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I don’t normally do this kind of thing, but I feel compelled to write a review on a movie I went to see tonight. Here are my thoughts on the subject.

Personally I thought the idea of animating penguins for a feature length film was a little risky. It turns out they did an amazing job with the animation. The sky, clouds, and particle effects were nothing short of fantastic. The facial features of the penguins and their body language was expertly done. On a whole the technical aspects of the film blew me away. Several times during the movie I commented on how amazing the picture quality was. It was nothing short of the best animation I’ve ever seen in a film. I am impressed with the quality.

The story starts by illustrating just how hard it is to be a penguin. They live in one of the most harsh environments on the planet. You watch as the little eggs are hatched. All the little penguins are playing about. You learn as you watch that all penguins are supposed to have their heart song. They find their heart song and sing it to find a mate. The hero has problems finding his heart song because he can’t sing, but his feet are a bit restless so he dances. Throughout the film they make good use of music. I liked how the music was woven into the culture of the penguins. The first half of the movie has some good humor, and a neat little story going for it. If I were to judge this movie only by the first half, I would say it is a good movie.

Now for the bad news. They couldn’t leave it alone. The second half of the movie is just a load of propaganda from the left wing pinko communist tree hugging loons. I couldn’t believe what I was watching. It was all about how all the penguins were starving because all the aliens were stealing their fish. Everything was fine until the aliens came in and threw it all off balance. If the stupid aliens would stop stealing the fish everything would be alright.

The aliens were of course people with fishing boats. They were pulling all the fish out of the water and not leaving enough for the penguins. The penguin leaders felt that the Gods were punishing them for not living right, and our hero was the problem with his strange dancing ways. Our hero said they just didn’t know that there were bigger forces they didn’t understand, these aliens were the problem. He had to go make them stop taking all the fish.
My advise is to skip this movie altogether. It is not worth the trouble. If you insist on seeing it, at least stop it when he jumps in the water to swim after the ships. Just hit stop and imagine that he goes and chases them for a bit, the local climate warms, and the fish just return by magic. Everyone lives happy and free and he dances for joy.

The End

Conclusion: For the love of all that is holy do not watch this movie. I hope I was not unclear.

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