March of the Penguins~
I've decided to blog about this movie that's coming out. It's interesting and different in some ways, no doubt there have been documentaries like it before but this just took it to a whole new level.
The movie's title is March of the Penguins, produced by Warner brothers i believe. The first thing that struck me is, well, why dont you formulate your own opinion? take a look:
Honestly, what other word can you use to describe that picture apart from cute. I think those guys are ADORABLE (assuming they're guys). I actually thought that they looked a bit like the mafia, you know? XD But i love the expression of the penguin on the right, he's covered in ice but seems somehow oblivious to it all Lol, damn i love that pic.
But then it occured to me, why in the world would you create a movie on penguins? a documentary-style movie at that. I mean, ok, lets be honest, not too many people are going to go to a documentary on penguins over a super action thriller sorta movie, and this is Warner brothers we're talking about, not some gay i-max filming company.
Yet i read a few reviews, and what they have to say was ....... how should i put this..it was moving. There are so many things that they say that just sorta...hit the spot you know? I'm (well, this is assuming that Warner Bros filmed for these reasons) very surprised AND impressed at the depth of the....well, not documentary anymore. The story.
You see, Penguins are cute and fluffy, yes. It's true, but that doesn't mean life is easy for them. Hello peoples? they live in the coldest regions of the earth? Life is exactly the opposite of easy for them, i wont go into extravagant biological detail about how they have a low surface to volume ratio, which helps them to retain heat.....(hence the chubbiness) nor the ingenius circulatory pattern that is carried out in the blood coming up from their feet (come on, they're freaking standing on ice) but i will tell you if you ask XD (everybody sighs - but Rob wants to hear. Ok i'll tell you at school >.>)
The film, whilst focusing on penguin anatomy, tends to move away from the amazing structural adaptations that penguins possess. However it does focus on the other thing that helps them to survive, most of us dont even realise it. See if you can pick it up from the next picture:
i can see about ..... 3 people understanding what i'm talking about and the rest just look at me blankly (no, Kim relax, i'm assuming you're in the three XD *coughNcoughEcouchRcoughD*)
You see, the amazing thing about penguins. We all go "OMG!!!!! ITS A PENGUIN!!!!HOW CUTEEEE OMG! ITS ANOTHER PENGUIN!!!! KAWAIIII" and then do something like faint for girls or....something random for boys (like try to catch it XD) but HAVE you ever noticed that you will rarely ever see a penguin on its own?
Ahh....enlightened.
It's what we biologists call a 'behavioural adaptation' and it's what others would see as a simple word : teamwork. Penguins group together, not just because they like it, it's because they have to. It helps to maintain a constant body temperature in the frigid temperatures of antarctica/arctic. Of course, this just happens to suit Warner Bros because they all look so awesome huddled up like that. I think this is cute :
Lol, look at the little guy!! How awesome is that? It's amazing how penguins are almost alike humans in the way they look after their young. But dont you find it just amazing? i know that everytime i spot penguins in a group, i'm like...that is really smart.
Of course, the advantage of Warner Bros making this film is that you will encounter (in the film) some extra-ordinary shots of penguins in their natural habitat. Some of these shots may be damn cute, as such:
This incidentally reminds me of myself and my two best friends. (i know that Kim and Sarah can guess who's who) The one on the right randomly jumping for joy...that would be me. Then looking at me as if i were some idiot, would be Leon, and trying to figure out what this greyish fluffly substance is on his body would be Rob XD Damn that is awesome. but we digress.
Then there is the purely artistic side, and the shot i'm about to show you really...although obviously there is some artistic bias...it shows how gentle and caring these creatures really are:
I love that shot. Such artistry, such proffesionalism. which reminds me, i gotta send Cuz over to antarctica to get her to take me some shots like that.
But the thing that really stunned me was the anthropological way (that is - the human-like way) the film views the penguins. Really, it's true. From reading the reviews, and going to the website (just google, "march of the penguins") It tries to aliken humans to penguins or rather vice versa. I think that's not only creative but also the way things should be done. It proves that whilst we humans think we're smart, beautiful, positively radiating perfection, - which, for some of you, is quite true ;)
- God made other animals (although humans above them) just as beautiful, cute, yet smart in their own way. When we realise this, perhaps the on-going environmental destruction we partake of in the guise of 'obtaining raw materials' will come to a halt. Sounds naively simple doesn't it, but i'll keep it there, although i know things aren't that simple.
It (the film) also points out that life is a March, a march to our objective, a goal in life that we set, that we are willing to achieve. Life is a struggle, it's not easy, but whatever happens we just gotta keep marching right on.
But in short (or long rather =\) Warner Brothers is speaking out strongly through this movie. I commend them on an obviously excellent job done, and i encourage all of you to go watch the movie, watching out for the finer points that the film attempts to extrapolate =)
I'll watch it too, for sure. But until it's released (April sometime?) i guess i'm gonna have to settle for walking like a penguin - or waddling, if you will.
Fin~
The movie's title is March of the Penguins, produced by Warner brothers i believe. The first thing that struck me is, well, why dont you formulate your own opinion? take a look:
Honestly, what other word can you use to describe that picture apart from cute. I think those guys are ADORABLE (assuming they're guys). I actually thought that they looked a bit like the mafia, you know? XD But i love the expression of the penguin on the right, he's covered in ice but seems somehow oblivious to it all Lol, damn i love that pic.
But then it occured to me, why in the world would you create a movie on penguins? a documentary-style movie at that. I mean, ok, lets be honest, not too many people are going to go to a documentary on penguins over a super action thriller sorta movie, and this is Warner brothers we're talking about, not some gay i-max filming company.
Yet i read a few reviews, and what they have to say was ....... how should i put this..it was moving. There are so many things that they say that just sorta...hit the spot you know? I'm (well, this is assuming that Warner Bros filmed for these reasons) very surprised AND impressed at the depth of the....well, not documentary anymore. The story.
You see, Penguins are cute and fluffy, yes. It's true, but that doesn't mean life is easy for them. Hello peoples? they live in the coldest regions of the earth? Life is exactly the opposite of easy for them, i wont go into extravagant biological detail about how they have a low surface to volume ratio, which helps them to retain heat.....(hence the chubbiness) nor the ingenius circulatory pattern that is carried out in the blood coming up from their feet (come on, they're freaking standing on ice) but i will tell you if you ask XD (everybody sighs - but Rob wants to hear. Ok i'll tell you at school >.>)
The film, whilst focusing on penguin anatomy, tends to move away from the amazing structural adaptations that penguins possess. However it does focus on the other thing that helps them to survive, most of us dont even realise it. See if you can pick it up from the next picture:
i can see about ..... 3 people understanding what i'm talking about and the rest just look at me blankly (no, Kim relax, i'm assuming you're in the three XD *coughNcoughEcouchRcoughD*)
You see, the amazing thing about penguins. We all go "OMG!!!!! ITS A PENGUIN!!!!HOW CUTEEEE OMG! ITS ANOTHER PENGUIN!!!! KAWAIIII" and then do something like faint for girls or....something random for boys (like try to catch it XD) but HAVE you ever noticed that you will rarely ever see a penguin on its own?
Ahh....enlightened.
It's what we biologists call a 'behavioural adaptation' and it's what others would see as a simple word : teamwork. Penguins group together, not just because they like it, it's because they have to. It helps to maintain a constant body temperature in the frigid temperatures of antarctica/arctic. Of course, this just happens to suit Warner Bros because they all look so awesome huddled up like that. I think this is cute :
Lol, look at the little guy!! How awesome is that? It's amazing how penguins are almost alike humans in the way they look after their young. But dont you find it just amazing? i know that everytime i spot penguins in a group, i'm like...that is really smart.
Of course, the advantage of Warner Bros making this film is that you will encounter (in the film) some extra-ordinary shots of penguins in their natural habitat. Some of these shots may be damn cute, as such:
This incidentally reminds me of myself and my two best friends. (i know that Kim and Sarah can guess who's who) The one on the right randomly jumping for joy...that would be me. Then looking at me as if i were some idiot, would be Leon, and trying to figure out what this greyish fluffly substance is on his body would be Rob XD Damn that is awesome. but we digress.
Then there is the purely artistic side, and the shot i'm about to show you really...although obviously there is some artistic bias...it shows how gentle and caring these creatures really are:
I love that shot. Such artistry, such proffesionalism. which reminds me, i gotta send Cuz over to antarctica to get her to take me some shots like that.
But the thing that really stunned me was the anthropological way (that is - the human-like way) the film views the penguins. Really, it's true. From reading the reviews, and going to the website (just google, "march of the penguins") It tries to aliken humans to penguins or rather vice versa. I think that's not only creative but also the way things should be done. It proves that whilst we humans think we're smart, beautiful, positively radiating perfection, - which, for some of you, is quite true ;)
- God made other animals (although humans above them) just as beautiful, cute, yet smart in their own way. When we realise this, perhaps the on-going environmental destruction we partake of in the guise of 'obtaining raw materials' will come to a halt. Sounds naively simple doesn't it, but i'll keep it there, although i know things aren't that simple.
It (the film) also points out that life is a March, a march to our objective, a goal in life that we set, that we are willing to achieve. Life is a struggle, it's not easy, but whatever happens we just gotta keep marching right on.
But in short (or long rather =\) Warner Brothers is speaking out strongly through this movie. I commend them on an obviously excellent job done, and i encourage all of you to go watch the movie, watching out for the finer points that the film attempts to extrapolate =)
I'll watch it too, for sure. But until it's released (April sometime?) i guess i'm gonna have to settle for walking like a penguin - or waddling, if you will.
Fin~