Review: Happy Feet
Monday, April 16, 2007
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Penguin propaganda for 6-year olds. At least my kids got to dance in the living room so it wasn't a complete waste of an evening.Occasionally there's some great animation or a funny moment, but it's all contextualized in the evil empire of Western Civilization. I want my kids to be good stewards of the world's resources, but this cliché stuff kills me every time. Every single nature show I watch is framed in the man=bad mindset. I guess I'm tired of it.
Really lame, kind of a sham it won the Best Animated Movie of the Year Academy Award, too. Not even worth renting, unless you have an unhealthy obsession with animated, tap-dancing penguins. Barely cute, sorry! D+
JG
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6 Comments:
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At 4/17/2007,
Dora said...
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Hey Josh, I totally agree with you.. I was so excited to see it and then when I did.. disappointed.. and my son Isaiah didn't like it.. it didn't really grab his attention.. he danced for a minute and then moved on to his toys...
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At 4/17/2007,
Nuttster said...
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My boys have an obsession with all things penguin ... so they like it. But even they haven't been asking to rewatch it like they normally do all their other penguin videos. I was pretty disappointed with it as well; too much inuendo (sp???) and too much preaching!
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At 4/17/2007,
MJ said...
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TOTALLY agree! I posted a review of this movie a couple weeks ago over at my blog and said almost exactly the same thing!
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At 4/17/2007,
Matt said...
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I wondered if the movie might not only be social commentary on environmental issues, but also on the homosexuality issue...Overtones of a judgmental, religious based idea that kicked the penguin out of town when his Dad tells him to change and he says that he can't...Did anyone else think that, or was it just me?
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At 4/17/2007,
Unknown said...
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Totally!
And, did anyone catch the 3-4 subliminal sex positions when the two lead penguins crashed together on the ice? Couldn't have been more obvious, I Googled it and see lots of people with the same observation.
Odd.
JG
PS: I'm sure someone in IT right now who monitors computers is going, why is Josh Googling penguin sex? -
At 4/18/2007,
Abram and Sarah said...
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We prefer to refer to it as "Crappy Feet".
