Happy Feet (Widescreen Edition) | 
| Director: George Miller (ii)
Actors: Carlos Alazraqui, Lombardo Boyar, Johnny A. Sanchez, Robin Williams, Elijah Wood
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  542 reviews
Sales Rank: 503
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Ntsc, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 108
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WARD112092D
UPC: 085391120926
EAN: 0085391120926
Theatrical Release Date: November 17, 2006
Release Date: March 27, 2007
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Product Description
In the cold land of antarctica the emperor penguins each express their true love with a special heartsong of their own that expresses their very being. Hosever the misfit mumble cannot sing but instead has an extraordinary talent to tap dance with almost magical energy & expression. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 10/28/2008 Starring: Voice Of Robin Williams Voice Of Nicole Kidman Run time: 109 minutes Rating: Pg
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For anyone who thought the Oscar-winning documentary March of the Penguins was the most marvelous cinematic moment for these nomads of the south, you haven't seen nothing yet. Happy Feet is an animated wonder about a penguin named Mumble who can't sing, but can dance up a storm. George Miller, the driving force behind the Babe (and Mad Max) movies, takes another creative step in family entertainment with this big, beautiful, music-fueled film that will have kids and their parents dancing in the streets. From his first moment alive, Mumble (voiced Elijah Woods) feels the beat and can't stop dancing. Unfortunately, emperor penguins are all about finding their own heart song, and the dancing youngster--as cute as he is--is a misfit. Luckily, he bumps into little blue penguins and a Spanish-infused group (led by Robin Williams) and begins a series of adventures. Miller has an exceptional variety of entertainment: Busby Berkley musical numbers, amusement-park thrills, exciting chase sequences (seals and orca lovers might like think otherwise), and even an environmental message that doesn't weigh you down. Best of all, you don't know where the movie is going in the last act, a rare occurrence these days in family entertainment. A fusion of rock songs, mashed-up and otherwise, are featured; this movie is as much a musical as a comedy. Mumble's solo dance to a new version of Stevie Wonder's "I Wish" by Fantasia, Patti, and Yolanda may be the most joyful moment on camera in 2006. --Doug Thomas On the DVD
There are two new animated sequences, which aren't incorporated into the film. One's a half-minute hackysack-themed bit, but the other is a good-looking, two-minute scene featuring the late Steve Irwin as an albatross, who, with Mumble, encounters a blue whale. "Dance Like a Penguin: Stomp to the Beat" is hosted by Savion Glover, whose dancing was motion-captured for the film, but other than a couple basic tips, it's pretty much a demonstration rather than a lesson. In addition to the two music videos (Gia's "Hit Me Up" and Prince's "The Song of the Heart"), "I Love to Singa" is an appropriately matched 1936 Merrie Melodies cartoon in which a young owl ruffles feathers by wanting to sing jazz for his classical-music-loving family. --David Horiuchi More Happy Feet 
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 I think kids would be bored with this film. I think it's more focused on an environmental issue November 30, 2008
Musically, this isn't for kids. That should have been figured out by everyone right away. Many of the songs (many which are sexually suggestive) are 20 to 40 years old anyway. The kind of music that we use to listen to when we were kids. But, to me, I'd rather our kids listen to sexy songs instead of today's angry songs.
And one moment in the film Mumbles is being singled out as if something is wrong with him because he's different. This could have been a discussion similar to telling a child that he's wrong for being gay.
But, the entertainment of this musical film changes when it suddenly becomes a message about our endangered environment. We're taking away all the fish so the penguins are having a harder time to survive. In my opinion, the best way to reduce the amount of starving penguins in this world is to hunt them too. I wouldn't mind trying a penguin sandwich, or try penguin soup. And how would we prepare a meal with a penguin? Should it be broiled, boiled, or fried? Or steamed penguin meat with broccoli on rice? How about breaded and fried, and dipped in Ranch dressing? I wonder how penguin meat would be on a cracker with cheese. Umm, how about penguin enchiladas? I'd be happy to try anything on my plate if it would help to balance our ecology.
"I'd like to have one McPenguin burger with fries and a coke, please." Maybe we can give the fish a break and try eating more penguin. Could that help the environment?
 Awesome Penguin movie November 28, 2008
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This is one of my favorite movies. My 6 year old and I watched it probably 50 times, no exaggeration. The look of this movie is really impressive. It doesn't look like a cartoon, it looks real. The penguins look real. It actually looks like real penguins talking, singing, and dancing, and of course walking around and swimming, etc. Penguins are beautiful animals. A lot of things in the movie are factual. The way they care for the egg, and how the males huddle in the cold dark antartic with the egg on their feet, and take turns on the outside of the huddle, etc.
Most of the movie takes place in Antartica, and just a bit where Mumble finds himself in a zoo.
I thought the movie also had some really good "messages", and not just the environmental one.
 it'll get better later on, it can't be this bad the whole way through... November 17, 2008
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That's what I told myself as the film unfolded in all its lameness:
- the adult penguins are incredibly ugly (and not in a cute way), I figured the movie would quickly move away from them, but no, they kept showing up
- the hordes of black and white penguins in an arctic environment, way too much white, and the huge numbers were offputting, I was counting on the action to move somewhere else, a tropical island, etc. (I don't care about realism in kid films, I want entertainment). But no, WAY too much of the movie was just penguins on ice, and huge crowds of ugly penguins
- even the main character Mumble, he was halfway cute as a kid but then he quickly grows up into this rather uninteresting, not very cute penguin
- the music was mostly cheeseball
- the plot was scattered, trying to be a modern version of Dumbo but failing, some of the chase scenes were way too scary for small kids
This is the worst kids DVD I've ever bought. My mistake, don't let it be yours!
 The Good, The Bad & The Elephant Seals ... November 17, 2008
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The good:
I really liked the overall story of the plight of the penguin. The outcast going on the odyssey and then returning home with a hero's welcome.
Children **really** love this movie.
The music was well done and many very nice, but not too overplayed hits were threaded delicately into the soundtrack. I would've loved to have heard more than just a few bars of K.D. Lang's version of 'Golden Slumbers', but I guess that's what the soundtrack is for.
I thought Robin Williams did good work as Ramon here. I will revisit his contribution in the next section as well.
This movie had a very subtle message of conservation that wasn't preachy or contrived.
It was funny to listen to the King of Steampunk voice the King of Rock n' Roll. I think his penguin Elvis definitely breaks new ground with with old ideas about the King's voice.
Steve Irwin would've loved this movie.
The bad:
I felt the scene that's added in the extras titled: 'Mumble meets a Blue Whale' should've been added into the film for all the reasons that the introduction to the clip stated. I found it odd that Robin Williams could have multiple parts in a film but it was a bit much to have the seagull version of Steve Irwin doing a parody of himself which was very touching. The scene with the elephant seals was dull and difficult to pick out the dialogue. Steve Irwin should've been given his moment in this as this may have bee the last major motion picture that he was attached to.
Robin Williams having two very large parts within the film was not just disconcerting but off-putting. While I did like the character of Ramon, I couldn't get around the thought that Williams was probably taking bread off the table of another actor. Cedric the Entertainer comes to mind as well as Bernie Mac. I think Bernie would've been fantastic in the role of Lovelace and it even seems written for him.
Also, while we're meant to rightly assume that the narrator is Lovelace, the narration is almost a role in itself as you're left guessing which character it is because he has multiple speaking parts. So chalking up three jobs seems very much over the top.
Overall:
I really enjoyed the film and think most others will as well. The points I make are minor ones that the bulk of children wouldn't even give two shakes about. My thoughts about Robin Williams role in this has been repeated quite a bit in many of the other reviews. It looks very good in HD / Blu-Ray as well.
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Everything Fantastic! September 13, 2008
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Just a short review this time. Animation, sound, music & story just all come together. Had to watch it a second time within a few hours of the first viewing to really make sure it was as good as I thought it was the first time. This a.m. the smallest members of the family were over and gave it to them, so am now ordering my second copy for myself which I will hide away for just Dan & me to enjoy. The kids were going right home to watch it, so can't wait to hear what they think of it.
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