Friday, September 26, 2008

Happy Feet!


Penguins are generally known for their inate abilities of fishing. The movie “Happy Feet,” was directed by George Miller, produced by George Miller, Doug Mitchell, and Bill Miller, and written by Warren Coleman, John Collee, George Miller, and Judy Morris. This movie gives Penguins another strange ability: Dancing. The film begins with the knowledge that Penguins must sing a song and listen for a reply that interests them in order to find a soulmate. Norma Jean and Memphis go through this process and produce a child, Mumble. He is left in the care of Memphis, while Norma Jean goes for a fishing expedition. Memphis accidentally exposes the egg to the harsh arctic temperatures. The result is that when Mumble is born, his singing voice is terrible. However, he has an ability that none of the other Penguins have ever heard of: tampdancin. This is frowned upon by the villege elders, and mumble is ostracized by the rest of the villege, with only his mother and friend Gloria to turn to.
When he grows up to be an adult, he is still half-covered in fluffy down. Through a series of mishaps, Mumble ends up far from his home, and joins a coleny of adelie Penguins. He is finally accepted there. However, after he accidentally starts an avalanche, a long-frozen excavator is free. He is emmetiately curious, and set out to seek the strange alians behind the device.
Back at Mumble’s home, it is mating season. Gloria is the center of attention, but is uninterested in any suiters. Finally, Mumble persuades her to sing to his dance, and all the Penguins begin dancing. The elders are furious, and blame Mumble’s dancing for a shortage of fish in the arctic. He is exiled, and vows to find the real reason for the lack of food. He travvles with the Amigos, the group of adelie Penguins he’d been with earlier, as well as Lovelace, a self-worshipping rockhopper. Gloria offers him her help, but due to fear for her safety, he does whatever it takes to get rid of her. This mostly includes insulting her singing. Finally, he discovers that the humans are the cause of the fish-shortage, so he persuades them to go to the arctic, where they realize the harm they are having on the Penguins. The everyone begins dancing.
Penguins are wonderful animals, If I had one, I would build a huge swimming pool, and then invent a refrigeration unet for the pool.

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