March of the Penguins

Over the weekend, I watched March of the Penguins on DVD. I'm kind of bitter about the situation because back when the movie first came out in the theaters, and I told people I wanted to see it, I got all kinds of weird looks. Either "what the heck is March of the Penguins" looks, or "I know what it is, why the heck would you want to watch a movie about penguins?" looks.

But then as time went by, I kept hearing from friends who went to see the movie, and pretty much every one of them said it was good. To make things worse, some of them were the same people who gave me those weird looks before!

Anyways, I'm glad I finally got to see the movie and I did like it. For those of you who haven't seen it, it's basically a 90 minute nature documentary about everything penguins have to go through to mate, have a baby, and raise the baby until it's ready to survive on its own. But it's probably better than the typical show on Discovery Channel or Animal Planet, since it's hard to film in Antarctica and follow these penguins for months. Also, they got Morgan Freeman to do the narration, which must have cost a pretty penny. He did a good job though. That means I have now seen 2 movies that he narrated, and liked both of them.

I won't say too much about what happens in the movie because you should watch it for yourself, but I'll just say that it's pretty amazing how much those penguins have to go through, just to raise one baby and survive the cold. Before watching this movie, I didn't really know much of anything about penguins. Except that they always made me angry in MarioKart when they get in my way and make me spin out.

Actually at one point I did wish I was a penguin, because it seems fun to be able to slide across the ice on your belly. But now that I've seen that the Antarctic isn't very hospitable, I decided that maybe being a penguin is not for me.