Okay, so I finally got around to seeing it, here be my
run down.
the Good : Beautiful animation, those penguin chicks are so cute! and I love
how they incorporate those songs into the movie, I love “Jukebox” musicals. The dance sequences
are so much fun, I find myself watching them over and over again on youtube. The story of Mumble (and I
make a very big point when I label the story “Mumble” ) was very touching and sweet.
The Bad : waaay to preachy man. You know, it’s funny, but Finding Nemo had the same "fish in the
net" scene, only from the perspective of the fish. It was an exhilerating moment, when Nemo and the
other fish were pushing at the net, it was very powerful and you felt bad about the fish, but in Happy
Feet’s “Fish in the Net” scene, it came off more like a clip from a PETA documentary then a
dramatic moment in a movie.
The whole ending seemed very [i] forced [/i].
However, my biggest peeve with the movie was how they portrayed the aquarium. I worked at an aquarium for many
years, (took care of the babies) and let me tell you, those people are dedicated animal saviors! they had a
rehabilitation center for seals and other pinapeds, and we treated the creatures with respect. But in the
movie, they made the aquarium look like an evil purgatory for animals. Even the aquarium in Finding Nemo was
shown as not an evil place on it’s own it was just an obstical because Nemo
was trying to get back to his dad.
All in all, the movie would of been a lot better if they
would have stuck with Mumble’s story, the story of a Penguin that has a
talent that everyone looks down on. The music was amazing, and I wish it was more of a musical, it could’ve
been a Moulin Rouge with penguins! (ha!). But, the inclusion of the humans took away from Mumble’s story,
and it became more of a “Save the Penguins!” movie. Plus, with the misrepresentation of the
aquarium, and the ending which was way to fast, well, this movie gets a C plus.
(snigger)