saying that I was born to be a screenwriter).
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