Oh! Ya! We did it!
My family and I watched this movie last night. The movie is stunning, hysterical, moving, and perfect. It was wonderful and humorous. The characters and settings were so detailed and rendered so well that it's easy to forget during close-ups that this is all animation. It was interesting to see Wolverine, Agent Smith, Kevin and Shellie (Sin City), and Man of the Year all as penguins.
As for voice-acting, everyone did well. I had no idea Wolverine could sing like that. Nicole Kidman, sounded extremely sexy, even as a penguin with a tatto on her breast. Brittany Murphy was spectacular! She sang better than anyone we call "musicians" today and she sounded sexier than Nicole Kidman's character. Elijah Wood singing ridiculously bad. His voice acting was medicore. Robin William did a wonderful job, both for Lovelace the Guru and the Amigo guy. I didn't know he could sing like that!
Let's talk about the story. In the great nation of Emperor Penguins, deep in Antarctica, you're nobody unless you can sing--which is unfortunate for Mumble (Elijah Wood), who is the worst singer in the world. Mumble has the voice of a puberty-stricken boy and is unable to keep a tune, but he can dance like the dickens! He is born dancing to his own tune--tap dancing. Though Mumble's mom, Norma Jean (Nicole Kidman), thinks this little habit is cute, his dad, Memphis (Hugh Jackman), says it “just ain't penguin.” Besides, they both know that, without a Heart Song, Mumble may never find true love. 
As fate would have it, his one friend, Gloria (Brittany Murphy), happens to be the best singer around. Mumble and Gloria have a connection from the moment they hatch, but she struggles with his strange “hippity- hoppity” ways. Mumble is just too different--especially for Noah (Hugo Weaving) the Elder, the stern leader of Emperor Land, who ultimately casts him out of the community. 
Away from home for the first time, Mumble meets a posse of decidedly un-Emperor-like penguins--the Adelie Amigos. Led by Ramon (Robin Williams), the Adelies instantly embrace Mumble's cool dance moves and invite him to party with them. 
In Adelie Land, Mumble seeks the counsel of Lovelace (Robin Williams) the Guru, a crazy-feathered Rockhopper penguin who will answer any of life's questions for the price of a pebble. After toiling around a while with his new buddies, Mumble realizes his only chance at redemption is to find the source of the penguins' current fish famine--and he'll stop at nothing, not even "aliens.'' Together with Lovelace and the Amigos, Mumble sets out across vast landscapes and, after some epic encounters, proves that by being true to yourself, you can make all the difference in the world. 
The main evolving themes were that society tends to neglect (or at worst banish) people who are physically disabled. We, as people, tend to bond together and unite to enjoy the fruits of life, but exclude the ones different from us. However, there were a lot of heart-capturing moments and the finale with all the penguins tap-dancing was nicely done.
There are a few things I realised after watching this animation:
- Don't look down on those people who are not ordinary as we are, just because they are different but they have special kind of gifts from god.
- Extra-ordinary people have great responsibles to hold (sounds like Spiderman movie...... hahah~But it's true!).
- Don't blame others when unfortunate things happen around you.
- Never give up to what you are truly believe and trust your faith.
- Care and save the environment not only for your children to have a better place to live, for all the livings as well!
No comments:
Post a Comment