Happy (?) Feet

Last night hollyqueen and I went to catch a late showing of Happy Feet. I figured a little bit of light entertainment with singing and dancing penguins would be a good way to break my mood. Whoa! That movie is not what I was expecting from the trailers. Sure there was singing and dancing penguins for part of the movie but there was a lot more than just that. I wasn't expecting to get beat over the head with the message that we are evil aliens who are destroying the world around us.

Another main problem with the film was the ending. It seemed like someone said, "Shit! This is 80 minutes long! Quick we have to wrap it up in 5 minutes to be sure and have a run time of 90 minutes or less and don't forget the 5 minutes of credits we have to tack on the end!" Because of the snap finish all the emotional impact they had been building up was lost.

I do have to say the visuals and animation was pretty stunning. I'm not sure if some of the scenes were real or animated. I would say they were real films of the Antartic but other parts I know were animated are done so well that it could all be animated. I'll have to rent this when it comes out to capture some of the scenes as backgrounds.

Another highlight was the music. I really enjoyed the classic songs covered by other artists. There were also a few interesting mash-ups.

There are parts of Happy Feet I would not hesitate to highly recommend. Sadly there isn't enough to really recommend the movie. If you do go see it stay through the credits for extra bits that are added at the end.