World Famous Comics: March of the Penguins (Widescreen Edition)
March of the Penguins (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Charles Berling, Romane Bohringer, Jules Sitruk, Morgan Freeman, Ryunosuke Kamiki Directed By: Luc Jacquet Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: DVD Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Warner Home Video Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: November 29, 2005 Running Time: 80 minutes Theatrical Release Date: July 22, 2005
Product Description: Documents the courtship of penquins, as they journey through the Antarctic in search of a mate. Genre: Documentary Rating: G Release Date: 29-NOV-2005 Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com: March of the Penguins instantly qualifies as a wildlife classic, taking its place among other extraordinary films like Microcosmos and Winged Migration. French filmmaker Luc Jacquet and his devoted crew endured a full year of extreme conditions in Antarctica to capture the life cycle of Emperor penguins on film, and their diligence is evident in every striking frame of this 80-minute documentary. Narrated in soothing tones by Morgan Freeman, the film focuses on a colony of hundreds of Emperors as they return, in a single-file march of 70 miles or more, to their frozen breeding ground, far inland from the oceans where they thrive. At times dramatic, suspenseful, mischievous and just plain funny, the film conveys the intensity of the penguins' breeding cycle, and their treacherous task of protecting eggs and hatchlings in temperatures as low as 128 degrees below zero. There is some brief mating-ritual violence and sad moments of loss, but March of the Penguins remains family-friendly throughout, and kids especially will enjoy the Antarctic blue-ice vistas and the playful, waddling appeal of the penguins, who can be slapstick clumsy or magnificently graceful, depending on the circumstances. A marvel of wildlife cinematography, this unique film offers a front-row seat to these amazing creatures, balancing just enough scientific information with the entertaining visuals. --Jeff Shannon
Horrible, It is not entertaining for any ages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! March of the Penguins (Widescreen Edition) The movie is about a group of penguins who travel throughot the artic and survive most but not all problems that nature brings them.THe movie has many,mANY PENGUINS. The movie has mainly one character. They are the penguins. THere are alsoone of the problems which is a polarbear which tries to eat them. Since animals cannot talk there is a narrator telling what they are doing. The theme is to entertain which they are not doing a good job at.I would not reccomend this movie because it was made for people who need to know about penguins life style. Otherwise this movie is not interseting.I reviewed many people and they all did not like it.
A formal affair, Antarctic style This ia a profound, sublime film that shows--close-up--the intense life-force and personality of Emperor penguins. At turns tender, funny, sad, and inspiring, it made me appreciate even more how we humans are sharing this great ark called Earth with amazing and wonderful creatures. Narrated with graceful style by Morgan Freeman. A must-have film for nature lovers.
Wildly overrated but nicely filmed. I saw this finally with great anticipation. It was one of the highest grossing and best-reviewed documentaries in years. Wow, was I disappointed.
NOTHING. HAPPENS.
There is one, I repeat one, moment of suspense in the entire show (when a mother who has lost her chic tries to steal another). In a 15 second flash, it's gone, and we are back to Morgan Freeman's soothing-yet-sleep-inducing narration.
Otherwise, there is no great revelation in this piece. There no moment of amazement.
I love nature shows. I watch all those discovery, national geographic, Nature, shows, etc. I thought this was a good, albeit long and boring one. So I give it three stars. But there isn't any of the sense of wonder or enlightenment that you find in other, better productions.
The cinemetography is brilliant. Some amazing shots. And the idea of having a crew sit in Antartica over winter is a fascinating story itself. But the Penguins just don't have any interest for me.
I will give one example, but this is how the whole movie is.
Of course not all penguins live through each year and each breeding season. Of course some eggs do not hatch and some young do not make it. In a good documentary, though, there would be foreshadowing of this fact before and exposition after. Not here. Here, we get 10 minutes of the father penguin hiding his egg in silence, and then Morgan Freeman breaks the silence with "of course, not all eggs make it" and two seconds later, we get a picture of a freezing/frozen egg. And then that's it. No exposition, no foreshadowing = no emotional reaction.
I give it three stars for the photography. But good documentaries establish an emotive experience and build a relationship between the subject and the viewer. This -- especially in light of how wildly it's liked -- was a great disappointment for me in that respect.
THINK about it !!! I love penguins, BUT haven't been able to look at a baby penguin the same way. This movie was so sad. If you look at the "making of the movie," it shows their ICE-BREAKER SHIP coming to pick up the film makers. It almost hits a penguin standing nearby. How many ice-breaker ships go there and tear up the ice where the penguins have to walk? Every country has SCIENTISTS there. Where does all the WASTE go from all the scientists and others living there? What happens to the ATMOSPHERE from the VEHICLES they drive. There are more and more TOURISTS and news REPORTERS going to see the ice melting--which means more ice-breaker SHIPS. What is really causing the ice to melt? What about the HOLES the scientists are continually DRILLING through the ice with the big machines. How many holes before it cracks the ice? When you CHIP AWAY at a block of ice doesn't it MELT FASTER?!
A very good job of personifying the penguins, helped by Morgan Freeman's narration. It is a year in the life of Emperor Penguins. Their life, like all animals is dictated by their environment. Antartica does have distinct seasons & during their summer, it can be quite habitable. But not winter with it's eternal darkness. The penguins endure. There must be quite a few of them since we are told that only 10% of the chicks survive. They fall victim to cold, starvation, predators & loss of either one of thier parents. A more nuturing father in the animal kingdom you may never see. All march from their feeding area to their breeding area maybe up to 70 miles. Shortly after mating the mother lays one single egg she transfers it to the father. This in itself is a pains- takingly slow process & many eggs crack & perish. Once sucessful,the father sits on the eggs for several months in the dead of winter while mom leaves to feed. Dad is unable to feed all this time. In several months the mothers that have survived their own ordeals return, fat with full bellies to feed their chicks. They grow fast & soon all trek back to the feeding grounds. At this point, the families break up, never to reunite. The adults return to the sea. The chicks are left & of course eventually they go for their first swim. The sea is, after all the penguins natural habitat. The young penguins will stay for 4-5 years, at which time they too will pursue a life cycle of marches.
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