Go See 'March of the Penguins'
In my last blog entry I talked about how I was interested in seeing March of the Penguins, this summer's suprise hit movie about the 70+ mile trek the emporer penguin makes several times each year during the mating and child rearing times. I ended up seeing the movie, and heartily recommend you see it if you haven't yet.
Morgan Freeman narrates the tale, and does, as usual, a great job. The movie doesn't bother making any political or ecological statements - there's no chastising of global warming or man's effect on the penguins. No, the movie focuses solely on the story of these penguins. And, boy, are those little guys cute, waddling around in sub-zero weather.
On an aside, there's an entertaining article on The Onion titled What Has Our Society Come to when March of the Penguins Is The Blockbuster Hit of the Summer?, written by Michael Bay, directory of The Island. High commedy:
It used to be that a summer blockbuster had to have brutal violence, sexy women, breathtaking action sequences, adrenaline-pumping high-speed chases—at a bare minimum, some explosions. But sitting through that penguin movie, I couldn't believe my eyes. ... What kind of a world do we live in when a futuristic techno-thriller starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson as escaped clones on levitating jet bikes doesn't outgross the shit out of a glorified Discovery Channel rerun? ... I'm busy in pre-production planning my next big spectacle (which no one will see because they'll be off watching a 10-hour documentary on park squirrels, no doubt). But if you are in the San Diego area, do me this favor: Go to Sea World, walk into the emperor-penguin exhibit, and punch one those fuckers right in the face. Tell 'em Michael Bay sent ya.