March of the Penguins
A Film Review By Clyde Ayles
A WORK OF ART
Forget the cute little animated Penguins that have graced the cartoon movies, this is the real thing. In this wonderful documentary with a superb narration by MORGAN FREEMAN, French director , LUC JACQUET took his cameras and crew to the frozen Anartic to film a village of penguins as they start their trek from the water across 70 miles across snow and ice to thier birthplace where they will begin families of their own. The journey is treacherous, some will make it, some will not. After the eggs are layed, the female protects them from the cold. But soon she shifts the egg to the male while she searches far and wide for food. The transition of the egg is not easy, if not done right, the egg will freeze. After quite some time the females will return, but sadly not all of them. Some have fell victim to the bitter cold or predators. Soon it is the males turn to search for food, having gone for almost six months without. The male makes sounds to his newly born baby so that when he returns they will find each other. In time the little ones will start to walk on their own. But some will not survive the cold and wind or the predators. We see a hungry seagull going after the babys. The whole film is so beautifully photographed; it is a work of art. There is nothing offensive here, so take the kiddies. It's a great lesson of life. In a nice touch at the end credits, we see movies of the human crew trekking across the snow with their cameras and things and their coming face to face with the penguins. It's a wonderful sight to see. SEE YA AT THE MOVIES CLYDE
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