The "Happy Feet" thread

I thought some of the sexual overtones were a bit much for my kids (aged 5 and 7) but they didn't seem to notice as they were too busy laughing at the funny penguins.

Not enough laughs for my liking but maybe I'm just a miserable git as there were plenty of people around me pissing themselves for most of the film. The scene with the penguins taking the piss out of the seal was well funny though.

I came out of the cinema thinking it was nothing more than okay but my two sons were dancing around like crazy and shouting "DAD LOOK AT MY HAPPY FEET!" and proclaiming it to be Teh Best Film Ever so what do I know?

"Religion hates fun" was the key message with a pointless subplot of "pray for God so save teh planet and you're fucked!"

I was reminded of the old gag about Calvinists banning sex because it might lead to dancing.

I thought the mating aspects were done pretty well - it didn't strike me as over sexualised at all - i read one comment somewhere that the penguins sing "let's talk about sex" (except that the insane poster couldn't even bring themselves to type the word and typed xxx instead)but i'm pretty sure they sung "let's talk about eggs" which is moderately amusing.

I did feel sorry for the fish though.

i don't think that's suitable for a song about gay dancing penguins.

Don't push me, cause I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to loose my head
It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder
How I keep from going under

My oldest son loves it and wants me to put it on his mp3 player. I don't think I'm ready to start answering "Dad what's a fag hag?" and "Dad what's a pimp?" type questions yet.

1) This may be the darkest, most disturbing feature length animated film ever offered by a major studio. At least 80% of the film’s running time shows its penguin characters in pain or danger. Way too high. I thought this about the Magic Roundabout filmScenes of terrifying leopard seals and killer whales trying to devour the protagonist and his friends are so intense as to guarantee nightmares; the PG rating is a joke since the film is wildly inappropriate for young viewers under seven (and their parents)well, my 6 and 8 year olds loved it. Rather than sending you out of the theatre with a song in your heart (there’s a big focus in the script on “heart songs”) the movie produces feelings of fright, discomfort, even guilt. The title “Happy Feet,” suggesting a feel-good frolic, could hardly be more deceptive for a deeply ill-considered project that will make most audience members feel gloomier and more depressed than they did when they entered the theatre.Well, most people seem to disprove this. If you said "Some" then fair enough. If they'd been warned better than "Some mild peril" ahem try getting chased by a shark that bites the feathers off yr ass and see how mild it seems....

and that's that.

There's one heck of a jump from HF being in the zoo, dancing for the little girl/mum/general public, and him being suddenly back in the wilds with everyone again. I was either expecting some big surprise ending ala Gilliam's "Brazil", or beginning to suspect that there had been some sort of "Pretty Woman" style happy ending stapled on.

Oh that's great. Sesame Street changed a song that way, too:

Snakes do it, frogs do it
Even tiny tweedlebugs do it
Let's do it
Let's make an egg