MARCH OF THE PENGUINS
Date Viewed: March 21, 2006
CATEGORY: Documentary
RATING: B-
WHERE SEEN: Home
REASON FOR VIEWING: Reviews
NETFLIX SYNOPSIS: Award-winning photographer Luc Jacquet takes documentary film to new heights -- and depths -- with his first feature film, a stunning insider's look at the life of the emperor penguin. The product of more than a year of filming in the brutal Antarctic ice, this official Sundance selection presents never-before-captured footage of the penguins' underwater life and explores their steadfast quest for monogamous mates.
COMMENTS: At first I thought I was going to turn this off. It was pretty boring. But for some reason I decided to persevere. It was good, not great. I could however appreciate the great expertise of the filmmaker himself having to film in what had to be excruciating circumstances where the warmest day it was 58 degrees below zero. It was an interesting look into the life of an intriguing bird—a species I used to enjoy seeing at the zoo in Tacoma, Washington as a youngster – Penny, the Penguin was her name and she was my favorite exhibit there for many years. While the film definitely gets a G rating, I think younger children will be bored in the early stages of the movie, delighting in others. An OK movie, am glad to have finally seen it to see what all the fuss was (or wasn’t) about.
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