Review – The March of the Penguins

Well, at least I didn’t hate it as bad as I hated Winged Migration. Sure, the production dwells on death more than it might if it was about human subjects. It just isn’t quite as mean-spirited as the first French bird movie I sat through. Further, I’m not sure why Republicans got so excited about the “family values” supposedly exhibited by emperor penguins. The birds take good care of their chicks to an extent, but they don’t seem to form the lasting, monogamous relationships that are supposed to be the hallmark of Christian households. Perhaps it’s just the animal death; in my experience a lot of conservatives tend to get a real kick out of that sort of thing. On the plus side, some of the footage is impressive stuff, particularly the video of the penguins swimming around under the ice. If nothing else, one has to admire the dedication of a film crew that would sit through an Antarctic winter just for the sake of filming a bunch of birds huddling together. Mildly amusing