{"id":4688,"date":"2019-04-16T16:13:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T16:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/?p=4688"},"modified":"2019-04-17T03:25:49","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T03:25:49","slug":"penguins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/penguins\/","title":{"rendered":"Penguins"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”4693″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”4695″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”4692″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]No ordinary documentary. Steve is the live penguin with personality voiced by the fun and funny Ed Helms. Sorry Morgan Freeman. He\u2019s Red Carpet ready with his stylish black and white coat, but his purpose is made clear by Disneynature directors Alastair Fothergill and Jeff Wyatt Wilson with sharp cinematography by Rolf Steinmann (Expedition China, Planet Earth II<\/em>), \u00a0that is absolutely amazing. It\u2019s Steve\u2019s first time trying to find his mate for life to start a family in frigid Antarctica.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They picked Steve out of the millions of Ad\u00e9lie (named for the wife of the explorer who found them) penguins migrating to mate. He stood out. He was the straggler. The little engine that could kept having to try harder to keep up on his first trip without his parents. Steve is 5 years old when we first see him scampering to a frantic, upbeat tune, breathlessly trying to catch up with the other males who are already well on their way. He\u2019s trying so hard not to be left behind as he slips and slides over the frozen Antarctic landscape filled with the black and white penguins you see from various angles that stand out against the vast white landscape of frozen ice and snow.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Fothergill and Wyatt Wilson followed these creatures for 4 years and they take you up close and personal with this most entertaining and engaging waddler and the rest of the colony. They followed millions of males on their annual sojourn to makes nests and court females. Steve finds making a nest out of rocks and pebbles to attract his lady love an uphill battle. So is finding a mate. Most are already spoken for. This is Steve\u2019s first time at this rodeo and with the clever script written by David Fowler (Growing Up Wild<\/em>) and voiced by Helms, you laugh at his trials and tribulations. The way Steve\u2019s quest for a partner is presented by the filmmakers, you really feel for this guy. There is no dating service and his buddies are no help.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

You see how males and females attract each other and want to cheer when Steve finally meets the love of his life, Ad\u00e9lie, the ad\u00e9lie penguin and their courting is hilarious as REO Speedwagon\u2019s song, \u201cCan\u2019t Fight This Feeling Anymore,\u201d swells in the background. Clever. But Steve\u2019s work has only begun. Keeping his gal happy include trekking for food for them both as she, and he, take turns keeping their 2 eggs warm in the freezing polar surroundings. Hurricane winds don\u2019t help, especially when it gets to be 112 below zero.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The use of contemporary music by Fothergill and Wyatt Wilson Average White Band, Patti LaBelle and Whitesnake used in the film effectively lightens the tone. Seeing Penguins swim is exhilarating. We first saw them do so in person in a zoo in Monaco jumping in and out of the water like they\u2019re flying. They swim so fast. But be warned. Little ones might get alarmed as the filmmakers show predator birds going after their eggs, and follow Steve and other males to holes in the ice where killer whales, walruses and leopard seals target the little guys swimming while they\u2019re all looking for food. It\u2019s scary and tense, but ends up as more a chase. No violent images.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”4691″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”4697″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”4699″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Seeing the babies hatch is fun, especially as Mom and Pop penguin take turns going miles for food and then regurgitate their eats from mouth to mouth so that the babies can chow down. It\u2019s all part of parenthood but thank goodness you don\u2019t have to do that for your own offspring. Then the males and females take off in different directions, with a good chance Steve may hook up with his Ad\u00e9lie again next year.<\/p>\n

Stay through the credits to see the filmmakers interacting with the penguins as they shoot the remarkable scenes you have just seen with them working under the coldest, harshest conditions imaginable. It all looks so sharp and beautiful.\u00a0 <\/span>And if you can see this film in IMAX, it will be even more impressive. Just watching penguins is entertaining enough. But you\u2019ll also learn so much about them in this film. And Steve will melt your heart.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Disneynature \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a076 minutes \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0G[\/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VubxHFy7ocE” el_width=”80″ align=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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