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<p>Interesting with some great photography, but definitely overrated. I’ll never understand why this run-of-the-mill National Geographic special has won such acclaim and mass-popularity. Seriously, you can find equally impressive camerawork on your local animal channel pretty much any time of day. I blame Morgan Freeman…</p>
<p>it’s not the camera work, it’s the trek.</p>
<p>Yeah, it was entertaining. But I’ve seen documentaries that are equally compelling. Especially the ones on killer snakes that run incessantly on TV. Fascinating creatures, I just never want to get near one…</p>
<p>Saw it yesterday and went back today. Loved the movie and my 18 year old S liked it, too. I had wondered how the camera crew got up so close to the penguins as well as other questions on how they could film in such harsh conditions.</p>
<p>I’ve heard interesting things about this movie, too!</p>
<p>Would it be appropriate for a 3 1/2 year old? My neighbor’s little kids went, she said they were fascinated yet at times bored w/the length.</p>
<p>I’d love to be able to take my 14 year old and little one to the same show (& have it be educational!). It’s that or Madagascar, I think…!</p>
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<p>if your three year old can handle the death of some penguins, it ought to be okay. There a pretty menacing seal and some chicks don’t make it but otherwise it is very tame. The pace is slow but the little kids there when we saw it seems into it.</p>
<p>Thanks, SBmom! Maybe we’ll give it a shot. It would be a nice change of pace from cartoons…</p>
<p>I resisted going to this movie because I thought I had seen it all on “Penguin Summer,” a PBS nature episode I taped 20 years ago for my older children and viewed repeatedly with them. But the close-ups and vistas on a big screen made this one of the best animal documentaries I have seen. If you like this, rent “The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill.” Then, if you are in the area, you can see the flock yourself - I was there Saturday and they were doing aerial acrobatics like a giant Blue Angels squadron and playing in the trees like monkeys.</p>
<p>We all enjoyed it, but several of us thought the script was over-written at times and anthropomorphic. Also I felt we were intruding on the penguins by watching the sex scene. Then again, I am aware that my dog doesn’t even like me to watch him when he’s taking a crap. ;)</p>
<p>runr: Glad to hear the parrots are still around! 
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<p>SBmom: Ds recommended this movie not only to us and our geriatric and senile parent-friends, but also to his friends. As movie critics go, they are a tough audience, and he loved this movie. Instead of painting my frontroom, I think I’ll play hookey and go see it! :rolleyes:</p>