Disappointment in penguinland

[nonionay]

If you haven't watched March of the Penguins, and you get the DVD, don't bother watching the movie, just watch the behind the scenes documentary. It's got all the same footage, with actual information and personality. (Sorry Morgan Freeman, I love ya, but the actual filmmaker, with his fun French accent, who actually made an emotional connection with his subject, is more interesting. We did, however, briefly consider trying to play The Shawshank Redemption audio over the penguins.)

Reviewers were all, "oh, it's a nature movie without all the boring documentary stuff!" No, it's long boring shots of penguins sitting around in their own shit while you voiceover about how they love each other. Possibly it was more exciting on the big screen. I'd like Antarctica looming over me. Especially if the movie theatre was really cold. That would actually be kinda awesome.

If they edited the footage down, and put in actual informational narration from a narrator with personality, then I might have really liked it. Kind of like that behind the scenes documentary. Now that was awesome.

I hate people sometimes. "Oh, I don't want to know stuff, I just want to see the cute things. They're just like us!" Because just like penguins, humans find a new true love every new year.

I've been so spoiled by David Attenborough.

Comments

[kehrli.livejournal.com]

Well, our commentary at least made the movie watchable. That being said, I would rather not be kidnapped and forced to watch it again for somebody else's amusement.

[magycmyste]

slightly OT, but I recently found out that nature shows make the best music videos. Professor was showing off his entertainment room, and we were listening to CDs on surround sound while Planet Earth was on TV. It's amazing how the shots and music worked out.