Happy Feet (DVD)

I have wanted to see Happy Feet from the time I first saw a clip of it, but never managed to see it at a cinema. Some five months after its UK release, I finally ordered the DVD and it arrived from Amazon earlier this week. I watched the film – then all the extras – then the film again. Here is what I thought of it… FILM The Story Memphis and Norma Jean are two penguins expecting a baby. But when little Mumble hatches from the egg, he is not quite ...
...cannot sing. Instead, he has Happy Feet, which make him an impressive tap dancer. But his community doesn’t want a penguin who can dance, so he is rejected and leaves his home. On his travels, he meets a group of Hispanic penguins who are much more easy going and are happy to accept him for what he is. During his adventures, he realises the penguins are suffering through lack of fish, so tries to find the ‘Aliens’ (humans) to see if he can help ...

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...floe, nor will they be happy when orcas try to munch some penguins. The director keeps these situations tense and the outcome is never certain so some little folk may be upset. On the other hand, the song and dance numbers are some of the most joyous I have seen and will be enjoyed by all, whether it's one fluffy penguin chick doing a spot of soft shoe or an entire colony in a synchronised tap dance. You'll be hard pressed to stop your own toes tapping. ...
...or character-based stuff - Miller has very good timing and knows when to throw gags away and when to let them run. The result is a thoroughly enjoyable film for the entire family that doesn't feel a hundred-and-nine minutes long. The screenplay by Miller, Warren Coleman, John Collee and Judy Morris is a two part affair. The main plot revolves around Mumble and his desire to fit in with the rest of the penguin colony. His story is told from the moment ...

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...here is my review of Happy Feet, a movie which I must say left me feeling very happy! Happy Feet is a children's film, due to the nature of it, fun little penguins who can talk, sing and dance, none of which a real penguin can of course do! Happy Feet is a computer animated film, using the animation which makes the penguins look increibly life-like and 3D, and a joy to watch to be honest. It is a good family film, with a good lot of laughs thrown ...
...he can dance with his Happy Feet. But the other penguins don't accept Mumble and his difference and he is cast out of his community, where he meets The Amigos, who are from a different group of penguins, led by Ramon. They happily accept Mumble and love his dancing. Mumble tries to return to his community to woo the lady he loves Gloria, but his community are unimpressed with him, and blame their lack of food (fish) on Mumble's dancing. So Mumble ...

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...viewers young and old, but Happy Feet was sadly lacking in either. I struggled to work out just who they were aiming the film at and can only assume, after wasting 2 excrutiating hours at the local cinema, with my children, that the movie could only be enjoyed by penguin fanatics. I've read that the penguins themselves in 'Happy Feet' are true portayals of usual penguin habits and indeed habitats, so well done for that, but I'd watch a David Attenborough ...
...viewer doesn't get bored. Happy Feet began to bore me in the opening minutes because I felt I'd seen it all before and my son concentrated on the film for a full five minutes before he began investigating the area under the seats. We've already seen footage of penguins steeling themselves against icy winds, protecting eggs, the females setting off to feed and it's all very awe inspiring and a true miracle of nature - but I felt patronised and preached ...

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Happy Feet Happy Feet is the newest animated movie from Village Roadshow Pictures, and Animal Logic Film. It tells the tale of Mumble, a penguin who doesn't quite fit in with the other penguins, so sets off on a journey of acceptance. According to this movie, Emperor Penguins find their mate by singing to each other with their 'heart song'. All penguins have a heart song and from a young age they are taught to find the song inside themselves. Mumble ...
...fact. But boy can he tap dance. It seems this isn't a suitable activity for a penguin, so he cast aside by the … er … flock (What's a group of penguins called!?) To make matters worse, Mumble looks different to the other penguins too - he never grew up; he is forever destined to look like a big chick - not shedding the grey baby feathers or growing his adult face. While his own kind look down on the tap dancing, Mumble meets some other penguins who ...

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...fish. It all ends happy ever after, with Mumble restored to his colony (and getting his girl), and the humans leaving the fish for the penguins. The vocal cast (taken from IMDb): Elijah Wood .... Mumble Brittany Murphy .... Gloria Hugh Jackman .... Memphis Nicole Kidman .... Norma Jean Hugo Weaving .... Noah the Elder Robin Williams .... Ramón / Lovelace Johnny A. Sanchez .... Lombardo Carlos Alazraqui .... Néstor Lombardo Boyar ...
...Jeff Garcia .... Rinaldo Fat Joe .... Seymour Magda Szubanski .... Miss Viola Miriam Margolyes .... Mrs. Astrakhan All the actors perform brilliantly, and those who sing do so very well: I hadn't heard Hugh Jackman's singing voice before and was very impressed, and Nicole Kidman sounds better here than in 'Moulin Rouge'. Norma Jean is meant to sound like Marilyn Monroe, though I have to say I didn't notice (!) and Memphis is kinda like Elvis. ...

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...a Blue Whale' and 'A Happy Feet Moment', also a dance section where you can learn to dance like a penguin, finally a 'behind the scenes' feature, and the 'Somebody to Love' music video. As it is a newly released DVD it can currently be bought for between £13 and £9 but will be found for less than this in online stores soon (if not already). ...

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...I was in love with Happy Feet and the film only gets better all the way to the end. It hasn't been a great year allround for animation films, but Happy Feet is a loved by all masterpiece. The story goes that each penguin has its own individual "heartsong" which is required for it to find a mate. Young Mumble is born with the worst singing voice in the penguin world ever, which makes for a pretty tough ride when your parents sound like Marilyn Monroe ...
...plot. There's nothing about Happy Feet that doesn't work, this is one of the most glorious celebrations of individuality, and acceptance in ones community ever committed to film (astonishing though is that this is done via animation). The whole film consists of breathtaking visuals and a level of artistry that's almost real. The voice work is awesome from all the characters, but especially from Robin Williams who plays 3 different penguins at once, ...

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...just arrived home from watching Happy Feet . Now Katie had seen plenty of excerpts on TV , and heard about this film from schoolfriends . I on the other hand new nothing . Running a bit late we arrived at our local Odeon at 13.30pm , with the film listed as starting at 13.20 . The trailers for up and coming films were still running , but only just . This film is a Warner Bros , Village Roadshow film .There were a lot of well known names rolling ...
...becomes Mumble ( aka Happy Feet ) has one big problem . He's a worse singer than Des O'connor but as good a dancer as Fred Astaire . Unfortunately in this penguin world the dancing won't compensate . His next big problem is, he's different . Now this film has a couple of morals in it :- Every one has a place and use however different they are . What's new isn't always bad . Be open minded . Be caring . Protect the enviroment - yes this is a ...

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...to the cinema to watch Happy Feet with my sister and her kids (it was mainly for the kids). From the adverts for it I thought it would be an average animation film. It turned out to be a lot better than I expected and even one of the best films I've seen in a while! The animation is very realistic and they have done really well to make them look like real penguins while being able to talk, sing and… dance. In the film all penguins are born with ...
...another penguin will fall for them over this song. The film starts in the mating season so it gets straight into the first musical and we are introduced to Memphis and Norma Jean who are brought together by their heart songs. The film then follows Memphis and Norma Jean with their egg and it eventually hatching into Mumble the main character of the film. Mumble does not have a heart "song" and instead dances which assumingly is instead of his heart ...

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...Mumble's delight. Will he remain happy and finally be accepted into his colony, for his differences, well watch it and you will find out. The main cast ---------------------- Carlos Alazraqui as Nestor (voice) Lombardo Boyar as Raul (voice) Jeffrey Garcia as Rinaldo (voice) (as Jeff Garcia) Johnny A. Sanchez as Lombardo (voice) (as Johnny Sanchez III) Robin Williams as Ramon / Lovelace (voice) Elijah Wood as Mumble (voice) Brittany Murphy as ...
...Me: Did you like Happy Feet? Chloe: yes Liam: yes Why did you like it? Chloe: Because it was very nice, I liked the singing and the dancing, and I nearly started crying at how nasty they were to the baby penguin. Liam: It had cute baby penguins in. Which part of the film did you like? Chloe: when the baby penguin was under the ice and the birds were trying to eat it. Liam: when baby egg was hatching. Would you watch it again? Chloe: yes, ...

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...with your feet?” “Umm, they’re happy too!” …….. And so the name Happy Feet was born! The film lasts for 104 minutes and involves many big names such as Nicole Kidman, Robin Williams, Elijah Wood, Hugh Jackman and Brittany Murphy who all voice their characters brilliantly. It is classified as a G. The graphics and the pictures on this film are realistic and all the penguins’ heart songs featured in this film are well known classics so the soundtrack ...

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I and my Family really did enjoy this DVD, Computerised animation at its best, on the surface the story line seems to be about Emperor Penguins in Antarctica and a year in their lives. A heart warming tale of how, the male of the species are left to look after the eggs and in charge of their incubation period, whilst the female penguins go on a perilous journey to find food. In true to form male incapability to watch the kids, one of the fathers ...
...time in the snow, it is soon retrieve and all is presumed to be well, until hatching time takes place. And out pops Mumble so named because of his inability to sing a single note without mumbling or screeching. An important factor to the penguins is their ability to sing, this not only keeps clan harmony, but it is their belief that keeping together and singing together assists them in keeping warm through the cold winter nights. Soon frowned upon ...

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...person who reviews films, however Happy Feet has impressed me to the point where I feel compelled to write about the film. This review is only about the film, not any of the extras that can be found on the DVD for two reasons, firstly the film does not need any extras to sell itself and secondly not many people are really interested in the whole host of extras that tend to accompany nearly every commercially available DVD on sale today. It is not ...
...this. So what is Happy Feet all about? Well set in Antarctica, it is the story of a group of Emperor Penguins, with one hero with the unlikely name of Mumble. The Emperor Penguins in this film have a partner for life, they choose their partners by singing their Heartsong to hopefully attract a partner, that is how it is and how it has always been. Unfortunately Mumble cannot sing, instead his talent is in dancing. Maybe this was because of an ...

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'Happy Feet' is the latest in a long line of computer animated movies to hit our screens. This film takes us deep into Antarctica where we find 'Mumble' a penguin born with 'Happy Feet'. As an egg Mumble is dropped momenterally in the snow by his father. This causes him to be born without the ability to sing - an apparently essential attribute in penguin world. Instead of being able to sing Mumble can tap-dance, brilliantly as it happens. An outkast ...
...what is causing all the fish to disappear from his homeland. The film's animation is very good - A Warner Bro's./Village Roadshow production by the way - from the mountaneous, wide-angle shots of thousands of dancing penguins to the close up's of individual characters like the leopard seal and the tagged bird. As far as the older, non-target audience goes the soundtrack to 'Happy Feet' will be a fresh relief. It is a kids film which means that the ...

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