Jesus, I mean, I do teach biology and suppose I get all sentimental and shit over 'struggle for life' kinda stuff, but wow, this movie was exactly what my summer needed.
In the middle of this august wave of heat comes sequence after sequence of ice. There are really only a few colors in this film--white, blue-white, grey-white and black. The only other color is yellow, and that's on the emperor penguin's heads. Beyond that, it is all ice and morgan freeman telling us about the mating rituals (and subsequent child care) of these penguins at sub-zero temperatures.
Yes, this is playing at a theatre near you. I got to watch an egg freeze over the course of a minute after it was accidentally cracked. I got to see hundreds of penguins shelter together as antartic winds blasted them. And yes, those penguin chicks are cute as shit.
Fuck hollywood, it is time for big budget nature films to take back the cinemas.
March of the Penguins
March of the Penguins
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The problem is, most of those imax specieals are just 45 minutes of wank, though really fun 3d wank that is beautiful to look at when it is bigger than your house, but still...
March of the Penguins is actually way up there on my list of nature docs (I could only compare it to Microcosmos and Winged Migration--and then only because they are the only recent big budged nature documentaries I can think of.) Still, I can't think of any film which spends an hour and a half on one species in one setting, and keeps the audience (oh yeah, there were like 10 other people in the theatre!) thorougly entertained.
I don't know if this is the direction national geographic is headed, but after seeing the shark drivel with talking turtles at the imax, I'm all for this!
March of the Penguins is actually way up there on my list of nature docs (I could only compare it to Microcosmos and Winged Migration--and then only because they are the only recent big budged nature documentaries I can think of.) Still, I can't think of any film which spends an hour and a half on one species in one setting, and keeps the audience (oh yeah, there were like 10 other people in the theatre!) thorougly entertained.
I don't know if this is the direction national geographic is headed, but after seeing the shark drivel with talking turtles at the imax, I'm all for this!
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I haven't watched March of the Penguins yet. When I saw the commercials I didn't know what was so special about it, saying "It's just a documentary about penguins."
Now that I'm starting to hear positive comments, I should go see it. I need some more ice in my diet anyway.
Now that I'm starting to hear positive comments, I should go see it. I need some more ice in my diet anyway.
The radio said, "No, John. You are the demons."
And then, John was a zombie.
And then, John was a zombie.
Haha! Apparently in the original language version, the penguins have voice overs and speak their thoughts to the audience. I think for once, the US got the better version. I'd go for a version with no talking though and just occasional subtitles explaining that said groups of penguins is walking 70 miles, or the winds are over 100 miles an hour and over 50 degrees below zero. I know Orson Welles said that black & white is the actor's friend, but honestly everything went to hell when they added sound to the movies! 
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The march of a lone penguin to rescue his beloved princess Penko Hime!Turrican wrote:Go Pentaro! Go!
March of the penguins should be renamed "Penguin Adventure"!!!
After reading this I guess I should defenitely go see this movie when (if!?) it comes out in Dutch movie theaters.
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When I first heard about it, I wasn't sure how interesting a documentary about penguins could be. My friend and I saw it the other day and we were blown away. The story is so much better than virtually all of the Hollywood movies that have come out lately.
It's awesome that the 1,000+ penguins (I'm guessing the number) all walk in almost a single file line to the mating grounds.
It's awesome that the 1,000+ penguins (I'm guessing the number) all walk in almost a single file line to the mating grounds.
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