Yay dancing penguins
I saw Happy Feet today with Barbara and Mum and I feel sort of misled. Not that that's a bad thing. I just reckon they really should have made a better trailer for it because I know that if they did, more people would go see it. Here's the way I'll try to explain it: You're watching The Little Mermaid. You giggle and smile for the first half hour, but then suddenly Flounder gets harpooned, Sebastian gets eaten and Ariel is mercilessly tortured to death by a big scary thing with big scary teeth.
Okay well it's not that drastic. It's more like.. the first hour is all fun and happy but then the last half hour takes on a totally different undertone and sometimes even feels like a new storyline. Like at first he's all finding out how to be true to himself and all that and then it's like "shitshit, our fish have gone. We need to go on a quest to find them" and some of it is so so sad. I sort of felt that way when I saw Click as well. Like it started off funny but then went really really sad.
Don't get me wrong, people. I really enjoyed it. I guess I sort of feel like somebody needed to warn me or something. Because I was expecting to be smiling and giggling for the entire duration. That sounds dumb but that's just me. I mean it only required like one sentence. Something like "An outcast penguin, originally on the search for true love, meets even greater challenges when faced with an environmental threat that could wipe out his entire species." should suffice. The direction kicked arse, though. It was visually stunning. I loved the underwater acrobatics and all that. Plus the characters were so cute. I wanted to hug mumble half the time. And Ramone too. Ramone was cool. And the soundtrack. I want the soundtrack. Seriously.
Edit: I just realised why I had mixed feelings about the film. Mainly because one of the scenes upset me so much that I think I've been put off going to the zoo for like four years. If I see an animal in a cage or a zoo exibit I'm just going to keep seeing Mumble the penguin pleading for help. :p So I guess the film did what it sought out to do, eh? I did love the movie. I've been listening to music clips from it for the last half hour on youtube. I think my favourite line from one of the songs is "Lets talk about eggs baby, let's talk about you and me"
Oh yes, and I will never ever get sick of this little teaser.
Okay well it's not that drastic. It's more like.. the first hour is all fun and happy but then the last half hour takes on a totally different undertone and sometimes even feels like a new storyline. Like at first he's all finding out how to be true to himself and all that and then it's like "shitshit, our fish have gone. We need to go on a quest to find them" and some of it is so so sad. I sort of felt that way when I saw Click as well. Like it started off funny but then went really really sad.
Don't get me wrong, people. I really enjoyed it. I guess I sort of feel like somebody needed to warn me or something. Because I was expecting to be smiling and giggling for the entire duration. That sounds dumb but that's just me. I mean it only required like one sentence. Something like "An outcast penguin, originally on the search for true love, meets even greater challenges when faced with an environmental threat that could wipe out his entire species." should suffice. The direction kicked arse, though. It was visually stunning. I loved the underwater acrobatics and all that. Plus the characters were so cute. I wanted to hug mumble half the time. And Ramone too. Ramone was cool. And the soundtrack. I want the soundtrack. Seriously.
Edit: I just realised why I had mixed feelings about the film. Mainly because one of the scenes upset me so much that I think I've been put off going to the zoo for like four years. If I see an animal in a cage or a zoo exibit I'm just going to keep seeing Mumble the penguin pleading for help. :p So I guess the film did what it sought out to do, eh? I did love the movie. I've been listening to music clips from it for the last half hour on youtube. I think my favourite line from one of the songs is "Lets talk about eggs baby, let's talk about you and me"
Oh yes, and I will never ever get sick of this little teaser.