I ended up seeing it and, IMO, it was better than the first.
It did’nt shove so much enviormental stuff in your face as the first one. Pink did a good job with Gloria’s voice, and I absolutely LOVED Hank Azaria as the puffin, Sven.
Music was GREAT! The cover of Under Pressure done by Pink was AMAZING. It gives me goose bumps each time I listen to it.
The ONLY thing I hated about it was [spoil]when Erik found is voice. It was a chipmunked version of the singer’s voice…Im NOT kidding. It would have had more meaning if it was’nt messed with and had a real voice sing opera…yes…Erik’s voice tallent is opera…[/spoil]
Other than that, the plot was a bit stale and felt like a tv episode if it has a series on TV.
But the music kept me going. There was’nt any real current music in it.
I’m glad you enjoyed it, Zeonah! However, I think i’ll wait for this to come out on DVD rather than going to see it, as there’s other films I’m planning to see and spend my money on in the next few weeks-The Muppets, Sherlock Holmes 2, Puss In Boots, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, War Horse and so on.
I like it when they give a sequel or prequel a different name all together. Like, I hope DW name the HTTYD sequel after one of the book titles, like How To Speak Dragonese, rather than just lumping “2” on the end of the title.
I dont think so.
While it was a good way to kill a few hours, it’s something I wont watch all the way thru again. If I do watch it again, it would be all the Sven parts, Gloria singing Bridge of Light, and the ending.
I did’nt have a huge interest in it, but I wanted to take a special needs friend of mine to see a movie and that was the one she choose.
It’s not the mocap I have issues with; personally I think it’s done well in the Happy Feet films, and I think that it is animation as long as it’s used only as a tool to aid the look of the film rather than to just avoid animating the characters by frame. The issue with the Happy Feet film(s, I haven’t seen the new one but i’ll take a wild stab and put it in there) is that they’re so preachy and contrived in such a patronising manner. And then there’s other annoying things, like, the characters are a pain in the backside, and oh, I can’t sing, I’m an outcast! Because I really had no sympathy towards Mumble. At all.
The rest of the film is cliche after cliche, which doesn’t always equate to a bad film, but in this case, the story went nowhere. The singing and dancing thing I’ve always found to be a bit creepy and weird anyway, but, looking at the trailers for Happy Feet Too, it looks even worse than it did in the first film. Like, Alvin level annoying.